Snitzel Fillies to Highlight Blue Gum Premier Collection

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Saturday February 24

Leading Victorian nursery Blue Gum Farm has a proven track record for success and under the new ownership of Jason and Melanie Stenning (Trilogy Racing) and Sean and Cathy Dingwall, the team were quickly into stride at Magic Millions last month selling nine youngsters for up to $1.3million.

Their Snitzel colt from Vaujany set a new sales benchmark for the farm when knocked down to David Ellis and started their year on a high with the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale next on the agenda.

Blue Gum were the leading vendor by aggregate at last year’s Inglis Premier Sale in Melbourne and that draft has already produced a stakes-winner in Bold Bastille. A speedy filly by Brazen Beau, Bold Bastille was snaffled by Lindsay Park Racing / Group 1 Bloodstock for $270,000 and duly made a winning debut in the $500,000 Inglis Banner RL.

She joins a stellar list of Blue Gum Farm stakes graduates including September Run, Semillon, Nanagui, Crosswinds and Bruckner, who has a full sister to be offered this year.

$725,000 Inglis Premier purchase Bruckner has a full sister in the Blue Gum Farm draft - image Grant Courtney

Bruckner topped the 2020 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for Blue Gum when purchased by Aquis for $725,000 and proved a quality sprinter at three with a Group victory and career defining second in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes when he famously split star colts Home Affairs and Artorius to earn a shot at a commercial career at stud.

His full sister by Snitzel from Jestajingle will be offered as Lot 314 and she is also a three-quarter sister-in-blood to Group III winner Jukebox.

A metro winner by champion sire Lonhro, Jestajingle comes from a prolific Black Type family and her next two dams are stakes-winners Jestatune and Umatune with the family also producing Group I winner Itsahymn.

Lot 314

“She is an outstanding filly,” said Blue Gum Farm’s Sean Dingwall.

“She is very much in the mould of the colts that the mare has thrown - plenty of scope and substance with a wonderful temperament and relaxed nature.”

This much admired youngster is one of only three fillies by champion sire Snitzel to be offered at this sale and one of the others is also in the Blue Gum Farm draft.

Lot 167 is a stylish Snitzel filly bred on the exact same cross as the previous being from Lonhro mare Charleston Dancer, who is the dam of speedy Group III winning mare She Dances, a seven time winner of nearly $800,000 in prizemoney.

Lot 167

Charleston Dancer is a half-sister to stakes-winner Chloe in Paris from Group II winner Innovation Girl with this family proving a goldmine of success for Blue Gum Farm in delivering stakes-winners Bold Bastille, Ideas Man and Larimer Street, who were all sold in their draft as yearlings at Premier.

For the record, the Snitzel x Lonhro nick has produced three SW’s – Bruckner, Sandpaper, Wayupinthesky- from 13 runners so runs at 23% SW to runner!

Blue Gum Farm will present a draft of 29 youngsters by 23 different sires, click here for the full draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 73 Filly Zoustar x Zebreez, by Sebring


Three-quarter sister-in-blood to multiple Group winner Madam Rouge, whose first foal (filly by I Am Invincible) sold for $1.7million at Magic Millions. This filly is the third foal of Zebreez, a winning half-sister to $1.4million earner Madam Rouge from stakes-winner Cabernet, whose next dam Golden Weekend is also a stakes-winner.

Lot 95 Filly Toronado  (IRE) x Alexana (GB), by Al Kazeem

Second foal of well related import that is a winning half-sister to Group I winner Duncan and Group II winners Samuel and Gretchen, dam of Group II Gregory. Second dam Dolores is a Group I placed. stakes-winning daughter of champion sire Danehill.

Lot 204 Colt Russian Revolution x Diamondsandjewels, by Sepoy

First foal of a placed half-sister to stakes-placed Dual Star, the dam of stakes-placed Shalstar and promising 2YO Roselyn's Star (Shalaa), a good second to highly rated colt Gatsby's at Canterbury last Friday. Third dam True Jewels won the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes and is a half-sister to Group II winner Wager with stakes-winners Villain, Anatola, Samantha and Noesis also on the page. Bred on successful Snitzel x Elusive Quality nick that has produced six SW’s headed by champion 2YO Filly Away Game.

Lot 298 Colt Hellbent x Impertinente (IRE), by Redoute’s Choice

First foal of a Group III placed Northern Hemisphere bred daughter of legendary sire Redoute’s Choice from the family of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Bullish Luck. Bred on similar Hellbent x Redoute’s Choice cross to Inglis Millennium winner Fully Lit, who is by Hellbent from a daughter of Snitzel.

Lot 458 Colt Dundeel x Play That Song, by Smart Missile

Third foal of a winning half-sister to Group I winner Heavenly Blue with third dam Astra a four time Group I winner in North America. Bred on similar Dundeel x Fastnet Rock cross To Group III winner Sunsets and SW Cerberus with that nick producing 70% winner to runner.

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