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Gelding tops Hong Kong International Sale on Friday.
A gelding by Yarraman Park's I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) topped the Hong Kong International Sale (July) on Friday when bought for HK$7.2 million (approximately $1.3 million) by Sze-To Kin Sun. During the postponed sale all 19 lots offered were sold for a total of HK$74.3 million.
Catalogued as Lot 8, the gelding had been bought for $1,000,000 at the 2018 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale from the draft of Torryburn Stud. He is out of the Group 3-placed High Chaparral (Sadler's Wells) mare Utopia making him a half-brother to South Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) winner Volatile Mix (Pentire). The gelding's Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) half-brother passed in for $200,000 at this year's Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Wong Kwong Miuwent to HK$6.5 million for Lot 14, a gelding by Widden Stud's Zoustar (Northern Meteor), the second most expensive lot to sell on Friday. A NZ$250,000 purchase at the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale the gelding is out of the unraced mare Baroness Gabriella (Kempinsky) who is herself a half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Volkstok'n'barrell (Tavistock).
Two more geldings hit the HK$6 million mark - Lot 6 a Savabeel (Zabeel) brother to the New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Savvy Coup and Lot 2 a Per Incanto (Street Cry) three-year-old out of the Group 1 winner Fleur De Lune (Stravinsky).
William Nader, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's director of racing business and operations, said: "This was a very good sale, it exceeded our expectations. Overall, we have to be pleased with the results and it might be a good sign for the economy in Hong Kong that things could be rebounding, because the money was with us tonight.
"The horses presented well and I don't think anyone was surprised by the sale-topper. There was a good mix of pedigrees, I think the buyers had a lot of variety and hopefully there's some value there for our owners."
The sale average was HK$3.91 million while the median came in at HK$4 million.
"Last year we sold 20 lots at the July Sale averaging HK$2.4 million and this year we had 19 lots averaging over HK$3.9 million, so this sale was very healthy and we're pleased with the results," Nader added.
