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The Lindsay Park Classic Collection Sale on April 30 raised more than $7 million from the sale of 71 weanlings and 132 broodmares.

The aggregate of $7,815,250 could be rated the most successful on-stud dispersal sale in Australian history, featuring a top price of $825,000 for the broodmare Biscay Bird, dam of multiple G1 winner Universal Prince, in foal to champion sire Danehill.

Magic Millions principal John Singleton purchased Biscay Bird for his Strawberry Hill Stud in NSW, the price being the highest ever paid for a thoroughbred in South Australia,

The average for the weanling section of the catalogue was $29,243. Of the 79 catalogued, 71 lots sold. 

The average for the broodmare section of the catalogue was $43,477. 137 mares were catalogued and 132 sold.

Other significant purchasers of the sale included Ian Barton of South Australia’s Kanowna Stud SA who outlaid $340,000 for stakes-winning mare Visual Displays, in foal to Agnes World, and $110,000 for the Salieri mare Barossa Valley in foal to Rory’s Jester. 

Ron and Debbie Gilbert of Highgrove Stud in Queensland paid $200,000 for the young Dehere mare Angelic Smile with a positive test to Fusaichi Pegasus.

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