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Bombora Downs, located on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, has long been a source of good value horses. Vendors of recent Gr3 Breeders’ Stakes-placed 3YO gelding Yokozuna, who sold for $16,000 as a weanling, and Listed winner Kim Emperor, this year’s Gr3 Hawkesbury Gold Cup winner Punch Lane also came through a Bombora Downs draft. Bombora Downs bred and raised Gr1 winner Escado as well as his half-sister Se Sauver who won the Gr2 Edward Manifold Stakes. Operated by Christoph Bruechert, Bombora Downs has been in operation for over 20 years, and has found their niche in the market by focusing on being a solid option for participants who breed to race, or who don’t have the means to play at the top end of the market. “Bombora fits into a niche that was once common across the industry before the Corporates took a hammer to it. We have happily bucked the trend with the support of local breeders that love their horses and appreciate the services we provide and the care we take,” said Bruechert. “We are mindful that the difference between “commercial” and breed-to-race stallions can be slight in performance and prospects whilst the service fees commanded are poles apart. The service fees of the commercial first season sires rarely prove to be good value in time and in all but a few celebrated instances begin high and end low, where they should have begun.” With at least one stakes winner coming through their sale drafts every year, Bombora Downs is renowned for producing plenty of city winners from their rich pastures as the Mornington Peninsula has some of Australia's most fertile soil with a mild climate and reliable rainfall. Bombora Downs will present two yearlings at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. The farm will also be present at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.
