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Y EARLING
SALE
TURNING BOYS INTO MEN
GAI WATERHOUSE & TOMMY BERRY
Because when the one sale venue continues to
over the past few years, which in turn flows on
very proud of. The strength of the James Harron
produce major stallion prospects at the rate of
to every sector of the sale. The targeting of the
Bloodstock syndicates, which along with Newgate
knots, then it is not overstating the fact that the
very same goal, the magical commercial stallion
Farm, Matthew Sandblom’s Horse Ventures and
whole world really does pay attention. The theme
prospect, has led to a more recent market
partners struck gold with Capitalist, is backed by
can be traced back to the first Magic Millions
phenomenon - the major players joining forces
that outfit’s professionalism at every level, while
winner, Snippets, right through to the 2016-17
and buying in partnership, a strategy which
all of Australia’s leading trainers and many of its
Champion Australian Sire, Snitzel, a $260,000
spreads their risk and allows for more tickets in
leading studs also compete, with the support of
purchase in 2004, as well as his closest rival this
the “yearling to stallion” lottery. For Australia,
their client bases, Peter Moody’s Dissident with
season, the year older Not a Single Doubt.
this is a modern form of syndication which is now
his large ownership group being a case in point.
The nature of the horse business is that anyone
being taken to the nth degree.
Tackling the 2017 sale with a similar approach,
and everyone can put themselves into that
However, local buyers are not being left behind.
but different to their normal buying strategy,
position with a combination of good judgement
The most loyal supporter of the sale over a long
was the Chris Waller camp. With the support of
and good luck, but foreign investment from the
period has been Gai Waterhouse and her honour
agent Guy Mulcaster and Peter Tighe’s Harras
likes of China Horse Club, Winstar Farm, SF
roll of colts sourced north includes Golden Slipper
Syndicate, the group signed for five yearlings
Holdings, Aquis Farm and Spendthrift, to name
winners and now stallions Sebring, Pierro and
for a total spend of $1.35m, with prices ranging
just a few, has raised the bar at the Gold Coast
Vancouver, among others, which is a record to be
from $90,000 to $425,000 for Lot 46, a chestnut
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