Local trainer Bryan Guy outlasted rivals in the sales complex to secure the colt, the last lot offered among the 2YOs, for $450,000.Presented by Washpool Lodge, as Lot 346 in the supplementary catalogue, the Star Witness colt is the second living foal of the Exceed and Excel mare High Aspirations.
Star Witness’ progeny had a Saturday to remember last week when Global Glamour won the Group One Thousand Guineas, her second Group One in a week, while Star Turn and Mella Maria added Group Twos to their outstanding records.
Yesterday his colt from Ellamotion topped Day One proceedings when sold to Singapore’s Constance Cheng for $315,000.
Today it was the turn of his colt from High Aspirations to star. The good looking chestnut was knocked down to leading local horseman Bryan Guy who was accompanied by his son and new co-trainer Daniel.
“He’s a very strong colt,” a delighted Bryan Guy said. “He was one of those horses you couldn’t help but like.””I’m delighted to have been able to purchase him – a great type of horse who breezed terrific and looks a great prospect.”
“The way he walked showed a real purpose to be a racehorse,” Guy added.
The colt was the stand out of the two day Gold Coast 2Yos in Training Sale – a sale which returned a gross of over $10 million – an increase of about $1.9 million in last year’s record breaking edition.
The clearance rate continued to improve and rounded out at 73 per cent for 212 lots sold at an average price of $48,910.
The second top priced lot of the day was Washpool Lodge’s So You Think colt from Morning Light who was knocked down to Les Kelly for $220,000.
“There were buyers at every level at this sale,” Magic Millions Managing Director Vin Cox said. “This led to our leading consignors being well rewarded.”
“The Gold Coast’s own training partnership of Bryan and Daniel Guy purchased the top lot for $450,000 again highlighting that the optimum dollar is delivered at Magic Millions.”
“The leading international jurisdiction by spend was Singapore with 34 lots at a spend of $2.17 million while buyers from Macau (19 lots), South Korea (16), Hong Kong (12) and China (10) were also very active.”
“A tremendous amount of work was done by our own David Chester and Cassandra Simmonds as well as good friend Paul Beamish to attract the buying bench that attended the sale.”
To view the sale results and to make an offer on a passed in lot at the Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale click here.
Meanwhile, the Godolphin lots proved popular at the Spring Racehorse Sale following today’s 2YO sale with their draft accounting for the top four prices.
Fallacy, their first lot through the ring, was the top seller among the racehorses when sold to Waterford Bloodstock for $43,000.
Some 26 of the 31 lots offered were sold at an average price of $14,375 and clearance rate of 84 per cent.
To view the sale results and to make an offer on a passed in lot at the Gold Coast Spring Racehorse Sale click here.
2YO SALE STATISTICS
(2015 in brackets)
Lots Catalogued: 346 (214)
Lots Sold: 212 (134)
Lots Passed In: 80 (31)
Lots Withdrawn: 54 (49)
Top Price: $450,000 ($300,000)
Average Price: $48,910 ($63,011)
Sale Gross: $10,369,000 ($8,443,500)
Sold %: 73 (80)
DAY TWO 2YO TOP SELLERS
$450,000 – Star Witness-High Aspirations colt (Lot 346)
Vendor: Washpool Lodge (As Agent) / Buyer: Bryan Guy (Qld)
$220,000 – So You Think-Morning Light colt (Lot 274)
Washpool Lodge (As Agent) / Les Kelly (Qld)
$130,000 – Your Song-Quality Coup colt (Lot 322)
Attunga Stud (As Agent) / Segenhoe Thoroughbreds (NSW)
$120,000 – I Am Invincible-Little Evie colt (Lot 246)
Woodside Park Stud / Cliff Brown Racing (Singapore)
$120,000 – Mossman-Fromage colt (Lot 195)
Symphony Lodge / Upper Bloodstock (Hong Kong)
OVERALL 2YO SALE TOP SELLERS
$450,000 – Star Witness-High Aspirations colt (Lot 346)
Vendor: Washpool Lodge (As Agent) / Buyer: Bryan Guy (Qld)
$315,000 – Star Witness-Ellamotion colt (Lot 177)
Aquis Farm (As Agent) / Constance Cheng (Singapore)
$220,000 – So You Think-Morning Light colt (Lot 274)
Washpool Lodge (As Agent) / Les Kelly (Qld)
