Australian sale

April Vintage, a stakes-placed mare who is pregnant to Justify on Southern Hemisphere time, will be on offer by WinStar Farm in the Inglis Digital USA October Sale, taking place Tuesday, Oct. 29, the online auction company said in a press release on Friday. The 3-year-old daughter of Vino Rosso was a stakes-placed juvenile in 2023, winning a Del Mar maiden special weight, and following up with a third-place effort in the Speakeasy Stakes, both going five furlongs on the turf. After her racing career came to a close, April...

A weanling filly by Frankel (GB) (lot 7) topped the first day of the Inglis Great Southern Sale when selling to New Zealander Gary Harding for A$525,000 on Thursday. The only offspring by the Juddmonte star in the entire sale, the bay is out of GIII Chicago S. heroine Abby Hatcher (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), who is a half-sister to a stakes winner in Purciaretta (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}). The third-most expensive weanling sold in Australia this year, she was consigned by Rosemont Stud. Harding bid over the phone to Inglis...