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Bought by Suman Hedge during Magic Millions August Online Sale
Five-year-old stakes winning mare Better Reflection (Better Than Ready) sold to Suman Hedge Bloodstock for $350,000 during Wednesday's Magic Millions August Online Sale.
Trained by John Wigginton who bought her for $20,000 at the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, Better Reflection has won four of her 16 career starts including the 2018 Calaway Gal Stakes (Listed, 1110m) as a juvenile.
"All the owners are ecstatic! Over the moon. She was a great mare for us," Wigginton said
"$20,000 we paid for her, she won $330,000 on the track and we've sold her for $350,000.
"We thought $150,000 to $250,000 would be the range she'd make, to get that sort of money is amazing. Just a great result," Wigginton added.
Consignor Kellie Bond of Kenmore Lodge said; "I knew being a lightly raced, beautiful looking two-year-old stakes winner that she would be popular, but she exceeded all expectations. The phone didn't stop ringing with enquiries."
Suman Hedge was delighted to secure the mare for a client.
"I'm really excited to purchase Better Reflection for a very good client," Hedge said.
"We leaned heavily on Magic Millions and Kellie Bond for appraisal on the mare's physique and they were extremely helpful which gave us a lot of confidence.
"She was a fast stakes winning two-year-old and has no Danehill blood so we thought she ticked a lot of boxes."
Hedge said a final decision on who Better Reflection would visit in her first season at stud would be made in the coming days.
"We will let the dust settle before deciding on a stallion but at this stage it's likely to be either Farnan or Written Tycoon," Hedge added.
Better Reflection was the only lot to sell for six figures on Wednesday with the next most expensive lot being Arrowette (Not A Single Doubt) who was sold in foal to Capitalist (Written Tycoon) for $82,500 to Balmoral Park Partnership.
The next Magic Millions Online Sale will be held from September 6 to 9 and entries are now open.
