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A chestnut colt by Woodlands Stud¹s champion first season sire Strategic (out of the Ideal Planet mare Elite Sparkle) topped the QBBS 2-day yearling sale last weekend. The colt was purchased by P.Wilson for $75,000 reported racenet.com.au.

Another son of Strategic (a chestnut out of the Noalcoholic mare Good Mixer) brought a $65,000 bid from Tony Sears. And Eliza Park Stud¹s Johan Cruyff made an auspicious sales ring debut when his only yearling on offer, a bay or brown colt out of the Aurealis mare Mesaluna, was snapped up by G.Burns for $42,500.

Overall 170 yearlings sold (106 were passed in) for a gross aggregate of $1.795 million at an average of $10,559. This was a decline on last year when 180 yearlings sold (63 were passed in) for an aggregate $2.352 million at an average $13,066.

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