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Jonathan Munz has reinvested in a family he has great success with

The Broken Shore's influence over the Australian bloodstock market was emphasised on Day 2 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, when the Hussonet mare had a hand in two seven-figure yearlings in less than 10 minutes.

After her seventh foal, a colt by Written Tycoon, sold for $1.35 million as Lot 346, a colt by Dundeel out of The Broken Shore's daughter Tides sold for $1.5 million as Lot 349.

The latter was bought by Dean Hawthorne and the 'Alpha Syndicate', which includes Jonathan Munz, who raced The Broken Shore's first foal, three-time Group 1 winner Shoals.

The fact the colt was by Dundeel, who is the sire of Munz's Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth, only added to the appeal.

"We don't need much introduction to the family," Hawthorne said.

"He's just a quality, quality, quality horse. The best Dundeel on the grounds with a pedigree, he just moves so well and is just an athlete.

"He was our target colt."

Tides, who like Shoals is by Fastnet Rock, followed Shoals as the second foal from The Broken Shore, who is also the dam of Listed winner and Caulfield Guineas placegetter Groundswell, a $2.3 million yearling who raced in Munz's white and red colours.

The $1.35m Written Tycoon colt was bought in partnership by China Horse Club, Newgate Farm, Go Racing and Trilogy Racing.

He was one of two big buys for that group in a frenetic 30-minute patch of the sale, also paying $1.55m for the brother to Schwarz, a colt by Zoustar out of Summer Sham, who is a distant relation to The Broken Shore, as Lot 328.

The next lot was the colt by Wootton Basset out of Sunlight who sold to Paul Moroney for $1.4m, while Lot 343 was a colt by Extreme Choice out of Tempt Me Not who sold to Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Go Bloodstock and Kestrel Thoroughbreds for $1.4m.