Fiorente Opportunity at Inglis Gold

Tara Madgwick - Monday April 18

The Inglis Gold Yearling Sale will be held at Oaklands on Thursday and the most represented sire is Widden Stud’s Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente (IRE), so if you are in the market for a budding young stayer read on.

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Fiorente is the sire of eight SW's inc. Lunar Flare, stars of Carrum, Hawkshot and Liquero.

A proven source of quality stayers, notably this season with Group II MVRC Moonee Valley Cup winner Lunar Flare, Fiorente has a great crop of yearlings this year bred in 2019 when he stood for $27,500.


As a result, he has 13 entries for Inglis Gold and they are nearly all from Black Type families, click to see the full draft with some highlights below:

Lot 1 Colt Fiorente (IRE) x Vanity Sky, by Mossman


Half-brother to SW I Am Someone.

Lot 64 Colt Fiorente (IRE) x Desert Lashes, by Reward for Effort

First foal from brilliant stakes-winning sprinter Desert Lashes.

Lot 91 Colt Fiorente (IRE) x Henriette (NZ), by Pins
 


Half-brother to SW Jaquetta.



 

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