Promising and Proven Make Vinery Premier Draft a Must See

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Monday February 26

Vinery Stud are heading to Inglis Premier with a draft of 14 and more than half of their yearlings are by the farm’s own stallions including exciting first season sire Ole Kirk, while the half-sister to Group I VRC Victoria Derby winner Johhny Get Angry is by the great Victorian favourite Toronado (IRE).

Bred and sold in Victoria, Champion 3YO Ole Kirk has 18 entries for Inglis Premier, a sale at which he sold as a yearling for $675,000 back in 2019, and Vinery Stud will present four of them including a colt from one of the most popular commercial families in the land.

Lot 177, click to see his page.

Lot 177 is the second foal of Cocktail, an unraced half-sister to Group I ATC Flight Stakes winner Oohood and stakes-placed Breakfast in Bed, the dam of dual Group I winning juvenile King’s Legacy.

His second dam Bella Sunday is a half-sister by Sunday Silence to champion sire Not a Single Doubt tracing back to influential matriarch Easy Date, whose impressive stakes dynasty features Golden Slipper winner Forensics and leading sire Snippets, plus a slew of other Group and stakes-winners.

The first foal of the mare is two year-old filly Spritzy Lass, who has been placed at both of her starts to date at Canberra.

Lot 371, click to see her page.

A filly that leans more to the classic end of the spectrum is Lot 371, the half-sister by Toronado (IRE) to Victoria Derby hero Johnny Get Angry from Zabeel mare Luminova.

She’s bred by outstanding breeder Greg Perry, who has bred more Group I winners than most and they include Atlantic Jewel, Commanding Jewel, Artorius, Delectation, Marabi and a VRC Oaks winner in Aristia, so this filly is going to be a real watch horse for serious bloodstock investors.

Click here to see all the Vinery Stud draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 29 Filly Ole Kirk x Transmitter, by Medaglia D’Oro (USA)

Third foal of Sydney metro winning half-sister to stakes-winner Intuition, a ten time winner of over $600,000 from the family of Group I winners Alverta and Jack D’or.

Lot 63 Colt Street Boss (USA) x Whelk, by Fastnet Rock

First foal of a winning Fastnet Rock mare, whose next two dams are by champion sires Zabeel and Last Tycoon (IRE). Grand-dam is a half-sister to Group I winning sire Onemorenomore with third dam Group III winning blue hen Palia, a sister to another blue hen in Lady Capel, the dam of Group I winning sire Casino Prince. Bred on the same cross as stakes-winning 2YO Pacific Padrino.

Lot 88 Colt Trapeze Artist x  Afleet Esprit, by Bel Esprit

Half-brother to two winners from Group II MRC Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Afleet Esprit. Bred on similar Snitzel (sire of Trapeze Artist) x Bel Esprit nick that has 100% success with nine winners from nine runners headed by Group III winners Sylvia’s Mother and Immortal Love.

Lot 382 Colt Exceedance x Meikas, by Show a Heart

Second foal of stakes-placed Meikas from the family of champion South African multiple Group I winners Grey’s Inn and Smart Call tracing back to renowned blue hen Summoned, the dam of five SW’s headed by Group I winning sire Zeditave.

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