Fairhill Farm was the leading vendor by aggregate at the recent Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in Sydney, but that was not the entire crop from the farm with Mike O’Donnell electing to hold a few youngsters back to be offered in Melbourne at the Inglis Great Southern Sale next week on June 11 and 12.
“They have been chosen for Great Southern because we thought that they would be best suited for there,” said Mike O’Donnell.
“Check out their X-rays. We are very happy to be presenting the draft with real confidence in that regard.”
The draft of six features three weanlings by Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan, who is vying for Champion Second Crop sire honours with 43 winners of $5.2million in prizemoney this season highlighted by Group winners Ninja and Profoundly.
“Farnan is forging an enviable record with his five stakes-winners and he is running at 4.5% SW to runner with a further five stakes performers,” O’Donnell pointed out.
Lot 57 Colt Farnan x Laney (USA), by Shackleford
Half-brother to a winner from Group II placed import Laney, who comes from a prolific Black Type family.
Lot 261 Colt Farnan x Vivid Fortress, by Sebring
Fourth foal of a winning sister to Group III winner Jal Lei and grand-daughter of Group III winner Fumble. This colt is a half-brother to unraced 3YO, Vivid Beacon (Pierata), who won two barrier trials and has been sold and recently exported to Hong Kong on May 8.
Lot 365 Filly Farnan x Coleraine, by Pierro
Second foal of a placed half-sister to Group II winner Fiesta, the Darley Princess Series winner of 2018 that was also second in the Group I ATC Flight Stakes. Dam sire Pierro is making a name for himself as a broodmare sire with his daughters producing 11 SW’s so far headed by G1 winners Jacquinot and Femminile as well as Queensland Oaks contender Fireball Miss.
The draft also includes the only filly in this sale by Wootton Bassett (GB), who is right there in the battle for Second Crop Sire honours with last Saturday’s Group I BRC Queensland Derby winner Providence putting him in the picture.
Lot 32 is a Wootton Bassett filly with a big pedigree being a half-sister to Group II winner Formality and seven other winners with her dam Jolie’s Shinju (Jpn), a stakes-winner with the perfect record of eight foals to race all winners.
Jolie’s Shinju is not finished yet either as she is in foal to Home Affairs.
“This filly is one of only approximately 40 fillies born in 2025 when the service fee was around $200k,” said O’Donnell.
“Here is a chance to buy a Wootton Bassett as a weanling and take her through to race or to the sales in 2027.
“The farm has two half-sisters in foal to Shinzo and Breeders Cup winner Starlust, so there is plenty of upside in the family.”
Additional lots as follows:
Lot 42 Colt Royal Meeting (IRE) x Keeping Lucy, by Hinchinbrook
By the same sire as Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Hayasugi, who was also bred and sold by Fairhill Farm and this colt is offered on behalf of her breeders.
A well grown colt, he is the third foal of a winning half-sister to Group III winner Master Fay and traces in tail female line to celebrated blue hen Taiona, whose modern day descendants include the world’s best sprinter Ka Ying Rising and $18million earning multiple Group I winner Mr Brightside.
Lot 55 Colt Acrobat x Lamarque, by Pierro
Half-brother to three winners headed by very promising stakes-placed filly Jenni Gone Bonkers and is from an unraced sister-in-blood to triple Group I winner Arcadia Queen and dual Group I winner Regal Power.
By a promising young sire from a female family that has produced countless stakes performers for legendary West Australian breeder Bob Peters.
