Breeding & Racing Magazine

Irish 2YOs: $128k Haatef Colt

In the Irish auction ring, agent Stephen Hillen paid top price of €100,000 (A$128,000) for a colt by Shadwell's Gr2-winning freshman stallion Haatef (out of Penny Fan) during the 1-day Goresbridge Bloodstock 2YO Breeze-Up Sale in County Kilkenny. The colt (consigned by Brendan Holland's Grove Stud) is a half-brother to stakes-winner Ffestiniog &  previously sold for £5,000 (A$8,000) at the 2011 UK Doncaster Bloodstock August Sale.