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Sebring Share Makes $350,000; Ruler Of The World Injured; Myboycharlie; Rothesay; Larneuk Stud Fees.

• A share in leading sire Sebring has sold online for $350,000.

The share was advertised for sale on the Inglis website Bloodstock.com.au.

Inglis Digital bloodstock consultant Jonathan Crowley managed the sale process on behalf of the vendor and interested parties.

The sale exceed the vendor’s original asking price of $330,000.

COOLMORE’s 2013 Epsom Derby winner Ruler Of The World will miss the remainder of the 2015 Northern Hemisphere breeding season.

The son of Galileo suffered an injury while serving in the breeding shed at Coolmore in Ireland.

Ruler Of The World was standing his first season at stud on a fee of €15,000.

“Because many mares have been slow this spring, Ruler Of The World still had quite a portion of his 100-plus book left to cover.

“Ït’s unfortunate that he will miss the last month of the season,” said Coolmore’s Christy Grassick.

• MYBOYCHARLIE three year-old Happy Surveys has maintained his unbeaten record in Hong Kong with another impressive victory at Happy Valley.

Champion jockey Joao Moreira drove John Size’s promising sprinter to a half length win in the Le French May Trophy (1200m) on Wednesday night.

The Australian-bred Happy Surveys (Myboycharlie x Montelimar by Fusaichi Pegasus) had won on debut in Hong Kong on May 5 after finishing midfield in a Cranbourne trial for Price Bloodstock last October.

Sold as a yearling for $37,500 at the 2013 Adelaide Magic Millions, he is from the Morphettville stakes performer Montelimar who is a half-sister to Listed Widden Stakes winner Superfly.

She is also the dam of talented Myboycharlie geldng Loyalist who has won two of his last four starts at Wyong and Sunshine Coast for Newcastle trainer Todd Howlett.

Myboycharlie is has his last-start stakes winners Charlie Boy in the G1 Doomben 10,000 and Blueberry Hill in the G2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben on Saturday.

Blueberry Hill is the second Group winning 2YO by Myboycharlie this year following Jameka's win in the G2 VRC Sires Produce Stakes last month.

Myboycharlie’s first crop Northern Hemisphere G1 winner Euro Charline is back in work for Team Valor and is being aimed for the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot.

• YOUNG Queensland-based sire Rothesay registered his sixth individual winner from his first crop when Enigma Machine created a big impression in New Zealand on Wednesday.

Enigma Machine won on debut over 800m for trainer Ben Foote.

The colt was unbeaten in two trials and lived right up to his reputation with a convincing victory.

Foote has long held a massive opinion of the youngster and will now put him away with bigger targets in mind.

“Normally a horse like this, especially one I own, would have been sold overseas by now but I’ve decided to back my judgement and we’re going to hold on to him,” he said.

Rothesay has started to gain momentum in recent times and will have two runners attempting to become his first Group performers this weekend when In His Stride and Shadow Lawn line up in the G2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes at Doomben.

• LARNEUK Stud has set fees for its roster of three well credentialed stallions Cluster, Ilovethiscity and O'Lonhro in 2015.

First season Fastnet Rock stallion Cluster will join Ilovethiscity on a fee of $6600 inc. gst with O'Lonhro offered at $5500 inc gst.

"We have focused on providing breeders with value options," said studmaster Neville Murdoch.

Cluster was a G2 winner of the Theo Marks Stakes during a limited racing career while Ilovethiscity was a brilliant winner of the G1 Randwick Guineas.

He is by Magic Albert and hails from the prolific family of high class stallions Grosvenor and Lonhro.

O'Lonhro, a son of Lonhro, was a record-breaking winner of the G2 Chelmsford Stakes and has had 21 of his first 24 runners earn prizemoney including nine winners.