Carrying a foal by hot sire Justify on Southern Hemisphere time, stakes-placed April Vintage (Vino Rosso) topped the Inglis Digital USA October Sale Tuesday when selling to Widden Stud of Australia for $180,000. More details on the mare and her consignment by WinStar Farm are available here.
“She is an outcross to our traditional Australian sire lines and the fact that she showed good, natural speed as a 2-year-old was important,” said Antony Thompson of Widden Stud. “Physically, she looks suitable to plenty of our own stallions, and buying through a digital platform is something we have become very comfortable with thanks to Inglis's platform in Australia. She made a bit more than we thought, but she was an appealing offering and it makes sense that there was good demand for her. We'll now be bringing down two mares in foal to Justify from America as we also bred to him.”
WinStar's Elliott Walden added, “We're excited about the result and glad she's headed to Widden. It makes sense that the Australians wanted her. It is great to be able to market our horses to a global audience without them leaving their office.”
Inglis Digital USA offered 67 horses in Tuesday's online auction, grossing $417,250 with an average of $16,990. The highest-priced horse of racing age was Wake Surf (Classic Empire), who was offered by Tareq Moubarak and sold to G.O.A.T. Racing Stables for $55,000. G.O.A.T. Racing Stables, a New York-based partnership managed by Shawn Klotz with trainers Robert Falcone, Jr. and Wayne Potts, bought six horses Tuesday for a total of $122,500.
Among the purchases made by Craig and Carrie Brogden's Machmer Hall were a racing/broodmare prospect named Splashy (Flatter), who was sold by Adelphi Racing Club for $50,000.
“October was our largest sale to date,” said Kyle Wilson, Inglis Digital USA Senior Director of Sales & Recruitment. “We had bidding from all levels and all corners of the globe. We appreciate the support from all our buyers and sellers. It's been great to be a part of the growth of Inglis Digital USA and I'm looking forward to our next sale in December.”
Entries are now open through Monday, Nov. 25 for the Inglis Digital USA December Sale. The catalogue will be released Friday, Nov. 29 and bidding will open Wednesday, Dec. 4. For more information, visit inglisdigitalusa.com.
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