BARRETTS (USA) SELECT 2-YEAR-OLD SALE

This week’s Barretts (USA) Ready to Run auction yielded some big results. Our man, John Motaung, is in attendance, and he’s in awe of the cash that’s changing hands.

 TOP FILLIES
Sire                          Price ($)   Purchased by

Silver Deputy        800,000   Stonestreet Stables
($210,000 yrl)

Unbridled’s Song 475,000    Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC

Gulch                     450,000    Southern Equine Stables LLC
($52,000 yrl)

TOP COLTS
Sir Cherokee         650,000   Stonestreet Stables
($150,000 yrl)

Seattle Fitz (Arg) 600,000   Mike Ryan, agent
($22,000 yrl)

Cherokee Run      425,000    Larry Richardson, agent
($375,000 yrl)

Renowned Bloodstock agent Buzz Chance had this to say: “I don’t know what the buyback rate is, but it seems like people are here to buy horses. The prices are fair. I think it’s a good sale – but, of course, I’ve never been to a sale I didn’t like.”

 Extract from Thoroughbred Daily News