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A daughter of this season’s leading freshman stallion starred at the Great Southern Sale.
Ole Kirk earned another accolade in what has been a magical past year when he produced the top lot of Friday's Great Southern Sale in Melbourne.
The Vinery Stud stallion's filly from the Commands mare Rainy Daze claimed top honours at the Inglis offering after selling for $475,000.
The Lemrac Lodge-prepared filly was knocked down to Dave Morrissey of Cannon Hayes Stud, who said fans of the son of Written Tycoon need to go to extreme lengths to get a piece of the stallion who will this year stand for $99,000 (including GST) and has a full book.
"We can't get a mare into him so we're going to have to buy one (by him)," Morrissey said.
"We identified her as being the best filly in the sale, we think she is, and hopefully we'll have a bit of luck with her with the new owners."
The filly is a half-sister to Group 3 winner Vegadaze, while last season's champion three-year-old Riff Rocket and former speedster Rain Affair appear further down the page.
"Obviously the stallion's doing a great job, she matched up on physical and she's got a pedigree, so she ticked a lot of the boxes for us," Morrissey said.
"We loved her action and there was very little to fault. We don't know if we're going to put her in the racing system or we'll present her at the sales next year, but we're very happy to get her."
The Ole Kirk filly was the headline lot of a sale that saw a smidgen over $10 million change hands, which was down on last year's $12.1m, but it's worth noting 154 more lots were offered in 2024.
The median rose from $20,000 to $21,000 with the average up to $45,559 from $44,799 even though the clearance rate was up to 78 percent from 72 percent last year.
Other highlight lots included a filly by Wootton Bassett from a Frankel mare who sold to Peter Morgan and Gall Bloodstock for $350,000, which was $15,000 more than Grenville Stud paid for a colt by Too Darn Hot, while Zoustar had a colt sell for $230,000.