With a CV that boasts three victories at the highest level, plus the G2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot, there was much anticipation of the first crop of yearlings by Perfect Power, which was only enhanced by the popularity of his first foals last year.
With an average sale price of £53,000 at this early stage from just a £15,000 conception fee, it’s safe to say his yearlings are living up to those expectations.
Two lots by the sire were offered at the Arqana V2 sale with Lot 472, a colt from the family of Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Classic Park, selling to Blandford Bloodstock and Tally Ho Stud for €75,000.
Heading into the Goffs Premier Yearling sale off the back of that excellent result, Perfect Power’s progeny were in high demand, with his top-priced lot (167) going the way of Anthony Bromley’s Highflyer Agency and Phil Cunningham for £140,000. This came shortly after Amo Racing went to £85,000 for a half-sister to the multiple Group-placed filly Small Oasis (lot 113). The Champion sprinter of his generation finished the sale with a median of £85,000 and an average of £82,000 – the highest of any first-crop stallion at the Doncaster Sale, and ahead of both Mehmas and Havana Grey.
11 yearlings by the sire changed hands at the Tattersalls Somerville Sale for an average of 44,000gns, once again well eclipsing their conception fee. Among them was the Barton Stud-consigned colt out of Rogue Missile (lot 118), who was knocked down to well-renowned judge Robson Aguiar for 105,000gns, making him the only yearling by a first-crop stallion at this year’s Somerville Sale to reach the six-figure mark.
Perfect Power has amassed an impressive list of buyers. As well as the aforementioned Amo Racing, Blandford Bloodstock, Highflyer Agency and Robson Aguiar, Andrew Balding, Sackville Donald, and Perfect Power’s previous handler Richard Fahey are all among those to have secured his progeny at the opening yearling sales.
