Geese That Lay Golden Eggs – What’s in the Future?

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday April 5

The 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was highlighted by 20 yearlings that sold for $1million or more, but the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has well and truly eclipsed that figure with 26 sailing into seven figures, so let’s take a look at the mares producing the stars at Riverside Stables this week.

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Breeding a Group I winner and selling a million dollar yearling are the big dreams of most commercial breeders and some of the mares below have managed to do both of those things in their stud and or racing careers.

Group I winners in the list below are : Via Africa (SthAFr), English, Response, Heavens Above, Prompt Response, Carry on Alice (SthAfr), Gust of Wind (NZ) and Shoals.

Group I producers are as follows: Via Africa (SthAfr) (dam of In The Congo), Ballet D’amour (USA) (dam of Russian Revolution), Response (dam of Estijaab), Listen Here (dam of Shooting to win) , Different To (NZ) (dam of Media Sensation) and Noondie (dam of Booker).

Price

Sire Yearling

Dam/ YOB

2022 Foal

2022 Covering

$1.8million

The Autumn Sun filly

Via Africa (SthAfr) 2009

Snitzel born deceased

Snitzel

$1.75 million

Pierro Filly

Ennis Hill 2015

F I Am Invincible

Snitzel

$1.6million

Snitzel colt

Ultimate Fever 2000

Retired

$1.55million

I Am Invincible Colt

English 2012

C Snitzel

Snitzel

$1.5million

Snitzel Colt

Ms Bad Behavior (Can) 2015

C Snitzel

Snitzel

$1.4million

Snitzel Colt

Ballet D’amour (USA) 2005

Not served

I Am Invincible

$1.4million

Snitzel Colt

Response 2006

C The Autumn Sun

Snitzel

$1.4million

Written Tycoon Colt

Meryl 2015

C Capitalist

Pierata

$1.35 million

I Am Invincible Filly

Heavens Above 2011

F I Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1.3million

Snitzel Colt

Acquired (NZ) 2004

C Snitzel (deceased)

Exceed and Excel

$1.3million

I Am Invincible Colt

Bonny O’Reilly (NZ) 2012

C Snitzel

I Am Invincible

$1.3million

Zoustar Colt

Lady Jivago  2012

C Zoustar (deceased)

Zoustar

$1.3million

I Am Invincible Filly

Listen Here 2004

Missed Zoustar

Zoustar

$1.3million

I Am Invincible Filly

Prompt Response 2013

Filly Zoustar

Zoustar

$1.3million

I Am Invincible Colt

Octavia 2009

Colt I am Invincible (deceased)

I Am Invincible

$1.2million

The Autumn Sun Filly

Grisi 2012

C The Autumn Sun

Not served

$1.2million

I Am Invincible Colt

Overstep 2013

CI Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1.1million

Snitzel Colt

Carry on Alice (SthAfr) 2011

F Snitzel

The Autumn Sun

$1.1million

Fastnet Rock Filly

Different To (NZ) 2009

C I Am Invincible

Too Darn Hot (GB)

$1.1million

I Am Invincible Filly

Gust of Wind (NZ) 2011

Not served

Stay Inside

$1.1million

Russian Revolution colt

Our Libretto (NZ) 2013

F Pariah

Russian Revolution

$1.05million

Deep Field Colt

Granny Red Shoes 2015

C Zoustar

Capitalist

$1million

I Am Invincible filly

Noondie 2008

F I Am Invincible

I Am Invincible

$1million

Zoustar filly

Sexy Eyes 2013

F Farnan

Snitzel

$1million

Written Tycoon colt

Shoals 2014

F I Am Invincible

Maurice (Jpn)

$1million

Snitzel colt

Tavarnelle 2008

C Farnan

Capitalist

For some of the mares on the list these yearlings are their first foals – English, Miss Bad Behavior (Can), Meryl and for one Ultimate Fever, her Snitzel colt is the last, born when she was 20.

Arrowfield Stud’s star producer Response has an amazing record in the sale ring.

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Snitzel colt from Response, a mare whose six yearlings sold at auction have averaged over $1million! - image Inglis

Response (Charge Forward) has proven a very profitable mare as well as being a very successful mare with her six yearlings offered at public auction selling for a whopping $7,325,000 with Golden Slipper winner Estijaab purchased from Inglis Easter in 2017 for $1.7million and her best result coming last year with a Snitzel colt selling for $2.25 million to Tom Magnier.

Named Congregation, he is in work with Chris Waller.

I Am Invincible colt from Bonny O'Reilly, her first three foals sold as yearlings have averaged over $1million!

Widden Stud’s Bonny O’Reilly (NZ) is showing all the signs of following in the footsteps of Response as a saleyard darling with her first three foals all sold as yearlings for a total $3,630,000 with the first of them to race being Group placed Basquiat.

Also for Widden Stud, Lady Jivago (Beneteau) has had two foals, the first Zoustar colt sold for $1.25 million and the second for $1.3million!

Zoustar filly from Sexy Eyes, who has had two foals sold as yearling both for a million! - image Inglis

Another young mare that has had two foals and both have made seven figures as yearlings is Sexy Eyes (Written Tycoon). Her Zoustar colt last year made $1.25million and her filly by the same this sire year $1million.

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