No stranger to success in the sale ring, this Foxwedge colt fetched $340,000 to top the third and final session of the 2015 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale nearly 12 months after he topped the 2014 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale last year when fetching $175,000.
Presented at the sale by Eliza Park International, as agent for the Heinrich Bloodstock Unreserved Dispersal Sale, the colt was purchased by the powerful Hawkes Racing operation after a spirited trans-Tasman bidding battle.
The colt is the fifth foal of the winning Fantastic Light (USA) mare Ekleel – a half-sister to three stakes winners including South African Group I winner Ertijaal.
Ekleel traces back to influential matriarch Easy Date, whose descendants include Group I winners Snippets, Rewaaya and Golden Slipper winner Forensics.
He is from the first crop of Newgate Farm’s exciting young Fastnet Rock sire Foxwedge, a brilliant Group I winning son of Fastnet Rock.
“He really stood out,” John Hawkes said. “He’s got a great attitude and is extremely athletic.
“He’s a great individual with a nice head and good bone. He will make a nice horse.
“I’ve got a few Foxwedge’s now. I’ve been impressed with his first crop and look forward to seeing them race.”