$1,050,000 Home Affairs Filly to Waterhouse Bott

Home Affairs posted his first million dollar sale on Wednesday at Magic Millions when his Coolmore consigned filly from Champagne Cuddles sold for $1,050,000 in the first half hour of the sale.

The third foal of brilliant Group II winning and multiple Group I placed Not a Single Doubt mare Champagne Cuddles, she was purchased by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing/Kestrel Thoroughbreds.

A daughter of Group I winner Sky Cuddle from a prolific Black Type family, Champagne Cuddles was purchased by Tom Magnier for $2million at the 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and her first two foals, a three year-old gelding by Justify (USA) called French Empire (three starts and placed in all) and two year-old filly by Wootton Bassett (GB) sold for $700,000 and $800,000 at this sale in the past two years.

The Wootton Bassett filly named Bottles of Shells is owned by Strawberry Hill Stud having been purchased by John Singleton and is also trained by Waterhouse and Bott, although is yet to trial.

“We were fortunate to buy the half-relation last year by Wootton Bassett and she has shown us plenty of natural ability and this year I thought this filly looked a lot like her mother, a very sharp horse and a flashy horse,” said Adrian Bott.

“Just the type of horse you could see possibly getting back here next year.”

Adrian Bott has become a fan of Home Affairs.

“He’s throwing some beautiful types. They look strong individuals, they look forward, they look to have great constitution and obviously we want to be trying to get these horses back here next year for the race or targeting those Golden Slippers or those important two-year-old races,” he said.

“They are the types that we try and identify and a number of his progeny look to have that sort of constitution to be able to handle that type of preparation.”

Champagne Cuddles had no foal in 2024 and was one of the mares sent to Kentucky by Coolmore to be covered by Justify to Southern Hemisphere time.

After two sessions, Home Affairs has had 22 yearlings sell at an average $335,227 and is the leading first season sire by average and aggregate.