Having sired Golden Slipper winner Guest House in his very first crop, Home Affairs was always going to be popular at Inglis Easter and Milburn Creek were well rewarded when their colt from Victoria Quay sold for $1.3million on Sunday.
Bred by Iskander Racing Syndicate, the colt is the second foal of Group II VRC Wakeful Stakes winner Victoria Quay, a lightly raced Dundeel mare from the family of Group winners Lieutenant and Count Encosta.
He was purchased by EA & WA Huglin / Clarke Bloodstock and is the highest priced yearling for his sire sold this year.
“He's a beautiful colt. He stood out straight away when I first saw him and I actually remember seeing his mother in Adelaide as a yearling,” said Jim Clarke of Clarke Bloodstock.
“She was a gorgeous filly and obviously went on to be a fantastic race mare as well. Home Affairs has had an exceptional start to his career and I thought he was the best colt by that stallion in the sale and we are delighted that we were able to buy him.
“He's a big strong horse. I think, even though his mother was probably at her best at three and got out over a little bit of ground, to me he still looked like he had a lot of precocity and speed.
“It's a big throw for a young stallion, but I think he looks like he could be the next big thing.”
No trainer has been decided for the colt, who was bought for a new client of Clarke Bloodstock in Ted Huglin.
“I've purchased him for a gentleman called Ted Huglin. They contacted me recently and expressed an interest in coming and buying some nice horses at this sale,” Clarke added.
“They've been in racing for quite a long time and wanted to invest a bit of money and try and secure some of the better horses to give them a good opportunity to get a good racehorse.
“He's bought two horses so far, both colts. They're both very well-bred horses by very good stallions and if they can run up to their looks and their pedigree, then he's going to have a lot of fun with them.”
The second colt purchased was a $650,000 I Am Invincible colt from Group III winner Threeood offered by Silverdale Farm.
