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Demand continues from Melbourne to Adelaide.
Star colt Hanseatic (Street Boss) has flown the flag for Darley stallion Street Boss (Street Cry) this season and his exploits on the racetrack have translated into his performance in the sales ring.
At last week's Inglis Premier Yearling Sale 9 yearlings by the sire made a total of $1,330,000 during Book 1 and that momentum continued into Tuesday's Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale, when Bahen Bloodstock, Julian Blaxland's Blue Sky Bloodstock, Will Johnson Bloodstock and Freedman Racing, who trains the Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Hanseatic, snapped up a colt by the stallion for $140,000.
Catalogued as Lot 146 and offered as part of the Rushton Park draft, the colt is out of five time-winning Testa Rossa (Perugino) mare Truffle, who is herself a half-sister to stakes-placed Mega Lass (Bite The Bullet).
Meanwhile, the colt's third dam is Listed winner and Group 1-placed mare The Cloisters (Godswalk) - the grandam of Group 2 winner Swissta (Swiss Ace) and Listed-winning duo Bianca Jewel (Lion Heart) and Kiss Me Katy (Mull of Kintyre). Another daughter. High Honour (Best Western), produced Listed winner My Middi (Belong To Me).
The Street Boss / Testa Rossa cross has produced Listed winner Ploverset, while Testa Rossa himself is proving to be a very good broodmare sire - with his daughters producing 19 stakes winners headed by five elite level winners; Global Glamour (Star Witness), Vow And Declare (Declaration Of War), Marky Mark (Makfi), Cool Aza Beel (Savabeel) and Prince Fawaz (Fastnet Rock).
Johnson, who paired up with the Freedman's to buy subsequent VRC Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Warning (Declaration Of War) at the 2018 renewal of the sale, said the colt looked an early two-year-old.
"He is a strong precocious two-year-old type and the cross has worked having produced Listed winner Ploverset," said Johnson. "He looked a running colt and between the Freedman's, Julian Blaxland and Justin Bahen we went through a few horses that we liked and thought he was worth teaming up on. Anthony and Sam know the breed well and Anthony liked the colt when he was in Adelaide this week.
"He looks like a type that will be able to target those early two-year-old races. Given he is by Street Boss and out of a Testa Rossa mare, who is proving to be a good broodmare sire, he certainly ticked a lot of boxes which gives us a lot of confidence going forward."
Johnson said the sale was strong in parts, but that the uncertainty in the global economy certainly had an effect on the auction on Tuesday.
"The sale was strong in parts, but after a very turbulent week on the stock market with uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus, this matched the atmosphere in the air at the sale and the economy at large," Johnson continued.
"Like any sale the nicer horses were well found and vendors have to meet the market to ensure that trade is strong, so no doubt there will be plenty of trade on those horses that didn't sell in the ring after hours."
Meanwhile, Justin Bahen said he will retain a share in half the colt and had to stretch his budget to secure the son of Street Boss.
"He is very much in the mould of Hanseatic, he is a lovely strong early going two-year-old with a lovely bit of bone on him," said Bahen.
"He is a nice running horse. There is obviously the aspect of him being out of a Testa Rossa mare, who is going so well as a broodmare sire. I was nearly out of chips on him and I thought he would make a bit more. I thought him and the Kermadec were both standouts at the sale."
