Ever since Tattersalls revealed that Kirsten Rausing would be putting the Frankel sister to Alpinista on the market, industry insiders and bloodstock aficionados have speculated over what such a rare offering might fetch. At 2.11pm on Tuesday the blue-blooded filly entered the packed Park Paddocks auditorium. By 2.15pm we had our answer: 2,500,000gns.However, there was a significant plot twist just minutes earlier when another Frankel filly, this youngster out of Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi, rewrote the script when bringing a jaw-dropping 4,400,000gns. Both fillies were signed for by Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing after contrasting rounds of bidding.
these prices are insane. as we all know the likes of coolmore juddmont godolphin keep all their best back so buyers at the sales have access to the top 80 to 90 % of the market so paying top dollar when the big guns have better at home is crazy. just like here when you know drakenstein mauritzfontein et al only offer what they dont want to race themselves. in the old days birch bros put their entire crop up for sale so at least buyers knew there werent any bombs waiting for them by the time they got to track. this truly is a game for kings and nuts ,proved again by football agents playing silly buggers
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