Temperatures in NSW may not have been at their peak in 2022 as ongoing floods continued to dominate the news but one thing remained red hot: the regional property market. With prices continuing to increase month-on-month the demand for quality imagery and video continued. It has been refreshing to see so many agents commit to enhanced marketing for their property portfolios. Yes it's certainly good for photographers like myself who specialise in this area but it is also great for the Agency in terms of their branding and also the vendor who seeks to achieve the highest possible price for a well presented and publicised listing.

 

With Australian interest rates continuing to increase in an attempt to curb inflation it will be interesting to see how the property market responds in 2023. One thing remains certain: there is no excuse for poor photography when selling a property.

 

 

 

 

 

A filly foal bred in the purple; from the first crop of Gr 1 winner (of $5.8m in prizemoney) Pierata and the first foal of the Champion 3YO Filly of her generation - Gr 1 winner Loving Gaby. Born at Segenhoe Stud in Scone the bay filly was stunning from the moment she was born.  Come sale day some 18 months down the track at the 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale she lived up to all expectation securing a final bid of $800,000 to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock/Kevin Kelly, VIC.

 

 

I photographed the Magic Millions Sale Drafts for 7 of my clients back in December: Cressfield, Emirates Park, Kingstar, Strawberry Hill, Edinglassie, Ridgmont and Middlebrook Valley Lodge.

 

The 7-day sale at the Gold Coast netted record returns to many vendors with the sale gross soaring to a new Southern Hemisphere yearling sale record of over $243 million. 

 

3 of my clients recorded million dollar Lots (Emirates Park achieving 2). Top Lots for each client are as follows:

 

LOT 153 I Am Invincible x Mossfun colt [consigned by Emirates Park] sold to Hawkes Racing for $1.65 million

 

LOT 417 I Am Invincible x Spright colt [consigned by Cressfield Stud] sold to Tom Magnier for $1.6 million

 

LOT 504 I Am Invincible x Tumooh colt [consigned by Emirates Park] sold to James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership for $1.6 million

 

LOT 449 Extreme Choice x Sweet Bouquet colt [consigned by Kingstar] sold to Aramco Racing/Mick Price Racing & Breeding/Rick Connolly Bloodstock for $1 million 

 

LOT 61 Lonhro x Light Up The Room colt [consigned by Ridgmont] sold to Annabel Neasham Racing for $450,000

 

LOT 219 Written Tycoon x Paris Match filly [consigned by Strawberry Hill] sold to Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott/Kestrel Thoroughbreds for $340,000

 

LOT 119 Zousain x Miss Amelia filly [consigned by Edinglassie] sold to Magic Bloodstock/Noel & Maria Greenhalgh/Julia Ritchie/Neil Werrett for $280,000

 

LOT 820 Writen By x Elliptical Orbit filly [consigned by Middlebrook Valley Lodge] sold to Matthew Dunn/Neil Jenkinson Pty Ltd (FBAA) for $140,000

 

Congratulations to the Stud Staff who prepared the horses for sale and congratulations to all vendors on some outstanding results to kick off the new year :-)

 

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