Strong international flavour to Feb (Late) Online Sale

Media Release - Friday Feb 23

Sisters to G1 winners, mares in foal on highly commercial covers and the stallion Winning Rupert are among the highlight entries in the Inglis Digital February (Late) Online Auction, which is now open for bidding.

I’m Pretty Strong(USA)  (Street Cry) is a beautifully bred broodmare with significant domestic and international appeal.

A two-time winner in the US, she is a half sister to G1-winning 2YO Sharing and the daughter of G1-winning star Shared Account.

Shared Account was covered by Champion US sire Into Mischief in 2023, while siblings to I’m Pretty Strong have offspring by the likes of Into Mischief and Nyquist coming through.

I’m Pretty Strong is from the last crop of elite broodmare sire Street Cry, daughters of whom are responsible for 156 Stakes winners worldwide, including 24 G1 winners like Farnan, Vino Rosso, Romantic Warrior, Tom Kitten and Domestic Spending.

She is carrying a pregnancy to leading sire Dundeel, himself responsible for the likes of Militarize, Super Seth, Castelvecchio and Celestial Legend amongst others.

Alotapride – the half sister to G1-winning sprinter Overpass – is another significant entry.

The 6YO broodmare is being offered as part of an appealing 3-in-1 package, in foal to hot young sire Pierata and with a Rubick colt foal at foot.

Winning Rupert presents a rare opportunity for breeders to acquire a proven commercial stallion.

Winning Rupert is for sale.

Winning Rupert – a speedy son of Written Tycoon who won five of his six races by a combined 15.6 lengths – is the sire of last weekend’s G3 Triscay Stakes winner Semana and recent Stakes winner Seonee and has an impressive near 61% winners/runners strike rate.

He is part of a 490-strong February (Late) catalogue which includes 254 racehorses (111 race fillies), 108 broodmares, 64 racehorse shares, 57 yearlings, 3 weanlings, 3 unbroken stock and 1 stallion.

To view the catalogue CLICK HERE.

Other highlight lots include:

*Bochkareva – Russian Revolution half sister to G3 winner Jal Lei, was an impressive 3.8L last-start winner

*Californian – Justify 3YO, most recently raced at G1 level

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*Dehorned Unicorn – Stakes raced sprinter in Sydney, is a dual Saturday Metro winner

*Fabvier – Half sister to a G3 winner, offered as a lucrative 3-in-1 package IF to classy young stallion Tassort and with a Capitalist filly FAF

*Golden Boom – 5% share in this Stakes-winning sprinter, he’s $1.40 to make it 5 wins from 10 starts at Doomben tomorrow

*Hawaiian Princess – Three-quarter sister to a dual G1 winner, offered IF to Wild Ruler, her foals have sold up to $150,000

*Mahagoni – Consistent Sydney Metro galloper, finished a close-up 4th in a BM88 at Randwick last weekend

*Miss Minogue – Dam of G3 winner Buoyant, offered IF to in-demand stallion Proisir

*Sonora – daughter of So You Think, is a last start Sydney Metro winner and five-time overall winner from just 20 starts, has significant racing and breeding upside

*Teeancee – Young broodmare offered IF to popular young stallion Zousain, her Harry Angel filly realised $170,000 at Inglis Classic last week.

The catalogue also features mares in foal to the likes of Bivouac, Captivant, Dundeel, Hanseatic, Nicconi, Rubick, Showtime, Stronger, Written By, Yes Yes Yes etc and mares with foals at foot by the likes of Churchill, Grunt, King’s Legacy, Lucky Vega, Pierata, Supido, Tassort, Written By, Yes Yes Yes and Zousain.

There are yearlings catalogued by popular stallions including Alabama Express, Anders, Brave Smash, Hanseatic, Maurice, North Pacific, Ole Kirk, Pierata, Shalaa, Trapeze Artist, Written By and Yes Yes Yes.

The February (Late) catalogue has received the support of many of the industry’s biggest names including Ciaron Maher (12 entries), Yulong (11), Lindsay Park (10), Alma Vale/Kitchwin (9), Widden Stud (9), Price/Kent Racing (8), Waterhouse/Bott Racing (8) etc.

The final countdown of bidding for the February (Late) Sale will begin from 10am Wednesday.

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

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