Timing is Everything – Newhaven Park Premier Stars

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Tuesday February 27

Newhaven Park are presenting a quality draft of 16 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale that features four yearlings by their exciting young first season sire Cool Aza Beel, but the most interesting youngster in the lineup is one whose fortunes have shot into the stratosphere since the start of the year.

Bellatrix Star won the G2 Eclipse Stakes in a thriller - Racing Images NZ

Lot 90 is the half-brother to outstanding New Zealand trained juvenile Bellatrix Star (Star Witness), who beat a hot field including Karaka Million winner Velocious to win the Group II Eclipse Stakes at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day.

The Te Akau Racing colourbearer has been tough and consistent since the start of the season racking up two wins and two placings from five starts with a last start fourth in the Karaka Million.

Lot 90, click to see his page.

Her yearling half-brother is from the second crop of Invincible Spirit’s Group I winning son Royal Meeting (IRE), who is now the leading first season sire in Australia thanks to his outstanding daughter Hayasugi, who added the $2million Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes to her resume last Saturday after earlier wins in both the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Preview and Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude.

This colt is the fourth foal of Alana’s Party, an Exceed and Excel half-sister to Group III placed Petition from Group I winner The Party Stand from the family of four time Group I winner Callsign Mav.

Few if any yearlings in this sale would have had as much positive input through sire and dam this year and he is a big strong colt that will not disappoint.

Click here for the full Newhaven Park draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 116 Filly Cool Aza Beel (NZ) x Backflash (USA), by Medaglia D’Oro

From the first crop of Savabeel’s Champion NZ 2YO and G1 winner Cool Aza Beel. Second foal of stakes-placed import Backflash, a sister-in-blood to Group III winner Majestic Eagle and grand-daughter of Group II winner Funhouse from the family of Champion 3YO Filly Untapable

Lot 175 Colt Fierce Impact (Jpn) x Chloebell, by Snitzel

From the first crop of Deep Impact’s triple G1 winning son Fierce Impact. First living foal of a winning Snitzel grand-daughter of Group I winner La Baraka from the family of Group I winners Astern and Alizees, plus Group winners Amur and Zulfiqar with promising young sire Tassort also on the page.

185 Colt Fierce Impact (Jpn)  x Create Some Magic, All American

Second foal of a placed half-sister to multiple Group winner Irithea, a winner of just shy of $1million from the family of Japanese champions Cesario, Epiphaneia, Saturnalia and Leontes.

Lot 367 Colt Cool Aza Beel (NZ)  x Love, by Snitzel

First foal of unraced sister to Group I placed Brosnan from multiple Group II placed Supara, whose yearling filly by Ole Kirk made $1million at Magic Millions this year for Newhaven Park, so it’s a family with plenty of upside.

Lot 411 Colt Cool Aza Beel (NZ) x My Choisir, by Choisir

Half-brother to Group I placed and Group II winning sprinter Beau Rossa, who has earned nearly $650,000 in prizemoney and is from a metro winning daughter of stakes-winner Prancealot.

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