03 September, 2019
If people were wondering if the global turmoil was going to start affecting the Thoroughbred industry, the answer was no after another fantastic renewal of the Hokkaido Summer Sale. The four-day sale saw a 17.1% increase to the gross and the overall sale well outperformed the 2018 sale. The four-day gross was ¥4,937,652,000(US$46,581,622) with a clearance rate of 71.8%. The average ¥5,748,139(US$54,227) and the median ¥4,536,000(US$42,792) saw a 15.9% and 5.0% increase over the previous year. Sale attendance was high each day with the satellite parking areas being utilized to handle overflow, proving once again that Japan has one of the strongest domestic markets in the world.
The sale topper, Hip 640 was a Rulership(JPN) colt out of the Special Week(JPN) mare Admire Kagura(JPN) was purchased by Angel Racing, Inc for ¥29,160,000(US$275,094). The highest-priced filly of the week was Hip 289, a Sinister Minister(USA) out of the Deep Impact(JPN) mare You Are Mine(JPN) was purchased by Yoshizawa Stables, Inc. for ¥21,600,000(US$203,773). Yoshizawa Stables is run by Katsumi Yoshizawa who campaigned Master Fencer(JPN) in the American Triple Crown earlier this year.
The two reigning kings of the sale were the late South Vigorous(USA) who sold 27 of his 29 lots for a gross of ¥230,040,000(US$2,170,188) and Sinister Minister(USA) who sold 28 of his 29 lots for ¥209,304,000(US$1,974,566). Each had a stop lot that hammered down at ¥21,600,000(US$203,773), and their averages were ¥8,520,000(US$80,377) and ¥7,475,142(US$70,520) respectively. Both stallions produce highly reliable dirt runners in Japan. Two first crop sons of the late King Kamehameha(JPN), Leontes(JPN) and Lovely Day(JPN) both did quite well at Japan's largest yearling auction, selling 30 and 32 lots and grossing 207,360,000(US$1,956,226) and 171,612,000(US$1,618,981) each.
Five stallions averaged over ten million yen during the sale, and the overall leader was Rulership(JPN) along with his salt topping colt, had his eleven lots average out to ¥11,781,818(US$111,149) and grossed ¥129,600,000(US$1,222,641). First crop sire Maurice(JPN) was the runner up with his four lots averaging ¥11,475,000(US$108,254) and grossed ¥45,900,000(US$433,018). Kizuna(JPN) who ruled the last Hokkaido sale proved just as popular at the Summer Sale selling all 17 lots with an average of ¥10,882,588(US$102,665) and grossed ¥185,004,000(US$1,745,320). Kurofune(USA) also sold all of his four lots at the sale averaging ¥10,557,000(US$99,594) and grossed ¥42,228,000(US$398,377). First crop sire Duramente(JPN) sold nine lots averaging ¥10,296,000(US$97,132) and grossed ¥92,664,000(US$874,188).
The next sale at in Hokkaido will be the September Sale on September 17th and 18th.
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Satomi Oka (Ms)
Satomi Oka Bloodstock Pty Ltd
E-mail : satomi@bloodstock.jp
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