An historic day of trade at Oaklands saw a yearling surpass the magical A$1 million mark for just the second time in Victoria’s history on a booming Day 1 of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
A Written Tycoon x Gybe colt (Lot 70) of leading Euroa nursery Blue Gum Farm sold to James Harron Bloodstock for A$1,1m, topping a day of trade described by Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster as “nothing short of exceptional”.
Bred by Dorrington Farm’s Rob and Sylvie Crabtree, the colt became Blue Gum and Dorrington’s first seven-figure yearling at public auction.
Blue Gum’s Phil Campbell couldn’t hold back the tears when auctioneer and close friend Simon Vivian bought the gavel down on the striking colt.
“It’s a dream result. It hasn’t sunk in at all yet. We just sold a horse for $1m at Inglis Premier. It’s quite amazing really,’’ an emotional Campbell said. Robert Crabtree was similarly stunned by the result.
“I was looking at Phil Campbell in the vendor box thinking ‘you deserve this, you and your team have done a great job’…it all came together like a fairytale,’’ Crabtree said.
Harron, who confirmed Anthony and Sam Freedman would train the colt, said he “oozed class’’ and “would have stacked up well at any sale this year’’.
