Tipped as a likely candidate to star at this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, the Extreme Choice colt from Pretty Brazen certainly lit up the sale ring on Sunday morning when Tom Magnier came put on top of a bidding battle with a winning bid of $3million.
Bred by Linda and Graham Huddy’s Peachester Lodge and offered in the draft of Lime Country Thoroughbreds, the handsome bay is the third foal of multiple Group winner Pretty Brazen, a half-sister by Brazen Beau to Group winners Sertorius, Dollar for Dollar, Pretty Amazing and Clifton Red.
Jo Griffin of Lime Country Thoroughbreds could not have been happier after the sale.
It’s a big pedigree and he’s a serious colt that is now the highest priced yearling ever sold for his sire Newgate Farm based sire Extreme Choice.
“Extreme Choice is doing very well, but the long and the short of it is he was a standout colt all week and everyone on our team loved him,” said Tom Magnier, who indicated Chris Waller would prepare the colt.
“He’s a good mover with loads of quality and very good looking with a lovely light step on him.
“Linda and Graham Huddy bred the horse and they race a lot of horses with us and are involved in Home Affairs. They're great people and they've been in this game a long time, so I’m really delighted for them.”
Pretty Brazen started life at Coolmore as she was bred by long time clients Dr Dennis O’Brien and his wife Claire, who offered her at Inglis Easter in the Coolmore draft back in 2018.
She sold to McEvoy Mitchell Racing on behalf of the Huddy’s for $700,000 and proved an outstanding investment going on to win nearly $700,000 in prizemoney with multiple Group wins and placings.
Pretty Brazen had no foal last year after missing to Extreme Choice and is now in foal to Coolmore’s Golden Slipper winner Shinzo.
