Boom week for Eureka
RACING: Cambooya’s Eureka Stud will cap a stellar week if punters are on the mark today at the Gold Coast where they have thrown their weight behind Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic contenders Ef Troop and Jonkers.
The pair is by Eureka’s two-year-old sire-of-the-moment Spirit Of Boom who heads the national first-season sire list.
Ef Troop and Jonkers dominate Two-Year-Old Classic betting alongside Zoustar filly Sunlight.
Eureka’s draft at this year’s five-day yearling sale has included a colt out of Tiyatro which sold for $500,000 on day two.
Eureka also parted with a Pierro-Pure Perfection filly for $500,000.
Other notable sales for Downs’ vendors include a $500,000 I Am Invincible-Ready To Rule colt for Goomburra’s Daandine Stud.
An I Am Invincible-Quack It filly sold for $450,000 for Ged and Jan Nolan’s Rosari Farm.
Eureka’s strong sale continued when a Not A Single Doubt-Amusements colt was knocked down for $475,000.
A colt by leading Hunter Valley stallion I Am Invincible became the highest selling lot in 10 years at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale when he sold for $2 million during Thursday’s day two session.
At the end of day two, sales figure stood at:
(2017 in brackets) Lots Catalogued: 504 (480) Lots Sold: 395 (383) Lots Passed In: 62 (53) Lots Withdrawn: 46 (44) Sale Gross: $89,605,000 ($78,792,000)
Top Price: $2,000,000 ($1,300,000)
Average Price: $226,848 ($205,725)
Median Price: $180,000 ($160,000)
Sold %: 86 (88)
The sale continues tonight and tomorrow.