020
Sunday Silence-Grilse filly
Lot 206
Vendor: Arrowfield Stud (as agent)
The filly is by the king of Japan, Sunday Silence and is
the first foal of the Rahy mare Grilse. A lightly raced half sister to Slip Stream and
Banafsajee she is a grandaughter of the Champion American filly It's in the Air. From a
black type filled international family. She is an August foal as well!
019 Octagonal-Twiglet colt
Lot 515
Vendor: Willow Park (as agent for C Remond)
Offered just moments before the first foal of Tycoon Lil
will be this colt, a half brother to the Group One winning stars Easy Rocking and Fairy
King Prawn. The latter is of course a three time Champion and dual Hong Kong Horse of the
Year. Twiglet was a star on the track herself. Her best win came in the Edward Manifold
Stakes at Flemington, however he was also a dual stakes winner in Sydney. She is a half
sister to the Brisbane Group winner Facile and the Sydney stakes placegetter Fortunata.
From the family of present day stakes winner Royal Courtship. This is a family that is
always on the move.
018 Zabeel-Tycoon Lil colt
Lot 520
Vendor: Cambridge Stud
Fans of the New Zealand Horse of the Year Tycoon Lil have
no longer to wait to see the first of her offspring. The colt, the first from the triple
Group One winning Last Tycoon mare, is sure to attract plenty of attention when he steps
into the ring on the final day of the auction. Tycoon Lil is of course from the stakes
winning Imposing mare Imposing Bloom and is from the family of Wellington Derby winner
Amyl.
017 Danehill-Bracken Bank filly
Lot 56
Vendor: Collingrove Stud
A striking filly, this youngster is one of the best
Australasian breds in the catalogue. Not only is she by the country's king of the barn
Danehill, but she is out of the Group winning Sir Tristram mare Bracken Bank. A winner of
the Champagne Stakes at Moonee Valley, Bracken Bank's first runner Act of Parliament
scored a strong debut win at Balaklava recently and Lindsay Park have a decent opinion of
the two-year-old. From the family of Group One winners Subzero and Centro, this filly
looks to be an Oaks winner of the future.
016 Zabeel-Miss Priority colt
Lot 312
Vendor: Cambridge Stud
Australia hasn't seen much better in recent years than the
champion, dual Horse of the Year Might and Power. One of the most popular gallopers this
part of the world has seen, Might and Power won no fewer than 15 races - seven of which
came at Group One level. This colt is a three quarter brother to the champion. The
Cambridge Stud offering is also a half brother to the recent stakes winning Miss Power
Bird. Miss Priority has three winners from as many runners to date.
015 Sunday Silence-Laurel Avenue
filly
Lot 268
Vendor: Arrowfield Stud (as agent)
This on pedigree and type would by my pick of the Sunday
Silence yearlings on offer at Easter. She is a lovely type who is from a good producing
black type family. Sunday Silence, already the sire of Sunday Joy, scored another winner
when the $700,000 Gold Coast purchase Sunday Whisper won at Hawke's Bay in New Zealand
today. This filly is from the Emerald Downs stakes winner Laurel Avenue - she is a half
sister to the eight time winner Garden of Roses. This is the family of G1 winners Savannah
Queen, Big Whippendeal and Follow the Falcon.
014 Zabeel-Danendri colt
Lot 125
Vendor: Vinery Australia (as agent for Kia Ora Stud)
A strong robust colt this fellow is from the Champion
Three-Year-Old filly of 1996/96 Danendri. A daughter of the mighty Danehill, Danendri was
at her best winning the AJC Oaks in Sydney as well as that race's lead up the Group One
Ansett Australia Stakes. She also captured the Wakeful Stakes in Melbourne at her previous
preparation. Danendri is a daughter of the Irish stakes performer Stormy Exchange, a dual
winning daughter of the champion Storm Bird. She in turn is a daughter of the Thousand
Guineas winner Copperama. In 2000 Danendri's Woodman colt was sold for $240,000.
013 Zabeel-Rose of Danehill colt
Lot 400
Vendor: Vinery Australia (as agent)
This colt is the second foal of the Champion Two-Year-Old
filly Rose of Danehill. A winner of the Reisling Slipper Trial and Blue Diamond Prelude at
two she trained on to win the Edward Manifold Stakes and Kewney Stakes at three. A
runner-up in the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, she is a half sister to the
William Reid Stakes (G1) winner Wrap Around. Rose of Danehill is out of the Reisling
Slipper Trial winner Beach Gown, a seven time winner by Cerreto. A striking dark bay colt,
this fellow is an August 4 foaling.
012 Green Desert-Fawaakeh colt
Lot 168
Vendor: Yarraman Park (as agent)
A winner of the July Cup at Newmarket, the race regarded as
the best sprint in Europe, Green Desert carried his track success to the breeding barn,
where he is now regarded as one of the best sires in the world. His progeny have earned
about $70 million and include Sheikh Albadou, Desert Prince, White Heart, Cape Cross,
Greenlander, Desert Style and Magic Ring. This is the first ever offering of a Green
Desert youngster at Easter. The colt is out of a winning Lyphard mare who is a three
quarter sister to Group One winning Maroof, who himself has been a leading sire. The colt
is also from the family of Danehill's Derby winner Desert King.
011 Red Ransom-Rossignol colt
Lot 403
Vendor: Collingrove Stud
Last year Rossignol hit the headlines when her Danehill
colt topped the sale after being sold for $1.1 million. This year the dual winning
Bluebird mare presents another slashing type - this time a colt by the champion American
sire Red Ransom. Rossignol is already the dam of the Bill Stutt Stakes winner Schubert -
in fact he is her only runner. Rossignol is a daughter of River Dane, a Group Three
winning daughter of Audrey Joan. Breeding experts will realise the Audrey Joan family is
one of the greatest in the world and is responsible for top performers including Pure of
Heart, Field Hand, Prego, Happy Giggle, Cult Figure, Livelihood, Simply Believe and this
season's leading first season sire Lion Hunter.
010 Zabeel-Imposing Bloom filly
Lot 222
Vendor: Cambridge Stud
Here's the half sister to the New Zealand Horse of the Year
Tycoon Lil. A daughter of Last Tycoon, Tycoon Lil was a three time Group One winner among
eight wins in an illustrious career. Imposing Bloom, this filly's dam, meanwhile is a
stakes winner and group placegetter in Adelaide and Melbourne. Another of the a high class
draft from Sir Patrick and Lady Justine Hogan's Cambridge Stud in New Zealand. Imposing
Bloom is a daughter of the Group Two runner-up Lorelei Lee.
009 Sunday Silence-Tinaca colt
Lot 499
Vendor: Arrowfield Stud (as agent)
By Champion Japanese sire Sunday Silence who is already
making a name of himself in Australia with his two-year-old filly Sunday Joy. He also had
a winner in New Zealand today. This colt is out of a lightly raced half sister to Mariah's
Storm the dual Group Two winning dam of the Champion and Horse of the Year Giant's
Causeway.
008 Zabeel-L'Quiz filly
Lot 252
Vendor: Cambridge Stud
One of the jewels of Patrick Hogan's quality packed draft
from Cambridge Stud, the home of the champion Zabeel. Here is the full sister to the
former champion kiwi mare Champagne. Another full relation starting to put it all together
is the Hogan owned filly Sursum Corda. She chased home the NZ Filly of the Year Vapour
Trail in the NZ Oaks earlier this year. She has come along in leaps and bounds in the past
six months. Last year this filly's full brother was sold at the Karaka sales for $1
million to leading Auckland based buyer Rob McAnulty.
007 Octagonal-Pride of Tahnee colt
Lot 365
Vendor: Woodlands Stud (as agent for IV Millard)
Price of Tahnee never made it to the track. But boy hasn't
the daughter of Best Western been a star as a mum! She is the dam of eight runners for
seven winners. She is the dam of three Group One winners - the mighty Shogun Lodge, the
George Ryder winner Referral and the former Perth sprinting star Singing the Blues. Her
daughters are now doing the job at stud with Coronation Night, a dual winner, already the
dam of this season's stakes galloper Nightbird. Pride of Tahnee is a half sister to the
multiple Group winner Swiftly Carson and a daughter of the stakes winner Tahnee's Pride.
006 Danehill-Sommes Sound filly
Lot 446
Vendor: Stratheden Stud
There's hardly an Australian based broodmare who has done
as good a job as Assert's American winning daughter Sommes Sound. She is the dam of six to
the track and all are winners. Her headline performers are the Zeditave full relations
Assertive Lad and Assertive Lass. Both are multiple Group One winners. Sommes Sound
herself is a half sister to the Group winners First Approach, Last Approach and Summer
Fling. Sommes Sound is also the dam of the stakes placed American performer Colony Sound.
Expect the good judged to be on this filly.
005 Danehill-Duchy of Cornwall colt
Lot 147
Vendor: Collingrove Stud
Another quality yearling from the award winning Collingrove
Stud draft. His colt is from one of the great Australian producing broodmares. A daughter
of The Minstrel, Duchy of Cornwall is the dam of Group Two winner Newquay, Group Three
winner Civil List, stakes winner Lands End and Group placed Tregurrian. Duchy of Cornwall
is a daughter of the Cornish Prince stakes winning mare Queen of Cornwall. An early foal
this colt is a strong type who like his sire looks to be a star of the future.
004 Zabeel-Let's Elope colt
Lot 271
Vendor: Vinery Australia (as agent)
The colt needs little introduction. He is by New Zealand's
best sire Zabeel and out of the Australian Horse of the Year, the champion Cups winner
Let's Elope. This makes the colt a half brother to the Group Two winner and dual Group One
runner-up Ustinov. That galloper is running for the AJC Derby on Saturday. The colt's half
brother Over the Moon scored an impressive first up win at Geelong yesterday. Let's
Elope's Danzig filly Yes I Will was also stakes placed at Maisons-Laffitte in France. A
lovely Super VOBIS qualified youngster who is sure to sell close to the seven figure mark.
003 Danehill-L'on Vite filly
Lot 251
Vendor: Coolmore Australia (as agent)
Last year this filly's full sister was knocked down to some
of the best judges of horseflesh in the world for $700,000. Now in the Lindsay Park
stables she races in the famous Swettenham Stud colours as Milinova. The high priced
two-year-old made her much anticipated debut recently in Adelaide and she duly scored a
very professional win at Cheltenham Park. The stable have a good wrap on her. The filly is
a three quarter sister in blood to the Golden Slipper winning sire Flying Spur. She is
from the unraced Secretariat mare L'on Vite, who is from one of the best Northern
Hemisphere families. A sister to a Group Two winning sire, L'on Vite's half relations
include the champions L'Enjoleur and La Voyageuse.
002 Zabeel-A Goodlookin Broad filly
Lot 8
Vendor: The Oaks Stud
The half sister to the high class three-year-old Pure
Theatre is sure to get the good judges excited. The filly is from the international Oaks
winning Broad Brush mare A Goodlookin Broad. A half sister to Ahead by a Century, Pure
Theatre is her only runner to the track at this time. Her second foal is a two-year-old,
this filly is her third. Offered by one of New Zealand's best and most picturesque studs,
the Oaks near Cambridge, the filly's family is chock full of international Group
performers.
001 Danehill-Canny Miss colt
Lot 72
Vendor: Collingrove Stud (as agent for Davilora Lodge)
The full sister to the Queensland Derby winner Camarena is
a striking type. A typical strong well bodied Danehill type which esteemed bloodstock
expert James Bester classes as one of the best yearlings he has ever seen. The
Danehill/Marscay cross is one of the best in the country and already it is proven at
racing's highest level in this family. While announcing it was their best ever yearling
Davilora aren't expecting to be the sales topper, however Bester thinks they are a shoe
in. In fact Bester predicts this colt could be a record breaker. The colt is the last foal
from the mare for Davilora after she was sold to Darley for a seven figure amount. |
