Windsor Park First Season Sires on Show at Premier

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday February 27

Leading New Zealand farm Windsor Park Stud are renowned for selling global champions Might and Power, So You Think and Aerovelocity and they have chosen the 2020 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale to showcase an elite consignment of yearlings by their exciting first season sires Turn Me Loose, Rageese and Vanbrugh.

The Champion New Zealand Sprinter and Middle Distance Horse for 2015/2016, Turn Me Loose is a name well known to Victorians as he campaigned with great success in Melbourne during that season as well.

Turn Me Loose won the Listed Seymour Cup, the Group II MVRC Crystal Mile and then the Group I VRC Emirates Stakes in succession at 1600 metres and returned in the autumn to win the Group I MRC Futurity Stakes (1400m).

He has four entries for Inglis Premier, two of which will be offered by Windsor Park as seen below.

Lot 91 Colt Turn Me Loose x Chapchick, by High Chaparral (IRE)



Half-brother to a winner from a half-sister to Group I winner Distill and stakes-winner Mr Tipsy.

Lot 208 Filly Turn Me Loose x Herculanneum, by Elusive City (IRE)



Half-sister to two winners from a half-sister to Group I winner Art Success.

Windsor Park will also offer two youngsters by blue-blooded Street Cry (IRE) stallion Rageese, a Group III winning sprinter that was also second in the Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes and fourth in the Group I ATC Golden Rose.

Lot 576 Colt Rageese x Don’t Worry, by Smart Missile



First foal of a half-sister to stakes-winner At The Oasis from the family of Golden Slipper winner Bint Marscay and Group I winners Filante, Bollinger, Stella Cadente, Benicio and company. A new stakes-winner since the catalogue went to print, Deep Image also appears on the page.

Lot 733 Filly Rageese x So Regal, by Shinko King (IRE)



Third foal of four time winning half-sister to Group III placed So Royal from the family of Champion 3YO Sir Silver Lad and Group II winner Montana Flyer.

A Group I winning son of champion sire Encosta de Lago, Vanbrugh has only one entry in the sale.

Lot 601 Filly Vanbrugh x Go to School, by Golan (IRE)



Half-sister to smart winner High Distinction from a strong fillies family as dam is a half-sister to Group III winner Prom Queen and stakes-winner Swiss Rose, the dam of Group III winner Bella Rosa. From the extended family of Golden Slipper winner Overreach, Blue Diamond winner Reward for Effort and current star 3YO sprinter Standout.

See the draft at Barn G 83 – 88.


 

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