Yarraman Park are having their usual good sale at Inglis Easter and sold the first million dollar filly during the second session on Tuesday when the half-sister to Group I winner Booker sold for $1million.
She is the seventh foal of good producing Flying Spur mare Noondie, who is also the dam of Group II placed stakes-winner Banquo in addition to Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate winner Booker, whose first foal, a colt by I Am Invincible sold for $2.5 million at Magic Millions.
The star filly was bought by Australian Bloodstock, who announced their intentions prior to the sale to spend a little more on top class fillies with the view to capitalize on the elite broodmare market that has proven very rewarding for the owners of stakes class fillies.
“Obviously she fit the profile of what we are trying to do,” Australian Bloodstock’s Jamie Lovett told Jemma Cutting of Inglis.
“She looks to me more of a three year-old type, she’s an unmade sort of filly with so much upside in her pedigree.
“A million is a lot, but we think she’s well bought and if she can run, she’ll be worth plenty from this family.”
Noondie was bought by Mitchel Bloodstock at the 2019 Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $600,000 and has a filly to follow by I Am Invincible and is back in foal to him again.
Yarraman Park didn’t have to wait long to sell another million dollar youngster with the full brother to Group III winning sprinter King of Sparta from Octavia selling for $1.3million.
The colt was bred by Yarraman in partnership with Hilton Cope and was bought by China Horse Club/Newgate/Go/Trilogy.
Octavia is back in foal to I Am Invincible after sadly losing her colt foal by the champion sire last spring.
The hat-trick came up shortly after for Yarraman Park when the colt from stakes-placed Exceed and Excel mare Overstep sold for $1.2million to Tom Magnier.
Overstep has a colt to follow by I Am Invincible and is back in foal to him again.
