Baileya is carrying one of only 15 southern hemisphere pregnancies to the outstanding international sire Lope De Vega - sire of 65 individual SWs including the likes of Santa Ana Lane, Gytrash and Vegadaze.
Lope De Vega is standing the 2020 northern hemisphere season at €100,000 (approx. A$187,000) in Ireland.
When crossed with Danehill, Lope De Vega operates at over 10% SWs/runners which includes 6 G1 winners – most notably G1-winning sprinters Santa Ana Lane, Gytrash, Vega Magic etc.
Her SW half sister is IF to Merchant Navy, while another sibling is IF to Pierro.
Her sire, Cacique, is a full brother to top-class sire Dansili, who is the broodmare sire of 58 SWs including G1 winners like Magic Wand, Uni and Expert Eye.
“Lope De Vega has been hugely successful in both hemispheres and Baileya represents a rare opportunity to acquire a mare IF to him southern hemisphere time. Baileya is from one of the great families nurtured for generations by Lord Weinstock at Ballymacoll Stud in Ireland. Her half brother Fiorente won the Melbourne Cup along with a host of top WFA races. Her pedigree and covering are full of class.” - Olly Tait, Twin Hills Stud