Breeze Up Sales

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The newly established Avenue Bloodstock, comprised of industry professionals John Ferguson, Mark McStay and Sam Haggas is off the mark at the 2018 Breeze-Ups purchasing two top-class individuals at the Tattersalls Ireland Ascot Breeze-Up Sale and the Goffs UK Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale.

The athletic Dark Angel filly purchased at Ascot is from the family of Champions Grey Swallow, Designs On Rome and Covert Love. She’s a good-looking filly and has a fantastic pedigree that is hard to match. She was purchased on behalf of Classic-winning trainer, Hugo Palmer.

Also active at the Doncaster Sale, they purchased an exceptional colt by Intello out of the Listed-winning Libys Dream for multiple Group One-winning trainer Marco Botti. He’s a strong individual and breezed very well.

Lush Lips tops Keeneland November at $3.7 million

Fresh off a win in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, private purchase Lush Lips topped the Keeneland November Sale in Kentucky when sold for $3.7 million to Dixiana Farm. The Ten Sovereigns filly was a private purchase by Avenue Bloodstock on behalf of Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Hoffman Thoroughbreds, Mrs. Paul Shanahan […]

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Yearling purchase Balantina brilliant in Breeders’ Cup success

Balantina, an Arqana August yearling purchase on behalf of current connections, ran out the brilliant winner of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf for Donnacha O’Brien at Del Mar on Friday. Sporting the colours of Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Lissa Ann McNulty, the Ten Sovereigns filly saved ground on […]

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G1 victory for private purchase Lush Lips

Lush Lips, a private purchase on behalf of Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Hoffman Thoroughbreds, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. M.V. Magnier, gained a deserved Grade 1 breakthrough on Saturday when successful in the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Presented by Dixiana. The Ten Sovereigns filly powered past pace-setting Opulent Restraint to win by […]

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