More Pinhooking Paradise from Fairhill Farm at Magic Millions

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Monday May 20

Fairhill Farm were the leading vendor by aggregate at the recent Inglis Weanling Sale selling 21 weanlings at an average in excess of $90,000 and the good news for pinhookers is that their season is set to continue at the Gold Coast with Mike and Debbie O’Donnell to offer a further nine weanlings at Magic Millions that will be parading from Wednesday.

Fairhill Farm have enjoyed Group I success on the track producing Group I winners Good Project, Choice Bro, Glorious Days and this year’s Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Hayasugi, while their list of pinhook winners is just as impressive.

Heading the list this year was a cracking Justify (USA) colt from Kitty Leroy that made $500,000 at Inglis Premier for Shadow Hill Thoroughbreds when purchased by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / Kestrel Thoroughbreds. He was purchased from Fairhill Farm as a weanling for $105,000!

Click here for the full draft for the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale with highlights below:

Lot 29 Colt Farnan x Belavynshi, by Savabeel

From the second crop of Golden Slipper winner Farnan, whose first yearlings have sold for up to $1.2million, this colt is a half-brother to five winners headed by stakes-placed Miss Nico Belle from a three-quarter sister to Cox Plate winner Maldivian. Fairhill Farm sold her weanling colt last year by Toronado (IRE) for $160,000 to astute judge Merrick Staunton.

Lot 89 Filly Street Boss (USA) x Fee Dansante (IRE), by Fastnet Rock

By proven Group I sire of Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe and is the second foal of unraced half-sister to stakes-winner Salocin and here third dam Altruiste is a half-sister to Arc winning legendary blue hen Urban Sea the dam of champion sires Galileo and Sea the Stars. Her first foal is a Brazen Beau filly that made $80,000 as a weanling and was pinhooked successfully into Inglis Easter where she made $150,000. Bred on the same cross as juvenile stakes-winner Pacific Padrino.

Lot 218 Filly Maurice (Jpn) x Our Josephina (NZ), by Zabeel

Half-sister to Group II placed Commander Harry and two more winners from a winning daughter of stakes-winner Pavlova and full sister to the dam of Group I VRC Victoria Derby winner Johnny Get Angry. Our Josephina had a yearling colt by Circus Maximus (IRE) sell for $260,000 at Inglis Classic to Annabel Neasham Racing / William Johnson Bloodstock.

Lot 273 Filly So You Think x Scarlet Moretta, by Fastnet Rock

Three-quarter sister to stakes-winner Cerberus and is a half-sister to stakes-placed Seeking Stardom, who gained her Black Type after the catalogue went to print. She is from a good producing daughter of champion broodmare sire Fastnet Rock from an international family that has produced Group I winners such as Vallee Enchantee, Vespone and Maids Causeway. Bred on the exact same cross as Group I winner Palaisipan and Group III winner Banana Queen, who sold last week for $1million.

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