Coolmore buy Lot 244, a Frankel colt of G1 winner Peeress (offered by Cheveley Park Stud) for 1,300,000gns
Yesterday's results were dominated by the usual suspects: 229 c DUBAWI – Nature Spirits bought by John Ferguson Bloodstock 2,100,000 309 f GALILEO – Shastye bought by David Redvers Bloodstock 1,350,000 244 c FRANKEL – Peeress bought by MV Magnier/Mayfair/P&R Doyle 1,300,000 328 c DUBAWI – So Silk bought by Roger Varian 850,000 319 f MEDAGLIA D'ORO – Shumoos bought by Al Shira'aa Farms 600,000 330 c GALILEO – Sogno Verde bought by Kenji Ryotokuji 600,000
Today's lots to watch out for: Lot 379, an Exceed And Excel half-brother to the Gr.1-winning juvenile Cursory Glance, Lot 385, a Frankel half-brother to Gr.1 winner Zoffany, Lot 419, an Invincible Spirit half-sister to Gr.1 winner Akeed Mofeed, Lot 422, a Shamardal half-sister to triple Gr.1 winner Legatissimo, Lot 427, a Dubawi half-brother to Gr.1 winner Izzi Top out of Gr.1 winner Zee Zee Top, Lot 441, a Galileo full-sister to Gr.1 winner Alice Springs, Lot 460, a Declaration Of War half-brother to dual Gr.1 winner Order Of St George and three other Group/Listed winners, Lot 475, a Frankel colt out of the five-time Gr.1 winner Attraction, Lot 481, an Iffraaj full-brother to the Gr.1-winning two-yearold Wootton Bassett, Lot 521, an Iffraaj half-brother to triple Gr.1 winner Halfway To Heaven and two other Group winners, Lot 523, a Frankel half-brother to a Gr.3 winner out of Gr.1 Oaks winner Casual Look, Lot 535, a Dubawi half-sister to the Gr.1-winning trio Awelmarduk, Jakkalberry and Crackerjack King, Lot 540, a Dubawi half-brother to Gr.1 winners Viva Pataca and Laughing
It was raised this year to £225,000 but when the yearlings that are currently selling were conceived the breeders will have paid £100,000. Of the 13 yearlings by him that have been sold so far this year their average price has been £876,569 and the median £575,001 so they're turning a good profit (stats from Racing Post).
225,000 is amazing. I wonder with all the success he's having on the track and sales ring, they'll bump his fee even higher in the near future?
It makes him the second most expensive sire in the world after Galileo who is listed as Private but the last figure I heard was around the €350,000 mark but that was a few years ago and may well be higher now. They may well put Dubawi up again and there have been rumours they might even close his book to outside mares. Certainly around 80% of the mares that Galileo covers are owned be Coolmore or their partners.
We keep cross-posting! That would be the one and only Northern Dancer who hit the heights of $1,000,000 in the 1970s/early 80s. If you adjust for inflation now that is significantly higher. In recent years Storm Cat made it up to $500,000 at his peak in the early 2000s but the most expensive stallion currently in America is Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at $200,000, a first season sire!
Ah, I may be wrong on the Northern Dancer fee. This is what Wikipedia says: "With the success of his offspring, Northern Dancer's stud fee rose, slowly at first: from $10,000 (live foal) in 1965, to $15,000 (live foal) in 1969, to $25,000 (live foal) in 1971 to $35,000 ($10,000 of which was non-refundable) in 1975 to $50,000 (no guarantee) in 1978. His published fee, with no guarantee that a live foal would result, then started a rapid increase: $100,000 in 1980, $150,000 in 1981, $250,000 in 1982, $300,000 in 1983 and $500,000 in 1984. For his final years at stud (1985-1987), his breeding rights were privately negotiated,[16] with one season selling at auction for $1 million[42] — an amount four to five times that of his closest rivals."
Either way, I've just read that a million dollars in 1980 equates to over three million in today's terms.
Coolmore just went to 1,100,000gns for the Frankel half brother to Zoffany. That's the second Frankel they've purchased this week, interesting as they bought none last year and only have one in training this year (San Remo).
Oh I know, but considering they sold all bar one of the Frankel's they bred from his first crop (either in utero or later on) it's quite telling that they are making a point of buying back into them now. Glancing down the list of the mares he covered in 2014 (for this current crop of yearlings) Coolmore look to have 6 or 7 interests there too.
Peter Doyle just went to 2,100,000 for a full-sister to Saturday's Sun Chariot winner Alice Springs (441). While I was out for lunch Lot 427 became joint top lop with Angus Gold of Shadwell signing for the son of Dubawi at 2,600,000gns.
The good news is the sales day live video can be rewound on the Tattersalls website PN (the Dubawi colt sale is at about 3hrs 6 mins).
Just got back from a quick trip up at the Sales, managed to watch the Frankel/Attraction colt sell for 1,600,000gns and was actually stood near Angus Gold as he was bidding - they often like to hide in amongst the crowd so as not to draw too much attention to themselves!
It's a different World. How nice it must be to have all that pocket money - without sacrificing health and happiness of course
