Edinburgh Park Mares Offer Magic Opportunity

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Sunday May 23

Edinburgh Park will offer a quality consignment of 11 mares at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale this week including mares in foal to Capitalist, Written Tycoon, So You Think, Pierro , Deep Field,  Spirit of Boom and exciting young sires Too Darn Hot (GB) and Castelvecchio.

Past Edinburgh Park mare drafts have included Sister Madly, who went on to win numerous stakes races for her new owners before producing a first foal that sold for $1.2million as a yearling, and Treppes, who proved to be a life changing investment for Bert Vieira.

“We sold Treppes at this sale in 2014 for $190,000 when she was in foal to Snitzel with Trapeze Artist the result of the mating,” recalled Ian Smith.

“Bert Vieira passed him in as a yearling and kept him to race and of course he went to win over $5.5million and be Champion 3YO Colt.

“He now stands at Widden Stud and has a great opportunity to continue his success as a young sire making that initial investment for his dam the gift that keeps on giving.

"Our draft this year is the best collection of mares we have ever presented at any broodmare sale and we look forward to seeing their progress in years to come."

Click here to see the full Edinburgh Park draft with highlights below:

Lot 1008 Royal Expectations (Exceed and Excel) – in foal to CAPITALIST.

Lot 1008 - click to see her page.

Placed full sister to Group II winner Kinglike and half-sister to stakes-winner Royal Haunt from the family of Group winners Red Colossus and Nediym’s Glow, grand-dam of this season’s Group III winning 2YO General Beau.

In foal in her first season to outstanding young sire Capitalist, whose fee has risen from $44,000 to $99,000 this spring which says it all.

Lot 1113 Vivi Valentina (Exceed and Excel) – in foal to PIERRO.
 

Lot 1113 - click to see her page.

Metro placed winning three-quarter-sister by champion sire Exceed and Excel to the dam of multiple Group II winning Kiwi based 3YO Need I Say More. Dam is from imported Belmont stakes-winner Our Golden Dream (USA).

In foal to champion sire Pierro on a September service.

Lot 1115 Waikato River (NZ) (Savabeel) – in foal to WRITTEN TYCOON.

Lot 1115 - click to see her page.

Half-sister by champion sire Savabeel to Group winners Oceanex, Amexed and Miss Aotearoa and to the dam of stakes-winner Saint Patricks Day. Her first foal to race is stakes-placed Spectacle and year yearling colt by Rubick sold for $90,000 at Magic Millions this year.

In foal to champion sire Written Tycoon, whose fee has risen from $77,000 to $165,000 this spring.

Lot 1209 Collection Privee (IRE) (Frankel) – in foal to TOO DARN HOT  (GB).

Lot 1209 - click to see her page.

Combines the blood of two of the very best sires in the world being by Frankel, who has made a very favourable impression in Australia as the sire of this season’s G1 Australian Oaks winner Hungry Heart, from a full sister to champion US sire Tapit.

In foal to Dubawi’s champion son Too Darn Hot, who covered an extraordinary first book of mares in Australia last spring and returns to Darley again this year at a fee of $44,000.

Lot 1280 Fortune of War (General Nediym) – in foal to SO YOU THINK

Lot 1280 - click to see her page.

Sibling to Group I placed, multiple Group winners Sertorius, Pretty Brazen and Dollar for Dollar as well as ill-fated Group III winner Clifton Red being from blue hen Pretty Penny, the dam of sevem foals to race all winners and all stakes performers.

Proven producer, dam of Group III placed Spoils and her Zoustar yearling colt sold for $550,000 at Magic Millions this year to HKJC. In foal to So You Think, whose fee has risen from $38,500 to $77,000.

Lot 1290 Gandiva (Magic Albert) – in foal to SPIRIT OF BOOM.

Lot 1290 - click to see her page.

Winning half-sister to stakes-winning Group I placed sprinter Jonker, a brilliant juvenile and the winner of over $1.3million. From the family of Group winners Fiscal Fantasy, Fair Trade and Impaler going back to the Cotehele House branch of the Eight Carat family that has produced Danewin, Commands and more recently Deep Field and Shooting to Win.

In foal to Jonker’s sire Spirit of Boom in her first season at stud, so her first foal will be his three-quarter sibling!





 

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