Trilogy Purchase $205,000 Inglis Digital Top Lot

Media Release - Wednesday September 28

The broodmare Kemeri - which last sold for just $2500 on Inglis Digital - has today topped the platform’s September (Late) Sale, realising $205,000.

The now 10-year-old has been “a win for everyone along the way’’ including today’s seller Jimmy Unwala from Avesta Bloodstock, who acquired the mare privately after she was sold for $2500 in the February Online Sale of 2020.

Kemeri is in foal to So You Think.

“Shortly after that sale Jack Schaeche, who does a lot of form work and analysis for Avesta, rang me and said somebody had bought this mare very cheap, that she had a young unraced half sister called Affair To Remember who he thought was a Stakes horse in the making and that I should consider buying her so I made a private offer, bought her for more than the buyer had paid for her online and since then, the family has just exploded,’’ Unwala said.

“Today is the perfect result because everyone along the way walks away happy – the initial buyer got more for the mare than he paid, I’ve got more for the mare today than I paid and now the new buyer has themselves a beautiful broodmare in foal to a quality stallion and it’s a family that is so current.’’

Unwala admitted he was reluctant to sell Kemeri but said he ultimately couldn’t resist, given the recent strength of the Inglis Digital market.

“It’s just so strong with Inglis Digital, the past couple of sales in particular there have been buyers from everywhere getting involved so we thought it might be the right time to get her on the market and get a nice price for her, which we did,’’ Unwala said.

“Inglis Digital is the perfect platform for that, it’s so clean, there’s so much openness about it, you can put up great videos and everyone can access everything and that makes for great trade.’'

Kemeri – offered in foal to So You Think - was purchased by Trilogy Racing for $205,000.

“We bought her based on her very current page, plus the fact she’s a lovely type of mare and we thought with the So You Think pregnancy she would be a nice mare for the future for us,’’ Trilogy’s Sean Dingwall said.

“She’ll stay at Middlebrook Valley Lodge where she is now and foal down – which will be a bit of a later foal – and then we’ll make a call as to who she visits next.’’

Today’s second-top lot was broodmare Chicquita.

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She was offered by Torryburn Stud (on behalf of the estate of Alan Osburg) with a Maurice colt foal at foot and was purchased for $180,000 by Noel and Caroline Hassell of Shadowbrook Bloodstock.

“We were looking for one more mare, the Maurice foal had a fair bit of appeal and she’s a big, roomy mare with a nice page so we thought we’d have a go,’’ Caroline Hassell said.

“The foal could go to the [Inglis] Great Southern Sale next year as a weanling, that’s what we usually do but we won’t make that decision just yet. We’ve bought a couple of horses through Inglis Digital, it’s very user friendly, [Inglis Senior Bloodstock Consultant] Will Stott helps us a lot and he did with this purchase again, so we’re really happy.’’

Chicquita will visit Coolmore-based stallion and Inglis Easter Yearling Sale graduate Home Affairs as her next cover.

“The price today was more than we expected but obviously the desire for these Maurice colts is very strong at the moment so we’re delighted with how it’s all played out,’’ Torryburn’s Mel Copelin said.

“We love Inglis Digital, it’s our preferred online sale platform, we use it a lot, pretty much every month we’re involved in each sale one way or another because it’s just really easy to use and we get great results.’’

The Inglis Digital September (Late) Sale grossed $2,832,200.

Entries for the October (Early) Online Sale are now open and will remain so until midnight on Wednesday October 5.

To enter, CLICK HERE.

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