Doncaster’s Premier Yearling Sale got underway Wednesday, with a full sister
to leading sprinter Hoof It (Monsieur Bond) finishing up clearly best after
selling to Dwayne Woods for £147,000. Also a
full sibling to this year’s Summer S. (Eng-G3) winner and last year’s Queen Mary
S. (Eng-G2) third Ladies Are Forever, and closely related to three other
winners, Jamie Railton’s Hip No. 165 proved hot property, with Woods prevailing
after a battle with Blandford Bloodstock.
“She’s been bought for a partnership that will include (the breeder) Reg
Bond,” Woods told the Racing Post. “A trainer will be chosen depending on
who joins the syndicate.”
The only other to make six figures was Grove Stud’s Hip 224, a son of
Acclamation whose second dam is the stakes-winning Aga Khan mare Kermiyana
(Green Desert). The colt fell to McKeever Bloodstock for
£105,000. He was purchased on behalf of
owner Steve Parkin, whose horses run under the name Clipper Logistics, and he
will be trained by Roger Varian.
Oasis Dream (GB) had only three catalogued and two of those made a splash
early on in the trading. Gill Richardson was on hand to pay
£85,000 for Croom House Stud’s Hip 32, an
April-foaled filly whose dam is a half to the 2000 Rockfel S. (Eng-G2) winner
Sayedah (Ire) (Darshaan). Her page includes Kayrawan (Mr. Prospector) and Haatef
(Danzig), whose first crop are selling this week. Bought on behalf of owner Jon
Aisbitt, she will enter training with Mick Channon.
“She was just a lovely looking filly who walked very well and looked a real
two-year-old,” Richardson told the Post. “Jon wanted a two-year-old type
and she shouldn’t take too long to get ready. Jon is starting to put a broodmare
band together. He’s put a lot into it — he picks them out on pedigree and I
look at them.”
Kyllachy also proved popular, with three of his representatives in the top
eight. All colts, the highest was Trickledown Stud’s Hip 174, a full brother to
the triple Group 2 scorer Arabian Gleam, who sold to Richard Frisby Bloodstock
for £85,000.
At the close of trading, the first session had a familiar look to its
equivalent of 12 months ago, with the average of £27,724
up by 1 percent and the median of £21,000
matching the figure of 2010.
“We are very satisfied with a very solid day of trading,” DBS Managing
Director Henry Beeby said. “The improved clearance rate is especially gratifying
given the current climate and there is every reason to believe that there is
more of the same Thursday.”
The sale concludes Thursday. Full results, catalogue and updates are
available at www.dbsauctions.com.