Personify sells for A$2 million at Inglis Easter

PERSONIFY (Galileo [Ire]),

in foal to Redoute's Choice, attracted a final bid of A$2 million to top

Sunday's

opening session of the Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale in Newmarket. The

stakes-winning four-year-old mare was consigned by Kulani Park as part of the

unreserved reduction

of Paulyn Investments and was knocked down to Kieran Moore.

Personify, who sold

for

A$650,000 as an Easter Yearling in 2005, was purchased last year by Paul Makin

for

A$1,025,000. She is out of the Group 3-winning mare Procrastinate (Jade

Hunter) and is a

half-sister to South African champion Laisserfaire (Danehill) and to stakes

victor and Group 1-placed

Foreplay (Danehill).

Personify was one of four mares to reach seven figures during Sunday's session

of the three-day auction, with the Swettenham Stud Unreserved Dispersal Sale providing many

of the

day's fireworks. The dispersal saw 52 mares sell for a total of A$11,232,500 and

an average

A$216,000.

Darley purchased Group 3 winner LIVING SPIRIT (Hennessy) from

Swettenham for A$1.5 million. The seven-year-old mare is in foal to Nadeem.

Also

selling from the dispersal, LARROCHA (Danehill) fetched a final bid of

A$1,375,000 from

Tom Magnier. The regally bred Group 1 winner is out of Kensington Gardens (Grosvenor)

and is a full sister to Group 1 winner Blackfriars, Group 2 winner Manton

(Aus) and stakes scorer and Group

1-placed Lions Gate. Larrocha is in foal to Encosta de Lago.

"We

couldn't have

been happier," Swettenham's Adam Sangster said. "The great thing is that we were

supported

by the people who have supported us over the years and it is a gratifying result

to see them

going to such great homes. This is something which I think Dad would have been

proud of --

certainly the family is very proud. It's a little bittersweet, but this is a

rebirth for us at

Swettenham Victoria as we concentrate on the stallions from now on."

Blue Sky

Thoroughbreds went to A$1.4 million to bring home Flight S. (Aus-G1) winner

CHEEKY CHOICE (Redoute's Choice), also in foal to Encosta de Lago. The

four-year-old is out of Christchurch (Caerleon), an unraced half sister to

stakes heroine and Group 1-placed Danasia

(Danehill).

Inglis sold 206 broodmares Sunday for a total of A$32,763,750 and

an average

of A$159,047. The median was A$85,000. At the close of business,

William Inglis

Managing Director Mark Webster proclaimed the first session a success.

"We've

had four

mares break the A$1 million dollar mark and achieved a new record broodmare

average of

A$159,000 with a strong clearance of 83.1 percent," Webster said. "We've worked

hard to

secure high-quality broodmares for this sale and vendors have been rewarded."

The sale continues Monday.