Lot 384 - Shamus Award x Platinum Mam’selle (Fighting Sun), filly - $85,000
Buyer: Lindsay Park Racing, Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock (BAFNZ) and Slade Bloodstock
Vendor: Two Bays Farm
Lindsay Park Racing, Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock (BAFNZ), and Slade Bloodstock collaborated on the second day of the sale to take home a $85,000 acquisition from the draft of Two Bays Farm. The daughter of Rosemont Stud’s flagship sire Shamus Award will remain within the state with the Hayes team.
Co-trainer Will Hayes was a big fan of the filly, telling The Thoroughbred Report, “she’s a really good mover, has a good attitude, and is from a good family. She has a good page and is very typical of the sire.”
“She’s (Lot 384) a really good mover, has a good attitude, and is from a good family. She has a good page and is very typical of the sire.” - Will Hayes
Platinum Mam’selle (Fighting Sun) is an attractive broodmare to the Australian market, having been a juvenile winner and placed in the G3 Taranaki 2YO Classic en route to the broodmare barn. She is one of two winners for Redoute’s Choice mare Miss Fascination, herself a daughter of dual Listed winner Bibury Flyer (GB) (Zafonic {USA}), who picked up her black type wins as a juvenile as well.
Her first foal One Special Girl (Tavistock {NZ}) was an $80,000 weanling purchase for Mitchell Bloodstock (FBAA), and the mare picked up a third placing this year in her second preparation.
Ben, Will and JD Hayes | Image courtesy of Inglis
Further back is a strong black type European family, with fourth dam Affair Of State (GB) (Tate Gallery {USA}) having at least seven stakes performers driectly beneath her, including G1 Cheveley Park Stakes winner Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar), a product of the Widden stallion’s lucrative reverse shuttle career.
Lezoo is one of three black type performers directly descending from G3 Firth Of Clyde Stakes winner Roger Sez (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}), whose grandson Fandom (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) was a dual Listed winner last year in the United States.
The purchase continues the long-running and prosperous partnership between the Hayes brothers and Rob Slade’s Slade Bloodstock.
“Slade are great supporters of ours, we have a good relationship,” Hayes said. “We have been having a good run lately.
Lot 384 - Shamus Award x Platinum Mam’selle (filly) | Image courtesy of Inglis
“Here to Shock won the big weight-for-age race in New Zealand that was worth NZ$500,000 and he has now won over $2.5 million.”
The combination are heavy supporters of Shamus Award, and were happy to return to the well once again.
“We also had a recent 5.5l debut winner at Pakenham (called) Bit Of Shoosh,” Hayes continued. “He looks very promising, and is also by Shamus Award and owned by Slade Bloodstock.”
The pedigree has an interesting duplication of leading broodmare sire Redoute's Choice at the third generation on both sides of the pedigree; a demonstration of his versatility producing quality broodmares and as a sire of sires as well. As an example with success, last year's G2 Angus Armanasco Stakes winner Summer Sham (Not A Single Doubt) carries a similar double-up in her page.
Lot 384 was a ‘20/20 Match’ under Stallion Match’s analysis. This means that this mating has two or more successful graded stakes winners with over 20 shared ancestors within five generations. While only 45 per cent of matings are a 20/20 Match, 70 per cent of stakes-winning horses are bred on it, increasing your chances significantly.
