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There are always a few updates required after the catalogues are printed.
Take Makybe's 2010 Inglis Premier draft for example.
We already knew that Lot 166 (pictured top) is a Bianconi half-sister to VRC Oaks winner Arapaho Miss, whom Makybe sold at the 2007 Inglis Premier for $22,500. What we need to know now is thather sire's best son, Nicconi, is now a dual Group One winner. More important is that this filly's half-sister, Heartsareforlove, won her second career start at Doomben on Saturday by six lengths.
Makybe sold Heartsareforlove to Nathan Tinkler's Patinack farmat last year's Inglis Premier for $130,000.
The next update that buyers ought to be aware of regards Lot 222 (pictured bottom), a colt by Lonhro out of Snippets' mare, Legally Bay. At present the catalogue tells us that her second foal is a two-yearold, her first foal is an unraced three-year-old.
Scratch that.
It should read: Her two-year-old by Encosta De Lago won on debut last Sunday at Sale by half the straight.
"We've had terrific success at the Melbourne Premier and Easter and all the sales for that matter last year and we're excited about the horses we've sold through the sales of late," Makybe's Andrew Augustine said.
"Starspangledbanner has certainly been a headline horse, but also from the same draft was Exceedingly French, who won the St Albins Stakes, Quietzer who was a metropolitan winner at Moonee Valley as well and also My Amichi and King Diamond, who have both been stakes-placed."
From Makybe's 2007, 2008 combined Inglis drafts for Melbourne and Easter where the oldest progeny are now four and hree years old, they have had 32 starts for 23 winners - or 72 per cent winners to runners.
"Five were stakeswinners, that's 16 per cent stakeswinners to runners. Fifteen were metropolitan winners."
Makybe's 2010 Inglis Premier draft totals 29 and is the largest consignment of yearlings yet taken to a sale.
Of the 29, 17 are owned by Makybe clientele."It's a focus of the stud to be commercial and to breed clients' horses for sales and for racing," says Augustine.
By Shayne O'Cass - SPORTSMAN