Russian Revolution x Magical Belle colt

A powerful brown colt from the first crop of Newgate Farm’s first season sire Russian Revolution topped the Perth Magic Millions Book 1 Sale on Thursday when selling for $325,000.

Consigned by Western Breeders Alliance, the colt from Magical Belle was knocked down to Simon Miller Racing and is a half-brother to stakes-winner Enchanted Dream, Group II place Mystic Maid and recent Hong Kong winner Winner Method.

“I didn’t think I would have to go that much,” Miller revealed post purchase.

“For starters he has an unbelievable temperament. Being so popular he’s virtually been out all day, every day and his mannerisms never deviated.

“I’ve got a great group of loyal clients to race him and it’s very exciting to have purchased such a great colt.

“It’s a great result for Darling View – they deserve to get a result because they have supported the local sale when they could have gone to a sale like the Gold Coast.

“I’ve been able to be pretty bullish at this sale with the situation we are in and not having been able to attend many sales yet – but with Westspeed it is a great time to be buying these types of horses,” Miller added.

The top selling Russian Revolution colt was bred by the Atwell family’s Darling View Thoroughbreds and sold through the Western Breeders Alliance draft.

Darling View’s Stud Manager Brent Atwell was delighted with the $325,000 result and other results for the farm across the day.

“It’s an outstanding result for the team,” Atwell reported. “It was a huge thrill – I always thought he would be a star of the sale.

“I’m super happy that he’s staying here and he’s going to a super stable like Simon.

“He’s out of a super mare that’s produced some really nice horses and his sire is a new kid on the block that was a multiple Group One winner in the eastern states – so he’s bred to be a good horse.”

The second highest priced horse sold was a colt by another Newgate sire in Capitalist that made $220,000.

The first foal of Munjai, a winning three-quarter sister to stakes-winner Whittington, he was offered by Willow Dale Farm and bought by Lindsey Smith.

Winning Rupert also made his mark with two youngsters, a colt from Dalkeith sold for $140,000 to Simon Miller Racing and a filly from Devils Arcade sold for $120,000 to Pearce Racing.

Capiltalist x Munjai colt