The Invincible"s and the Million Dollar Snitzel"s

    On day 2 of the Inglis Sydney Easter Sale 8 lots sold for a million or more. Today started off with  Lot 169, the I Am Invincible x Hoss Amor colt getting knocked down for $1,050,000. While the top lot today was a Fastnet Rock colt out of Group 1 winning mare O’Marilyn, which George Moore Bloodstock purchased for $1.8million. Moore said."He’s a good moving, medium sized Fastnet Rock colt but that’s exactly what you want." Fastnet Rock had two more seven figure yearlings on Tuesday with Coolmore fillies from Rezoned and Frustrating selling for $1,250,000 and $1,150,000 respectively to Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock and James Bester Bloodstock.

Fastnet Rock/O''Marilyn Colt

 The Leaders -- The leading vendor by aggregate is Arrowfield Stud $11,390,000 and by average is Kia Ora Stud $720,000.The leading stallion by aggregate is Snitzel $14,120,000 and by average is Fastnet Rock $551,739. After today the sales figures are on par with last years record breaking totals with a gross of $80,827,500 with 232 yearlings being sold.The buyers have been well spread, with Australian interests buying 50% of the catalog to date, Asian clients 30%, Middle East 10%, and New Zealand 7%. Inglis reported many of the horses purchased by overseas interests will remain in Australia to be trained.

Lot 152 Snitzel/Go Indy Go Colt 
Go Indy Go winner of the Group 1 Champagne Stakes

     The second-top lot of the day was a Snitzel colt out of Go Indy Go Lot 152 purchased by a syndicate consisting of Steve Morley Bloodstock, Glenlogan Park, Whitby Bloodstock, and RIFA Mustang for $1.5 million  from Kitchwin Hills. Kitchwin sent out another seven-figure yearling on the day with Lot 223 an I Am Invincible/Marianne colt sold to the Hong Kong Jockey Club for  $1million.

 I Am Invincible / Marianne Colt
 I Am Invincible has sired 3 Stakes winners and a further 5 Stakes performers from mares by sons of Danehill, led by the Group 1 placed Invincible Star.

 Here is some other notable purchases

Lot 294 Snitzel / Precious Lorraine  filly

purchased by Gelagotis racing for $500,000

WOW awesomely bred! Precious Lorraine out of Monsoon Wedding . Redoutes Sister by Encosta De Lago 

  
Chris Waller Racing secured Lot 83, the Mill Park Stud raised 

Snitzel/ Dances On Waves colt for $400,000 during the opening day.

Dances on Waves is out of Canny Lad mare Ancient Lights

 Lot 259, the RedoutesChoice x National Colour colt

Full brother to the Gr1 winners Mustaaqeem and Rafeef was purchased for $460,000 . 

Lot 310 a Newgate Farm listing a filly 

by I Am Invincible/Quench The Thirst   sold for $650,000. 

Out of the full sister to Precious Lorraine

GaiWaterhouse, Adrian Bott purchased Lot 289

Impeccably bred Redoutes Choice /Piste Noire filly sold for $260,000