Yarraman Draft a Classic Golden Opportunity

Sponsored Content - by Tara Madgwick - Monday February 5

Yarraman Park is home to I Am Invincible and Hellbent, who currently lead the Australian General Sires List and the Third Season Sires List respectively and their draft of 23 for Inglis Classic features eight yearlings by the dynamic father and son duo.

I Am Invincible has three yearlings to be offered by Yarraman and one of them is a filly whose pedigree is going to make her highly desirable for those seeking that ‘residual value’ investment filly with a long end game.

Lot 569 is the first foal of stakes-winning Zoustar mare Persuader, a full sister to Group I ATC Flight Stakes winner Zougotcha and half-sister to stakes-winner The Actuary, whose first foal, a colt by Zoustar, sold for $760,000 at Magic Millions last month to Yulong.

Lot 569

It’s the family of Golden Slipper winner Crystal Lily and a host of other Contract Racing bred stakes-winners carrying the Crystal prefix and there are plentiful young mares being bred to commercial stallions making it a family very much on the move.

The dam of this filly Persuader had a filly last spring by So You Think and is now in foal to Justify (USA), while The Actuary had a filly last year by Zoustar and is back in foal to him as is her grand-dam Fast Talker.

Click here for the full Yarraman Park draft with additional highlights below:

Lot 70 Colt Hellbent x Ambers Waltz, by Danehill Dancer (IRE)

He is a half-brother to five winners from good producing Group II placed Ambers Waltz, a half-sister to Group winners War Saint and Taiyoo from Group III winner Ambers Halo. His full sister Kimberley Rose made $200,000 at this sale last year and has trialled with promise in WA.

 

Lot 74 Filly Hellbent x Anabaa’s Legacy, by Anabaa (USA)

Half-sister to stakes-winner Economics and stakes-placed Wolf Moon beign from Group III placed Anabaa’s Legacy from the family of Group I winner Ball Park and Group II winner Victorem, who is by Hellbent’s sire I Am Invincible.

 

Lot 519 Colt Graff x Never Doubt Me, by Not a Single Doubt

From the first crop of fast Group II winning sprinter Graff. Half-brother to Group III placed Divine Glory and dam has had four foals to race all winners and comes from the family of Group III winner Kisses.

 

Lot 620 Colt Anders x Raging Queen, by Akeed Mofeed (GB)

From the first crop of brilliant Group III winning sprinter Anders and is second foal of stakes-placed Raging Queen a daughter of stakes-placed Royal Bender. Her first foal is Duchess of Sussex (2f Hellbent) and is in work with Phillip Stokes.

 

Lot 695 Colt Wootton Bassett (GB) x Silently, by Anabaa (USA)

From the first Australian crop of outstanding Group I sire Wootton Bassett (GB). Half-brother to seven winners headed by Group III winner Muwaary and dam SW Silently, is a sibling to $7million earning multiple Group I winner Criterion, Group I winner Comin’ Through and Group II winner Varenna Miss.

 

Lot 757 Colt Hellbent x Sweet Reply, by Deep Field

First foal of Group II placed half-sister to Group III winner Conte from a fast female family renowned for producing slick juveniles such as Bold Bastille, Ideas Man and Larimer Street, who are all by another son of I Am Invincible in Brazen Beau.

 

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