Value Buyers Can Find the Vinery V at Inglis HTBA

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday Apr 16

The Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale this Sunday is the last yearling sale of the year at Riverside Stables and represents a great opportunity to secure a quality youngster in a more affordable price range and the Vinery Stud consignment will be a must inspect.

Horses carrying the Vinery V brand have had an exceptional run of success this year with star graduates including the likes of Sepals, Lara Antipova, Sixties, Sass Appeal, Legacy Bound, Music Time and Cristal Clear, who won the Group II ATC Ajax Stakes to become the sixth stakes-winner for his sire Exceedance.

Exceedance gelding Cristal Clear is just one of the stars this season to carry the Vinery V brand - image Bradley Photos.

With his oldest progeny now four year-olds, Exceedance has had three stakes-winners this season and they are all Group winners with Cristal Clear joining Dance to the Boom and Pure Excess.

Vinery will offer some lovely Exceedance yearlings at Inglis HTBA and they include:

Lot 76 Colt Exceedance Beechal, by Lonhro

Full brother to two time Japanese winner Bellagio Win and is a three-quarter brother to smart HK winner Spicy Spangle and comes from the family of dual G1 winning sprinter Cape of Good Hope.

Lot 84 Filly Exceedance x Bourgogne, by Choisir

Half-sister to three stakes-placed horses including Lizard Island, who was second in a G1 MRC Caulfield Guineas. From the family of G1 VRC Oaks winner Bulla Borghese and this season’s superstar 3YO sprinting filly Tempted, G1 winner of $5.8 million in prizemoney.

Lot 184 Filly Exceedance x Night War, by General Nediym

Half-sister to five winners headed by smart metro winner Messerschmidt and is from G2 winner Night War, a half-sister to dual G1 winner Samaready, the dam of Golden Slipper winner Shinzo and MM 2YO Classic winner Exhilarates.

Vinery will offer a draft of 13 with additional highlights including:

Lot 85 Colt So You Think x Bring the Ransom, by Sebring

First foal of Group III winner Bring the Ransom, who traces back to fourth dam G1 VATC Thousand Guineas winner Shizu. First two dams are by Golden Slipper winning sires Sebring and Stratum.

Lot 93 Filly Maurice (Jpn) x Champagne Ready, by More Than Ready (USA)

By a proven G1 sire and is a half-sister to a smart metro winner from a winning half-sister to stakes-winner Grace and Harmony and daughter of G2 winner Champagne Harmony. From top class female family featuring G1 winners Champagne, St Reims and Bonneval.

Lot 196 Colt Supido x Pocket Power (USA), by Giant’s Causeway

By Supido, sire of MM 2YO Classic winner Unit Five. Half-brother to stakes-winner Sha of Gomer and dam has the perfect record of four foals to race all winners. Dam is a half-sister to G1 VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Delectation and to the dam of dual G1 winner Artorius and this season’s G2 ATC Phar Lap Stakes winner Sixties.

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