Beautiful Camelot Filly Brings 500,000gns

Camelot’s fantastic season continues to be reflected in prices for his stock, with Ballylinch Stud the latest to reap the rewards at Tattersalls Book 2, where their Camelot filly sold for 500,000gns.

Ballylinch’s homebred daughter of multiple Stakes winner Fort Del Oro was knocked down to MV Magnier, who later said: “Camelot’s having an exceptional year and it looks like we've got a couple of good two-year-olds by him.

“The lads all liked this filly a lot and in fairness to Ballylinch they’re very good breeders. They sent a good mare to Camelot and they’ve come out with a nice filly who we’re very happy to buy off them. We’ll bring her home and break her in, then decide on a trainer.”

The filly became the highest-priced produce of her dam, much to the delight of Ballylinch’s John O’Connor: “I’m very happy with that price. We were pretty confident she’d sell well because she’s a beautiful filly with the best combination of Camelot and her broodmare sire, Lope De Vega.

On what drew them to Camelot, O’Connor explained: “We’ve done some statistics that indicate that Camelot does well with fast mares, which isn’t something I’d expected. He’s a very solid sire and I like him. I think he brings a lot of quality and class, then if you get the right individual you’re in business.”

Camelot’s progeny had also been in demand at the sale’s opening session, as Stroud Coleman Bloodstock went to 290,000gns for Clearwater Stud’s filly. Later in the day, Brian O’Rourke Bloodstock sold another daughter of Camelot to Fernando’s Horses for 270,000gns.