American Ideal colt tops Sydney sale

The highest priced lot at today’s Nutrien Sydney Sale was an American Ideal colt that sold for $150,000.

Purchasers Edward and Michelle Caruana outlaid the six-figure sum for the colt that is out of the Art Major mare Beninjurd making him a full-brother to Centenario and a half-brother to Tough Tilly and Lightning Dan.

The highest-priced filly at the sale was a daughter of Sweet Lou out of the Art Major mare Deadly Woman.

Bred by Sloys Company, the filly was sold for $85,000.

Of the 99 lots, 86 were sold (86.87 per cent) with an average sale price of $38,350 and gross of $3,298,182.

This was the first year Nutrien Equine held a standardbred yearling sale at Sydney’s Inglis Riverside Stables.

The next Nutrien Standardbred Yearling Sale will be held in Melbourne at Oaklands Junction on April 3.

To view the results from Sunday’s Sydney sale click here.

By Amanda Rando for Harnesslink