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Bold Instinct was the most expensive yearling at the 2021 Tasmanian Magic Millions Yearling Sale with the gavel hitting the auctioneer’s bench when bidding reached $150,000.

In Brief

• $150,000 top priced yearling has trialled well.
• Trainers confident of first-up success.
• Chloe takes winning form into Sunday's meeting.

The gelded son of Impending was always likely to be a three-year-old and now in the care of Team Wells at Spreyton he is set to make a first-up appearance in the Goodstone Group Class 1 handicap over 1150 metres on his home track on Sunday.

Bold Instinct had three starts as a two-year-old with Cameron Thompson for a minor placing, but the owners opted to switch camps as they wanted the horse prepared on the North-West Coast and settled on Team Wells.

He knocked over his maiden win at his first try for the new stable in May after which he was dispatched for a spell.

The gelding won a trial last week with stable apprentice Chloe Wells aboard and she will take the sit on Sunday claiming her full four kilograms, which gets the gelding in with a light weight of only 53.5kg.

Co-trainer Trent Wells said the gelding is ready to take the next step.

"There is not a lot of this horse, but he has a motor and desire to win, so we hope he can get the job done on Sunday and then look at the 3YO Cup," Wells said.

"We were happy with his trial going into this race and all being well after Sunday we can map out a program for him going forward."

Having the stable apprentice back in the saddle has been welcomed by the team.

Chloe rode a winner at her first race ride but six weeks later she suffered a badly broken leg in a race fall that kept her sidelined for about 16 months.

"It is definitely great to have Chloe back riding and if there was a positive to come out of her accident it made her appreciate even more what being a jockey means to her, and she has come back hungry to succeed."

Chloe has only been back riding for two meetings, and she cashed in last Sunday when she guided Gee Gees So True to victory in a benchmark 60.

She has four rides on Sunday of which three are for Team Wells and one, Border Protection for Adam Trinder, in the Winning Edge Presentations benchmark 60 handicap over 1150m.

Alpine Wolf  returns to the track after a shock loss at his first start this preparation in an open handicap in Launceston two weeks ago.

The Barry Campbell-trained gelding was backed late in betting to start the even money favourite but failed to fill a place.

However, his rider Daniel Ganderton explained the four-year-old had struck himself during the race that proved to be a telling factor in him not performing up to expectations.

He gets back on his home track on Sunday, and it looks to be a very winnable race for the son of Alpine Eagle.