Three Bridges Thoroughbreds enjoyed sensational success at the 2015 Magic
Millions Yearling Sale as did so many vendors in a market that was red hot with
their highlight coming during the Saturday night session when a Snitzel colt from
Song of the Sun sold for $675,000.From a mare closely related to champions Black Caviar and All Too Hard, it was no surprise to see the colt knocked down to Peter Moody, who trained the great mare and also another Group I winner on the page in Magnus.
"He's a lovely colt and we know the family well as you know," Moody said.
"I traditionally don't buy big horses - he's quite a big horse - but I've only seen two in the family that move like that and it's not hard to work out which two they were."
Three Bridges will be hoping Moody has just as much success with this colt as his dam Song of the Sun was covered by their young gun Unencumbered last spring.
The Liston family sold all seven yearlings offered in the first four sessions of Book One at an average $221,429 making Three Bridges Thoroughbreds the most successful Victorian vendor by average at this sale and just outside the Top 10 overall.
Their Stratum filly from Melbourne Rose selling for $340,000 was also a highlight,
but particularly pleasing was the sale of two Stryker yearlings, a colt from
Live in Black for $165,000 to McEvoy Mitchell Racing and a filly from Recurring
for $100,000 to Aston Bloodstock.The foundation sire at Three Bridges, Stryker had three yearlings sell at this sale at an average $105,000, not bad for a young sire off an $11,000 fee.
From just five runners, Stryker has already had two stakes-placed performers and another place-getter, so the interest shown in his progeny at this sale would suggest his stock are more than pleasing their trainers and winners cannot be far off.
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