Best-Ever Perth Sale Concludes

Lot 254, Book 2-topping Snippetson colt | Magic Millions

The Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale wrapped up its best-ever renewal with a single session Book 2 on Tuesday. Combined Book 1 and 2 statistics showed records across the board. The total number of yearlings sold (254) was the exact same as last year, but the aggregate rose 24.4% to A$11,644,000. The clearance rate was 91% compared to 75% last year, and the clearance rate for Book 1 at the end of the sale sat at 96%. The average was up 24.4% to A$45,842, while the median climbed 38.5% to A$36,000.

“It was another great day of selling today,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said after Tuesday's session. “After yesterday's phenomenal sale, which is now clearing 96%, today just went on from that. All the way through today's Book 2 sale there was strong interest. This is the most positive sale we've had here in the west for a long, long time. Congratulations to the vendors on the presentation of their drafts and I hope they now have the confidence to reinvest and continue to improve their product.”

Local trainer Adam Durrant handles the Jan. 1 maiden winner Assetro (Aus) (Blackfriars {Aus}), and he went to A$100,000 on Tuesday to secure her Snippetson (Aus) half-brother (lot 254), a homebred from Scenic Lodge.

“I train the half sister Assetro and I have a big opinion of her,” Durrant said. “I thought he was one to target. He looks like he will run early. I was hoping to get him a bit cheaper but there were obviously a few people on him.”

“It's been a really strong sale,” Durrant added. “The nice horses have had plenty of people on them and you've really had to fight for them if you liked them.”

Oratorio (Aus) sired the two highest-priced fillies on the day at A$90,000 and A$75,000. The former (lot 219) was purchased by local trainer Trevor Andrews, who said the sale was stronger than he expected.

“I didn't expect to be paying the amount of money for the horses that we had to,” he said. “If you don't meet the market and step up and pay more you're not going to go home with the horses you want.”

Another local trainer, Neville Parnham, said the past success of Western Australian horses on the national, and even international, stage gave him confidence to invest.

“I got the feeling about three days ago that it was much stronger than we had here last year,” Parnham said. “We are very happy to buy the nice WA-bred horses as we know they can produce horses like Black Heart Bart, Playing God, Scenic Shot, Scenic Blast, etc, etc.”

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