Alabama Express share headlines May (Late) Online Sale

Media Release - Friday May 23

A share in dynamic young stallion Alabama Express, a Stakes-winning Too Darn Hot 3YO colt and mares on desirable covers headline the Inglis Digital May (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Alabama Express

Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) is one of Australia’s most exciting young stallions. From his first crops of racing age he has had 12 Stakes horses from his first 83 runners including the three-time G1-winning 3YO filly Treasurethe Moment - currently rated one of the best 3YOs in Australia - as well as the four-time Stakes winner and twice G1 placed Alabama Lass and Stakes winners Glasgow Lass and Discretion Rules.

Alabama Express (pictured) covered 223 mares in 2024 and will stand at Yulong this year at a service fee of $66,000 (inc GST).

Perspiration (Too Darn Hot) is a talented Ciaron Maher-trained 3YO that won the Listed Heritage Stakes at Rosehill two starts ago.

Perspiration is for sale - image Steve Hart

He is already a two-time winner from just six career starts and has raced the likes of Storm Boy, Feroce, Gatsby’s, Tropicus etc.

In total the May (Late) Sale has 347 entries – 152 racehorses (87 race fillies), 87 broodmares, 43 shares, 42 weanlings, 20 yearlings and 3 unbroken stock.

To view the catalogue CLICK HERE.

Other highlights include:

*Alabama Blitz – Half sister to G1 winner Princess Jenni, this talented 3YO filly is already a winner from just five career starts

*Ambrose - Sister to a Stakes winner and from the family of Capitalist, this Written Tycoon mare is offered IF to Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside

*Funoon – Half sister to a G1 winner with a quality pedigree, offered IF to popular stallion Capitalist

*Golden Vale – A three-time winner, this 3YO daughter of Churchill is already Stakes placed and has significant racing upside

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*Icedriesling – Half sister to a Stakes winner, this 5YO mare is offered IF to sire-of-the-moment Ole Kirk

*Kylia – Half sister to two Stakes winners and already the dam of two Stakes performers, offered IF to exciting young sire Shinzo

*Odinson - $500,000 Inglis Nursery winner and G3 placed as a 2YO, now three and raced well in a strong form race last start at Moonee Valley

*Paper Plane – Fastnet Rock sister to a G2 winner, offered IF to St Mark’s Basilica, her yearlings sold up to $340k this year

*Portland Sky – One stallion share in the Oakleigh Plate winner, the only G1-winning son of Deep Field at stud

*Sunrise – 2.5% share in this progressive filly, she won her first two runs this prep by a combined 10L and finished 0.7L behind the winner in Listed Denise’s Joy last weekend

*Sunshine Law - Consistent 3YO filly, has finished in the quinella at seven of her nine starts and has won her past two outings at Canberra and Hawkesbury

The catalogue also consists of yearlings and weanlings by the likes of Alabama Express, Brutal, Capitalist, Churchill, Exceedance, Grunt, Harry Angel, Jacquinot, Pierata, Pierro, Russian Revolution, So You Think, Tassort etc and mares in foal to stallions including Brutal, Cool Aza Beel, Cosmic Force, Hanseatic, In The Congo, Pride of Dubai, Russian Revolution, Trapeze Artist etc.

Victorian nursery Blue Gum Farm is the leading vendor by numbers with 15 entries while the likes of Kingstar, Bennett Racing, Contract Racing, Ciaron Maher, Lamawila Thoroughbreds, Merricks Station, Royal Bloodstock, Widden, Yulong, Yarraman, Neasham/Archibald Racing, Kia Ora, Coolmore, Bjorn Baker, Waterhouse/Bott Racing etc have all supported the sale heavily.

The final countdown of bidding for the Inglis Digital May (Late) Online Sale begins from 10am Wednesday.

To view the catalogue, arrange finance or participate in the auction CLICK HERE.

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