Investing in Fillies Can Pay Big Dividends

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday May 13

Now that the dust has settled from that stellar Inglis Chairman’s Sale last week, we thought it was worth taking a look back at the sale origins of the million dollar mares that were purchased as yearlings.

Bella Nipotina sold for $4.2million, but started life as an $80,000 Inglis Premier yearling.

Below are all the mares that sold for $1million or more off the track that were offered as yearlings with Too Darn Lizzie the highest priced yearling purchase and Grinzinger Belle the cheapest.

Too Darn Lizzie was a $1million Magic Millions purchase as a yearling.

What is interesting is that you don’t need a G1 win on the resume to sell for a million dollars or a lot more as an elite broodmare prospect. Click on any mare name to bring up their Breednet page with all their form, new stories, yearling images, full sale details including purchasers and vendors, plus tabulated pedigree.

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Mare

Performance

Sale Price

Yearling Price

Bella Nipotina

G1

$4.2million

Inglis Premier $80,000

Tiz Invincible

G2

$2.8million

Inglis Easter $550,000

Estriella

G2

$2.8million

Inglis Easter $750,000

Too Darn Lizzie

G2

$2.4million

Magic Millions $1million

I Am Me

G2

$2million

Inglis Premier $210,000

Mumbai Muse

G3

$1.8million

Inglis Easter $525,000

Semana

G3

$1.55million

Magic Millions $200,000

Makarena

G2

$1.5million

Inglis Easter $250,000

Grinzinger Belle (NZ)

G2

$1.45million

NZB K2 $32,000

Coco Sun

G1

$1.2million

Inglis Classic $250,000

Eagle Nest

G3

$1million

Inglis Easter $550,000

Attention will now turn to the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on May 27,28 with highlight lots multiple Group I winning mares Zougotcha and Atishu, that will both be offered by Chris Waller Racing.

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