July (Early) Sale jammed with top quality prospects - Open for Bidding

Media Release - Friday July 7

Another exceptionally strong and diverse catalogue of 433 lots has been finalised for the Inglis Digital July (Early) Sale, which is now open for bidding.

While the sale will be headlined by the previously announced and hugely desirable mares Another Award (Shamus Award) and She’s All Class (pictured, I Am Invincible) – both being offered as racing and breeding prospects - the depth of quality in the catalogue overall is extreme.

STakes-winning I Am Invincible mare She's All Class is a highlight - image Grant Courtney

Stakes winners Charmmebaby (Charm Spirit) and Majestic Shot (Shooting To Win) are two other top class mares that are being offered as racing and breeding prospects.

Charmmebaby is a two-time black type victor who most recently contested the G1 Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm a fortnight ago while Majestic Shot is a Stakes winner during the recent Brisbane Winter Carnival.

On that occasion in the Listed Bright Shadow Stakes, Majestic Shot defeated the likes of Comrade Rosa, Cythera, Sneaky Five, A Very Fine Red, Hellfest, Je Suis Belle etc.

There are also some significant unreserved reduction drafts in the July (Early) Sale, highlighted by Godolphin and Contract/Hesket.

Godolphin will offer 26 lots – racehorses, race fillies and broodmares – highlighted by two-time G2 winner and last start Stakes winner Character (Teofilo).

Character is a last  start stakes-winner - image Steve Hart

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Character has won at Stakes level at two of his past three starts, making him a lucrative racing prospect for any trainer or syndicator in Australia or New Zealand.

The Contract/Hesket draft of 38 breeding and racing stock deserves considerable attention from buyers, given their record of offering top-quality producers in the past.

Watch Your Step – the dam of boom undefeated 2YO Steparty – Captivant’s dam Speedboat and Blessit (the dam of three-time Stakes placed mare Bless Her) have each sold in previous Contract/Hesket reductions for $13,000, $30,000 and $5000 respectively.

They have also sold the dams of stallions Headwater and Eurozone – as well as the grand dam of G1 winner Zougotcha – in previous reduction sales.

Another exciting entry is a Wootton Bassett x Elegant d’Oro weanling filly, offered on behalf of Bhima Thoroughbreds.

Wootton Bassett has had nine 2YO winners – including three Stakes winners – from just 15 runners from his current 2YO crop.

In total, the July (Early) Sale catalogue of 433 consists of 190 racehorses (94 race fillies), 160 broodmares, 44 racehorse shares, 21 weanlings and 18 yearlings.

To view the catalogue CLICK HERE.

Other catalogue highlights include:

*Alcyone – Stakes placed galloper, a prime candidate for the $3m The Big Dance

*Art Series – A G3 winner herself, her Toronado yearling realised $420,000 at Inglis Classic this year

*Cadet Roni – A Stakes winner and dam of Stakes winner Russian Roni, offered IF to Prince Fawaz

*Dark Heather – Half sister to G2 winner Heatherly (the dam of G3-winning 2YO Red Resistance), offered IF to Wootton Bassett

*Irish Goodbye – From the family of Shinzo and Exhilarates, her dam is a half sister to G1 winner and G1 producer Samaready. Offered IF to Captivant

*Just Folk – Multiple G2 winner, another ideal candidate for the $3m The Big Dance

*Miss Ivanovic – Half sister to Champion HK miler Gold Fun, her yearlings have averaged over $600,000 at Inglis Easter. Offered IF to Declaration of War

*Mission To Dance – Unraced 3YO three-quarter sister to dual G1 winner Snapdancer, offered as a breeding prospect

*Mount Warning – Half sister to 2YO Stakes winner of this season Princess Duhallow

*My Girl Rocks – Half sister to up-and-coming star Defiant Spirit, offered IF to Spirit of Boom so carrying a three-quarter sibling to Defiant Spirit

*Rebel Rama – 5YO Stakes-winning mare, offered as a racing and breeding prospect

*Upside –The dam of this year’s highest-priced Southern Hemisphere-sold weanling ($925,000), offered IF to Shamus Award

The catalogue also has weanlings by Capitalist, Hellbent, Nicconi, Xtravagant, Hanseatic, Exceedance, Astern, Dirty Work etc and yearlings by the likes of Capitalist, The Autumn Sun, Flying Artie, Hellbent, All Too Hard, Rubick, Star Turn, Pierata, Pride of Dubai, Encryption, Brutal etc.

There are mares in foal on desirable covers to stallions such as So You Think, Shamus Award, Acrobat, Rubick, Rebel Dane, Wootton Bassett, Written By, Yes Yes Yes, Alabama Express, All Too Hard, Brave Smash, Captivant, Churchill, Cool Aza Beel, Dirty Work, Grunt, Kermadec, Lucky Vega, North Pacific, Ribchester, Tagaloa, Tassort, Wooded etc.

The sale has again been heavily supported by many of Australia’s leading industry participants including Ciaron Maher Racing, Yulong, Newgate, Yarraman Park, Widden, Rosemont, Bjorn Baker, Paul Perry, Matthew Smith, Vinery, Newhaven Park, Coolmore, Lindsay Park etc.

The final countdown of bidding for the Inglis Digital July (Early) Sale begins from 10am Wednesday (July 12).

To view the catalogue, arrange credit or participate in the sale CLICK HERE.

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