News - CAPITALIST (AUS)
He won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2016 before going on the be Champion 2YO and Capitalist has been doing big business in the sale ring this week at Magic Millions with a sensational filly from his second crop of yearlings selling for $720,000 on Friday.
Strapping Capitalist colt Profiteer has the two-year-old autumn features in his sights following a bloodless victory at his career debut over 1100 metres at Flemington on Saturday.
The Wilf Mula homebred Flying Tyrol impressed when winning the first of three barrier trials for the two-year-olds at Kembla Grange on Wednesday.
Golden Slipper winning sire Capitalist just missed siring two new winners on Saturday, but the potential shown by Forbes and Snowdrop was impossible to miss.
Fresh from winning The Everest last Saturday with his superstar sprinter Classique Legend, Hong Kong based owner Bon Ho was quick to reinvest some of his winnings at the Inglis Ready2Race securing Lot 35, a fleet footed gelding by Capitalist.
It only seemed fitting that Peter and Paul Snowden, who trained Golden Slipper winner Capitalist to Champion 2YO honours, should also put the polish on his very first winner with exciting colt Captivant saluting on debut at Randwick on Saturday.
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
Foaled and raised at Newgate Farm for his breeder Nick Vass, this Capitalist colt from Booklet made a big splash at Magic Millions on Wednesday when selling for $750,000 to James Harron, who purchased his sire from this sale in 2015.
By a Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner out of a filly that was first past the post in a Magic Millions 2yo Classic who herself is out of a Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner, that sounds a winning recipe for a filly in the Kitchwin Hills draft heading to the Gold Coast.
As the sales season is about to engross us, the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale is going to be the first barometer of success for freshman sires so let’s check they’re offerings out!.
Newgate Farm will again offer a substantial cash incentive for buyers at all 2020 Magic Millions and Inglis Yearling Sale Series sales that purchase a horse by our exciting first crop sires Capitalist, Extreme Choice, Flying Artie and Winning Rupert.
Three significant winners on Saturday by this champion sire were all bred from daughters of Redoute’s Choice.
With less than two weeks until the 2018 Golden Slipper it seems only fitting that the busiest sire in 2017 should in fact be a Golden Slipper winner.
The top-priced weanling during the opening session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale was a daughter of Tapit out of Grade 1 winner My Conquestadory that sold for $775,000 to Baccari Bloodstock.