Will Clarken

We strike again at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale with a filly by the Invincible Spirit sire Royal Meeting. This filly represents the progeny of Royal Meeting's first crop. Unbeaten as a 2YO, Royal Meeting secured the G1 Criterium International as a juvenile a race run over 1400 metres. Royal Meeting has sired G1 Blue Diamond winner, Hayasugi from his first crop. Consigned by Newhaven Park, the filly has enjoyed the very same quality pastures as G1 winners, English, Shout The Bar, Odeum and many more. She was such an athletic filly who is simply stunning, a very well balanced individual, with a classy head. Her dam is the stakes-winning Snitzel mare, Zelsnitz. Stakes performed on two occasions, she was victorious in the Listed MRC Twilight Glow Stakes, and finished third in the Listed VRC Desirable Stakes. Zelsnitz is the half-sister to Chasing Mammon who has produced G1 NZ Derby winner, Sherwood Forest, G2 winner Field Of Gold and Listed Morphettville Guineas winner Royal Ocean. She is a proven producer of winners having produced six to the races for six winners.&nbsp; While Champion 2YO Colt in France and sire, Holy Roman Emperor features in her third dam.

An athletic filly from the first crop of G1 winning 2YO Royal Meeting

Royal Meeting x Zelsnitz 21

Legs, class and a panther are three things that spring to mind when we inspected this filly. A steal at $80,000 we were prepared to pay more to secure the filly, she's from a well performed South Australian family with her dam With a Bit of Dash winning on five occasions. She was unlucky not to be a stakes winner having run second at stakes level on three occasions. Her stakes placing's came in the G3 SAJC Auraria Stakes, Listed Laelia Stakes and Listed Oaklands Plate. She was only to be denied stakes victory by dual G1 winner Kenedna and multiple stakes performer, Morvada. This filly is her second foal, her first foal is 2YO filly by Brave Smash. Pierata was a sprinting marvel, during his racing career he defeated 39 individual G1 winners of 79 G1 races. This filly represents his first crop and what an impression he has made. He secured his G1 in the All Aged Stakes (1400m) but produced countless elite performances in his sensational career. Stakes placed at 2 behind none other than 14 time G1 winner Melody Belle. At 3 he was second in the time-honoured Randwick Guineas and he reached his peak during his 4 and 5YO seasons defeating Everest winners, Redzel, Classique Legend and Nature Strip. She was purchased from Golden Grove, a farm who's brand is rather familiar around the stable. Probably leading the pack would be stakes winners, Noname Lane and Cosmic Alert others to adorn the tree are Short Stories, Great Diviner and We Will Remember who between them won ten races.&nbsp; While we expect this filly may take a bit of patience, we believe she will be well worth it. If she possess the tenacity her father showed on the race track during his long successful career we are in for a ride!

Ripping 3YO type from a sensational SA stakes performed mare

Pierata x With A Bit Of Dash 21

This filly is the first foal of 13-time winner Lucky Flipper. Every dam on the page is a winner of five or more races, with their progeny being prolific winners. Foxwedge is a fantastic producer of top quality fillies with G1 winning fillies, Volpe Veloce, Foxplay, Run Fox Run, and Urban Fox. He runs at a super strike rate of 65% winners to runners and with the fillies family prolific winners we anticipate this filly will be no different. A well put together filly, with a quality head and plenty of strength we expect to have plenty of fun with her. The family continues to be updated with promising updates coming from current galloper&nbsp;Fleurieu Flipper.

A family of prolific winners

Foxwedge x Lucky Flipper 21

Grunt has made a sensational start to his stallion career, he has a star in the making in G2 VRC Sires Produce winner, Veight. With his oldest progeny just 2YO's it is exciting to see him make a huge impact with the unbeaten galloper coming from his first crop. He himself was a sensational galloper, the son of a champion in O'Reilly, Grunt was a phenomenal miler, successful at G1 level in the Australian Guineas and Makybe Diva Stakes. He also found success in the G3 C S Hayes Stakes. Grunt hails from one of the great NZ families, featuring G1 winners Ocean Park, Prince Kaapstad, and Critic. G2 winners include, Zayydani and Excelida. Casino Club was a six-time winner, most effective at a mile plus. She is the half-sister to stakes placed Yuanno, and the dam's of G1 winner Yourdeel and G3 winner Broadband. This filly's grand-dam is the half-sister to the G1 SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Anamato the dam of Anamoe. The third foal from the mare this filly is the half-sister to three-time winner Capital Asset. She is an athletic filly that will appreciate time to develop further, but she possesses a lovely fluent walk she has a beautiful head and we thought she was incredible buying at the price.

Filly from the family of G1 star Anamoe

Grunt x Casino Club 21

Australia

An exciting prospect this colt is a strong physical, with a lovely loose moving athletic walk. He is from the first crop of G1 winning juvenile Lucky Vega who is the only son of Lope de Vega standing at stud in Australia. Lope de Vega has not only produced sire, Lucky Vega he has also produced G1 winning Australian sprinters&nbsp;Gytrash, Santa Ana Lane, Vega Magic &amp; Vega One. Lucky Vega showed his precocity as a 2YO winning on debut before finishing second at G2 level in his second appearance.&nbsp;He blew away his rivals in the G1 Phoenix Stakes (1200m) at his third outing, beating the smart The Lir Jet by 3.5l, also beating&nbsp;St Mark&rsquo;s Basilica and Laws Of Indices. Consistently racing at the highest level in Europe at 3, he was second in the G1 Royal Ascot St James's Palace Stakes (1602m), third in the G1 Newmarket 2000 Guineas (1600m) and fourth in the G1 Curragh Irish 2000 Guineas (1600m). This colt was identified and purchased by Yulong Stud as a weanling for $100,000, so to purchase him as a yearling for $100,000 we feel is great value. As a weanling he was explained as extremely well-balanced, with great strength behind and an unbelievable temperament by Sherah Sullivan of Sullivan Bloodstock. We feel he has all the makings of a lovely, durable, reliable and honest racehorse and really concur with what Sherah had to say about the colt. He is from the three time winning Bel Esprit mare, Cardannic. A true proven producer, Cardannic has produced five foals to race, all winners including stakes placed mare, Peninsula Links. She is the dam of Clarken Racing trained, four-time winner Bray Street Boss who was a talented galloper, before injury saw his career cut short. We feel Lucky Vega is an upgrade for the mare who has done a fantastic job with what she has produced.

A strong physical from exciting new sire

Lucky Vega x Cardannic 22C

Presented by superior SA stud, Mill Park Stud this colt was high on our list with his athletic attributes. A 3YO type with plenty of scope, we were taken by his fantastic attitude.&nbsp;In a similar mould to recently traded Gulinga Spirit, it is with great excitement we introduce him into the stable. Purchased for $100,000 he is by American Pharoah, and is the first foal from the stakes-winning So You Think mare, So We Are. American Pharoah was the Champion 2&amp;3YO in the US, he topped the World Thoroughbred Rankings in 2015 and was USA's Horse of the Year in 2015. The Triple Crown winner retired to stud in 2016. He has produced 6 G1 winners, and runs at a 57% winning strike rate. His Australian progeny are lead by stakes winners, Tijuana and Head Of State. While he has sired 31 stakes winners in both hemispheres. Of his progeny, we have promising middle-distance filly, Lake Titicaca in our care and we look forward to the preparation ahead.&nbsp; The colt's dam So We Are is a three-quarter sister to G2 winner Peltzer who now stands at Twin Hills Stud. So We Are won the Listed Adelaide Guineas, she was also second in the Listed Laelia Stakes.&nbsp;His grand-dam is the stakes placed Oui Si Attitude, the half-sister to stakes placed, Miss With Attitude, dam of G3 winner Crown Towers. We are thrilled to have secured this colt and we look forward to seeing him in the stable.

From a stakes-winning So You Think mare who is a three-quarter to G2 winning sire, Peltzer.

American Pharoah x So We Are 21

Sachem will join our team after we secured him on the Inglis Digital December Late Sale for $40,000. Lightly raced, and a winner of two the 5YO gelding by the same sire as Anamoe has plenty of upside with a change to South Australia.&nbsp; The team's success with tried horses speaks for itself, with the team purchasing the likes of, Bella Vella, Zoulah, Sweetened, Parsifal and many more. Sachem has been running with merit and we look forward to giving him a change of scenery with the options we have available at Sellicks Hill and Murray Bridge. All of Sachem's form and replays are available on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.racing.com/horses/sachem/form" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Racing.com</a>

A lightly raced gelding from a brilliant cross

Sachem

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<div dir="auto">We were thrilled to secure Lot 89 from the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, a quality colt that oozed class. Purchased for $320,000 the colt is by first-season sire Zousain from stakes-producing mare Sonnenblume. Zousain himself is by none other than Zoustar. A superb racehorse, Zousain was G1 placed on three occasions only to be beaten by those of the quality of The Autumn Sun, and Sunlight at the elite level. He raced against the best of the best during his career and was a two-time winner as a juvenile winning the G2 BRC Champagne Classic. The progeny of Zousain possess many qualities of their grandsire and it filled us with the utmost confidence to secure this colt. Zoustar was the Champion first-season sire of his year and we believe Zousain follow in his footsteps. This colt's dam is the sprint winner, Sonnenblume. She has produced three winners including G3 winner, Garibaldi. A juvenile winner himself, Garibaldi was G2 placed in the BRC Sires' Produce Stakes and more recently he secured the G3 victory in the BRC George Moore Hcp to go alongside his Listed GCTC Goldmarket Handicap success. Sonnenblume is the full sister to the dams of 2YO Inglis Banner winner Arkansaw Kid and G3 sprint winner, Afolk. The colt's grand dam is G1 Coolmore Classic winner, Shindig making Sonnenblume a three-quarter sister to G1 CF Orr Stakes winner, Shinzig, Listed winner Strada, and stakes-placed, Fiammarosa. He is an absolute powerhouse, he has a phenomenal hindquarter, a strong front end with a wonderful shoulder, and forearm. Using that powerful hindquarter, he walks with a lot of purpose, really swinging through his hip. There is so much to like about this colt who is only going to develop further. We expect there to be plenty of pedigree updates for this colt being from a current stakes-winning family.</div>
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The classy colt is from a sensational family, being a half-brother to G3 winner Garibaldi

Zousain x Sonnenblume '21

Lot 654 from the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale is a colt by So You Think from Bellwether. From one of the best families in the studbook, this colt's dam is the half-sister to Group One winner, Mirage Dancer, Group One placed Ironclad, and stakes performers Forge and Radiator. Bellwether has already produced three winners, including Edited who is now a six-time winner, 2YO winner, Trois Valles and exciting 3YO colt Gates. This colt's great-grand-dam, Hasili was a 2YO stakes winner in France, but her greatest achievements came off the race track. She produced ten foals, for seven winners, five of which were International Group One winners they being, Cacique, Champs Elysees, Banks Hill, Intercontinental, and Heat Haze. She became the first Northern Hemisphere broodmare to produce five Group One winners, all of which collected over a million dollars in prizemoney during their racing careers. As if this wasn't enough she was also the dam of Group One producing sire Dansili. We really could talk about this colt's female family all day long! We can't brush over the fact he is by a superstar in So You Think who has continued to produce sensational gallopers year after year siring nine Group One winners, including Think It Over, Knights Order, Quick Thinker, Nimalee, and more. So You Think boasts a 67% winners-to-runners strike rate and has produced over eighty stakes performers. A champion racehorse, So You Think competed at the highest echelon internationally throughout his career. Realising Champion status three times during his racing career, So You Think defeated seventy-five individual Group One winners. Unbeaten at his only start as a 2YO, So You Think then went on to win the time-honoured Group One W S Cox Plate at just his fifth race start. His second Cox Plate came at his tenth start. With an incredible race record, So You Think has been entered into the racing hall of fame on both sides of the Tasman.

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