In the build up to the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale Round 2, the Scone Yearling Sale and the Australian Weanling Sale, we will pick out three lots each day who have enjoyed pedigree updates in the lead-up to the auctions.
Today, we take a closer look at youngsters on offer at Scone by Foxwedge and Air Force Blue (USA) whose upfront pedigrees have been boosted while at the Australian Weanling Sale we check out a Headwater colt whose half-brother has done him proud.
Scone, Lot 235 - Foxwedge x Stage Beauty (Desert Prince {Ire}) – On account of Ashleigh Thoroughbreds
This colt has current form as a half-brother to recent winner So You Beauty (So You Think {NZ}), whose close relative Group Think (So You Think {NZ}) has also been successful and placed since the catalogue went to print.
Watch: Lot 235 parade
The dam Stage Beauty is a half-sister to the G2 Champagne S. winner I Am A Ripper (Mukaddamah {USA}). It’s the family of the G3 Blue Diamond Preview winner Murphy’s Blu Boy (Blue Tsunami {USA}) and also under the second dam are the Group 3-winning brothers Stampede (High Chaparral {Ire}) and Thinkin’ Big.
Scone, Lot 238 - Air Force Blue (USA) x Staten Island (NZ) (More Than Ready {USA}) – On account of Monarch Stud
This filly, who is a half-sister to the dam of last month’s winner Exceltic (Excelebration {Ire}), is a sibling to the four-time winner and stakes performer Liberty Rock (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}).
Watch: Lot 238 parade
Their dam Staten Island is a half-sister to the Listed winner and Group 1 placegetter Kalamata (NZ) (Desert Prince {Ire}) and she also produced the two-time Group 3 winner Stirling Grove (Mossman). A feature name in the pedigree is Hucklebuck (Elvstroem), successful in the G1 Emirates S. and twice at Group 3 level.
Weanling Sale, Lot 97 - Headwater x Vonzelle (Redoute’s Choice) – On account of Glastonbury Farms
This colt’s half-brother Kensington Kid (Your Song) has recently added another victory to his record with their dam an unraced half-sister to the two-time Group 1 winner and sire Sudurka.
The second dam is a sister to the G1 Australian Oaks winner My Brilliant Star (Copper Kingdom {USA}) and she produced the G1 Toorak H. winner Shot Of Thunder (Thunder Gulch {USA}). It’s also a pedigree that features the G1 Queensland Derby winner Lachlan River (Desert King {Ire}) and the Group 2 winners French Emotion (Snitzel) and French Bid (Anabaa {USA}).
