There was a sensational response to the QTIS Sale held over the past two days with the average price and percentage sold both up on last year.
Buyers came from all over Queensland, New South Wales and even Victoria and Western Australia to bid on the quality catalogue.
Magic Millions Managing Director Vin Cox was thrilled with the classy yearlings on offer.
“I’ve been all over the World and can genuinely say that the quality of yearling on offer at this sale is second-to-none.
“I would have liked to have seen the statistics up slightly, but we have certainly improved on last year and we have some ideas in the pipeline for 2013,” said Vin.
Buyers couldn’t go past the top quality yearlings, many stating they even bettered those on offer at the prestigious January Magic Millions Sale.
The extension of QTIS to include three year olds also proved a winner and undoubtedly contributed to the sale’s overall good results.
“Breeders need to be congratulated,” said TBQA President, Basil Nolan.
“They have presented some sensational yearlings here and you can see that from the spirited bidding.
“We’ve had excellent results in a tough economic climate, and I think this sale has bucked the trend of many of the other prestigious sales we’ve seen around Australia recently. It is a credit to all Queensland breeders.”
Mr Nolan also thanked Magic Millions for their terrific efforts in promoting the sale.
200 potential purchasers were brought in from North and Central Queensland on a special tour and many will be returning with a QTIS yearling.
“The marketing in the lead up to this sale has been wonderful and Vin and the team at Magic Millions should be pleased with the end result,” said Mr Nolan.
“This really shows the strength of Queensland breeding and racing and I have no doubt it will continue to improve.”
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