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Scenic Lodge dispersal headlines high quality Feb (Early) Online Sale

2nd Feb 2024

A 46-lot unreserved dispersal by one of Western Australia’s most respected breeding operations, Stakes winners from Godolphin and a Zoustar half sister to a Champion Australian sprinter are just some of the many highlights in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Scenic Lodge – the famed stud north of Perth who bred the likes of dual Hemisphere G1 winner Scenic Blast and G1 Kingston Town Stakes winner Playing God – is offering a range of broodmares (29), yearlings (9), weanlings (6) and racehorses (2) as part of a dispersal brought about by the retirement of the farm’s founder David Smith, whose son Jeremy and daughter-in-law Sarah are assuming ownership.

Among the Scenic Lodge offerings is Simply Wicked (the dam of G1 winner Delicacy), Stakes placed mares, siblings to Stakes winners, mares in foal and with foals at foot and well-bred yearlings and weanlings including siblings to a G1 placegetter and Stakes placegetter.

The Scenic Lodge draft is among the 394-strong catalogue for the February (Early) sale which includes 179 racehorses (65 race fillies), 82 racehorse shares, 81 broodmares, 42 yearlings, 6 weanlings and 4 unraced stock.

Global racing and breeding powerhouse Godolphin has a draft of eight entries for the sale, headlined by Stakes winners Gravina (Sebring) and Bacchanalia (Exceed And Excel).

Bacchanalia is a dual Stakes winner and twice Stakes placed while Gravina (pictured) has won $750,000 in prizemoney and last year alone defeated the likes of Profondo, Espiona, Opal Ridge, Munhamek, Riodini, Tamerlane, Baller, Lombardo etc.

Talented young mare Fast Star (Zoustar) is another particularly interesting entry in the sale.

The four-year-old winner of two races from just five starts – including her most recent start a fortnight ago - is a half sister to the five-time G1-winning Champion Sprinter Santa Ana Lane.

She is offered as a racing and breeding prospect.

To view the February (Early) catalogue CLICK HERE.

Other highlights include:

*Deja Blue – Stakes winner and proven producer, her yearlings have sold up to $200,000

*Invencible – Well-bred $575,000 Easter yearling (I Am Invincible x Villa Verde), offered in foal to Written By and with a Magnus filly FAF

*Master Showman – 4YO brother to Trapeze Artist (Snitzel x Treppes), already a two-time winner with Saturday Metropolitan ability

*Moonquake – Medaglia d’Oro half sister to four-time G1 winner Hartnell

*Port Lockroy – 2x10% shares and 1x5% share in this talented Annabel Neasham-trained 3YO colt who contested the G1 Spring Champion Stakes at his most recent start

*Regal Inheritance – Winning lightly-raced Capitalist mare from the family of G1 winner Romantic Touch, offered IF to popular young sire Stay Inside

*Rubamos – Twice Stakes placed I Am Invincible 6YO, defeated eventual Listed Carrington Stakes winner Zou Tiger two starts ago at Rosehill

*Seagrove – Daughter of Exceed And Excel, proven producer, offered in foal to North Pacific and with a Blue Point colt FAF

*Store Beach – Unraced 3YO Hellbent half brother of G1 winner Captivant, finished 3^rd at his two barrier trials in December

*Wind Shift – Exceed And Excel half sister to G1 winner Tropical Squall, offered with a Harry Angel filly FAF

The catalogue also contains yearlings by the likes of Written Tycoon, Hellbent, Brutal, Alabama Express, Calyx, D’Argento, Exceedance, Hanseatic, Lucky Vega, Ocean Park, Tagaloa etc.

Leading vendors for the sale include Dynamic Syndications, Harbour Bloodstock, Yulong, Lindsay Park, Kitchwin Hills, Erinvale, Newgate, Parnham Racing, Impact Thoroughbreds, Waterhouse/Bott Racing, Blueblood Thoroughbreds and many more.

In 2023, Inglis Digital graduates won 4340 individual races in Australia, equating to almost 1 in 4 Australian races.

The stellar run of Inglis Digital graduates continued into January 2024 with the likes of Brave Mead, Boom Torque, Arts Object, Caballus, Terra Mater etc all winning significant races.

Another big success story of January – which led to her being named the Inglis Digital Horse of the Month – was the broodmare Noetic, whose son Victor The Winner won the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin.

Noetic was offered as a broodmare in foal to I Am Immortal in the 2022 June (Late) Sale and was a $5500 purchase by Matt Dixon, who will offer The I Am Immortal foal at this year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

The final countdown of bidding for the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale begins from 10am Wednesday.

To view the catalogue, organise credit or participate in the auction CLICK HERE.