Platinum strikes gold at Inglis

A colt by first-crop sire Platinum Scissors topped Sunday's opening session

of the Inglis & Son Autumn Yearling Sale in Melbourne.

Purchased by Corowa trainer Richard Freyer, Lot No. 117 is one of only a

handful of first-crop yearlings by the full brother to champion sire Redoute's

Choice. The September 15 foal is out of the Kingston Rule mare Rulable, who is a

full sister to stakes winner Pure Imagination. Consigned by H.J. & J.R.

Martin, the bay is from the family of Better Loosen Up, 1991 Australian Horse of

the Year and an earner of more than A$4.5 million.

"I trained his mother and she was a bonny good mare and I was going with him

regardless," Freyer said. "He has a head and neck like his sire and plenty of

similarities to Redoute's Choice also, right down to the walk."

At the

conclusion of Day 1, a total of 202 head were sold for a gross of A$2,634,600,

an Inglis record, while the average rose by 11 percent to A$13,042. The final

session is Monday.