Milburn Creek’s Scott Holcombe declared himself “delighted” with the 100% clearance rate achieved over the three days of the Inglis Classic Sale, the Southern Highlands farm finding homes for all seven of their yearlings.
“Going on last year’s sale we honed in on the fact that this can be a colts sale,” Holcombe said, making the decision not to target any fillies at the sale.
“It is the sort of sale where buyers have an eye for racing,” he said, mindful of the Classic’s reputation as a ‘type sale.’
With that in mind Milburn chose colts who they thought would appeal to that sort of buyer and it is interesting to note that all seven yearlings were purchased by either trainers or syndicators.
Including their biggest seller, Lot 60, a $240,000 The Autumn Sun colt out of the city placed Belladini (Bernardini {USA}) whose daughter Ballabel (Not A Single Doubt) is stakes placed.
“He is a beautiful colt,” Holcombe said, very happy to see him head to the stables of Lindsay Park Racing.
“He is certainly an impressive looking horse who walked extremely well and he will do well with the Hayes family.”
Lot 118 by Pinatubo (Ire) out of a city winning half-sister to the G1 T.J Smith Stakes winner Sizzling is another heading to Victoria, secured by YLP Racing for $170,000.
“He is a ripper,” Holcombe said, “the type who looks like he will run early.”
“He probably could have gone to the Gold Coast,” he added, “but we thought he would be a stand-out type at the Classic and that worked well for us.”
Enjoying Milburn Creek’s first 100 per cent sale, Holcombe was happy with the overall mood of the Classic.
“There were plenty of people there and a good buying base, it is a pretty good sale to buy and sell at.”
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