Big Blue Tops Inglis December Sale
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Big Blue sold for AU$102,000 to Maher Bloodstock at the William Inglis & Son December Thoroughbred sale
An outstanding draft of racing stock presented by Godolphin resulted in a perfect clearance rate, highlighted by the top-priced lot at a successful William Inglis & Son December Thoroughbred sale Dec. 8 near Melbourne, Australia.
Former European stayer Big Blue sold for AU$102,000 (US$76,787) to Maher Bloodstock, one of four horses to reach six figures. A 5-year-old gelded son of Galileo (IRE), Big Blue won the Prix Michel Houyvet and placed in three group races in France before being relocated to Australia.
Other Lots to realize AU$100,000 ($75,282) were the geldings Demonstrate and Foundation and the mare Soiree.
Godolphin was one of 20 vendors to enjoy a perfect clearance rate at the mixed sale, ensuring the sale's overall clearance rate was a very pleasing 90%.
The December sale was the last Inglis sale for the year, and capped off a very successful year for Inglis, Australia's leading Thoroughbred auctioneer.
The first auction for the new year is the Classic Yearling Sale, the historic first sale at Riverside Stables in Sydney from February 10-13 where 800 yearlings will be offered over four days of selling. To view the catalog, CLICK HERE.
The Classic is followed by the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands Junction from March 4-7, where 770 yearlings are cataloged.
To view the catalog, CLICK HERE.
Action then returns to Sydney for the southern hemisphere's biggest yearling sale, the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
To view the Easter Preview, which contains the pedigrees of hundreds of world-class yearlings, CLICK HERE.