Speightstown Colt off to Japan
The strong pre-sale interest shown in BC3’s Speightstown colt played itself out in the sales ring at Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Calder sale. Following some strong bidding across the floor, the colt, out of Motel Lass by Bates Motel, was eventually knocked down to Akihiro Imamura for US$550,000. He will now head to Japan to prepare for his racing debut in one of the world’s strongest racing jurisdictions. The purchase highlighted the growing international interest in the BC3 program, and the confidence being placed in our selection and training process. The Calder sale rounded out strongly with lot 233, the Afleet Alex Colt out of Wildcat Annie, selling for US$90,000 following his strong breeze-up session on Friday.
With 4 of our draft now heading from Calder to the Barrett’s sale, and with strong interest continuing to be shown in post-sale enquiries, the March 22 Barrett’s draft from BC3 looks decidedly strong, with over a dozen quality horses to be offered for sale.
The pedigrees and photographs of the entire Barretts draft will be posted on our website within the next 10 days.
BC3 Thoroughbreds Release. March 3rd 2010.
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