Cootamundra's Twin Hills thoroughbred stud continued on from its success at the 2020 Magic Millions Yearling sale with further good results at the Sydney Inglis Classic Sale and Inglis Melbourne sales in February and March.
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One of the stud's yearlings offered at this year's Magic Millions in mid January sold for $450,000 while at the Inglis Classic Sale their yearlings offered averaged $97,125.
The Classic sale, held at the Riverside Sales Complex at Warwick Farm from February 9 to 11, has grown in stature in recent years with astute buyers and Australia's top studs in attendance.
Twin Hills offered 10 yearlings at this year's sale with eight picked up by buyers.
The top priced yearling sold by Twin Hills was a colt by ATC Silver Slipper winner Headwater out of the Nadeem mare French making him a half brother to Foxwedge colt Infamous Fox which has recorded eight wins to date in South Africa.
Will Clarken and David Jolly Racing of Adelaide secured the colt for $180,000.
Another Twin Hills colt, by Hallowed Crown out of seven time winner Lycra Lass, will race out of the stables of Gold Coast trainer John Morrisey after being knocked down to the former Canberra trainer for $155,000.
The colt is the third foal from Lycra Lass with its two siblings both having met with racetrack success.
Twin Hills' other yearlings sold at the sale included:
A colt by Extreme Choice out of Chameleon which went to Matthew Smith Racing for $110,000;
A filly by Pride of Dubai from My Obsession sold to Griffiths Racing in Victoria for $105,000;
A colt by Japanese sire Milkki Isle from Shelmerdine sold to the Perth stables of Rod Northam for $40,000;
A colt by Dissident from Keep We Warm purchased by Kawhi Racing of New Zealand for $42,000;
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A colt by Dundeel out of Silenzia Blue which will be trained by Bjorn Baker for $80,000;
A colt by Odyssey Moon out of Swish sold to Hannover Lodge, NSW for $65,000 and;
A colt by Oydssey Moon out of Bright Heart sold to Worthington Racing for $20,000.
The Cootamundra stud offered five yearlings at the Inglis Premier Sale at Oakloads Junction in Melbourne from March 1 to 3 with three selling.
The top priced Twin Hills yearling was a Pierro filly out of German mare Princess Youmzain which was picked up by First Light Racing on the second day of the sale for $100,000.
Their Frosted filly out of Northern Meteor mare Shooting Sally went to Victorian trainer Nigel Blackiston for $30,000.
Woodpark Holdings picked up their Astern colt out of Redoutes Choice mare Zrinksi, who was a winner over 2200 metres, for $60,000, giving the stud a sales average of $63,300.
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