Yulong Secure $1.8million Savabeel Mare Provence
A triple Group I winner by champion sire Savabeel, Provence was always going to be a highly sought after mare at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale and she duly sold for $1.8million.
Consigned by Newgate on behalf of her New Zealand based owners Milan Park, Provence was an elite racemare that won over $1million and has a lovely pedigree to back that up.
She is a full sister to stakes-winner Damask Rose and her second and third dams, Te Akau Rose and Straussbridge, are both stakes-winners with Group I winning sire Brutal also on the page.
“It’s great to have a lovely Savabeel like her to join the broodmare band, so we’ll retire her and send her up to Segenhoe and get her ready for the breeding season,” said Sam Fairgray of Yulong.
“We haven’t decided on a sire for her just yet, but it will be either Devil Night or Private Harry.
“You don’t find many Savabeel mares that have won three Group 1 races, so to be able to add a mare like her to the broodmare band is fantastic.”
Yulong did find one other triple Group I winning mare Savabeel paying $2.7million for Atishu at the MM National Broodmare Sale last year and she is now in foal to Alabama Express.
– Breednet
The Corner with Garry Chittick
I don’t know if the two of you have ever had the thrill of travelling at high speed across the water on a single ski, totally dependent on the driver of the boat. Fall off and you are left treading water, reminds you of racing. Here we are, with multiple hints of navigation hanging on to the rope hoping for salvation.
Read More
Icebath’s half-sister goes back-to-back
Well-bred mare Superfabulistic (Super Seth ex Fabulist) continued her rise through the grades at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, making it back-to-back victories with a strong performance in the Precise Air Handicap (1600m).
Read More