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Lot 649 - Manhattan Rain x Exceedingly French (Exceed And Excel), colt, $20,000
Buyer: A Bobbin / Wilannah Park Bloodstock
Vendor: MB Thoroughbreds, Victoria
Grampians Racing trainer Andrew Bobbin had a little more ammunition to fire if needed to secure this colt during the Showcase session at Premier on Tuesday.
Offered by MB Thoroughbreds he slipped through the ring making well under the sale average for the session.
“He looks a real running type, a horse at the price I could either hold onto him and look to trade, or equally syndicate him fairly quickly,” Bobbin said.
Andrew Bobbin | Image courtesy of Racing Photos
“I expected to pay a little more for him, but I’m happy to take him home at $20,000.
“Mum’s won races and has produced well, including a Group 2 winner. Manhattan Rain, he’s a good bread and butter stallion.”
Manhattan Rain stood for $11,000 (inc GST) the year this colt was conceived and was advertised at $8250 (inc GST) at WA’s Giesel Park last year.
He is the sire of 16 stakes winners headed by the Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign. In more recent times, Jigsaw and La Danseuse Rouge have been black-type winners for the stallion.
Lot 649 - Manhattan Rain x Exceedingly French (colt) | Image courtesy of Inglis
This colt was one of only two Manhattan Rain’s in the Premier catalogue.
This colt’s mum Exceedingly French (Exceed and Excel) was a Moonee Valley Listed winner herself and at stud has had three winners from four to race, including the Group 2 winner La Falaise (Canford Cliffs {Ire}).
Last year she produced a Kermadec (NZ) colt and she went back to the same stallion again last in December.
“At the level I’m at, value is the key. We’ve had a few goes on some more expensive stock we’ve missed out on, but today there’s some opportunities there,” Bobbin said.
“At the level I’m at, value is the key. We’ve had a few goes on some more expensive stock we’ve missed out on, but today there’s some opportunities there.” - Andrew Bobbin
“He was just a nicely put together horse that will handle my training environment and we should be able to get a pretty good gauge on him fairly quickly if he’s any good or not.”
