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Coolmore Australia General Manager Michael Kirwan confirmed the stud would retain shares in the sale topping $2million Encosta De Lago-Surrealist colt.
The price fell short of the two record priced $2.2million Redoute's Choice colts purchased by Patinack Farm at this sale last year.
The much hyped full-brother to Racing To Win was knocked down to
Gai Waterhouse, who secured the colt on behalf of a number of investors.
The colt was bred by Coolmore Stud, who will remain in the horse.
“He's too nice a horse not to stay in,” Kirwan said.
“He is as good a horse as we have ever brought up here (to the Magic Millions) and he's got everything going for him.”
Kirwan said the $2million price tag was right on the reserve price and justified Coolmore's decision to secure Surrealist from the Magic Millions National Sale in 2006 for $1.6million.
Surrealist was in foal to Fastnet Rock at the time and that subsequent colt sold to Nick Williams for $220,000 at last year's Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The mare produced another Encosta De Lago colt last year and is back in foal to the same stallion.
Progeny of Australia's champion stallion are now being more keenly sought after as stallion prospects and Kirwan said this was a natural progression.
“He's covering some of the best mares in the country, so it follows that his progeny are going to make good stallion prospects,” he said.
The hottest stallion prospect in Australia at the present time if Gooree's three-year-old son of Encosta De Lago Northern Meteor, whose estimated value is currently in excess of $20million.
Encosta De Lago has another “150 plus” mares in foal to him following last year's breeding season.
