The annual Million in Mind Dispersal, coupled with the Select Point-to-Point and Bumper Session, proved every bit the highlight it promised to be at the Goffs UK Spring HIT Sale at Doncaster today.
Offering a select number of horses in today’s opening day of the two-day Spring HIT Sale, the sale is currently performing well ahead of last year and saw three horses top the £200,000 mark.
Anthony Bromley and David Minton’s Million In Mind draft headlined proceedings and produced the day’s top prices with the Grade 2 winner and Grade 1 placed Le Prezien (Lot 305 pictured above) selling to Frank Berry on behalf of J.P. McManus for £290,000. Just one lot earlier, Berry went to £260,000 to secure Million In Mind’s Listed winning mare The Organist (Lot 304), also on behalf of J.P. McManus.
The Select Supplementary Session, which featured current Point-to-Point and Bumper winners, also saw its share of fireworks and was topped by Espoir de Teillee (Lot 351) who created a huge impression on his debut at Athlacca earlier this month. The four-year-old equalled the sale’s top price last year when selling to Roger Brookhouse for £220,000. The Select Session saw three additional horses sell for over £100,000 with Milestone Stables’ Minella Warrior (Lot 355) selling to Jill Lamb Bloodstock for £180,000, Monbeg Stables’ Calino d'Airy (Lot 353) purchased by Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins for £150,000 and Newlands Farm Stables’ Ravenhill Road (Lot 363) selling outside the ring to Phil Martin for £100,000.
Offered: 98
Sold: 83 (85%)
Turnover: £2,618,200
Average: £31,545 (up 93% on the full 2015 Spring HIT Sale average)
Median: £13,000 (up 63% on the full 2015 Spring HIT Sale median)
The Spring HIT Sale will continue tomorrow at the normal time of 10 a.m. and will feature quality dispersals from the UK and Ireland’s leading owners and trainers.
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