A pair of black type-earning mares will spotlight the still-growing catalog of the inaugural Inglis Digital USA July Sale.
The early entries for the July Sale embrace a number of stakes winner Fortunate Lady and Canadian champion Hazelbrook , who is obtainable in foal to Triple Crown winner and red-hot sire Justify .
“We’re excited to characteristic these two spectacular entries in our inaugural sale as Inglis Digital USA,” mentioned CEO Liza Hendriks. “The worldwide demand for each shopping for and promoting has been substantial, highlighting the worldwide attraction of those two mares. They’re the primary of many high-quality listings to come back, and we look ahead to showcasing extra in our July Sale and future gross sales.”
Fortunate Lady (IRE), a 5-year-old daughter of champion sire Exceed and Excel (AUS), is a three-time stakes winner provided as a racing or broodmare prospect.
After starting her profession in her native Eire, she has gained the Girl of Shamrock Stakes, China Doll Stakes, and Osunitas Stakes, and he or she has completed fourth within the Yellow Ribbon Handicap (G2) and Monrovia Stakes (G3). She is nominated to defend her Osunitas Stakes title on July 21 at Del Mar.
Stakes-winning daughters of worldwide pillar Exceed and Excel will probably be in more and more quick provide, following his pensioning from stud responsibility earlier this 12 months. Over the previous three years, Exceed and Excel has sired six stakes-winning daughters in Australia, led by three-time group 1 winner September Run and a trio of seven-figure yearling purchases who lived as much as their billing on the racetrack.
Exceed and Excel’s North American grade 1 winners have included Breeders’ Cup winners Outstrip and Mischief Magic , together with Queen Elizabeth II Problem Cup Stakes (G1T) winner Mawj . His world attain as a broodmare sire consists of group 1 winners Anthony Van Dyck , Ten Sovereigns , and Vandeek .
“We’re excited to announce the forthcoming sale of an distinctive filly, celebrated for her spectacular document of three stakes wins and a outstanding mile time of 1:34,” mentioned James Keogh of consignor Grovendale. “Sired by the influential Exceed and Excel, famend for his important impression on broodmare pedigrees, she represents an unparalleled alternative in each racing and breeding circles.”
Hazelbrook, Canada’s champion feminine sprinter of 2022, is obtainable in foal for the primary time to Justify on an April 8 cowl.
A 6-year-old daughter of Bayern , Hazelbrook earned her Sovereign Award on the energy of a marketing campaign that featured victories within the Hendrie Stakes (G3), Ontario Trend Stakes (G3), and the listed Candy Briar Too Stakes.
Hazelbrook is a half sister to grade 3 winner Zuzanna . Her prolonged household consists of Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) winner Royal Academy and grade 2 winner Terlingua, the dam of record-setting sire Storm Cat.
Justify has rocketed up the charts following a stellar 2023 Breeders’ Cup, the place he was represented by Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner and champion 2-year-old feminine Simply F Y I , together with Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) winner Exhausting to Justify . They have been joined that season by grade 1 winners Arabian Lion and Aspen Grove . His vary has continued to develop in 2024 with Metropolis of Troy , winner of the Epsom Derby (G1).
“Hazelbrook is a really industrial bodily, balanced, and robust,” mentioned Tom Ryan, managing accomplice of SF Bloodstock. “Trying deeper into her race document, you will note that she had great uncooked capability; she was a champion sprinter. She ran a 5 Ragozin, which might match many grade 1 horses. Breeding a mare of her capability to a stallion with no limitations in Justify made excellent sense to me. Velocity and flexibility crossed with the excessive cruising velocity that Justify possessed and is reproducing globally.”
Entries for the Inglis Digital USA July Sale stay open by means of July 8. Bidding will open Friday, July 12, at 2 p.m. ET and it’ll shut Wednesday, July 17, at 2 p.m. Japanese at www.inglisdigitalusa.com
This press launch has been edited for content material and magnificence by BloodHorse Employees.
