Cover image courtesy of Inglis
James Price - Inglis’ Victorian bloodstock manager - is confident the 2023 Australian sales season will end in style at Oaklands Junction in Victoria.
Inglis will host its annual Great Southern Sale, where 420 lots will be offered across Thursday and Friday.
“We’re very much looking forward to the Inglis Great Southern Sale across the next two days. There’s some lovely foals to sell, as well as mares,” Price told TDN AusNZ.
James Price | Image courtesy of The Image Is Everything
As part of the sale, the Cathy Hains-owned Burnewang North Pastoral will consign 13 weanlings, including a much-hyped filly by global superstar sire Frankel (GB).
Consigned at Lot 64, the filly hails from a lovely Aga Khan family that includes the brilliant Vadeni (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}) - a two-time Group 1 hero and runner-up in last year’s G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
The filly is the first foal from the unraced Invincible Spirit (Ire) mare Vedema (Fr) and her grandam, Vedouma (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), won in Listed grade and is a sister to the Group 2 scorer Vadamar (Fr).
The filly’s third dam is the Group 1 victress Vadawina (Ire) (Unfuwain {USA}).
Lot 64 - Frankel (GB) x Vedema (Fr) (filly) | Image courtesy of Inglis
Price is certain she will attract plenty of attention.
“She goes through the ring nice and early on Thursday morning and we’re so grateful to Cathy Hains and the entire Burnewang North team for presenting such a wonderful filly,” Price told TDN AusNZ.
“It’s a standout draft in the catalogue and we’re tremendously fortunate to have them support the sale with their entire 2022 foal crop.
“We wish them the best of luck with the Frankel filly and the other lovely foals they have going through the ring.”
“We wish them (Burnewang North) the best of luck with the Frankel filly (Lot 64) and the other lovely foals they have going through the ring.” - James Price
The Burnewang North draft includes progeny by Kingman (GB), Churchill (Ire), Shamus Award, Written Tycoon, Dundeel (NZ) and Maurice (Jpn), among others.
Lot 315 is a half-sister to the Burnewang North-bred Group 1 victor On The Bubbles (Brazen Beau). The Written Tycoon filly is the third foal of More Bubbles (Sebring) and she herself is a half-sister to the Group 1 heroine Politeness (Street Sense {USA}) and the Group 3 winner Green Aeon (Snitzel).
Lot 323 is a Maurice filly out of the winning Commands mare National Velvet, making her a half-sister to The Fortune Teller (Caravaggio {USA}). That gelding was bred by Burnewang North and Peter Raftopoulous and won this year’s G3 Carbine Club S. at Randwick.
Gallery: Some of Burnewang's weanlings to be offered at the Inglis Great Southern Sale, images courtesy of Inglis
Top sires represented
In addition to the Burnewang North draft, the sale features weanlings by 103 individual sires, including Camelot (GB), Zoustar, So You Think (NZ), Toronado (Ire), Russian Revolution, Capitalist, Pierro, Lonhro, Street Boss (USA), Justify (USA), Spirit Of Boom, The Autumn Sun and Blue Point (Ire).
A host of first-crop sires will also be represented, including Admire Mars (Jpn), Anders, Bivouac, Cool Aza Beel (NZ), Doubtland, Earthlight (Ire), Farnan, King’s Legacy, Ole Kirk, Prague, Russian Camelot (Ire), Tagaloa and Wootton Bassett (GB).
“It’s been a happy hunting ground for many years for racetrack users and also pinhookers. There’s plenty of those on the ground looking for their next gem,” said Price.
“It’s been a happy hunting ground for many years for racetrack users and also pinhookers. There’s plenty of those on the ground looking for their next gem.” - James Price
“This sale has an important place, particularly on the weanling calendar. It sits at the end of the season and it’s the last I suppose real live opportunity, other than Inglis Digital, to buy a weanling. Those pinhookers that haven’t bought the quota that they were aiming to seem to come here with what tends to be described as a bit of a frenzy.
“Those foals which qualify or have Select Yearling Sale criteria, we expect them to sell very well.”
A diverse bunch of broodmares
Among the broodmare offerings are mares in foal to elite stallions such as Hellbent Pierro, Russian Revolution, So You Think, Toronado and Trapeze Artist.
They are joined by quality mares off the track including Queen Adele (Lot 418). The daughter of Adelaide (Ire) and Demandz (NZ) (Lonhro) will be offered by Alderson Racing and is a two-time winner and Listed placegetter. Queen Adele is a half-sister to Cindy Alderson’s star sprinter Jigsaw (Manhattan Rain) - a Group 2 scorer.
Lot 418 - Queen Adele | Image courtesy of Inglis
The other member of the Alderson Racing draft is Veranskova (Written Tycoon). Consigned as Lot 381, the 5-year-old won five races and $295,650 and was Group 3-placed.
“She’s landed here on the grounds and she’s in tremendous order,” Price said.
“She’s a lovely roomy, scopey Written Tycoon mare, who obviously has a really good rating.
“She has finished her racing days and has that all-important black type on her page. She’s from a very good family and by a highly commercial stallion.
“She (Veranskova) has finished her racing days and has that all-important black type on her page. She’s from a very good family and by a highly commercial stallion.” - James Price
“We expect her to sell well on Friday afternoon.”
Rushton Park with another strong hand
David Johnson’s Rushton Park finished last year’s sale as the leading vendor by aggregate of both the weanling and broodmare sessions. The Tatura-based nursery sold 20 weanlings for a combined $1,479,000 (at an average of $73,950), while the four broodmares they parted with grossed $640,000 (at a sale-leading average of $160,000).
Rushton Park will offer 15 weanlings and 13 broodmares this week.
