Untapped 3YO colt Patonga (Written Tycoon) topped today’s Inglis Digital December (Early) Online Sale, selling to Hong Kong interests for $255,000.
Offered by Coolmore, the Chris Waller-trained Patonga was purchased by the Jolly Time Syndicate and will continue his racing career in Hong Kong.
Patonga is a winner and second-place getter from just three career starts for Waller.
“Patonga is yet another talented young horse with considerable upside that we have offered through Inglis Digital,’’ Coolmore’s Racing Manager John Kennedy said.
“We wish his new owners the very best of luck with him and we hope he can emulate the likes of Imperial Force, Caballus and Zarastro as former success stories for Coolmore’s Inglis Digital offerings.’’
A spokesperson for the Jolly Time Syndicate added: “This is for the syndicate permit in Hong Kong and we look forward to seeing how he settles into Hong Kong, although we haven’t decided on a trainer yet.
“I’m really happy with the Inglis Digital platform, there’s frequently Hong Kong-qualified horses to choose from so that makes each catalogue a ‘can’t miss’ for us.’’
Today’s second-top lot was 4YO Celestial Bling (Capitalist).
Offered by trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott on behalf of her owners, Celestial Bling sold to Nocab Racing and Bruce Slade’s Kestrel Thoroughbreds for $220,000.
Nocab’s Steve Bacon confirmed the mare would be sent to Newgate Farm and be covered for the first time next breeding season.
“At this stage we’re looking at Extreme Choice or Farnan for her first cover but we’ve got plenty of time up our sleeve to make that decision,’’ Bacon said.
“We believe she has the makings of a beautiful broodmare. You only need to look at her debut performance in the Gimcrack Stakes where she got bobbed out by Manaal and cruised past Lady of Camelot to see she had so much ability.
“She was a quality yearling so from a broodmare perspective we think she has a lot to offer.’’
Co-trainer Adrian Bott was delighted the Bacons – who were part owners in Celestial Bling during her racing days - were able to secure her.
“Celestial Bling had so much ability as a race filly, as evidenced by her debut when she lost narrowly to Manaal and defeated her stablemate Lady of Camelot, who would go on to win the Golden Slipper just a few short months later,’’ Bott said.
“She is a high-quality breeding prospect and the Bacon family have bought themselves an outstanding young broodmare.
“Our stable offers many of its tried or retired horses through Inglis Digital, it’s seamless every time, the Inglis team go out of their way to make it as easy as possible for people.’’
The sales of Patonga and Celestial Bling – as well as Grinzinger Champ ($115,000) - took the total of $100,000+ lots sold on Inglis Digital this year to 125.
In total the December (Early) Online Sale grossed $2,884,600.
Entries for the December (Late) Sale – which will run from December 12-17 – are now open and will remain so until midnight next Wednesday, December 10.
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