Kia Ora Mares to Shine at MM National

Breednet - Sunday May 24

With a day for the dust to settle on Monday following the Magic Millions Weanling Sale, the focus quickly turns to broodmares with Kia Ora to offer five lovely broodmares at MM National on Wednesday – all are in foal to Group producing sires.

Lot 646 Sangita – In foal to All Too Hard  

By Sebring, Sangita is out of National Anthem, a half-sister to dual hemisphere Champion Sprinter and influential sire Starspangledbanner. A winner at both two and three, she was an $800,000 Inglis Easter yearling and has already produced 2YO winner Etude. 

The family continues to make headlines, with Sangita also a half-sister to the talented Hong Kong sprinter Parents’ Love, a 5-time winner who added another victory to his record just last month. 

Offered in foal to All Too Hard, the sire of 34 individual stakes winners and five Group 1 winners, including Kia Ora-bred and sold Champion Hong Kong Sprinter Wellington. 

Last service date: 6 September 2025 

Lot 709 Winter Violet – In foal to Captivant 

Holding a 1st of September last service date, Winter Violet is by broodmare sire Not A Single Doubt and out of the well-related French mare Mandawara. A winner at both two and three, she is also a half-sister to G3 ATC Breeders' Plate winner Khan. 

It is a pedigree packed with black type, with her dam a three quarter or half-sister to three stakes performers, headed by 3-time Group 1 winner Manighar, winner of the G1 BMW Stakes, G1 Australian Cup and G1 Ranvet Stakes. 

She is offered in foal to Captivant, a Group 1-winning son of Capitalist whose first crop of 2YOs already includes recent G2 Spirit Of Boom Classic winner Vantorix. 

Last date of service: 1 September 2025  

Lot 780 Fortunately – In foal to Exceedance 

By More Than Ready, Fortunately is out of the stakes-performed Fastnet Rock mare Rock of Fortune, making her a half-sister to stakes-winning 2YO Hard Rock Girl. She has made a great start at stud, with both foals to race winners, including the 3-time winning sprinter/miler Reet Petite. 

More Than Ready continues to make a significant impact as a broodmare sire, with his daughters producing 218 individual stakes winners, including 27 Group 1 winners. 

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She holds an early positive test to exciting young sire Exceedance, who boasts a consistent strike rate and is already the sire of 11 individual stakes horses. 

Last date of service: 2 September 2025 

Lot 805 Insta Erma (USA) – In foal to Captivant 

A hugely talented race filly and mare, Insta Erma was a winner from two through to five, highlighted by victories in the G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes and Listed Santa Anita Swingtime Stakes. She was also stakes placed on numerous occasions, including a third placing in the G1 Del Mar Matriarch Stakes. 

By Pioneerof the Nile, she is out of stakes performer Enchanted Wood, making her a half-sister to four stakes horses in a pedigree packed with international black type. 

A $800,000 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale purchase, Insta Erma is already the dam of current season winner Insta Worthy and is offered in foal to Captivant, whose first crop of 2YOs already includes recent G2 Spirit Of Boom Classic winner Vantorix. 

Last date of service: 7 October 2025 

Lot 807 Jennifer Lynnette (CAN) – In foal to Farnan 

An opportunity to secure a mare of exceptional calibre, Jennifer Lynnette is the dam of stakes winner and multiple stakes placegetter Royal Tribute. By Elusive Quality, she was a winner on debut at two before claiming victory in the G3 Woodbine Royal North Stakes, alongside a host of other stakes placings throughout her career. 

Her progeny have been highly commercial, selling for up to $525,000, $500,000 etc. 

She is offered in foal to Golden Slipper-winning Champion 2YO Farnan, who is currently the leading Second Season Sire in Australia. 

Last date of service: 28 September 2025 

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