$650,000 for Zousain Filly

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday January 11

His champion sire Zoustar smashed the all time Magic Millions Yearling Sale record when his filly from Solar Charged sold for $2.6million, but his exciting young sire son Zousain also had his time to shine with a filly from Sheila’s Star selling for $650,000.

$650,000 Zousain filly from Sheila's Star.

Consigned by Rosemont Stud, she is a three-quarter sister to Group II ATC Furious Stakes winner North Star Lass and was purchased by Yu Long Investments (Australia) Pty Ltd/Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing/Kestrel Thoroughbreds.

Sam Fairgray of Yulong is obviously a fan of Zoustar since they bought the record-breaking full sister to champion filly Sunlight, but he has also been impressed with the stock of Zousain.

“She was a fantastic physical and being a three-quarter-sister to North Star Lass she’s got a lot of residual there, so with a great physique like that it’s great to get a filly like her,” said Fairgray.

“They’re (the Zousains) very nice from what we’re seeing. They’re good types and they look like they’ll be precocious types.”

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The filly will be trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, who also prepare North Star Lass.

Sheila’s Star was covered again last spring by Zoustar.

Zousain is having a great sale!

Zousain has had 100% clearance on his stock so far with 14 selling at an average $228,214.

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