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Summit Bloodstock went to $70,000 to secure both the colt and the filly, with the pair to find their way into the stable of leading Victorian trainers Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin.
Jamie Durnberger-Smith said the Summit Bloodstock team were big fans of Always B Miki and was thrilled to be taking the pair home.
"Always B Miki is a great sire. He's got seven really, really good horses in America. We follow through their breeding and look to see if they match the same," Durnberger-Smith said.
"We really liked every single thing about them really. We just can't fault them so are unbelievably excited."
He described the colt by Mach Three mare Jovial Julie as "magnificent" on type.
"We came here wanting to get the best colt and he was by far and away the best colt so we are absolutely stoked. First foal and a colt so he just ticked every single box for us."
He said the Summit team was determined to take the filly out of Get In The Groove (Mach Three) home.
"She's from a great family. It's a family that we've never gotten into before.
"She was our pick of the fillies. No matter what we were going home with her."
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Brittany Graham went to $65,000 on behalf of stable client Mick Boots to secure a filly by Captaintreacherous out of Summertime.
"We loved her. I'd seen the pedigree prior to coming here today and she was a beautiful type of filly as well, there wasn't much wrong with her," Graham said.
"She's by Captaintreacherous who is the 'it' sire at the moment so she's got everything going for her."
Queensland is the home of the famed QBRED incentive scheme.
A first-win bonus is set at $14,000 at any age (regardless of how many interstate wins they may have had), as well as a further $7,500 second-win bonus for their first Queensland win in a subsequent season and the new $3,000 state-bred bonus for a third win in subsequent seasons other than the first two while $1000 cash bonuses also remain on all races under $4500.
Buyers in 2024 were also buoyed by the introduction of a new QBRED cashback offer.
The offer saw $2,000 (plus GST) paid to the purchaser of any QBRED horse purchased for $7500 or more.
Graduates of the 2024 sale will also be racing for big prizemoney over the next few seasons with 2 x 2yo races of $125,000; two 3yo races of $100,000; two 4yo races of $50,000 and a 2yo Trotters race of $50,000 all up for grabs.
