Group 2-winning filly Double Market topped the Inglis Digital Australia June (Late) Online Sale that closed June 24, realizing AU$200,000 (US$137,784, AU$1=US$0.69).
Offered by Lindsay Park, Double Market was purchased by Geoff Walsh, who said the mare would likely be served by exciting young stallion Anamoe this season.
"I've got a nom to Anamoe, I think he's the complete package. I like the fact he kept racing and won every year that he was racing, and he's also a very attractive stallion that I think will really suit Double Market,'' Walsh said.
"Jim Clarke advises me on my bloodstock purchases, and he graded this mare highly on physique, especially plenty of strength, and he thinks she could throw some nice foals and become a commercial broodmare for me."
"I was hoping to get her for a bit less, but I thought AU$200,000 was a fair price; anything over that would have stretched me to keep going much further."
The sale's second-top lot was 6-year-old mare Takemine, a half sister to Chayan, who sold at this year's Inglis Chairman's Sale for AU$5.6 million.
Offered by her ownership group, Takemine was sold to Michael Pitt for AU$160,000. Pitt confirmed Takemine would be immediately retired and bred this spring, although he was unsure of which stallion she would visit.
In total, the June (Late) sale grossed AU$3,125,450 (US$2,153,185), with other significant results including Dayeala, in foal to The Autumn Sun, who sold to Mayfair Farm for AU$120,000 and a Godolphin draft of 10 racehorses which grossed AU$435,500, headed by the 3-year-old Comedy who sold to Jack Bruce for AU$95,000.
