A gelding by I Am Invincible returned the highest price at the 2025 Hong Kong International Sale (HKIS) on Friday night (7 March) at Sha Tin after fetching a bid of HK$5 million.<\/p>
Lot 12 was purchased by Philip Liu for the sale-leading figure. The youngster is a half-brother to the Group 1-winning Summer Passage, while I Am Invincible\u2019s notable progeny to race in Hong Kong is Group 2 winner Wishful Thinker and 2024 HKIS graduate Markwin \u2013 an earner of HK$3.76 million including a HK$1 million ISG Bonus. \u00a0<\/p>
So Wing Keung purchased Lot 5 \u2013 the evening\u2019s second highest buy for HK$4.6 million. The gelding has ties to 2004 Hong Kong Derby winner Lucky Owners, while his dam Andresa is a full sister to four-time Group 1-winning mare Mosheen.<\/p>
Lots 15 and 17 both went for HK$4 million. The HKJC Racing Club Limited secured Lot 15 \u2013 a bay son of Siyouni, whose main offspring is eight-time winner Leading Fortune.<\/p>
Lot 17 fell the way of Alan Chan. The chestnut is by Lope de Vega \u2013 also the sire of six-time Hong Kong winner Fast Most Furious.<\/p>
The HKJC Racing Club Limited also scooped Lot 16 for HK$2 million \u2013 a brown son of Per Incanto, sire of nine-time winner Duke Wai, six-time winner Raging Blizzard, among others. The youngster is a full brother to Baby Crystal \u2013 a victor at Sha Tin last January.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9242″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Yan Qing Lin landed Lot 6 for HK$3.6 million \u2013 a bay of son of Deep Field, whose dam The Soloist is a half-sibling to Group 1-winning Hong Kong sprinter Hot King Prawn.<\/p>
Lots 9 and 14 both sold for HK$3.2 million. Cheung Kwai Po bought Lot 9 \u2013 a brown son of No Nay Never, sire of 2024 BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Massive Sovereign.<\/p>
Cheung Kwok Wing \u2013 owner in partnership of the likes of six-time winner Blaze Warrior as well as Circuit Stellar \u2013 collected Lot 14. The bay is by Smart Missile \u2013 sire of HK$8.57 million earner Green N White.<\/p>
Louis Pong opened the evening with a successful HK$2.6 million bid for Lot 1 \u2013 a bay gelding by Toronado, while Lot 2 went for HK$1.2 million to Lee Lit Lung \u2013 owner in partnership of three-time winner Must Go.<\/p>
Fong Ching landed Lot 4 \u2013 a Toronado gelding for HK$2.6 million. Lots 8 and 18 also fetched HK$2.6 million.<\/p>
Lot 8 is a grey son of Darci Brahma bought by Fung Kok Po \u2013 owner of the \u2018Smiling\u2019 series of horses, including the currently active Smiling Collector and Smiling Emperor.<\/p>
Lot 18 went to Edwin Fong \u2013 who currently races two-time winner Parents\u2019 Love with legendary trainer Tony Cruz.<\/p>
Kitten\u2019s Joy will have his second Hong Kong-based runner after Top Ace with Lot 7 \u2013 a chestnut just like his American-bred sire \u2013 who sold for HK$2.5 million to Yip Shu Bun.<\/p>
Mr Danny Rolston, Executive Manager, International Sale\/Owners Advisory Services, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve put some really nice horses up, we were really selective on the final group that we offered to the market.<\/p>
\u201cAs you would know from the withdrawal list, we took out the horses that weren\u2019t suitable for sale right at this point \u2013 some of those will be made available for sale at a later stage \u2013 but what we did offer here tonight are horses that we have a lot of confidence in. Some of the horses at the lower end of the market this year, we\u2019re absolutely positive that there\u2019s some great value in hand.<\/p>
\u201cI think the market has dictated that horses aren\u2019t worth the same as what they perhaps were two years ago and we\u2019re confident that we\u2019ve released some really nice horses into the market for our permit holders and in another 12 months we\u2019ll be telling more stories like Markwin and New Future Folks and permit holders have come to the international sale and they\u2019ve actually got value and they\u2019ve been able to buy horses that are right here and ready to train and have a pretty good chance of going and winning a race in their first 12 months and being a chance in their four-year-old season.<\/p>
The average of the sale was HK$3.006 million, the median price was HK$2.6 million, while the total sale returned HK$45.1 million.<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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