Group 1-winning Victorian trainer Henry Dwyer has continued to expand his northern hemisphere operation, securing two juveniles at the Goffs Breeze Up Sale on Wednesday (UK time).
Dwyer, who prepares three-time European Group 1-winning sprinter Asfoora, purchased a colt by Too Darn Hot for £100,000 and a filly by St Mark’s Basilica for £205,000.
Working alongside bloodstock agent Hamish Macauley, Dwyer secured the pair for his developing Newmarket base, where they will be trained out of Lemos de Souza’s stables.
The St Mark’s Basilica filly boasts a strong pedigree, being out of an unraced half-sister to dual British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes winner Kalpana.
Macauley outlined the ambition behind the purchase.
“She’s been bought by Henry Dwyer, so she’ll end up in Australia eventually, but hopefully there’s a chance she might get to Royal Ascot first,” he told the Racing Post.
“There’s a small chance she’ll get there this year, and that would be the idea. She has the best pedigree in the sale, she’s from a champion’s family. She did a very good breeze and is a lovely physical. She came highly recommended. Obviously plenty of people were in for her. I’m delighted to buy her, though that (price) was stretching it a little bit.”
Dwyer had also been active earlier in the month, purchasing a Kodiac filly for 72,000 guineas at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale.
