Hot on the heels of being the leading vendor at last week’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, Gilgai Farm have another stakes-winner on their honour roll after the Gilgai bred and sold three year old Ole Kirk gelding Aerodrome won the $165,000 Listed Canberra Guineas (1400m) on Sunday.
Trained by Michael Freedman and ridden by Regan Bayliss, Aerodrome won his first two runs as a juvenile and was fifth in the Group I BRC JJ Atkins won by Cool Archie.
Sent to the paddock in the spring after just one start, he was second up when running at Canberra and led all the way to win by three-quarters of a length.
Aerodrome has won three of seven starts earning just shy of $300,000.
He was a $190,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Gilgai Farm for Nine9park and is the first foal of Group III winning Epaulette mare She Shao Fly, who had multiple Group placings and won over $330,000.
Gilgai Farm sold third foal from She Shao Fly, a filly by Ole Kirk that is a full sister to Aerodrome for $430,000 at Inglis Premier last week to Bennett Racing.
Sha Shao Fly has a filly to follow by Extreme Choice, but will have no foal next spring after missing to Extreme Choice last year.
Aerodrome is the sixth stakes-winner for Ole Kirk, who was also bred and sold Gilgai Farm and comes from their iconic Helsing family that has also produced champions Black Caviar and All Too Hard.
