Breeding and Bloodstock

The Caulfield Guineas is regarded as one of Australia’s most prestigious races for three-year-olds - a Classic that invariably defines a generation of colts. A new generation gets its chance on Saturday.

The headline results kept on rolling at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with another five lots fetching one million guineas or more on day three, but the depth of the market continued to be challenged.

A difficult two-year-old market which saw annual drops in aggregate, average and clearance won’t dissuade Magic Millions from persisting with its Horses in Training Sale in future years.

Hong Kong bloodstock agent Apollo Ng will skip the Inglis Ready2Race Sale and Ka Ying Rising’s shot at The Everest in favour of witnessing his own pursuit of a Group 1 win at Flemington with lightly raced filly Breeders Sun.

Predicting the market at a breeze-up sale isn’t easy, but Magic Millions managing director Barry Bowditch is hoping a greater proportion of Hong Kong buyers will be in action at its Horses In Training Sale on the Gold Coast.

With the Australasian two-year-old sales season about to begin, new analysis has revealed that the most successful graduates are rarely horses who post the quickest time in the pre-sale breeze-ups.

Godolphin dominated trade on the first day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, spending close to A$20 million, including a purchase of the most expensive yearling in the world this year.