Mungrup Stud delight after magical $1.8m payday

Narrikup’s Mungrup Stud has been recognised as WA’s top vendor after a $1.8 million payday at the Magic Millions Perth yearling sale last week. One of the biggest thoroughbred nurseries in WA, Mungrup Stud sold 31 horses for a gross amount of $1,825,500 to be the top seller across the two-day sale held at Swan Valley complex. Of the 33 vendors at the sales, Mungrup Stud were the only ones to surpass the gross amount of $1.5 million and had an 86 per cent selling rate from their strong crop of mainly Playing God, I’m All The Talk and Oratorio progeny. Mungrup Stud’s average yearling price was $58,887 and their yearling that fetched the most money was an Oratorio- Rubitawny colt that sold for $155,000 to Rob and Todd Harvey. Two other yearlings also fetched more than $100,000 from Mungrup Stud, a Playing God- Oriel colt that went under the hammer for $150,000 while top WA trainer Neville Parnham purchased a Playing God–Reillyanne colt for $140,000 that reminded him of his sire Playing God, who Parnham trained. In a brilliant couple of days, Mungrup Stud sold 31 yearlings and of the five passed in, two more were purchased in the aftermath, leaving just three to return to Narrikup. Mungrup Stud was not only the top vendor in the State by sales but also received the vendor of the year award run by Thoroughbred Breeders WA and judged by a panel for the best customer service. Mungrup Stud manager Ann Croucher was delighted with the results of the sales, especially the Playing God yearlings that were snapped up in book two of the sale on Tuesday. “The sale just went incredibly well for us,” Croucher said. “Our Playing God’s produced amazing figures and we only had three passed in. “We had always earmarked the Oratorio-Rubitawny colt and the Playing God–Oriel colt as two that would have a lot of interest in them and it’s just nice to see people bidding and wanting to buy your horses.” Gary Portelli, who trained new sire I’m All The Talk, purchased two of his progeny and he was one of a number of trainers from the east coast to buy from the Mungrup Stud draft. Mt Barker’s Clare Downs Stud sold all four of their yearlings on offer, for a healthy average price of $23,625 with Parnham snapping up a Choisir–Black Prophet filly for almost $50,000. Elleker’s Secret View Thoroughbreds sold four yearlings, topped by a Snippetson-Biaztiz filly that fetched $20,000 while Mt Barker’s Cheval Stud sold two horses.