Away Game Sizzles at MM National Sale

Former Champion Two-Year-Old filly Away Game (Snitzel) topped a cracking first day of the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast yesterday. Offered as part of the Newgate-Killora Consignment, Away Game attracted an opening bid of $1.5 million before a flurry of bids from around the complex saw her price reach $4 million when the gavel dropped. One of eight lots to sell for seven figure prices on the day, Away Game was purchased by the Written Tycoon Syndicate and after a couple more runs will head to the champion Yulong Stud-based sire. "She's obviously a fantastic racemare," Yulong's Sam Fairgray noted. "She's a beautiful looking specimen. We are really pleased to take her home. She'll have a couple more starts and then have a date with Written Tycoon [who] is the perfect match for her. We bought her three-quarter sister last year so we will be trying to build the family." The result was just reward for her ownership group, many of whom had travelled from the United States to see her go under the hammer. "Incredible," part owner Hannah Jennings said. "We knew she would sell well and we were hoping for the best but $4 million is nothing we could have imagined.” Originally a $425,000 Gold Coast Yearling Sale buy from Mill Park Stud, Away Game established herself the champion of her sex in her juvenile season after winning the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and running a brave second in the Golden Slipper. Since then she has always raced at the top level and in the process earned over $3.7 million.

Away Game rocked the ring at $4 million (pic: magicmillions.com.au)