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Abundance of quality racing & breeding prospects in June (Early) catalogue

2nd Jun 2023

A mare in foal to world class sire Frankel, a share in a rising star with G1 Spring Carnival goals, a G1-producing mare as well as multiple other quality racing and breeding prospects.

These are just some of the plethora of highlights in the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale, which is undoubtedly one of the strongest and deepest digital catalogues ever collated.

One of the many standouts is Of Good Cheer (pictured), the young, lightly-raced, winning mare, who is being offered on her first cover to champion and in-demand sire Frankel.

Of Good Cheer hails from an outstanding Juddmonte family which includes champion racehorses such as Champs Elysees, Intercontinental, Banks Hill and Dansili.

She is a daughter of leading European sire Dark Angel, himself broodmare sire of young sire sensation Havana Grey, while her dam is by Dubawi, daughters of whom have bred the likes of Adayar and Homeless Songs when mated with Frankel.

Of Good Cheer is one of a bevy of quality breeding prospects in the June (Early) Sale.

Elite Ateates (Exceed And Excel), the dam of G1 winner and six-time Stakes winner Elite Street, is another standout entry in the sale.

The mare – who has had four to run for four individual winners – is being offered in foal to popular young Darley stallion Blue Point, whose first yearlings have proven to be exceptionally popular this Southern Hemisphere sales season, while his first runners have made an immediate impact in Europe.

Another is Testa Sarah (Testa Rossa), the dam of Listed Inglis Nursery winner Saltaire.

Saltaire proved herself one of the most consistent 2YOs of this current crop, earning $360,000 from just six starts which also included a 2nd placing in the G3 Kindergarten Stakes behind undefeated Inglis Ready2Race star-in-the-making Libertad.

Fortune Seeker is yet another quality breeding prospect in the catalogue that is sure to attract significant interest.

She is a three-quarter sister to Stakes-winning filly Comrade Rosa, a last-start winner of the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday who is being aimed at the G1 Tatts Tiara later in the month.

While the breeding prospects section of the catalogue is strong, so is the racing prospects.

An intriguing entry is an unreserved 10% share in rising star Brayden Star.

A dominant last-start winner at Sandown six days ago, the lightly-raced 4YO imported entire Brayden Star has won two of his four starts for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young since arriving in Australia.

His immediate racing program will include one or two more starts this campaign before being freshened ahead of the Spring Carnival, where he will target races such as the G1 Toorak Handicap in Melbourne and the $2m Five Diamonds in Sydney.

“Darren (Thomas) and Mark (Pilkington) have been inundated with requests to get involved in the horse from the time that they bought him, so this is a rare opportunity for people to back their own judgement and get involved in a potential top-liner who is on the up,” said co-trainer Busuttin.

“He is on the radar of all the astute form assessors, so we are hoping that they are correct and he graduates to the big time next season.

“There are a lot of our existing racing partners who would love to join us on the Brayden Star journey, but the preference for our English-based partner was to offer his 10% share to the whole racing community through an auction, so here we are.”

There is also a 10% share in Scallopini, a multiple Stakes winner who is set to contest the $3m G1 Stradbroke Handicap three days after this sale concludes.

In total, the June (Early) Sale - which is now live online at inglisdigital.com - has 432 lots catalogued including 161 racehorses (77 race fillies), 146 broodmares, 63 racehorse shares, 36 weanlings, 25 yearlings and one unbroken stock.

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Other catalogue highlights include:

*Bay Thirteen – Dual Stakes placed including at G3 level, this 3YO Deep Field filly has significant upside and is offered as a racing and breeding prospect

*Gaze Grise – Stakes placed winner of six, offered as a racing and breeding prospect

*Killiako – Stakes placed Maurice 3YO filly with significant upside, contested the G1 Australasian Oaks last start, offered as a racing and breeding prospect

*Lehndorff – Talented 3YO Snitzel colt who contested the G1 VRC Derby at just his fourth career start

*Little Joanna– Well-related mare from the family of exciting G2-winning 2YO Cifrado, a $6 equal favourite with TAB for next weekend’s G1 JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm. She is offered in foal to Acrobat

*Melba Storm – A fast, Stakes placed mare in training with Ben and JD Hayes, being offered as a racing and breeding prospect

*Powerplay – a well-related young mare offered in foal to So You Think

*Scrum – An exciting package, she’s a half sister to sire sensation Extreme Choice and is being offered in foal to boom young stallion Russian Revolution

*Silently – A half sister to G1 winners Criterion and Comin’ Through, she produced a $1m yearling at the 2022 sales, who, now named Piercing Arrow, won on debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday

*Tycoon Bucks – Sister to G2 winner Super Cash, offered in foal to Nature Strip’s sire Nicconi

*Yaki Ishi – G2 placed at two, this Maurice 3YO is already a winner and has plenty of upside

There are also mares in foal to the likes of So You Think, Hellbent, Harry Angel, Brazen Beau, Astern, Bivouac, Captivant, Encryption, Ole Kirk, Rubick, Spirit of Boom, Star turn, Wild Ruler, Zousain etc as well as weanlings by stallions including Zoustar, Proisir, Justify, Grunt, Trapeze Artist, Written By, Cool Aza Beel etc.

The catalogue has again been supported by industry heavyweights such as Annabel Neasham, Ciaron Maher Racing, First Light Racing, Widden Stud, Newhaven Park, Rosemont Stud, Twin Hills Stud, Legend Racing, Vinery Stud, Coolmore Stud, Yarraman Park Stud, Lindsay Park, Tricolours etc.

The final countdown of bidding for the Inglis Digital June (Early) Sale begins from the permanent new time of 10am Wednesday, June 7.

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