Summer Dickson added another son of Maschino to her Port Kennedy stable with a bid of $180,000 for the colt that closed trade at the Perth Magic Millions Sale on Friday.
Parading as Lot 350, the yearling colt from Burning Magic (War Chant) topped the Day 2 leaderboard for Maschino (Encosta de Lago) who stands at Alwyn Park in Serpentine. He had averaged $117,500 for five sales on Day 1 and that was only bettered by Playing God (20 sales at $154,250) among locally-based stallions.
“He had everything that I look for in a horse,” Dickson said after the gavel came down for the final time in the Swan Valley. “He’s a strong, robust colt with a really big airway and he walks really strong from behind.
“I inspected him multiple times in the last few days and I’m so excited to take him home for a new client. He was on the phone and I thought we were out when the bidding went through $100,000 but he said keep going.”
Offered by Ruby Racing & Breeding (as agent), he owns a page blanketed by black-type courtesy of the Peters Investments homebreds Real Love (G2 Perth Cup), Heart Starter (G3 Asian Beau Stakes), Suspicion (G3 Asian Beau Stakes), Morant (LR Challenge Stakes) and Devoted (LR Raconteur Stakes).
Dickson also prepares lightly-raced Maschino 4yo Macciateau who is back in work after signing off a winter campaign winning the Bisley Workwear Hcp (1600m) at Belmont. Raced by Nic and Paul Wilson, he was still growing into himself but worked through the gears before winding up like a good prospect that day.
“Macciateau will be ready to race in a couple of weeks,” Dickson added on Saturday morning. “He was still only a baby last year and is only going to get better stepping up to 2000m and 2200m.”
The Maschino – Wowee filly (Lot 324) was second on the Day 2 leaderboard when knocked down for $170,000 to Grant and Alana Williams. Wowee (Choisir) won the G3 SAJC Fillies Classic (2500m) in 2013 and her filly was catalogued by Gray Williamson.
The Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale signed off with overall turnover ($18.53 million) down 9% while the average ($66,676) was down 10%, however, the bare stats aren’t a true barometer of the marketplace.
“There’s great thirst for horses here in the west,” Magic Millions Managing Director Barry Bowditch said. “Local buyers were out in force and the quality of horse on offer continues to improve. Congratulations to the vendors for creating a genuine market and giving the buyers a great opportunity to buy horses at a value price.”