Against a backdrop of an ever more vibrant racing and breeding industry, the bidding for the choice lots at this year’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale was again very competitive, and we were delighted to come away with three colts for the JHB Colt Partnership alongside a filly for our Filly Partnership with Michael and Richard Freedman.
Lot 100 - Extreme Choice x Murtle Turtle - $775,000
Our first purchase was lot 100 from Bell River Thoroughbreds, a son of Extreme Choice, who is off to an extraordinary start as a stallion, with 18% stakes winners to runners from his first crop, including Group 1 Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside. He is also out of the precocious and speedy Murtle Turle, who was out very early as a 2yo, and has produced Sydney metropolitan winning 2yo California Deeply. He of course also comes from the same farm which bred and sold Extreme Choice at this sale six years ago.
Lot 122 - Capitalist x One More Tequila - $375,000
Our second colt purchase was Lot 122, the Capitalist colt our of One More Tequila secured from Newgate Farm. He is a very strong and forward colt by Capitalist, who is off to a great start at stud, siring his 16th and 17th stakes performers on the weekend at Caulfield. His dam is by Onemorenomore, who has 3 stakes performers from just 32 starters as a broodmare sire, and she is in turn out of the stakes winning 2YO Tequila Knowledge, so this is a precocious pedigree to match a precocious physical.
Lot 211 - Pariah x Rose of Falvelon - $210,000
Our final colt purchase for the JHB Colt Partnership was lot 211, a son of Pariah, and he is very much in the image of his sire. He’s got great action and seems also blessed with a lovely temperament. His dam was a very fast metropolitan sprinter, and comes from a good solid family of black type performers, including the very smart colt and young stallion North Pacific.
Lot 384 - I Am Invincible x Another Sunday filly - $360,000
We were delighted to secure Lot 384, the I Am Invincible x Another Sunday filly from Yarraman Park Stud for $360,000 to race for our Filly Partnership with Michael and Richard Freedman. She is a quality filly, with great girth and strength and a sharp demeanour. She comes from one of Australia’s very best families, that of King’s Legacy, Oohood, Not a Single Doubt and Snippets.
Her dam, Another Sunday is a three-quarter sister to King’s Legacy and Not a Single Doubt, while being by I Am Invincible makes this filly also a three-quarter sister to Oohood, who was a top-class 2YO and 3YO, placed in the Golden Slipper and winner of the Group 1 Flight Stakes.