The three-year-old son of Savabeel has been sold to Hong Kong interests and
will further his career from John Moore's stable."The owner is a younger guy like me and the money offered was too good to knock back," Busuttin said.
A $140,000 Karaka purchase for Singapore-based trainer Shane Baertschiger, Atmosphere was identified early on as a Melbourne spring carnival prospect by Busuttin and Young.
The Savabeel three-year-old finished second in the Listed UCI Stakes at Flemington at his third appearance and was again runner-up in the Gr.2 Vase at Moonee Valley before he was unplaced in the Gr.1 VRC Derby.
"He's another good stakes horse gone from the stable," Busuttin said. "We've got 24 in work and eight of them are unraced two and three-year-olds by Savabeel so I wonder how many of them we can keep."
Another potential black type three-year-old in the stable is the debut winner Smarts Encosta and he too might joining the overseas exodus.
He is an acceptor for Saturday's Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial at Ellerslie, but is also under offer.
"He's been vetted and if he's scratched you'll know why," Busuttin said.
The stable did secure a promising replacement at the recent Ready to Run Sale at Karaka where they purchased a son of Encosta de Lago out of the former talented performer Hidden Strings for $150,000.
"He's a lovely colt out of a Group Two-winning mare and we'll be syndicating him," Busuttin said. – NZ Racing Desk.
