breednet.com.au

Holbrook Broodmare Sale Hidden Gems

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Wednesday May 3

If the Chairman’s Sale on Thursday night is priced is a little out of your league, the good news is there is only one more day to wait before the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale on Friday with Holbrook Thoroughbreds offering a significant draft.

Included in the 18 strong draft prepared by Julie Harris and her team are a dozen mares offered in the Peters Investments Unreserved Reduction.

Click to see the full draft with highlights are below:

Neverland

Lot 244 Neverland (Big Brown) – Stakes-winning sibling to G2 winners Demonetization and Midnight Blue from the family of Inspirational Girl, who sells in the Chairman’s Sale. Produced a colt by So You Think last year and not covered after.

Paris Romance

Lot 245 Paris Romance (Redoute’s Choice) – Winning grand-daughter of stakes-winner Lady Belvedere and is proven producer as the dam of stakes-placed Fine Romance and G3 placed Pure Devotion who is offered in the Chairman’s Sale. Produced a colt by So You Think last year.

Sublime Image

Lot 247 Sublime Image (Redoute’s Choice) – Metro winning sibling to stakes-winners Dark Alert and Windstorm from G3 winner Storm Alert, also third in G1 VRC Oaks. From family of G1 winner Hardrada and produced a filly by Shooting to Win last year.

Candyland

Lot 251 Candlyand (NZ) (Tavistock) – Unraced sister to G1 winner and HK Horse of the Year Werther, G1 Australasian Oaks winner Toffee Tongue, G3 winner Gobstopper and G1 placed Milseain. Produced a colt by Pierro last year.

Quick's the Word

Lot 269 Quick’s the Word (Shamardal (USA) – Metro winning dam of classy stakes-winning sprinter Dragonstone, a winner of nearly $500,000. Offered in foal to G1 winning first season sire Captivant on an early service.

Rockolicious

Lot 274 Rockolicious (Fastnet Rock) – Stakes-winning grand-daughter of triple G1 winner Canny Lass and her first foal to race is metro winner Delicious Tycoon. Offered in foal to Golden Slipper winning first season sire Stay Inside.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Dozens of Drawcards - NZB Ready to Run
As the NZB Ready to Run Sale goes from strength to strength with its stunning results in the sale ring and on the racetrack, the catalogue for the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds continues to get better and better.
Keeneland September Record Breaking Book 1 Concludes
Trade at Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued the enthusiasm for Thoroughbred racing prospects shown during Monday’s opening day with nearly $75 million in sales and a September Sale record session average of $675,180 and median of $550,000. Twenty yearlings sold for $1 million or more to set a Day 2 session record. 
Pedigree Potential –NZB Ready to Run – Nicks that Click
A quality packed catalogue for the 2025 NZB Ready to Run Sale is now online and in the lead up to the sale we’ll go looking each week for some horses of interest that jump out on pedigree for various reasons.
$600,000 Ole Kirk Share Tops Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale
Shares in leading young stallions Ole Kirk and Southport Tycoon dominated bidding in today’s Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale, finishing as the two highest-priced lots.
Keeneland Day 3 - Book 2 - 'So Hot it Set the Fire Alarms Off!'
On Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, 13 horses sold for $1 million or more – led by a $1.9 million Gun Runner colt – to increase the total number of yearlings who have brought $1 million or more at the 2025 auction to a record 48. The number of seven-figure horses today broke the previous third-session record of eight from 2019, and the total top
Proisir Mare Chasing Mega Maiden Bonus
Promising mare Gossip will be seeking to earn her connections a rich bonus when she heads to Taupo on Wednesday to contest the DPA Chartered Accountants NZB Mega Maiden Series (1200m).
Sires With Winners - Tuesday September 16
Here is the full list of 19 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Cambridge Stud Colours to Race in HK
Cambridge Stud will break new ground this season when the iconic farm’s familiar gold and black checked silks will be in action in Hong Kong.
Another Day- Another Winner for St Mark’s Basilica
It’s been impossible to miss the steady rise over the last couple of months by exciting young sire St Mark’s Basilica (Fr), who added a 15th winner to his tally overnight with Port of Spain saluting as a short priced favourite.
Melbourne Cup Weights Revealed – Revelare Camp Will be Happy!
Listeners to our Tara Talks Racing podcast will be pleased to hear that Revelare, whose co-owner and breeder Colleeen Bamford was our guest this week has gotten exactly the weight his owners were hoping for.