Holbrook Draft Features Nature Strip Lookalike

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday February 6

Julie Harris and her team at Holbrook Thoroughbreds are presenting a great draft of 11 yearlings for the 2020 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale including an eye-catching Nicconi colt with a strong resemblance to the sire’s superstar sprinter Nature Strip.

We’re all familiar with Nature Strip’s powerhouse sprinter’s physique that has carried him to 12 wins from 20 starts with prizemoney just shy of $4million.

Nature Strip started off looking like this as seen in this image below of him prior to the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale where he passed in short of his $120,000 reserve and was retained to race.



Holbrook Thoroughbreds will offer Lot 403, a Nicconi colt from Ratatat Lass, a six time metropolitan winner by Bite the Bullet (USA) from the family of Group winners Koonoomoo and Bantry Bay.



Click here to see the full Holbrook draft with Book 1 highlights below:

Lot 40 Filly Winning Rupert x Cara Blanca, by Tale of the Cat (USA)



From the first crop of Written tycoon’s brilliant sprinter Winning Rupert and has been well stamped by her sire.

Lot 170 Colt Dissident x Hanami, by Sepoy



First foal of unraced half-sister to G3 winner Kanzan (dam of G3 winner Rainier) and SW Kordia from the family of G1 winner Inference and New Zealand Derby contender Dragon Leap.

Lot 226 Colt Capitalist x Kimigayo, by Show a Heart



From the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Capitalist and is first foal of an unraced half-sister to the dam of Champion Sprinter and G1 sire Starspangledbanner.

Lot 321 Colt Spirit of Boom x Molly’s Fault, by Al Maher



One of only two colts in the sale by Spirit of Boom and is from a half-sister to G1 winner Samadoubt.

Lot 341 Colt So You Think x Nataya Rose, by Canny Lad



Fourth foal of unraced half-sister to the dam of Champion Sprinter and G1 sire Starspangledbanner and first two dams by Golden Slipper winners Canny Lad and Vain.

See the draft at Barn K Stables 62 – 72.




 

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