Having drawn breath after a frenetic opening three-day session to the Easter Select Sale, buyers were back in action on Thursday, 24 April and it seems Shamardal was the name at the top of many people’s shopping lists.
Members of his first crop were well received in the earlier part of the week with all six offered selling for an average of $329,000 with a top price of $630,000 for a filly out of True Jewels.
From the second session it was a Shamardal colt consigned by Twin Palms Stud who fetched the top price of the day, knocked down for $275,000. From the Salt Lake mare Salty Sal, the youngster is bound for Hong Kong, where his close relative Ain’t Here has been such a successful flag-bearer for the family. Another four Shamardal yearlings changed hands during the session for the healthy average of $122,400.
Following the success of his offspring on the track this year, it was no surprise that Exceed And Excel's yearlings sold well in the first session, with 19 exchanged for an average of $312,250 (top price $900,000).
Lot 686 (pictured) from the Lydhurst Stud Farm consignment in the second session, a filly out of Red Express’ half-sister Grieger Girl, fetched $200,000, while a colt our of Zabeel mare Zamsung, was bought by Rogerson Bloodstock for $140,000.
Cape Cross has had the perfect advertisement from his days in New Zealand thanks to the globetrotting multiple G1-winning mare Seachange. Three of his four yearlings offered on Thursday were sold for six-figure sums.
Two Kia Ora Stud-consigned Cape Cross colts made $145,000 and $135,000 respectively, the more expensive of the pair being out of NZ G3 winner Gypsy Babe. British-based New Zealand bloodstock agent Larry Stratton paid $115,000 for a filly from the Last Tycoon mare Gee Trump.
