Gai Waterhouse ramped up her spending as the foals made
their first appearance at the JRHA sale on Tuesday.
In association with Satomi Oka Bloodstock, Waterhouse made
the final bid on five foals. (photo Gai Waterhouse Twitter)
- Lot 317 C Rulership x Star of Sapphire by Tapit 23m Yen (A$251,000)
Dam is a sister to dual Grade 1 winner Zazu and Grade II
winner and Grade 1 placed Flashback.
- Lot 235 C Workforce x Quick Mail by Taiki Shuttle 20m yen (A$218,000)
Dam is a 3-time winning sister to multiple stakes-winner
Tanino Martini.
- Lot 368 Novellist x Peace of World by Sunday Silence 33m yen (A$360,000)
Dam was Champion Japanese 2yo from the family of top-class
stallion Taiki Shuttle 33m yen.
- Lot 456 C Novellist x Aiai Botan, by Admire Vega 15m yen (A$164,000)
Dam is a 2-time winning sister to multiple Group II winner
Ar Alan (Arcangues)
- Lot 467 F Orfevre x Four Sins by Sinndar 31m yen (A$338,000)
Dam was a Group II and Group III winner in Ireland.
Bloodstock agent Robert Roulston also made the score sheet with
two purchases.
The first was a Heart's Cry filly for 29m yen. (A$316,500)
Her dam Crimson Bouquet (Kurofune) is out of the granddam of
Group 1 Japan Cup Dirt winner Vermillion and the Group winners Solitary King,
King's Emblem and Saqalat.
Roulston's second purchase was Symboli Kris S filly for 21m
yen (A$229,000).
Out of the Special Week Reizend, the filly is a three-quarter
sister to Group III winner Reinforcer.
Surprisingly it was a filly that made the running on day I
of the Foal Sale.
Consigned by Northern Farm, the daughter of Deep Impact out
of dual Grade 1 winner Weemissfrankie (Sunriver) was knocked down to Danox Ltd
for 180m yen. (pictured left).
Masahiro Noda, representing Danox, said of his purchase. "Mikki Queen owned by my wife (Mizuki Noda) won the Japanese Oaks earlier this year. While I have not won Classic for three-year-olds. I would really like to win an Oaks and worked hard to find an Oaks candidate. And I found this filly should be the horse to win an Oaks for me."
Northern Farm's colt by King Kamehameha out of the winning
Sunday Silence mare Guino made 155m yen to the bid of Takaya Shimakawa.
Guino is a sister to three stakes-winners including the Champion
Older Mare in Japan, To The Victory, herself the dam of multiple Group II
winners To The Glory (King Kamehameha) and To The World (King Kamehameha) who
was so brave in finishing second in the Group 1The BMW.
The gross sale of foal session, 6,069,000,000yen, is 7.3% down as compared with the previous year, and the average price of the session, 32,983,696yen, is 4.8% decline. The buy-back rate increased from 14.1% in 2014 to 20.7% in 2015.
The gross sale through two days session of 2015 JRHA Select Sale, 13,174,500,000yen, is 4.8% higher than 2014 and is new record at JRHA. The average price through two days, 33,435,279yen, is 7.9% higher than 2014. And the buy-back rate increased from 14.9% in 2014 to 16.2% in 2015.
Teruya Yoshida, vice chairman of JRHA, comments at the conclusion of sale. "I am very happy to see international buyers are so active".
"I think the quality of foals and yearlings offered here this year was better than last year. On the other hand, as last year's market was very strong, I thought it might be difficult to surpass last year's figures. Hence, it is pleasant surprise to see the gross sale increased and set new record again."
"I really appreciate the support by buyers from all over the world."
