Perth Celebrates MM Weanling Success

WA’s Simon Miller paid $80,000 for Ocean Jewel as a foal in 2015 and, after winning a LR Placid Ark Stakes, she was sold by owner Mark Chadwick as a broodmare prospect for $1 million. Her colt by I Am Invincible had the Gold Coast arena buzzing on Day1 when topping this year’s Magic Millions National Weanling Sale at $1 million. Another former Perth mare topped Day 2 when the I Am Invincible – Ellicazoom colt sold for $625,000 to Aquis Farm owner Tony Fung. Catalogued as Lot 339, he’s the first foal out of LR Burgess Queen Stakes winner Ellicazoom who went on to claim a G3 Cockram Stakes in Melbourne. Kitchwin Hills manager Mick Malone paid $420,000 for Ellicazoom (Testa Rossa) at the 2018 Magic Millions Perth Winter Mixed Sale. “He’s such a lovely, lovely colt,” Malone said. “He had this amazing presence from the day he was born. He really just stood out on the farm. Ellicazoom is a beautiful mare and she’s in foal to Exceed And Excel.” Perth owner Santo Guagliardo had originally paid $180,000 for Ellicazoom when she was offered as a yearling by Attunga Stud at the 2015 Gold Coast Magic Millions. Her dam Ellicorsam (Fimiston) was a Group 2 winner of a Winterbottom Stakes and Lee-Steere Stakes in Perth before transferring east for a Group 1 victory in the Swettenham Stud Stakes in Adelaide.

Ellicazoom (pic: Mark Gatt)