Nick Hodges and his team at Riversdale Farm are going to be kept busy at Riverside Stables with a big draft of 19 to be offered at the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale on Sunday and they will offer the only yearling in this sale from the first crop of Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe, so he is an obvious pedigree standout.
“We have a strong draft and there are a lot of nice horses, but he’s one that is going to attract plenty of attention,” said Nick Hodges, whose horses arrived on Thursday evening and will be ready for parades on Friday.
Lot 202 is the colt by Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe from terrific producer Profound Wisdom.
A well-related half-sister to Group winners Santos and Melagrana from the family of Group I winner Fat Al, Profound Wisdom has had four winners from five foals to race headed by Group III winning sprinter Sebonack and now top class filly Profoundly.
The Michael Freedman trained filly captured the Group III ATC Adrian Knox Stakes and then ran a brave second in the Group I ATC Australian Oaks earning nearly $480,000 with the promise of more to come.
Click here to see the full draft with additional highlights below:
Lot 18 Colt Zousain x So Refined, by Snitzel
By the sire of current season stakes-winners Catch the Glory and Verzain. First foal of an unraced half-sister to G1 VRC Oaks winner Dear Demi (dam of G2 winner Mokolua) and grand-daughter of Golden Slipper winner Merlene.
This colt has a pedigree packed with champion stallions and has a double cross of Redoute’s Choice and triple cross of Danehill.
Lot 115 Filly Astern x Di Alta (IRE), by High Chaparral
Half-sister to a winner and is from a winning half-sister to SW’s Di Fede, Dibayani and to the dam of imported Australian G3 winner Diamil (IRE).
From an elite Aga Khan Stud female family and is a filly bred for Classic aspirations like Astern’s G1 SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Affaire a Suivre.
Lot 137 Colt Artorius x I’m Madeline, by Capitalist
From the first crop of dual G1 winning sprinter Artorius . First foal of a winning sister to stakes-placed Forbes and daughter of multiple Group placed stakes-winner Booklet.
Fourth dam is amazingly tough dual Group I winning mare Spyglass, the dam of another amazingly tough galloper in G1 AJC Epsom Handicap winner Iron Horse.
Lot 198 Filly Tassort x Predestined, by King’s Best (USA)
By the sire of outstanding fillies Manaal, Ameena and Agrarian Girl. Dam has done a super job producing seven winners from eight foals to race and she is the grand-dam of 2025 Champion European Sprinter and triple G1 winner Asfoora, as well as current season SW Title Fighter.
Only two dams on the page which tells you all you need to know about the quality of this fast and running family.
Lot 215 Filly Extreme Warrior x Russian Ruby, by Shaft
The only yearling in this sale by Extreme Warrior, a promising young sire son of Extreme Choice that is already the sire of SW Eternal Warrior and metro winner Blandford Baron from his first small crop to race. Half-sister to two winners and is from a metro winning half-sister to the dam of SW Zia from the family of G3 winner Girl in Flight.
This filly is from a daughter of Shaft, now famous as sire of the dam of freakishly good 3YO filly Sheza Alibi, winner of the Group I ATC Doncaster Mile and Randwick Guineas.
