Yulong have the highest regard for Extreme Choice and secured two of the three mares offered in foal to him at the Magic Millions National Sale paying $2.05 million for Miss Hellfire at the start of the day and then $1.3million for Amen Corner.
Offered in the Newgate Consignment, Amen Corner is a placed I Am Invincible mare from Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Augusta Proud. She is also a half-sister to Group III winner Thyme for Roses, who went to stud in North America and is the dam of Group II winner Zeitlos.
With good looks and pedigree, Amen Corner is already on her way at stud producing her first living foal last spring, a colt by Extreme Choice.
“She’s a good, strong mare and if she leaves one similar to herself it will be a very popular yearling,” said Yulong’s Sam Fairgray, who indicated the resulting progeny of both Amen Corner and Miss Hellfire may be sold in the future.
“At this stage they will come through as yearlings. Once the foals are born we’ll assess and see what we do, but at this stage I think we’ll try and offer them back into the marketplace.”
Extreme Choice has already given Yulong a big payday as they purchased his Group I MRC Blue Diamond winning son Devil Night at Magic Millions for $1.4million and he will star on the NSW roster at a fee of $33,000.
Securing mares in foal to the stallion is obviously a Yulong strategy as they bought two at this sale following on from the Inglis Chairman’s Sale where they paid $1,050,000 for Hazlebrook.
“They’re rare commodities. He’s obviously a great stallion and his sire sons at stud have started really well, so it makes sense to get as many of them as you possibly can,” said Sam Fairgray.
“We have had the success (with Extreme Choice), we’ve got Devil Night going to stud and we’ve got a couple of two-year-olds and yearlings by him, so hopefully we can get another Group 1 winning son of his to come through.”
Footnote: The third mare offered in foal to Extreme Choice at this sale was Complicit (USA), who passed in shy of her $800,000 reserve.
