Fastnet Rock Colt Soars to NZ$1.75 Million at Premier Sale

At last year's NZB Premier Yearling Sale, Te Akau Stud's David Ellis paid a sale-topping NZ$875,000 for a Red Ransom son of Nureyev's Girl (Aus) (Nureyev). It would take exactly twice that amount to secure the mare's latest yearling, but Ellis once again got the job done, securing lot 353, a colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus) out of the now 12-year-old Nureyev's Girl, for NZ$1.75 million. The colt is a three-parts sibling to G1SW King's Rose (NZ) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}). Sir Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud consigned the youngster, who became the Premier Sale's first seven-figure yearling since 2010.