Fairhill Farm Aiming for 5 Years At The Top With Quality Weanling Draft

Sponsored Content - by Breednet - Tuesday May 3

Mike O’Donnell’s Fairhill Farm have been the leading vendor at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale for the past four years and they’ll be right at the pointy end again this year with another quality draft featuring a range of top stallions.

With their reputation now well established in the weanling market, buyers have certainly responded with confidence and been well rewarded, particularly in the pinhook market.

Last year’s draft featured multiple successful pinhooks including:

Capitalist x One More Tequila colt which sold as a weanling for $180,000 before fetching $375,000 as a yearling.

Impending x China Road filly made $45,000 as a weanling before her $110,000 yearling sale.

In 2020 some highlights also included:

Deep Field x Roman Sandals colt made $70,000 as a weanling then $230,000 as a yearling.

Churchill x Flying Strike colt made $42,000 as a weanling before $180,000 as a yearling.

Vancouver x Legible colt made $40,000 as a weanling before $135,000 as a yearling.

Lot 273 Filly by Pierro x Now Now (Danehill Dancer (Ire))

Pierro x Now Now

A beautifully put together filly and one of the stars of the draft being a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and Group One placed Fiesta.

The mare has four winners from five to the races and this filly’s half-sister by Justify was the highest priced filly at the Australian Weanling Sale last year, selling for $300,000 before subsequently making $400,000 as a yearling.

Lot 127 Colt by Justify (USA) x Fatal Rendezvous (All American)

Justify x Fatal Rendezvous

By Champion Justify who’s first crop of yearlings this season have averaged over $250,000.

The first foal of a winning mare which is out of a half-sister to top class racehorse and sire Not A Single Doubt.

It is a family full of high-class gallopers including Champion 2YO Zizou, Gr.1 Flight Stakes winner Oohood and Gr.1 Sires Produce and Champagne Stakes winner King’s Legacy.

Lot 137 Colt by Royal Meeting (Ire) x Flying Strike (Stravinsky (USA))

Royal Meeting x Flying Strike

From the first crop of Invincible Spirit’s Gr.1 winning 2YO Royal Meeting.

The third foal of a half-sister to stakes placed Starry Light with the first two foals both winners. Family includes Gr.1 winner Bawalaksana and high-grade stakes winners Damaschino and Shaaheq.

Lot 242 Colt by Too Darn Hot (GB) x Majesty (Fastnet Rock)

Too Darn Hot x Majesty

From the first crop of the European Champion 2YO and 3YO Too Darn Hot.

The dam has had three to the races so far for two winners including this season’s stakes winning 3YO filly Lady Of Honour

Lot 277 by Capitalist x One More Tequila (Onemorenomore)

Capitalist x One More Tequila

A beautifully developed August foal by the top class second season sire Capitalist, currently top of the Second Season Sires by Winners and Second by prizemoney and with a 2022 yearling average of over $170,000.

Out of a winning daughter of the stakes winning Tequila Knowledge and the family includes two Italian Champions.

Lot 279 Colt by Epaulette x Our Lonnie (Lonhro)

Epaulette x Our Lonnie

A particularly well liked and athletic colt with plenty of scope.

Out of a half-sister to Gr.1 Australian Oaks winner Kirramosa who in turn was out of Gr.1 NZ One Thousand Guineas and Joint NZ Filly Of The Year Olga’s Pal, also the dam of Gr.2 winner Zareyev.

Those are just six of a draft of 31 which also includes weanlings by So You Think, Hellbent, more by Capitalist and Justify, four by Yes Yes Yes among an impressive range of stallions.

Click here to see the full draft including videos.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Wootton Bassett Colt Sells for 2.3million at Arqana
The second session of the Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale on Sunday produced a sale ring battle between MV Magnier and Amo Racing over a colt by Woottton Bassett from High Celebrity with Coolmore winning out with a final bid of  €2.3million.
Well Bred Zousain Debut Winner
A full sister to Zousain’s Group III winning filly Drifting, Cheeky Contiki made a winning debut at Pakenham on Monday for the Lindsay Park Racing team.
€3million Blueblood Filly Tops Record Breaking Arqana
The Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale concluded on Monday with the half-sister to last year’s sale-topper shattering all previous records when fetching €3million to the bid of Amo Racing.
First Southern Hemisphere foals for Paddington
A four-time Group I winner by champion French sire Siyouni, European superstar, PADDINGTON, has had his first Southern Hemisphere foals arrive on the ground at Windsor Park.
Manifique Drawcard for Gavelhouse Sale
Both the pedigree and the racetrack performances of Manifique (NZ) (Savabeel) make her a major drawcard in the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com.
Spring Plans for El Vencedor
New Zealand’s top-rated performer El Vencedor will contest all three legs of the spring Triple Crown series.
Spring Trial Watch – Hawkesbury
There was an interesting set of trials at Hawkesbury on Monday that featured heat winners including Golden Slipper winner Marhoona, Randwick Guineas winner Linebacker as well as the Waterhouse Bott stable Cups contenders Sir Delius (GB) and Vauban (FR), plus we may have seen an Everest horse.
Sires With Winners - Monday August 25
Here is the full list of 12 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Narrow Miss for Hellbent Gelding in G2 Foxbridge
Lhasa proved he is more than a synthetic track specialist when he nearly caused an upset when finishing runner-up in Saturday’s Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa.
Merchant Navy 3YO Primed for Spring Stakes Campaign
Cody Cole is happy to play a waiting game with Landlock before confirming the three-year-old’s main goals for the season.