Yearlings sold by Vinery Stud have enjoyed a hot run of stakes success in recent weeks with feature wins for exciting three year-old old colt Sixties, unbeaten juvenile Lara Antipova and rising star Sass Appeal.
Sass Appeal was sourced from the Inglis Premier Vinery draft in 2024 by her trainer Danny O'Brien for just $120,000 and he believes she is a G1 horse of the future.
The So You Think filly has won three of four starts and was last seen beating Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Ole Dancer in the Listed VRC Desirable Stakes two weeks ago.
"We've got a lot of hope that she can go to a very high level in the spring. She's been well protected by us so far and she's had a good build-up,” O’Brien said after her latest win.
“I would expect the Kewney (G2, March 7) to be her last run this prep and then we can hopefully get her to a really good race in the spring, something like the Myer (G1 1600m) on Derby Day."
Vinery Stud will offer a draft of 10 for Inglis Premier and six are by the farm’s outstanding young sire Ole Kirk, who has a special connection to this sale having been purchased out of it in 2019 for $675,000.
A champion son of Written Tycoon, Ole Kirk has sired over 20 winners this season headed by his glamour filly Ole Dancer and slick sprinter Legacy Bound, who placed in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes.
Click here to see the full Vinery draft with highlights below:
Lot 196 Colt Ole Kirk x Mhaille, by I Am Invincible
Second foal of an unraced half-sister to dual Group I winner Artorius and exciting three year-old colt Sixties, last start winner of the Group III VRC CS Hayes Stakes and running in the Group I VRC Australian Guineas on Saturday.
From the family of G1 winners Delectation and Southport Tycoon and is from a daughter of champion sire I Am Invincible already, sire of the dam of G1 winners Asfoora and Kimochi.
Lot 350 Filly Zoustar x Snitzerland, by Snitzel
Half-sister to Group III winner Hard Landing, SW Himalaism, G3 placed Saas Fee and stakes-placed Chisholm being from brilliant Group I VRC Lightning Stakes winner Snitzerland.
Bred on very successful Zoustar x Snitzel cross that has produced 23 winners from 27 starters, so 85% winners to runners and five SW’s headed by Group winners North Star Lass and Growing Empire at 18.5% SW to runner.
Lot 395 Colt All Too Hard x The Bride, by More than Ready (USA)
Third foal of a placed full sister to Group I winner Entisaar, the Champion South African 2YO Filly 2014-25 and comes from the family of SW’s Magadelena and Mizlecki.
Bred on the same All Too Hard x More Than Ready cross as multiple Group I winners Forbidden Love and Wellington.
Lot 497 Colt Farnan x Ballet Rose, by Exceed and Excel
By the sire of top class 3YO Ninja and is a half-brother to two winners from a winning three-quarter sister to Group I winner King’s Rose, the dam of multiple Japanese Group winner Satono Arthur.
Dam is by champion sire Exceed and Excel, sire of the dams of G1 winners this season Tentyris, Tropicus, plus Tempted, Arkansaw Kid, Pallaton and Motorsports, not to mention 2YO SW’s Shiki, Hard Kick and Calamari Ring.
Lot 526 Colt Brave Smash (Jpn) x Bonvicini, by Myboycharlie (IRE)
First foal of quality mare Bonvicini, winner of Group III VRC The Vanity and multiple Group placed tracing back to fourth dam SW Adagietto, who has left a dynasty of stakes horses highlighted by G1 winner Uncommon James.
From the first crop of yearlings conceived at Yarraman Park by Brave Smash, who has already sired G1 winner Kimochi.
