Part of the art of successful pinhooking is identifying a stallion whose stocks are on the rise and those investors who had the feeling Zoustar would have a good spring with his three year-olds were rewarded in spades.
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Topping the list is Widden Stud's Zoustar colt from US stakes-winner Shakeira (USA) that was bought by UK based investors Redwall Bloodstock (David Redvers and Hannah Wall) for $310,000 from the Kingstar Farm draft at the Magic Millions Weanling Sale.
He was bought by Spendthrift Farm for $900,000, so all but trebled his price and made him the second highest priced yearling at this sale by his sire.
Next highest was the Zoustar colt from Canyonville that was bought by Waterford Bloodstock (NZ) for $225,000 from the Woodside Park Stud draft at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale, where he was the second highest priced lot at that sale.
He returned $700,000 at Magic Millions when presented by Coolmore as agent and knocked down to China Horse Club/ Newgate Bloodstock.
Fergal Connolly's Valiant Stud delivered the next best result with their Zoustar filly from Sebring Group III winner Thurlow that they purchased for $120,000 from the Widden draft at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale.
She was bought for $460,000 by McEvoy Mitchell Racing going to a great judge of a Zoustar given Tony McEvoy trains his best runner Sunlight.
Renowned Kiwi pinhooking operation Lyndhurst Farm hit the home run with their I Am Invincible colt from Bang On that they purchased for $255,000 from the Evergreen Stud draft at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.
The handsome colt caught the eye of Shadwell Stud's bloodstock buyer Angus Gold who paid $550,000 for him, making him the most expensive colt Shadwell bought from the sale this year.
Segenhoe Stud enjoyed a spectacular success with a colt by Aquis Farm's exciting young sire Spill the Beans, who made a big impression with his first crop of yearlings.
Segenhoe purchased the colt from Love of Liberty for $50,000 from the Kitchwin Hills draft at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale and when re-offered as a yearling he made $280,000 to the bid of Spill the Beans former trainer Gerald Ryan.
The big result was not an isolated success for Spill the Beans, whose only other yearling offered in Book One, a colt from Khameela, made $170,000 for Arrowfield Stud when secured by Aquis Racing/ Tony Gollan Racing.
The list below shows the performance of all first season sires, no matter if they had just one yearling sold, and at the top is Spill the Beans, who stood for just $11,000.
His average for two yearlings sold of $225,000 equated to 20.4 times service fee which would also have put him at the top of the sire profitability list by return of multiple which was calculated for Magic Millions sires with three or more sold (click here for that story).
The good results continued in Book Two for Spill the Beans where a further four yearlings were offered and sold with a colt from Tiptoe and filly from O'Venus both fetching $80,000 with Aquis Farms P/L/James Moore/Summit Racing signing for the former and Aquis Farms Pty Ltd/Kendrick Racing the latter.
