Lot: 1426 - bay or brown colt (Hellbent x Charleah {Myboycharlie {Ire}}) - $37,500
Buyer: Robl Racing
Vendor: Clarke and Croft Bloodstock
Industry veteran and accomplished Gold Coast horseman Peter Robl was immediately drawn to the pedigree of Lot 1426, a Hellbent colt out of winning Myboycharlie (Ire) mare Charleah, a half-sister to emerging sire Cosmic Force and the stakeswinners Onemorezeta (Onemorenomore) and Razeta (Deep Field). Striking late in the day on Tuesday, he secured the colt for $37,500 from the draft of Clarke and Croft Bloodstock.
“Looking at him, I thought he was a lovely colt,” Robl said. “His pedigree is very good. He was a bit immature on his x-rays, which I thought would take away the Asian market, and so I thought we’d get him at a good price.
“If he was perfect, I thought he probably would have made $140,000, not $40,000. He just needs a bit of time - and with what we paid for him, we are happy to give him the time he needs.”
Lot 1426 - Hellbent x Charleah (colt) | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The sixth living foal of Charleah, the colt is a half-brother to two multiple winners from three foals to race; Atomic Energy (Sooboog) was a $50,000 yearling purchase for Paul Moroney Bloodstock and Haoh Co, and has since amassed over HK$2.69 million ($531,000) in prizemoney, and three-time winner Allusionist (Super One) who placed several times at the metropolitan level.
Second dam Little Zeta (Commands) produced seven winners from nine to the track. In addition to her aforementioned three stakeswinners, she is the dam of 15-time winner My Greek Boy (Myboycharlie {Ire}), who collected $489,260 in earnings for trainer Steve Wolfe in West Australia.
Sire Hellbent, who will again stand at Yarraman Park for $38,500 (inc GST) this season, has seven stakeswinners to his name, three of which also feature a Danehill (USA) line stallion as damsire. His newest recruit Tremonti, winner of the Listed Maribyrnong Trial, is out of a mare by All Too Hard.
As a damsire, Myboycharlie crosses well with sons of I Am Invincible, having to date produced winners by four sons of the Champion Sire. The exact cross has already produced metropolitan winner Champagne Bender (Hellbent).
Peter Robl | Image courtesy of Inglis
Robl had closely followed several relations to this lot on the track over the last few years, so was pleased to secure a slice of the family.
“He (Lot 1426) walked really well,” Robl said. “He’s a strong horse and has a great temperament about him. And you just can’t go past that pedigree. It speaks for itself. There's winner after winner on the page, you can’t beat that. A family that produces winners is going to keep on producing winners.”
“You just can’t go past that pedigree. There's winner after winner on the page, you can’t beat that.” - Peter Robl
Horses that require more patience have been bargains throughout the sales season, Robl noted. Close relation Onemorezeta is an excellent example; while she debuted in the autumn of her 2-year-old year, she was unbeaten across three starts including the G3 Red Roses the following spring, and continued to perform at Group and metropolitan level until her last preparation as a 5-year-old.
“Not every horse has to be a Christmas 2-year-old,” he said. “This guy is more in the mould of a 3-year-old, or a late 2-year-old at best. We got him at a really good price.”
