Sumbe Strikes For Iberian Full-Brother At 1.1m During Tattersalls Book 1

A full-brother to G2 Champagne S. hero Iberian (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) | Tattersalls

A son of Lope De Vega (Ire) (lot 260), a full-brother to G2 Champagne S. hero Iberian (Ire), became the latest seven-figure lot during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when selling to Sumbe for 1.1 million gns. Consigned by Ballylinch Stud where his sire stands, the colt is out of Bella Estrella (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who won the Listed Cairn Rouge S. and is a full-sister to G3 St Simon S. victress High Heeled (Ire), who ran third in both the G1 Oaks and the G1 Coronation Cup. Another sister, the Rainbow Quest mare Faraday Light (Ire), is the dam of the top-class Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), who won the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, as well as a Grade I in Canada.

 

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