The second session of the BSA August Two-Year-Old Sale proved more adventurous than the first as four of the five seven-digit purchases came during the portion of the event. The crowning draft arrived in the form of Lucrative (Saf), who topped the sale at R1,400,000 and cemented Vercingetorix as the top sire with an aggregate of R7,300,000 from 12 lots sold.
The jewel of the Maine Chance Farms (pty) Ltd. consignment, the bay daughter of Querari (Ger) mare La Collossa (Saf) hails from a busy Group-winning and performing family including MGSP-Fr La Banderilla (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}) and German champion MG1SW-Ger & GSP-US Lomitas (GB) (Niniski)–grandsire of Vercingetorix–through the female line of La Colorada (Ger), the German champion 2-year-old filly of her year. La Collossa does not claim quite the race record but has produced a winner from two of racing age counting Lucrative.
Of the 257 lots offered for the two-day auction, 245 sold (95.3%) for an aggregate of R59,690,000. The average was R244,631 and the median was R160,000.
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