The second and final day of the revamped Emirates Racing Authority Horses in Training Sale attracted solid interest from buyers around the Middle East.
A total of AED 2,031,000 was spent on the 55 horses sold tonight, which meant there was an average of AED 36,927 per horse sold.
The sale attracted purchasers from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, with the top lot being Red Duster, who was bought by Suliman Bhana for AED 225,000.
The five-year-old gelding has won three of his nine starts in the UAE, and was last seen coming fifth in the Jebel Ali Stakes for trainer Satish Seemar.
The Dubai Racing Club’s Martin Talty was happy with how the two-day sale went, saying: “The idea of moving the sale to the week of the Super Thursday meeting certainly worked and this sale is certainly something we can build on for future years.
“I think next year, the Dubai International Racing Carnival Sale in particular, will be pretty strong and we could have around 70 horses go under the hammer.”
The sale was run by the ERA and Europe’s leading auction house Tattersalls, and began yesterday with the inaugural Dubai International Racing Carnival sale, which was headlined by the purchase of New Freedom for AED 2.3 million.
For a full list of sales results from both days, please click here.