Cover image courtesy of Bronwen Healy
Written by Bren O'Brien
Group 1-performed mare Mizzy (Zoustar) is set to be offered as part of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast in May.
The Anthony Cummings-trained mare has been twice placed in Group 1 races this month, finishing second in both the G1 Canterbury S. and the G1 Coolmore Classic.
She is a three-time stakes winner in her 23-start career, winning the G2 Golden Pendant, the G2 Sheraco S. and G3 Toy Show Quality and will be offered as part of the Newgate Consignment.
Mizzy as a yearling
Mizzy was purchased by Cummings for $200,000 at the 2017 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale from the draft of Segenhoe Stud, with her breeder Robert Crabtree remaining in the ownership via his Dorrington Farm.
Her dam, Missy Cummings (Magnus), was a stakes winner as was her grandam, Lady Knockout (Serheed {USA}), and her third dam, Prime Again (Marooned {GB}). Prime Again is also the dam of stakes winners Young Lionel (Blackfriars), Expunge (Gilded Time) and the grandam of Like A Butterfly (Blackfriars).
"She will present prospective buyers with an incredible opportunity," Crabtree said. "Physically she is a stunning animal - as nice a mare as I've ever seen.
"She (Mizzy) will present prospective buyers with an incredible opportunity." - Robert Crabtree
"I bred her, her mother and also raced her grandmother. She gets her speed from the Magnus and Zoustar blood, but also some stamina from Serheed.
"Mizzy is in career-best form and her last three runs have been fantastic in Group 1s. In the Oakleigh Plate she got back from barrier 15 and was 12 wide on the turn and yet still managed to be beaten less than 3l.
"Her last two seconds have been outstanding. Yesterday she again came from a wide draw and was right there at the finish."
Mizzy will be given the opportunity to add to her record ahead of the National Sale and offers her new buyers a great opportunity to race on with her, before embarking on a breeding career.
"The plan is to start her next in the Emancipation S. in a couple of weeks and then she will tell us where we go next," Crabtree said.
"The National Sale is well timed for any buyers to look at the Tattersalls Tiara - there's so much upside. She will make a wonderful broodmare."
Mizzy on her way to victory in the G2 Golden Pendant
Newgate's Managing Director, Henry Field, said he is looking forward to Mizzy being one of the headline acts of its consignment for the Gold Coast.
"We are honoured to be entrusted to consign such a race offering as Mizzy," he said. "A superior racehorse in career-best form."
"Phenomenally, her mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all, like her, very good racemares.
"Every inch of her makeup suggests she will also be a truly elite producer once her racing days are over."
"Every inch of her makeup suggests she will also be a truly elite producer once her racing days are over." - Henry Field
She is the first high-profile racemare to be confirmed for the Sale which will be held from May 25 until May 28.
"Mizzy is a prospect of the highest order and she joins a mouth-watering list of race fillies and broodmares for the National Sale," Magic Millions Bloodstock Manager, Clint Donovan, said. "We'd like to thank the owners for entrusting the sale of Mizzy with Magic Millions.
"We are pumped to be releasing the catalogue in the next few weeks," Donovan added.
The Shadwell Stud Australasia Unreserved Dispersal Sale will also be a highlight of the National Sale, which will take place from May 20 to June 4. Entries for weanlings, race fillies, broodmares and yearlings close on March 19.
