Top Priced Colt For Bowness Stud At HTBA

The second-top lot of the Inglis HTBA yearling sale was a St Mark’s Basilica x Kristy Lee colt (Lot 253) from Bowness Stud, which sold for $130,000.

Bowness’ James Daly purchased Kristy Lee for $35,000 at the Australian Broodmare Sale in 2023 – in foal to St Mark’s Basilica – and couldn’t have been happier with the price the ensuing foal realised at Riverside today.

A big result for @BownessStud with their St Mark’s Basilica x Kristy Lee colt realising $130,000. #InglisHTBA pic.twitter.com/c4vA64tmMi

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“It’s a tremendous result for the stud. He’s an outstanding colt which had paraded well here all week and we’re just thrilled with the result,’’ Daly said.

“We bought the mare in foal because he (St Mark’s Basilica) was a first season sire and we’ve got a great result here today because he really stood out. It’s fantastic.

“It’s good to stand out at a sale. He was really popular all week, was well paraded and handled himself well and sold accordingly. That said, when we got here I’d hoped he’d maybe get $50,000 but he paraded like a horse that was worth a lot more so to get $130,000 is huge for us.’’