Quality Collingrove Weanlings an Inglis Great Southern Highlight

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Monday June 5

Sales action continues in Victoria later this week (June 8 & 9) with the Inglis Great Southern Sale to feature a quality draft of weanlings from Collingrove Stud that includes the half-sister to exciting Hong Kong sprinter Victor the Winner, who chased home Lucky Sweynesse in the Group III Sha Tin Vase on Sunday.

Victor the Winner has won five of eight starts in Hong Kong - image HKJC

A $180,000 Inglis Premier purchase from Collingrove Stud for Golden River Investments / Mr Chu, four year-old Toronado (IRE) gelding Victor the Winner is a star on the rise for his trainer for Danny Shum in Hong Kong, where he has five wins and a second from just eight starts.

Tested in stakes company for the first time on Sunday, Victor the Winner defeated all bar Hong Kong’s best sprinter Lucky Sweynesse when finishing a gallant second to confirm his potential for a lot better races.

Collingrove Stud will present a draft of 10 weanlings with Lot 326 the half-sister by I Am Immortal to Victor the Winner from top producer Noetic, a stakes-placed daughter of Cape Cross (IRE) from an international Black Type family.

Lot 326

Noetic has had five foals to race for three winners including her smart current season two year-old Shadow Fear (Sioux Nation (USA), a two time metro winner in Perth and fourth in a Listed race at Flemington. A fast Group winning son of I Am Invincible, I Am Immortal has had his first yearlings sell this year for up to $150,000 and this lovely filly will have plenty of admirers.

Additional highlights from Collingrove include:

Lot 205 Impending x Fifty Ways, by New Approach (IRE)

Lot 205

Fourth foal of a Sydney metro juvenile winning daughter of Group III winner Lovemelikearock.

Lot 213 Filly Highland Reel (IRE) x French Musket, by Sepoy

Lot 213

Second foal of an unraced mare from a top class Aga Khan Studs nurtured European female family that includes Champion Irish Female Stayer and Group I winner Kastoria and Group winners Kesampour, Kassani, Kassana and Kastasa.

Lot 225 Filly Hanseatic x Guessing, by Medaglia D’Oro

Lot 225

From the first crop of brilliantly fast Group winning juvenile Hanseatic and is first foal of unraced Guessing, whose dam is a full sister to $1.5million earning multiple Group II winner Rain Affair.

Lot 246 Filly Royal Meeting (IRE) x Isonomiss, by Choisir

Lot 246

From the second crop of Group I winning Invincible Spirit son Royal Meeting, whose first yearlings have sold for up to $240,000. First foal of a well-bred daughter of up and coming broodmare sire Choisir from a European female family featuring Group I winners Ice Breeze, Meteor Storm, Polish Summer and Winsili.

Lot 328 Colt Cool Aza Beel x Occultation, by Good Journey (USA)

From the first crop of Savabeel’s Champion NZ 2YO Colt and Group I winner Cool Aza Beel. First foal from a placed half-sister to Group III winner October Date and stakes-winner Single Handed.

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