Investing in Fillies Can Pay Big Dividends

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday May 13

Now that the dust has settled from that stellar Inglis Chairman’s Sale last week, we thought it was worth taking a look back at the sale origins of the million dollar mares that were purchased as yearlings.

Bella Nipotina sold for $4.2million, but started life as an $80,000 Inglis Premier yearling.

Below are all the mares that sold for $1million or more off the track that were offered as yearlings with Too Darn Lizzie the highest priced yearling purchase and Grinzinger Belle the cheapest.

Too Darn Lizzie was a $1million Magic Millions purchase as a yearling.

What is interesting is that you don’t need a G1 win on the resume to sell for a million dollars or a lot more as an elite broodmare prospect. Click on any mare name to bring up their Breednet page with all their form, new stories, yearling images, full sale details including purchasers and vendors, plus tabulated pedigree.

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Mare	Performance	Sale Price	Yearling Price
Bella Nipotina	G1	$4.2million	Inglis Premier $80,000
Tiz Invincible	G2	$2.8million	Inglis Easter $550,000
Estriella	G2	$2.8million	Inglis Easter $750,000
Too Darn Lizzie	G2	$2.4million	Magic Millions $1million
I Am Me	G2	$2million	Inglis Premier $210,000
Mumbai Muse	G3	$1.8million	Inglis Easter $525,000
Semana	G3	$1.55million	Magic Millions $200,000
Makarena	G2	$1.5million	Inglis Easter $250,000
Grinzinger Belle (NZ)	G2	$1.45million	NZB K2 $32,000
Coco Sun	G1	$1.2million	Inglis Classic $250,000
Eagle Nest	G3	$1million	Inglis Easter $550,000

Attention will now turn to the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on May 27,28 with highlight lots multiple Group I winning mares Zougotcha and Atishu, that will both be offered by Chris Waller Racing.

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