Among the weanlings catalogued for next month's Chairman's Sale is Lot 24, a half-brother to outstanding filly Fiesta, who won the Group III ATC Widden Stakes and will take her place in the Group I ATC Golden Slipper Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
Having bred and sold Fiesta through the 2017 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale where
she was bought by Star Thoroughbreds for $150,000, Mike and Debbie O'Donnell
are now eligible for a $1million bonus offered by Inglis for the vendor/supplier
of any Classic yearling that can win the Slipper.They already collected a $100,000 bonus earlier this year for Fiesta, who was the first stakes-winning two year-old sold from the Gold Riband session at last year's sale.
"When we realised we had won the $100,000, I went looking through the catalogue and remembered we were up for the million if she went on to win the Slipper, which is really amazing,'' Mike O'Donnell said.
"The Slipper is the premier Group 1 in Australia as far as I'm concerned. Australia is the home of sprinters and the Slipper is the greatest sprint we have to offer in my mind, a truly life-changing race.
"To be involved with Fiesta has been a great ride already thanks to Inglis especially and these bonuses so here's hoping we can collect another $1m on Saturday.''
Mike O'Donnell has been quick to point out that any purchaser of Fairhill Farm weanlings that chooses to re-offer them through the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale would be eligible for similar bonuses in the future.
"These bonuses are paid to the vendor and the supplier, not the breeder, so any purchasers of our weanlings will make themselves the recipient of the supplier bonus should they choose to re-sell and the horse ultimately finds its way to the Golden Slipper," O'Donnell added.
Click here to see pedigrees for the four Fairhill Farm weanlings going to the Inglis Chairman's Sale by Outreach, Pierro, Shooting to Win and So You Think.
Lot 24 is the half-brother to Fiesta from the first crop of brilliant two year-old Outreach, the full brother to Golden Slipper winner Overreach.
Lot 44 is the three-quarter brother to progressive stakes-winner Theanswermyfriend, who was a second beaten a short half head last Saturday in the Listed VRC March Stakes at his first run back from a spell for new trainer Henry Dwyer.
Fifth in the Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clark Stakes in the spring, Theanswermyfriend has the impressive record of four wins and seven seconds from just 16 starts and could well be ready to reach new heights this campaign as his potential is fulfilled.
By the time a potential pinhook buyer of this So You Think colt is looking to sell at the yearling sales next year, who knows what Theanswermyfriend may have achieved!
Click here to see pedigrees for the 22 weanlings and five mares in the Inglis Australian Weanling and Broodmare Sale.
For more information contact Mike O'Donnell on 0439 380 142.
