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At Oaklands Junctions in Melbourne yesterday, trade produced an extremely healthy conclusion to the weanling market before race fillies and broodmares were offered. Weanlings averaged a record $40,739, or 27% higher than the previous record set at the last physical Great Southern in 2019 (the 2020 renewal was held as an online sale due to Covid 19). A total of 32 weanlings sold for $100,000 or more, a 45% increase from 2019 while the median of $22,000 was a 22% increase. Monday’s leading weanling was Lot 321, a So You Think x Collins colt of Makybe which sold to Mitchell Bloodstock for $290,000. James Mitchell said a decision on whether to on-sell the colt as a yearling in 2022 or race him would be made in due course. The second-best selling weanling of the session went the way of Suman Hedge Bloodstock and Silverdale Farm, who paid $250,000 for a Capitalist x Sebrina colt offered by Widden as agent for Jock and Jennifer Mackay of Cangon Stud Farm. It was a telling result for Widden, who were presenting their first Great Southern draft under the Widden Victoria banner since purchasing the Sun Stud property earlier this year. “Being the first sale as the new brand in Victoria we wanted to make sure we sold well and to have a horse make $250,000 at Great Southern is just awesome,’’ Widden Victoria’s Phil Marshall said. “This colt was a horse that really stood out in what is a really strong sale.”
