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Blue Diamond - What were they like as yearlings?

Breednet - Tuesday February 20
It's the Australian way to go to the yearling sales looking for that star two year-old, so with the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes to be run this weekend, what did they look like as yearlings?.

Of the 20 acceptors, 12 were offered at sales in Australia and New Zealand with a variety of price tags.

On the cheap end of the scale, two were pinhooks, Ollivander, a $20,000 weanling from the MM National Weanling Sale subsequently sold for $70,000 at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, and Aristocratic Miss, a $25,000 weanling from the MM National Weanling Sale subsequently sold for $65,000 at the Inglis Premier Sale in Melbourne.

The cheapest yearling is the well fancied Kinky Boom, a $40,000 buy for McEvoy Mitchell Racing from the Phoenix Broodmare Farm draft at the Inglis Premier Sale.

At the pointy end there is Long Leaf, the third highest priced yearling at the NZB Premier Yearling Sale at $NZ750,000 and Prairie Fire, the second highest priced lot at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale at $625,000.

Below are as they were as babies:
Click here for full sale details in Sale Mail.

Written By – Passed in at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale


Prairie Fire - $625,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale


Ollivander - $70,000 at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale


Grand Symphony - $70,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale


Enbihaar - $200,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale


Kinky Boom - $40,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Session 2


Qafila - $450,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale


Aristocratic Miss - $65,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale


More Than Exceed - $260,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale


Melveen - $80,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale

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