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Two of the five most expensive yearlings sold in Australia last year among Sires’ field.
Tony Fung and Annabel Neasham were a formidable force on last year's yearling sale circuit and two of their big-ticket items headline a Group 2 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes littered with bluebloods.
Nobel and Man In The Mirror sit among the five most expensive lots sold in Australia last year.
Only $2.5m colt Magic (Snitzel x Rising Romance), cost more than $2.1m buy Nobel, a son of Exceed And Excel and Peace Force, a Bernardini mare who is a half-sister to Eremein, at last year's Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.
Man In The Mirror, who is by Not A Single Doubt out of Vega One's half-sister One More Honey, was the equal-second most expensive Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling at $1.8m.
Nobel finished third in the Inglis Banner (1000m) on debut and was spelled after a seventh in the Golden Gift (1100m), while Man In The Mirror won over 1000m at Warwick Farm on debut before a fifth placing on Heavy ground in the Group 2 Skyline Stakes (1200m).
Man In The Mirror is the shortest-priced of Neasham's three runners – she also has Fastnet Rock filly Bessmati engaged – in the $300,000 event over 1400m and the Warwick Farm trainer expects him to appreciate getting back on top of the ground.
"I was a bit worried he'd be a bit lazy through the wet last start, he's not the strongest of travellers, but he's got a lot of ability and I think we'll see the best of him on a drier track," she said.
Nobel and Man In The Mirror are not the only seven-figure yearlings engaged in the Sires' with Brosnan (Snitzel x Supara) a $1,050,000 buy on the Gold Coast, while Bonheur (I Am Invincible x Bonaria) fell just $25,000 short of the magical figure at the same sale.
Several others would have gone for big money if entered in a with Impending colt Sir Bailey a son of Jameka, while Sumatra is by Lonhro out of Blue Diamond winner Earthquake.
2022 VRC SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES PURCHASE PRICES
1 – Merchant Price: $525,000 Magic Millions January
2 – Jamarra: $30,000 Inglis Online
3 – Nobel: $2,100,000 Inglis Easter
4 – Sir Bailey: Not offered for sale
5 – Man In The Mirror: $1,800,000 Magic Millions January
6 – Let'srollthedice: $240,000 Inglis Premier
7 – Brosnan: $1,050,000 Magic Millions January
8 – Yaki Ishi: $180,000 Inglis Premier
9 – Bessmati: Not offered for sale
10 – Sumatra: Not offered for sale
11 – Queen Latifa: $20,000 Inglis Premier
12 – Do It La: Passed in $45,000 Magic Millions January (res $50,000)
13 – Bonheur: $975,000 Magic Millions January
14 – Miss Faberge: SCRATCHED
15 – Quang Tri: $90,000 Inglis Premier
16 – Sirius Princess: $4500 Inglis Online