The Newgate Consignment was the leading vendor at a star-studded record breaking Inglis Chairman’s Sale selling 15 mares for $11,520,000 highlighted by million-dollar mares Montefilia, Icebath and Dashing Legend.
Four-time Group I winner Montefilia was offered as a breeding and racing proposition with Yu Long adding another gem to their stellar broodmare band at $3.4million, the second highest price of the entire sale.
Trained by David Payne, Montefilia has been racing well during the autumn with Group I seconds in both the ATC Tancred Stakes and Ranvet Stakes taking her overall record earnings in excess of $3.2million.
Yulong also purchased $5million earning Group I winner Icebath (NZ) for $2.3million, while Sheamus Mills Bloodstock secured stakes-winning Snitzel filly Dashing Legend for $1.6million.
“We had some outstanding mares and we feel honoured and privileged at having been entrusted with them and what I found so interesting was the international participation and interest on those two mares (Montefilia and Icebath). We had bidders on both of them from Europe, Japan… obviously they were bought by Yulong from China but a big Australian operation,’’ Henry Field said after the sale.
“That’s amazing international interest, these are elite mares here and what a result for Mr Zhang to have bought mares of that quality. He is stockpiling pretty much every jewel that’s coming to market.
“The Chairman’s Sale is amazing. Tonight the vibe has been electric, the quality of mares has been high class, the international appeal of this sale is something else and it shows the respect and strength the international market gives the Chairman’s Sale.’’
The sale also featured the first mares offered in foal to Newgate Farm’s young Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside.
Newgate sold Group III placed mare Blazing Miss in foal to Stay Inside in her first season at stud for $590,000 to Belmont Bloodstock, while Segenhoe got $525,000 for California Gallant, an unraced sister to Group III winner and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Houtzen also in foal to Stay Inside first season and snapped up by Lime Country Thoroughbreds.
