The first yearlings by Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe have generated huge interest at Magic Millions and a filly from Eawase hit the target on Wednesday when selling for $800,000.
Consigned by Lime Country Thoroughbreds, the filly is the fourth foal of stakes-winning Sebring mare Eawase, a daughter of Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Karuta Queen.
She was purchased by Sheamus Mills Bloodstock.
“I just heard Jo (Griffin, vendor) say that she had had 46 hits on x-ray, that is just unheard of,” said Mills, who has enjoyed much success purchasing high end fillies such as Group I winners Charm Stone and Odeum.
“I don’t think it took any genius to find her, it was really just a matter of where they valued her.
“Gai was underbidder and I guess anytime you going to beat her you’re going to have to pay fair money.
“She’s big and strong. We paid a lot of money a couple of years ago for the Written Tycoon out of Karuta Queen and we thought she was a star filly.
“She’s got a lovely I Am Invincible filly on her, so we’re already in the family. She was a big, beautiful chestnut by Written Tycoon and I just thought this filly was very much in her mould.
“It’s a good fillies’ family. If you look down the page, funnily enough there’s a good couple chestnut fillies on there so there wasn’t much not to like to be honest.”
The filly was a hugely successful pinhook for Jo and Greg Griffin of Lime Country Thoroughbreds having been sourced for $340,000 from the Alma Vale Thoroughbreds draft at the Inglis Weanling Sale last year.
Eawase produced another filly by Anamoe last spring and was then covered by him again.
