Zoustar share headlines capacity April (Late) catalogue

Media Release - Friday April 25

A share in Champion sire Zoustar headlines a ‘full’ Inglis Digital April (Late) Online Sale which also features a dominant last start winner ideal for Australian or Hong Kong racing and many quality drafts from the country’s leading stud farms and racing stables.

A total of 554 lots have been finalised for the capacity catalogue, which is now live and open for bidding at inglisdigital.com.

The standout entry is the Zoustar share, just the second time that equity in the Widden Stud resident sire has been made available for public auction.

Zoustar stands at a fee of $275,000 this spring.

Zoustar, at just 14 years of age, is already the sire of 65 Stakes winners and 117 black type horses including the likes of Sunlight, Ozzmosis, Zougotcha, Schwarz, Joliestar, Growing Empire, Mizzy, Zoutori, Climbing Star, Lean Mean Machine, Zousain, Platinum Jubilee etc.

Over the past two Australasian racing seasons he is the leading sire of Stakes winners (27) and G1 winners (5) and he is on the cusp of his first Australian General Sires Premiership win, with progeny earnings for the 2024/25 season sitting at $20.7m.

Last season Zoustar (pictured) sired the winners of a record-breaking 364 races in Australia.

Since 2022 he has produced 23 $1m+ yearlings in the sale ring while his appeal as a broodmare sire continues to soar, with his daughters like Sunlight ($4.2m), Madam Rouge ($2.4m), Mizzy ($2.2m), C’est Magique ($1.7m), North Star Lass ($1.525m) etc selling extraordinarily well as broodmare prospects.

The Zoustar share is being offered on account of Qatar Bloodstock.

Another significant offering in the April (Late) Sale – which includes 232 broodmares, 189 racehorses (96 race fillies), 66 racehorse shares, 36 yearlings, 29 weanlings and 2 stallions - is the 3YO Natural Laws (Capitalist).

A lightly-raced gelding, Natural Laws was a dominant 4.5 length last start winner for trainer Peter Snowden and is offered with significant racing upside.

He has a Hong Kong Rating of 64 and has been fully vetted in line with Hong Kong Jockey Club protocols.

Among the plethora of other strong offerings in the catalogue are seven lightly raced Godolphin 3YOs, two breeding rights in leading sire Bivouac and an unreserved dispersal from Fieldhouse including mares by the likes of Exceed And Excel, Savabeel, Medaglia d’Oro and Per Incanto offered in foal to the likes of Pierata, Cosmic Force, Zousain and King’s Legacy.

To view the April (Late) catalogue CLICK HERE.

Other catalogue highlights include:

*Abeyance – Stakes performed mare out of a G1 winner, offered in foal to in-demand young sire Home Affairs

*Byron Belle – Snitzel half sister to a Stakes winner, offered in foal to Home Affairs

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*Enstone – G3 winner in Canada, offered in foal to Leading First Season Sire by Group winners Farnan

*Mawjood – Dual metro winner, the Tassort 3YO started second-favourite last start in a Listed race

*Mednyi – High class 2YO colt by Capitalist who was placed in the Listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes at his last start

*Miss Wilson – G1 winner offered in foal to in-form young sire Ole Kirk

*Our Belisa – dam of brilliant 2YO colt North England - winner of the G3 Kindergarten Stakes and $1m Golden Gift – offered in foal to Stay Inside

*President – 3YO I Am Invincible colt, G2 placed as a 2YO and already a winner from just five career starts

*River Bird – G3 placed as a 2YO, she’s a half sister to a G3 winner offered in foal to Tassort

*Royal Tribute – Stakes winner from just six career starts, this Snitzel colt has also finished 4th to the likes of Ozzmosis and King’s Gambit

*Spicy Hotpot – Young metro-winning mare, a half sister to fast mare Niedorp and high class HK pair Galaxy Witness and Packing Hermod

*Yoshinobu – 3YO Written Tycoon colt, finished 3rd behind Switzerland in the G2 Roman Consul Stakes

There are also mares in foal to stallions including All Too Hard, Artorius, Bivouac, Brave Smash, Brutal, Cosmic Force, Exceedance, Hellbent, In The Congo, Jacquinot, King’s Gambit, Native Trail, Ozzmosis, Pierata, Pride Of Dubai, Shinzo, St Mark’s Basilica, Starspangledbanner, State Of Rest, Wild Ruler, Zousain etc.

Yearlings by Brazen Beau, Brutal, Capitalist, Lucky Vega, Pierro, Pride Of Dubai, Shamus Award, So You Think, Stay Inside, Wild Ruler etc feature in the catalogue, as do weanlings by Artorius, Blue Point, Capitalist, Home Affairs, In The Congo, Jacquinot, State Of Rest, Tassort, Wild Ruler etc.

Leading suppliers include Kingstar, Kia Ora, Blue Gum, Ciaron Maher, Waterhouse/Bott Racing, Yarraman Park, Segenhoe, Kooringal, Torryburn, Ballymore Stables, Arrowfield, Annabel Neasham Racing, Coolmore etc.

The final countdown of bidding for the April (Late) Online Sale begins from 10am Wednesday.

To view the catalogue, arrange finance or participate in the auction CLICK HERE.

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