JRHA Sales Concludes With Record Aggregate

Mark Smith - Tuesday July 15
After purchasing the top priced lot at yesterday's yearling sale, David Redvers was back in action at the Japan Racing Horse Association Foal sale signing for eight lots including the first foal of the AJC Australian Derby heroine Shamrocker (O'Reilly).

 The daughter of champion stallion Deep Impact made the second highest price for a filly at ¥92,000,000 ($AU967,254).

The top price filly of the session went to a first crop daughter of the majestic Frankel .

The chestnut was knocked down to Toshio Terada for ¥96,000,000. She is a half-sister to Group II winner and Hong Kong Mile (G1) runner-up Gold Fun (Le Vie Dei Colori) and the Listed winner Body And Soul (Captain Rio).

The top price of the session was ¥250,000,000 yen ($AU2,628,409) paid by Riichi Kondo for Northern Farm's Deep Impact colt out of the American Horse of the Year Azeri (Jade Hunter) (pictured left).

"He is my pick of the day," Kondo said. "He is very nice individual so I really wanted to buy him."

The bay is a brother to the colt that made ¥240 million last year.

Takaya Shimakawa went to ¥220,000,000 for a brother to Tosen Stardom out of Admire Kirameki (End Sweep).

Shimakawa campaigned Admire Kirameki's Group I winner half-brother Tosen Jordan (Jungle Pocket) and Group II winner Tosen Homareboshi (Deep Impact).


Besides the Deep Impact x Shamrocker filly (pictured left) , Redvers signed for a Deep Impact colt out of French Group II winner Musical Way (Gold Away) (¥180,000,000);

A sister to Japanese Derby hero Deep Brillante by Deep Impact out of French Group III winner Love and Bubbles (Loup Sauvage (¥78,000,000);

Deep Impact colt out of US Grade II winner May Day Rose (¥66,000,000);

Colt by Deep Impact out of the multiple Group III winner Keiai Gerbera (Smarty Jones) ¥66,000,000;

King Kamehameha colt out of the stakes-winning Sunday Silence mare Peace Of World (¥47,000,000);

Half-brother to Hakusan Moon by Victoire Pisa (¥46,000,000);

Deep Impact colt out of the Rainbow Quest mare Rumba Boogie (¥35,000,000).

In total 189 of the 220 foals offered were sold for 6,547,050,000 yen ($AU68,833,302), which is a 16.8% increase in the corresponding session last year.

The average pricealso increased slightly to 34,640,476 yen ($AU364,197).

Over the two days of the JRHA Select Sale 404 lots sold for 12,575,050,000 yen ($AU132,209,501), which eclipsed the previous record, 11,764,700,000yen, established in 2013.

The average price through two days was 31,126,361 yen ($AU327,251), a 3.7% increase. The buy-back rate through two days dropped from 17.8% in 2013 to 14.9% in 2014.

"I think this is the beginning of new era", Teruya Yoshida, owner of Shadai Farm and vice chairman of JRHA said at a press conference.

"I am so happy to see foreign buyers are so active. They paid attention only on nice individuals by Deep Impact in the past, however, they are now interested in foals and yearlings by other stallions, such as Heart's Cry and Stay Gold."

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