The half-brother to Japan’s late champion filly Liberty Island, daughter of Australian Group 1-winning mare Yankee Rose, by Saturnalia, sold for 310 million yen (A$3,206,640) at the JRHA Select Sale on Monday.
And a colt by Kitasan Black out of Group 1-winning Fastnet Rock mare Mosheen, who has already produced two stakes winners in Japan, sold for the top price of 420 million yen (A$4.34 million) during the 233-lot yearling session.
Yankee Rose’s sixth foal, a colt by Saturnalia, was bought by Danox after her two most recent foals, both fillies by Kizuna and Contrail, were retained by the Yoshida family’s Northern Farm.
Liberty Island, a three-time Group 1 winner, was euthanised after breaking down during the running of the QEII Cup in Hong Kong last December.
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