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Premium Draft for Great Southern

18th Jun 2015

Breednet - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday, 18 June 2015

Red hot demand for quality youngsters at weanling sales this year will mean this premium draft at the 2015 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale - two by Foxwedge, one each by first season sires Excelebration (IRE) and Your Song as well as a filly by champion first season sire elect Hinchinbrook – will be a must inspect.

Consigned by leading NSW Southern Highlands based nursery Rheinwood Pastoral, these BOBS eligible youngsters are all in the Platinum Session and are presented with x-rays and images.

Foxwedge had the top priced offering at the 2014 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale, a lovely colt from Ekleel that made $175,000 and then was re-offered at the recent Magic Millions National Yearling Sale where he also set the pace fetching $340,000.

The foundation sire for Newgate Farm, Foxwedge is a brilliant Group I winning sprinter by Fastnet Rock and his progeny have been super popular at the yearling sales this year with an impressive 83 of them selling across all sales at an average $139,259. Click here to see them.

They have entered many of the best stables in the country and will enjoy a second to none chance to bring success on the track for their young sire in the new season.

Rheinwood Pastoral will present two by this most promising of young sires.

Lot 172 Colt Foxwedge x Top Classic, by O’Reilly (Pictured)

Second foal of a winning half-sister to Group II winner Passhendaele from Group III winner Classic Babe.

Lot 167 Filly Foxwedge x Thisideup by Irgun (USA)

Dam has had three foals to race all winners and is a full sister to brilliant Group III winner Brief Embrace.

Also to be offered by Rheinwood:

Lot 140 Filly Hinchinbrook x She’s Best, by King’s Best (USA)

Third foal of a winning half-sister to speedy stakes-winners Global Warming and Pure Purrfection from stakes-winning Flying Spur mare She’s Purring.

Lot 36 Colt Your Song x Hidden Spirit, by Casino Prince

Like Foxwedge and Hinchinbrook, Your Song is another exciting son of champion sire Fastnet Rock to go to stud. This colt is the first foal of a half-sister to stakes-winner Unchain My Heart and stakes-placed Captain Chaos.

Lot 190 Filly Excelebration (IRE) x You Smarty Pants (USA), by Smarty Jones

From the first crop of Exceed and Excel’s best Northern Hemisphere bred son in Excelebration, the Champion Older Miler in Europe of 2012. From an unraced imported mare with a big Black Type family featuring numerous Group winners.