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Opal Ridge to shine in Tatts Tiara Ted Ryan
from The Local Paper. Peninsula-Frankston-Greater Dandenong-Casey-Cardinia Edition. Wed., Jun. 14, 2023.
by Ash Long
An interesting runner is Royal Merchant, a three-year-old filly who won the Goodwood Handicap in fine style back on March 20 at Morphettville, and appears to have a bit of quality about her.
She is by a good horse in Merchant Navy
Prior to that she won the Group Two Tobin Bronze, also at Morphettville on May 6. One to keep your eye on.
Revolutionary Miss is smart and with the Snowden’s
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■ If you are a racing person, and you do have a dollar to spend, there is nothing better than having an interest in a racing animal such as purchasing a yearling at the sales, especially at the Inglis bonanzas.
The company is over the moon after their Inglis EasterYearling Sale in Sydney
Despite the economy the way it is at the moment, if you can afford to have a crack at trying to get a dollar, you might try to get into the sales of these young racing animals.
There are a great number of syndications that you can swing into at a reasonable cost.
Then of course there is the other side of the coin, if you are travelling all right, have a go at the top bred youngsters by leading sires.
Inside Racing’s Danny Power had a great summary of the Easter Sales in the May Edition of the racing magazine for the Industry.
Of course, as Dan admitted, there is the other side of the coin.
He mentioned that vendors selling stock south of the middle market, it was a battle to sell their stock.
At the top end, there were 26 yearlings sold for $1million, or more.
This was second only to the big sale of 2008, when 28 yearlings reached seven figures.
As he said, interestingly, it was the filly buyers who outdid (and outbid) the stallion investors with the two-top price
Lot 440, a powerful bay by The Autumn Sun, from Via Afrika (SAF) was offered by Silverdale Stud and sold for $1.8 million to Arrowfield Stud, and Heritage Thoroughbreds.
The half-sister to Group One winner, In the Congo (Snitzel), was bought by Silverdale for $600,000, as a weanling, and re-offered as a yearling for a huge profit.
- Ted Ryan
