A mare in foal to Extreme Choice is a valuable commodity and particularly a well related Group II placed mare like Miss Hellfire in her first season at stud.
Consigned by Newgate, who also bred and sold Miss Hellfire as a yearling, the package proved irresistible at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Wednesday with Sheng Geng, China the registered buyer.
Miss Hellfire is no stranger to the Gold Coast sale ring as the Hellbent filly from Peace Time (USA) was sold in the Newgate draft as a yearling back in 2021 to Triple Crown Syndications for just $60,000.
They enjoyed great success with Miss Hellfire, who won over $650,000 in prizemoney before being sold as a broodmare prospect at this sale last year for $640,000 to Newgate Bloodstock.
Miss Hellfire has a big pedigree as she is a half-sister to Group placed Caracaro and August Bloom as well as ill-fated stakes-winner Xtremetime, who was by Extreme Choice. So the result of her current mating will be a three-quarter sibling to Xtremetime, who showed immense talent and had only four race starts before a premature death.
Newgate Farm’s Jim Carey was thrilled with the result.
“We are a commercial farm, we have to pay the bills, so it was a great result for the lads on the farm,” he said.
“She’s a special mare for us. We bred her – she had the ‘N’ on her shoulder – and we bought her back last year.
“She was a hugely talented mare, she was a beautiful yearling, we know the family well and her sister’s (August Bloom) in-foal to Extreme (Choice).
“She hasn’t turned a hair, she’s very straight-forward. She was an elite offering. The sire’s a freak, so if she throws one that looks like herself, she’s a winner.”
Newgate sold a yearling three-quarter -sister by I Am Invincible to Miss Hellfire at Inglis Easter this year for $800,000 to Yarradale Stud and Peace Time (USA) has another filly to follow by I Am Invincible.
There are two more mares to be offered at this sale in foal to Extreme Choice.
