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Gollan Racing and John Foote Bloodstock secure yearling for $220,000.
Eureka Stud was handed a good result at the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale on Monday when they sold a filly by their resident sire Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo) to trainer Tony Gollan and John Foote for $220,000.
Catalogued as Lot 18, the filly is out three-time winning Anabaa (Danzig) mare Ana's Mail whose five foals to race have all been winners, headed by Group 1-placed Elusive Treasure.
The page was subject to a timely update, with the filly's half-sister She's Ideel (Dundeel) finishing third in the Millie Fox Stakes (Gr 2, 1300m) on February, while she also ran second in the Aspiration Handicap (Gr 3, 1600m).
Ana's Mail herself is out of Arising (Marauding), making her a half-sister Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Shanzero (Danzero) and Listed scorer What's The Mail (Flying Spur).
Further back this is the same pedigree as Group 1 winner Danestorm (Danehill) and Hong Kong Group 2 winner Furore (Pierro).
Eureka's Harry McAlpine was delighted with the result and said the update She's Ideel handed the page worked in their favour ahead of the filly selling.
"She was a really nice filly," said McAlpine. "She had one of the better pedigrees by Spirit Of Boom in the sale. Tony bought it for his Spirit Of Boom package, which Eureka are actually involved with as well. She was a very good mover and had a lot of quality.
"She had a lovely frame. She was catalogued at Classic but she had a setback so we decided to sell her here, which actually worked out quite well with She's Ideel managing to place in a couple of Group races."
During the first session, Spirit Of Boom had ten yearlings sell for a leading aggregate of $1,306,000 at an average of $130,600.
Having stood his first four seasons at a fee of $11,000 (inc GST), Spirit Of Boom stood his fifth season at a fee of $55,000 (inc GST) after he was crowned Australia's champion first-season sire by number of winners and McAlpine said the market responded accordingly to the yearlings out of better quality mares.
"A lot of vendors got very well rewarded with the yearlings they offered by him," said McAlpine. "Obviously this is the first year of him covering a better quality of mare and his average was well above his service fee and it is great to see the buyers responding accordingly.
"One making $370,000 for a yearling at a sale that usually averages around the $30,000 mark is pretty extraordinary."
Eureka Stud enjoyed a solid day of trade, selling 18 yearlings at an average of $46,278 for an aggregate of $833,000 - which was only bettered by Lyndhurst Stud's figure of $840,500.