By Daithi Harvey
Day two of the Inglis Great Southern Sale resumed on Monday and at the top of the market it was all about one sire, Woodside Park's Written Tycoon (Aus). The stallion was responsible for the top three lots, headed by a colt offered by Glenelg Park that sold to Sheamus Mills for A$175,000. By the close of business the clearance rate had crept up a few points on the opening session to 79% but the aggregate of A$3,976,500 came in just slightly shy of the previous day's. The 168 weanlings that sold produced an average of A$23,670 and a median of A$12,000 and again Inglis' Victorian bloodstock manager Simon Vivian was keen to take plenty of positives from the state of play so far. “It's great to see the improvement with the market meeting the expectations of vendors,” Vivian said. “The sale on the whole is now clearing 77%, and with further private sales currently under negotiation, we anticipate it increasing to over 80%. It was particularly pleasing to see six horses sell for more than A$100,000 today, certainly reflecting the demand for well bred and well conformed horses. There's still plenty on offer at the sale, with more than 150 weanlings to sell, as well as 300 broodmares and 150 racehorses,” he added.
Monday's topper came early in the day as lot 244 and the colt is the second produce out of the dual winner High Above (Aus) (High Chaparral {Ire}), from the family of MG1SW Prized Icon (Aus) (More Than Ready). Just under 100 lots later the colt's vendor Glenelg Park offered a filly by Written Tycoon as lot 341 and were suitably rewarded when the triumvirate of Randwick Bloodstock Agency, Suman Hedge Bloodstock and Milburn Creek purchased the daughter of Miss Chard (Aus) (Al Samer {Aus}) for A$155,000. Naturally Glenelg Park principal Danny Swain was very happy with their returns and said, “Written Tycoon is the best stallion in Victoria and to be Victorian breeders, selling at a Victorian sale and having results like this is very rewarding. The two horses were in high demand in their inspections and that certainly carried through to the sales ring. We were confident they'd sell well and it was great to see such strong competition.”
As well as standing Written Tycoon Woodside Park also continued to be prominent among the top vendors and were responsible for offering the second highest priced weanling on Monday. Lot 460 was the last lot into the ring but that proved no hindrance when Paul Willetts bid A$170,000 for the colt out of Simply The Best (NZ) (Kingdom Bay {NZ}), who is already the dam of two stakes performers. “Today provided another reminder of how well sought after Written Tycoon is,” Woodside Park's general manager James Price said. “It's been fantastic to see our unreserved reduction of weanlings being well received by the market. We decided to target this sale with several good quality weanlings that offered genuine commercial upside and they've sold very well,” he added.
The sale continues on Tuesday from 10a.m. with a mixture of weanlings and broodmares.
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