Missrock Heads To England After Topping Day One of National Broodmare Sale
Outstanding racemare Missrock will head to England after being purchased by John and Jake Warren.
She topped Day One of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when she was knocked down for A$2.3 million.
John Warren is known around the world as the Racing Manager for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and in recent years has teamed up with his son Jake and the pair are leading buyers right around the world.
The Warrens spent recent days on the Gold Coast and were struck with Missrock when they inspected her on the grounds.
Presented at the auction by Kingstar Farm for an ownership group headed by Ray and Susie Montague, Missrock was able to make her last major Australian appearance at the same place she made her first – she was a $500,000 Gold Coast Yearling Sale buy for her former trainer Robbie Laing.
Two other mares on the day sold for A$1 million – former Melbourne prepared star Oregon’s Day (Amarina Farm to Tony Fung) and New Zealand champion filly of her generation Savvy Coup (Attunga Stud to Tom Magnier and James Bester).
The day’s selling rounded out with seven stallion nominations sold on behalf of injured jockey Tye Angland. Tye’s wife Erin and eldest daughter Lexi were present to see the nominations sell for a total of A$283,500.
All across the day over A$28.3 million was traded on 168 lots sold at an average price of $168,646 – slightly up on last year’s opening session. The clearance rate grew throughout the day and currently sits at over 81 per cent.