Blandford Bloodstock Pay Top Dollar For Redoute’s Choice Colt At Weanling Sale
Redoute’s Choice-sired colt topped the 2019 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale after a flurry of spirited bidding on the last day of the annual sale. The colt was knocked down to A$480,000. The cracking colt was purchased by UK based Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock who had beaten all challengers.
Catalogued as Lot 611, the youngster is from the regally related Stravinsky mare Victoire Celebre and is a half brother to Sydney stakes winner Arab Dawn.
Boman said he and his clients were also underbidders on the top-priced Teofilo filly, who sold for A$425,000.
Four other top-class weanlings were sold for A$300,000 on the last day of the sale. Three of them sold by Aquis Farm Operations. One was a Frosted half-sister to Santa Ana Lane to Redwall Bloodstock, another was the Medaglia d’Oro-Yolo Girl colt to Fernrigg Farm and the third was the Fastnet Rock-Two Beauties colt to Victoria’s IDK Racing.
The fourth A$300,000 lot for the day was Yarraman Park Stud’s I Am Invincible-Swooning colt who sold to New Zealand’s Lyndhurst Farm.
The sale rounded out with a record average price of almost A$63,500 and record sale gross of $27,876,000.
The sale leading vendors (ranked by total gross) were Aquis Farm Operations (A$4,249,500; 47 sold), Rothwell Park (A$2,710,500; 25 sold) and Segenhoe Stud Australia (A$1,774,500; 16 sold).
While the top3 buyers (ranked by total spend) were Yu Long Investments (Australia) Pty Ltd (A$1,746,500; 10 lots), Fernrigg Farm (A$1,161,000; 8 lots) and Redwall Bloodstock (A$925,000; 7 lots).