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21.
Magic
Millions Day One - Rogerson Takes The Spotlight
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09/01/2003 |
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International
trainer Graeme Rogerson stole the spotlight from Gai Waterhouse as the dominant
buyer on the first day of the 2003 Magic Millions Yearling Sale at the Gold
Coast on January 9.
Rogerson, with stables in Australia and New Zealand and a business office in
China, ended the first session with a varied selection of 10 yearlings ranging
in price from $32,500 to $400,000.
Rogerson’s most expensive purchase was a colt by Zabeel from Savannah Success,
the champion filly he trained to win the G1 NZ Oaks and G1 Ansett Stakes at
Rosehill among her seven Group and Listed wins.
Rogerson buys for a wide range of clients but it will not surprise to see
several of his Magic Millions horses race in the colours of Melbourne
millionaire Lloyd Williams.
Waterhouse, the leading buyer at the Magic Millions for the last three years,
finished the first session with nine yearlings ranging in price from $65,000 to
$200,000.
Her highest priced lot was a colt by Zeditave but a feature of her buying was
her attraction to the progeny of boom first season sires Catbird and Redoute’s
Choice.
She bought three lots by Catbird, all for six figure amounts, and also one by
Redoute’s Choice.
Melbourne’s Rick Hore-Lacy and the Gold Coast’s Alan Bailey were credited
with the most expensive purchases by individual trainers.
Hore-Lacy, who trained Redoute’s Choice and acquired his G1 winner
Dash For Cash from the Magic Millions, paid $550,000 for a full brother to
outstanding young sprinter Snowland, by Snippets from Snowdrift.
The colt is the most expensive yearling produced by Snippets, winner of the
inaugural Magic Millions in 1987. Hore-Lacy trained Snippets’ G1 winner
Spartacus.
Bailey will prepare a Sunday Silence colt who was knocked down to a $450,000 bid
from his son Trevor on behalf of Victorian interests.
The colt is one of only two yearling by the deceased Japanese champion sire
Sunday Silence bred to Australian time in the sale, both being offered by MM
principal John Singleton’s Strawberry Hill Stud.
Bailey’s purchase is out of an unraced Bluebird mare who is a sister to South
African G1 winner Race Master and a half sister to Australian triple Oaks winner
November Rain.
The colt’s dam Nance Chrissie has had only one foal to race, the talented
Brisbane winner Broc ‘N’ Roll.
Other active buyers included agent Mark Pilkington, syndicators Lawton Racing
and South Africa’s Worldwide Bloodstock, each signing for five lots apiece.
Other notable overseas buyers included BBA Ireland’s Adrian Nichol, Hong
Kong-based Marie Debausser’s Asian Bloodstock Services, Japan’s Peter
Hingston, Grandway Racehorse Company of Hong Kong and leading Hong Kong trainer
John Moore.
The threat of the Hong Kong Jockey Club to withdraw from the sale did not
eventuate as the body was identified as the underbidder on the $500,000 Danehill
colt secured by Asian Bloodstock Services for a private Hong Kong syndicate.
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