The impressive son of Art Major impressed buyers and he will do his racing in Australia after being sold to one of Australasia's biggest owners, Emilio Rosati.
The Art Major-Asabella colt, sold on account of Glenbrook Park in Mosgiel and prepared by Graeme and Ann Mee, attracted a top bid of $170,000 from Rosati, of Sydney, who races all his horses with the suffix Stride, including Excel Stride, who lines up in the Interdominion grand final in Sydney on March 3.
Titanium's immediate family out of the In The Pocket mare Asabella is dripping with quality. Ohoka's Bondy has won 22 times in Western Australia, while Dancing Diamonds was placed twice in group ones and won at group 3 level as a 2yr-old. Code Red also won six races in New Zealand before being exported to Perth.
The good results for Otago-reared yearlings did not end there, as Arden's Ruler also attracted Rosati's attention. A full brother to Arden's Darlin, Arden's Ruler went for $100,000 to the Sydney owner, and Arden's Darlin's first foal, Arden's Rockstar, sold for $53,000 to Invercargill trainer Robert ''Nip'' Crooks.
Tuapeka Lodge fetched $55,000 for Tuapeka Troy (Mach Three-Tuapeka Christa), who will join Tim and Anthony Butt's setup at Premier Stables, in Christchurch.
Mosgiel trainer Graeme Anderson and his partner, Wendy Muldrew, ensured some good horseflesh came back towards Dunedin, successfully bidding for Mainland Banner's half-brother, Titan Banner. The Art Major colt had reached $80,000 when the hammer came down.
Dunedin owner Steve Thompson was also busy, buying three lots above the $50,000 mark. His richest purchase was Mighty Flying Major, an Art Major-Fleet's Pocket colt whoreached $67,500 when presented by vendors Lex and Heather Williams, of One Over Lodge.
The Gore owners of Springbank Richard and Springbank Sam, Alistair and Denise Smith, spent $127,500 on Ohoka Hall, an Angus Hall-Landoras Special trotting colt, and the Whatever Syndicate, which races Franco Ledger, bought the Mach Three-Macy Gray colt I Try, who was also prepared by the Mees.
Leading sales
Sales of $50,000 and above in Christchurch yesterday included. -
Ohoka Hall (b c Angus Hall-Landoras Special) consigned by DM Brown, bought by RA & DJ Smith, $127,500.
Joanne's A Delight (b f Bettor's Delight-Larissa Rose) JW Smolenski, Nigel McGrath, $52,000.
The Best Beg (b c Love You-Lough Beg) Enterprise Breeding, Premier Stables, $55,000.
Lucky Three (b c Mach Three-Lucky Pocket) Radford & Richardson, Shirley Plowman-Grant & Mervyn, $54,000.
Paramount Dream (b f Pegasus Spur-Paramount Star), Studholme Bloodstock, JW Dickie, $50,000.
Major Stare (b c Art Major-Nivea Franco, BFT Breeding Partnership, PGW as agent, $66,000.
Lookofalegend (b c Bettor's Delight-Soky's Legend) Studholme Bloodstock, S Thompson, $51,000.
Archaha (b c Art Major-Shakeilah) Kelvin Home Holdings, Ross Gordon, $77,500.
Regal Ideal (b c American Ideal-Shards A Flyin) Regal Farm, S Thompson, $52,000.
Motu Lady Cullen (b f Christian Cullen-Silksngems) Motu Lodge Stud, Walmsley Developments, $60,000.
Bettor Think Twice (br f Bettor's Delight-Rona Lorraine) Rosedale Farm, Cran Dalgety, $78,000.
Tuapeka Troy (b c Mach Three-Tuapeka Christa), Tuapeka Lodge, Premier Stables, $55,000.
Baileys Wish (bl f Bettor's Delight-Black Eyed Bailey) AJ Grant, N McGrath, $51,000.
Arden's Ruler (b c Bettor's Delight-Achieve A Dream) Arden Lodge, E & M Stride, $100,000.
Titanium (b c Art Major-Asabella) Glenbrook Park, E & M Stride, $170,000.
Highview Freddy (b c Bettor's Delight-Baptism Of Fire) Baptism Breeding, ID Dobson, $122,000
Sluggem (b c Christian Cullen-Crushem) RK & G Wah, PI & GJ Kennard, $56,000.
Beaudiene Boaz (b c Badlands Hanover-Beaudiene Babe) Beaudiene Breeding, Ray Green as agent, $62,000.
Arden's Rockstar (b f Rocknroll Hanover-Arden's Darlin) Arden Lodge, RA Crooks, $53,000.
Better Man (b c Bettor's Delight-Child In Time) La Grange Farm, E & M Stride & J Davies, $110,000.
Better With Bourbon (b c Bettor's Delight-Electric Lady) RM Woolford, M Purdon, $74,000.
Titan Banner (b c Art Major-Corporate Banner) Banner Bloodstock, WM Muldrew and GJ Anderson, $80,000.
Love The Odds (b f Bettor's Delight-Delizioso) Studholme Bloodstock, McDonald Racing, $51,000.
Mighty Flying Major (b c Art Major-Fleet's Pocket) One Over Lodge, S Thompson, $67,500.
