Friday, 19th April 2024
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An outstanding colt from the first crop of multiple Group 1 winner Impending (Lonhro-Mnemosyne, by Encosta de Lago) will stay local after topping the Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale at Quercus Park yesterday. Local trainer Cameron Thompson went to $150,000 to secure the colt from the Armidale Stud draft. "He was one of the first yearlings I saw when I inspected the farms in the lead up to the sale and I just fell in love with him," Thompson said. "I loved his walk, he looks an early type and his pedigree got me as well… We'd been outbid on a couple of others we liked and the Impending colt was the number one pick so we're delighted to get him." The Impending colt was one of six lots to sell for $100,000 or more across a spirited day of bidding. Earlier in the day Alva Stud's Deep Field-Medusa filly was sold for $120,000 - a record for the farm and the highest priced filly of the sale. She will head to the stables of leading Sunshine Coast trainer David Vandyke who trains the full-sister, recent Brisbane winner Cotton Fields. Across the day over $3.37 million was traded on 94 lots sold at a record average price of $35,872 and improved clearance rate of 82.5 per cent. Tasmanian Racing Minister Jane Howlett was on hand to witness the record-breaking auction and was delighted with the figures. "I'm absolutely thrilled we've been able to beat last year's sales results especially considering the uncertainty leading into the sale," Minister Howlett said. "It's an outstanding result for the Tasmanian industry."
