Friday, 26th April 2024
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The Easter Yearling Sale has again asserted itself as the Southern Hemisphere’s number one equine auction following a phenomenal two days of trade at Riverside. A year after being forced into a Virtual auction at the height of Covid-19, people and horses returned to Riverside to help create an amazing spectacle of equine theatre that resulted in significant trade across the board for the 2021 renewal of the sale. In total, $132,160,000 has so far been traded during the two days at a staggering 88% clearance rate – that will continue to increase - and $371,236 average. During the 48 hours, 22 lots realised $1 million or more - headed by a Snitzel x Rising Romance colt at $2.5m – by nine different stallions (I Am Invincible 8, Snitzel 4, Capitalist 2, Zoustar 2, Exceed And Excel 2 and 1 to each of So You Think, Not A Single Doubt, Fastnet Rock and Written Tycoon). A further nine lots realised $900,000-$950,000. The leading buyers were Coolmore and partners at $9,375,000 with nine purchases ahead of Tony Fung Investments at $7,020,000 with eight purchases, while Gai Waterhouse /Adrian Bott and partners took home most individual lots at 15. The sale’s median was $280,000.
