Spinning Queen sets sales record

Sparks flew on Monday evening at Tattersalls’ December Sale with Spinning Queen breaking the European record for the price paid at a public auction for a filly.

Tue, 28 Nov, 2006 - 08:01
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Sparks flew on Monday evening at Tattersalls’ December Sale with Spinning Queen breaking the European record for the price paid at a public auction for a filly.

This year’s Group One Sun Chariot Stakes winner fetched a staggering 3,000,000 gns – a figure that is 500,000 gns more than the previous highest, paid for Dance Design in 1997, also at Tattersalls.

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