Cover image courtesy of Inglis
Lot 322 : Russian Camelot (Ire)/Room Number (NZ) - $30,000
Buyer: Joseph and Jones Racing
Vendor: Three Bridges Thoroughbreds
Barbara Joseph and her sons, Paul and Matt Jones, made a noteworthy purchase on Day 2 of the Inglis Great Southern Sale by acquiring Lot 322, the first foal of six-time winning mare Room Number (NZ) (Reliable Man {NZ}). Offered by Three Bridges Thoroughbreds, the colt is from the second-crop of Widden Stud’s dual Group 1 winner Russian Camelot (Ire).
This acquisition holds special significance as the partnership previously trained Room Number after purchasing her for just $35,000 at the 2018 NZB Ready to Run Sale. Room Number went on to earn nearly $200,000 and secured six wins out of 30 starts, including a victory in Sydney Saturday grade.
Lot 322 - Russian Camelot (Ire) x Room Number (NZ) (colt) | Image courtesy of Inglis
It was a smart play by the Canberra based team given Russian Camelot, winner of the G1 Underwood Stakes and G1 SAJC South Australian Derby, has seen early success at stud with his first yearlings fetching up to $250,000 at this year's sales. The colt was conceived off a fee of $22,000 (including GST).
The team has a strong connection to Room Number's lineage, with Joseph telling TTR AusNZ they are building a collection of the family, "We like the family having raced the mother and $30,000 is about where we valued him. We bought a yearling half-sister to the mother in New Zealand by Embellish earlier this year.
The yearling-half sister in question was purchased from this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale for $50,000 from the HGT Bloodstock draft.
“From what we’ve seen we thought he was a really good type. What I liked about him most was his walk; he has a very good overstep like the mare did.
“From what we’ve seen we thought he was a really good type. What I liked about him most was his walk; he has a very good overstep like the mare did.” - Barbara Joseph
It seems only fitting that the colt is offered up to the same owners who raced the mother, with Joseph confirming, “we'll probably go back to the same owners that raced the mother.”
