The Inglis Digital Australia January Sale was topped Jan. 21 by well-related Avenue Boss mare Sliders—with an I Am Invincible colt foal at foot—who offered for AU$400,000 (US$272,000, AU$1=US$0.68).
Supplied by Coolmore on behalf of a shopper, Sliders offered to a delighted Ben Kwok, who has goals of a go to to Darley stallion Too Darn Sizzling with the mare.
“I am hoping he returns to Australia this 12 months and I can get her to him but when not, I will discover one other good stallion,” Kwok stated.
“She is going to keep in Australia anyway and I will in all probability retain the colt to race.”
Coolmore’s Brian McGuire was happy with Wednesday’s consequence. “Sliders is from an excellent household and her I Am Invincible colt foal is a beautiful sort so she deserved to make that type of cash,” McGuire stated.Join BloodHorse Each day
The sale’s second-top lot was the 3-year-old Portofino (I Am Invincible), who was provided by Newgate Farm and offered for AU$105,000.
Portofino offered to Tamworth-based Luke Berger—a former coach who now runs an possession administration teams enterprise—who will ship his new buy to Mudgee-based coach Mack Griffith.
“He suits our mannequin, we search for well-bred horses with good type after which we place them with trainers with excessive strike charges and put them in a weaker jurisdiction,” Berger stated.
The Inglis Digital January Sale grossed AU$3,391,400 (US$2,306,152).
