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Written by Bren O'Brien
Stakes-placed filly Mystical View (Canford Cliffs {Ire}) has topped the Magic Millions Perth Winter Racehorse Sale after selling to Gold Front Thoroughbred Breeding & Racing for $160,000.
Offered by Peters Investments, the filly is a two-time winner and was placed in both the Listed Belgravia S., and Listed Placid Ark S. late last year.
Her most recent performance for trainer Adam Durrant saw her finish fourth, beaten 2l, in a race at Belmont earlier this month.
Mystical View parades in the ring | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
She is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner Mystery Miss (Animal Kingdom {USA}), with her grandam the multiple Group 1-winning filly Magical Miss (Danehill {USA}).
There were 13 horses on offer as part of the Peters Investments Reduction Sale, with 5-year-old mare Morning Song (Bernardini {USA}), who has been a five-time winner, selling to John Chalmers Bloodstock for $75,000.
Her dam, Morning Mist (Anabaa {USA}) is a half-sister to Peters' multiple Group winner Real Love (Desert King {Ire}).
Lot 11 - Morning Song
State Attorney (Haradasun), the four-time winning brother to Group 2 winner Respondent and half-brother to Group 3 winner State Solicitor (Nicconi), was purchased by Michael Pike for $55,000.
Overall, the Winter Racehorse Sale grossed $696,500, with all 32 lots offered sold at an average of $21,766 and a median of $14,000.
A filly by A Lot (USA) topped the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale, with Ascot-based trainer Luke Fernie going to $50,000 to secure her.
Lot 44 is out of Princess Hallowell (Oratorio), who has already produced the winner Bragwell (I'm All The Talk). She is from the first crop of Tapit's (USA) son A Lot, who stands at Willaview Stud.
Lot 44 - A Lot (USA) x Princess Hallowell (filly)
Parnham Racing paid $30,000 for Lot 57, a grey filly by War Chant (USA) out of multiple stakes winner Even Astar (Kendal Star), who was offered by Yarradale Stud.
Even Astar is a sister to Listed winner Kens Double and has already had success on the track with her War Chant filly Express Time a three-time winner for Neville Parnham, including at Belmont earlier this month.
Yarradale Stud also sold Lot 42, a filly by Dawn Approach (Ire) out of Ofcourse She Does (Murtajill) for $28,000 to Morton Racing.
Her dam is a half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Behemoth (All Too Hard), with this filly's grandam Penny Banger (Zedrich) a Listed winner.
Lot 42 - Dawn Approach (Ire) x Ofcourse She Does (filly)
The Yearling Sale grossed $276,500 across 21 sales, for an average of $13,167 and a median of $7500. The clearance rate was 84 per cent.
The Winter Sale was concluded by the Winter Thoroughbred Sale which was topped by Lot 84, Arazona (High Chaparral {Ire}), who sold for $70,000.
Offered by Forest View Farm in foal to I'm All The Talk, Arazona, a four-time winner, was secured by New South Wales buyer Jane Henning.
Lot 84 - Arazona
A sister to eight winners, out of an imported mare, Flamingo Guitar (USA) (Storm Cat {USA}), she foaled a Universal Ruler colt last year.
The top-priced weanling was Lot 104, a colt by Galah which was secured by Fernie for $10,000.
The Winter Thoroughbred Sale grossed $229,500 across 31 sales at a clearance rate of 86.11 per cent. The average was $7403 and the median $3000.
