A Starspangledbanner gelding returned the highest price at the 2024 Hong Kong International Sale (HKIS) at Sha Tin this evening (Friday, 15 March) after attracting a bid of HK$5.4 million.
Lot 20 was purchased by Cheung Kwok Wing for the sale-leading price. Starspangledbanner’s progeny in Hong Kong are the Group 1-winning California Spangle, Beauty Eternal and the five-time winning Nordic Dragon, a recent graduate of the HKIS.
So Wing Keung bought Lot 7 for HK$4.2 million, the second highest-priced purchase, a son of Savabeel, whose progeny in Hong Kong includes the Group 2-winning Rattan.
Trainer Caspar Fownes was active and he purchased two horses, Lot 10, a bay son of Per Incanto for HK$2.8 million and Lot 18, an Australian-bred by Dundeel for HK$3.5 million.
Alan Kiang Ping Fai, who owns Gummy Gummy in partnership, secured Lot 12 for HK$3.8 million, a bay gelding by Deep Field out of the mare Onemorezeta.
Romantic Warrior is the sale’s highest earner in history with HK$127.07 million in the bank and his trainer, Danny Shum, collected Lot 19 for HK$3.6 million.