PART TWO- Most Expensive Mares – Are They Worth the Money

In Her Time (Time Thief) – Sold this year off the track.

Srikandi (Dubawi (IRE) -  First two foals for previous owner, fillies by Snitzel and I Am Invincible, have sold for $400,000 and $1million as yearlings, the first of them Heroess (Snitzel) has raced once for a fourth at Warwick Farm. She has a weanling filly by American Pharoah (USA) and is in foal to Justify (USA).

Sun Classique (Fuji Kiseki (Jpn) – Died in 2014 after producing three named colts that all raced, with two being able to win.

Personify (Galileo (IRE) – Has had seven named foals for Cressfield, six have raced and all have won with Laser Flash, Selectify, Trope and this season’s two year-old Fastnet Rock filly Personal all placing in Black type races.

The latter was third in the Group I MRC Blue Diamond and may yet be that elusive stakes-winner for Personify, who was covered by three different stallions last spring, the last of them All Too Hard.

The yearlings from Personify sold at auction have generated $2.39 million in total.

Lucida (Danehill (USA) – Lucida died in 2016 after being on-sold the previous year at MM National for $160,000 to Lakeview Resources having spent her previous years since her original sale with Fairway Thoroughbreds. She had eight foals that all raced for five winners with All That I Know (Mire Than Ready (USA) placing in a Listed race in Tasmania.

Bounding (Lonhro) – Was sent to North America straight after the sale and her first foal, a colt by Curlin, sold for $4.1million at Keeneland September last year when bought by Godolphin and has been named Aussie Pride. She was covered by Medaglia D’Oro in 2019.

Bounding had a big pedigree subsequent to her sale with her half-brother Anthony Van Dyck winning the Group I Epsom Derby in 2019, their dam Believe ‘n’ Succeed is now based in Ireland after starting her stud career in Australia. Believe’n’Succeed was bought by Tom Magnier for $1.1million at the MM Broodmare Sale in 2014.

The Broken Shore (Hussonet (USA) -  Has had four named foals, three have raced and all have won headed by triple Group I winner Shoals (Fastnet Rock)  and Group I placed Groundswell (Fastnet Rock) , who topped the 2018 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale when fetching $2.3million.

She has an unraced two year-old colt by Medaglia D’Oro (USA) called Rapids and a yearling filly by Fastnet Rock. She is now in foal to I Am Invincible after missing the previous year..

Samaready (More than Ready (USA) – Sold this year in foal to Snitzel, who is the sire of her best offspring, MM 2YO Classic winner Exhilarates .

Erato (Street Cry (IRE) – Had already produced Blue Diamond winner Lyre before the sale. Produced a colt by Russian Revolution for new owner last year that died subsequently and she was then covered by Lyre’s sire Lonhro.

Gregers (Commands) – First foal is a Written Tycoon 2YO filly Future Force that has raced once and then she has a yearling colt by Written Tycoon, a weanling filly by Snitzel and is now in foal to Lonhro.