The catalogue for the 2009 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, to be held from March 1-4 and comprising 780 lots, is now on-line.
The catalogue for the 2009 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, to be held from March 1-4 and comprising 780 lots, is now on-line.
The sale is broken up into two parts, with Session I having 613 lots and Session II 167. In all, 463 colts have been catalogued and 317 fillies.
With two of the highest rated horses in the world in Sacred Kingdom and Weekend Hussler highlighting the feats of its graduates, Premier rose to stunning new heights in 2008, breaking all previous records.
“There’s no doubt Premier was one of the great success stories of 2008 but it didn’t just come out of the blue – vendors have been bringing top quality horses to this sale for some time and it was great to see them well rewarded,” Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster said.
Webster pointed out that Weekend Hussler and Sacred Kingdom had many support acts in flying the Premier flag.
“Recent Group 1 winners like Arapaho Miss, Blutigeroo and the marvel Fields Of Omagh also illustrate the great quality on offer at Premier,” he said.
“And it’s happening again this season. Already in 2008-09, Premier has produced no less than 13 individual stakes winners, highlighted by the Group 1 winners Littorio and Weekend Hussler, G1 placed Bank Robber and the outstanding juvenile prospect Rostova.”
Vendors have again got behind the 2009 sale, with buyers certain to be impressed with the strong array of top pedigrees and good types on the ground at Oaklands in March.
Buyers have progeny of 107 stallions to choose from, with Elvstroem (55) the most represented. Fellow Victorian based sires God’s Own (31), Reset (28) and Bel Esprit (22) also feature strongly.
Fastnet Rock (26), Snitzel (25) and Flying Spur (22) have good-sized drafts, as does Rostova’s sire Testa Rossa (19), while buyers have 18 Hussonets to choose from in their search for the next Weekend Hussler.
Europe’s Champion Sire Galileo has 13 yearlings set to go under the hammer at Oaklands in March.
The catalogue boasts 19 siblings to Group 1 winners, including Apache Cat, Regal Roller, Grand Journey, Rinky Dink, Sudurka, Riva San and Carnegie Express. There’s also half or full relations to the likes of multiple G1 placed Turffontein, G2 winner De Lago Mist and fellow stakes winners Royal Sash, Maloose and Wildly.
Highlight Lots include:
Lot Sire Dam RELATION
98 Elvstroem Spirit of Grace c Half brother to G2 Qld Guineas winner and G1 placed TURFFONTEIN
112 Zabeel Stormy Summers c Fourth foal of VRC Anzac Day S (L) winner STORMY SUMMERS
148 Dehere Truly Wicked f First foal of G2 MVRC Champagne S winner TRULY WICKED
216 Encosta de Lago Arantxa Rose c Half brother to dual G1 winner REGAL ROLLER
257 Redoute's Choice Bosphorus Treasure f Third foal of half sister to three stakes winners, from the family of ASI SIEMPRE
258 Rock of Gibraltar Bourbazam Lass c Half brother to VRC Bobbie Lewis H (G3) winner WILDLY
283 Redoute's Choice Celtic Reign c Three quarter in blood to G2 winner MUSKET, from a half sister to MAKYBE DIVA
293 Flying Spur Classic Plume f Half sister to Listed winner MALOOSE, from a half sister to Champion sprinter ISCA
372 Lonhro Fatoon c Second foal of STC Reisling Slipper Trial S (G2) winner FATOON
381 Fastnet Rock Flurry's Autumn c Half brother to six winners including MRC Mannerism S (G3) winner ROYAL SASH
393 Bel Esprit Gazania c Second foal of Listed winner GAZANIA
407 Choisir Grand Prospect c Half brother to G1 WATC Derby winner GRAND JOURNEY
428 Exceed and Excel Honeymoon Express c Half brother to dual G1 Guineas winner CARNEGIE EXPRESS
435 Encosta de Lago In the Mist f Full sister to G2 VRC Sires Produce S winner DE LAGO MIST
441 Encosta de Lago It's Who Deanie f Second foal of G2 placed It's Who Deanie