Opportunities aplenty in February Inglis Digital (Early) Online Sale

Media Release - Friday February 3

Stakes winners such as Bend The Knee, Royalzel and Ranting, several talented up-and-coming gallopers along with some well-credentialed broodmares headline another quality Inglis Digital Online Sale.

The February (Early) auction, which is now open for bidding, will see 273 lots catalogued – 173 racehorses (62 race fillies), 51 broodmares, 31 racehorse shares, 15 yearlings and three unraced stock.

Among it are some outstanding racetrack prospects including Bend The Knee (Snitzel) from the John O’Shea stable.

Bend the Knee is for sale.

The 4YO won the Listed Amanda Elliott at Flemington in Melbourne Cup Week at just his fourth career start.

Bend The Knee (pictured) has finished third at his two most recent outings in Sydney Saturday races, beaten less than a length on both occasions.

Royalzel (Snitzel) is a four-time winner including at Stakes level as a 2YO while Ranting (Zoustar) defeated the likes of Hanseatic and Anders when winning the G3 Blue Sapphire Stakes.

The Chris Waller-trained Operative (Written Tycoon) – a 3YO colt that has won two of his five career starts and is being offered unreserved - is another entry that will undoubtedly attract broad interest from buyers, as will the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Old Flame, a G2-winning Invincible Spirit entire who finished 3rd in the $1m The Gong at his most recent outing and has G1 targets this autumn carnival.

A 5% share in Old Flame is being offered in the February (Early) Sale.

Other highlight lots include:

Annah Haze and Viva Dubai – Both offered with Rebel Dane foals at foot, a rare chance to buy one of only 26 foals from the Golden Slipper-winning stallion’s latest crop

Cool She Is – Exciting 3-in-1 package, offered IF to Portland Sky and with a Zousain colt at foot

Listenlindalisten – A dual Stakes winner herself, her first foal (Deep Field filly) sold for $120,000 as a yearling. Offered unreserved IF to Slipper winner Farnan

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Metacarpal – Fastnet Rock mare offered IF to Doubtland and with a Hanseatic colt at foot

Nairobi – Half sister to G1 Derby winner Ethiopia, offered as a breeding prospect only

Purr Itty Kitty – Three-quarter sister to G2 winner Snitty Kitty, offered IF to exciting first season stallion Zousain

Riva Del Sol – Lightly raced 4YO mare, a winner of 4 of her 12 starts

The Good The Bad – Half sister to a Stakes winner, offered IF to proven shuttle stallion Aclaim and with a Pierata filly foal at foot

There are also mares IF to stallions such as Anders, Fierce Impact, Hanseatic, Dubious, Churchill etc as well as mares with foals at foot by sires including D’Argento, Smart Missile, Tassort, Zousain, Spieth, Anders etc.

There are entries by leading consignors including Ciaron Maher Racing, Hawkes Racing, Waterhouse/Bott Racing, Snowden Racing, Bjorn Baker, Lindsay Park, Price/Kent Racing, Annabel Neasham, Anthony and Sam Freedman, Widden Stud, Lindsey Smith, Ultra Thoroughbreds, Cornerstone Stud, Proven Thoroughbreds etc.

There is no better time to buy off Inglis Digital, whose graduates have won 1 in 5 Australian races this season, including last weekend’s G2 Expressway Stakes winner Mariamia.

The final countdown of bidding for the Inglis Digital February (Early) Sale will begin from midday Wednesday (February 8).

To view the catalogue, organise credit or to participate in the auction, CLICK HERE.

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