Value Yearling Buys Become Million Dollar Mares

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday May 29

While the yearling sales tend to generate a lot of news about stallion syndicates and their high profile purchases, the quest for quality fillies is just as important and our leading trainers are well awake to the profits that can be achieved from the purchase of a good filly that delivers on the track, so let’s take a look at where the million dollar mares were sourced.

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Mare	Sire	MM Sale	Yearling Sale/ Purchaser
Imperatriz	I Am Invincible	$6.6million	MM $360,000 David Ellis
Platinum Jubilee	Zoustar	$3.5million	MM $600,000 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds
Madame Pommery	No Nay Never (USA)	$2.7million	MM $150,000 Waller Racing// Mulcaster Bloodstock
Chain of Lightning	Fighting Sun	$2.5million	Homebred Ramsey Pastoral
Ruthless Dame(NZ)	Tavistock	$2million	K1 $90,000 Ciaron Maher Racing
Legacies	Justify (USA)	$1.4million	Homebred Rosemont Stud
Ulanova (NZ)	Santos	$1.2million	K1 $150,000 Mick Wallace
Life Lessons (NZ)	Tavistock	$1million	Homebred Ramsey Pastoral
Kristilli	Hellbent	$925,000	Inglis Classic $200,000 Annabel Neasham Racing / B McGuire
Sicilian	I Am Invincible	$900,000	MM $650,000 Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds
Zousuko	Zoustar	$800,000	MM $525,000 Redgum Racing

$6.6million mare Imperatriz was purchased as a yearling for $360,000 by David Ellis.

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