A page full of foreign black type helped convince Sydney buyer Alan Bell to fork out the best price for a filly in early buying at Karaka.

Bell paid $NZ800,000 ($A646,543) for a Zabeel-Destined filly, a half-sister to current New Zealand Filly of the Year series leader Fix sold from the Haunui Farm draft on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock's Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka.

Fix's record, which includes two Group Two victories at the Ellerslie New Year carnival, boosted the filly's value but Bell said results from outside Australasia were a big factor in his purchase.

"The more continents you've got represented on the (catalogue) page now, the more appealing your horse is to the market," Bell said.

"It's globalising so quickly that I think these are the horses to aim at."

The mare's dam Destined was bred in Britain and along with Fix she has produced Galileo's Destiny, a group one placegetter in South Africa.

Destined's dam Prophecy was Group One placed in England, and Prophecy's progeny included black type performers in England, France and Australia.

Ex-trainer Bell, the former Racing NSW chairman, said she also impressed as an individual.

"She's athletic and she's a sharp Zabeel filly; she's not a staying type, she's what we look for," he said.

The Zabeel-Destiny filly was among four Bell bought on Monday.

The second-best price for a filly in the first 150 lots was $700,000, paid by Bart Cummings for a daughter of Fastnet Rock out of dual Oaks winner Episode consigned by Curraghmore Stud.