Flying the flag for Aquis are Secret Lady (2f Choisir x For Your Eyes Only,
purchased for $150,000), Singular Sensation (2f Not a Single Doubt x Tiffin,
purchased for $250,000) and Sunlight (2f Zoustar x Solar Charged, purchased for
$300,000).The Tony McEvoy trained Sunlight was brilliant in winning at the Gold Coast on December 23 and is set to round off her preparation with a run in the Follow Aquis Farm on Twitter 2YO Handicap (1100m) at the same venue on Saturday.
Aquis was instrumental in purchasing and syndicating all three fillies, who are all raced by women and therefore eligible for the lucrative $500,000 women's bonus.
Aquis Farm will also return to Magic Millions as vendors in 2018, building on the success they enjoyed in 2017 when achieving 100% clearance in Book One to sell 17 yearlings for $3,455,000 with the highlight a Medaglia D'Oro (USA) colt from Sangfroid that made $1milllion.
Aquis will offer a stunning draft of 25 yearlings by a wide variety of leading sires and first season favourites such as Deep Field, Dissident and Rubick.
An obvious standout on pedigree is Lot 435, offered on behalf of Emirates Park,
the half-brother by I Am Invincible to Golden Slipper winner and Champion 2YO
Sepoy.Now a Group I producing sire, Sepoy won 10 races and over $3.8 million claiming four Group I victories and is the best of five winners from Watchful, who is also the dam of Group II winner Mulaazem.
It's also the family of Group I winners Camarena, Camarilla and Guelph, going back further to another Golden Slipper winner in Canny Lad and his multiple Group I winning sister Canny Lass.
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"We love racing with good partners and nothing is more exciting than sharing a win with friends,” said Aquis Farm CEO, Shane McGrath.
"Aquis Farm invites partnerships in horses being purchased at the upcoming Magic Millions sale – for further conversation please contact myself on 0407 126 056, via emailshane@aquisfarm.comor grab me for a chat at the sales.”
