Mill Park Premier Prospects for Speed and the Classics

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Thursday February 23

Mill Park Stud in South Australia is renowned for bringing a quality draft across to Victoria for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale and their selection of 11 for this year features a tantalising mix of speed and classic potential including several siblings to Group winners.

The Watson family have nurtured generations of superior runners on the vast paddocks of Mill Park and their organic approach to the breeding and raising of young thoroughbreds is a tried and tested recipe for racetrack success.

From fast two year-olds to brilliant older sprinters, classic three year-olds and Cups heroes, the Mill Park brand is synonymous with Group I performance.

The Mill Park raised honour roll of success features a galaxy of Group I stars and million dollar earners such as speed queens Away Game, Instant Celebrity, Booker, Run Fox Run and Seradess as well as outstanding performers including Warning, Dalasan, Berkeley Square, Peltzer and Hong Kong based Senor Toba, who was an Inglis Premier purchase, snapped up by Hermitage Thoroughbreds for $180,000 in 2019.

Senor Toba has a half-brother to be offered at Inglis Premier - image HKJC

Second in the Group I Queensland Derby, Senor Toba is now a multiple Group winner in Australia and Hong Kong with earnings topping $2million.

His half-brother by Harry Angel (IRE) from Bahamas will be offered as Lot 288.

Harry Angel (IRE) colt from Bahamas.

“Harry Angel is a young sire doing a great job and Bahamas is shaping as an exceptional producer leaving not only Senor Toba, but also Berkeley Square, who won the G2 Moonee Valley Vase in the spring and was then fourth in the G1 Caulfield Guineas,” said Chris Watson.

Recently retired Dawn Passage was a Mill Park Inglis Premier graduate, plucked from their draft in 2018 by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott / Blue Sky Bloodstock for just $150,000.

Dawn Passage was a Mill Park Inglis Premier purchase - image Steve Hart

The six year-old son of Dawn Approach (IRE) won multiple Group races and retires with earnings topping $1.7million!

Star on the rise from Mill Park - Inglis Premier is undoubtedly three year-old Hellbent filly Benedetta, who has won three of four starts for the Jason Warren stable and but for an unlucky debut third could easily be undefeated.

Benedetta is a Mill Park star on the rise!

A $75,000 purchase for Eales Racing Syndications, Benedetta has won over $176,000 and is on track for a tilt at Black Type races as the autumn unfolds.

Click here to see the full Mill Park draft with highlights below:

Lot 166 Colt Justify (USA) x Starmon (NZ), by Monolith

By the sire of Golden Slipper favourite Justify and is a half-brother to Group III winner Gogo Grace and stakes-placed Star Status from stakes-winner Starmon (NZ). From the family of Australian Horse of the Year and $14.8million earner Verry Elleegant, whose G1 wins include Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup.

 

Lot 292 Filly Pride of Dubai x Befuddled, by Sebring

Closely related to Group I winning $3.2million earner Bella Nipotina from the family of multiple Group I placed Group II winning sprinter Hallowell Belle. She is the first foal of unraced Befuddled, a half-sister to Group III winner Brereton from Group III winner Fuddle Dee Duddle, whose yearling filly by Zoustar sold for $1.45million at Magic Millions.

 

Lot 419 Filly Hellbent x Family Portrait, by Excellent Art (GB)

Half-sister to multiple Group placed stakes-winner Foxy Frida, a winner of nearly $600,000 in prizemoney and stakes-placed Ritratto from stakes-placed Family Portrait. By the sire of Bennedetta and comes from proven Black Type family of Group winners Tequila Time, Fontiton, Generation and Sartorial Splendor.

 

Lot 582 Colt So You Think x Miss Otto, by Elusive Quality (USA)

No guesswork with this colt as he is a full brother to million dollar earning Group II winner Peltzer, now standing at Twin Hills Stud, and a three-quarter brother-in-blood to another stakes-winner in So We Are. A strong athletic colt that is unmistakably similar in appearance to Peltzer.

 

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