Miss Exfactor tops Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale after private deal

An already strong initial set of results from Sunday’s online Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale have been further bolstered by a series of private sales in recent days.

They include the sale of the Jazcom Thoroughbreds-consigned Miss Exfactor for the now sale-topping sum of A$280,000 (£148,000/€167,000) to Aquis Farm.

“She is for Pierata, who we'll be supporting heavily in his first season” said Aquis Farm managing director Shane McGrath.

“She’s very good-looking and fast, which are usually the right criteria for broodmare success in Australia.

“Credit to the guys at Inglis, their work didn’t stop when the sale finished, and we were glad to agree a deal.”

McGrath added: “The response to Pierata has been extraordinarily positive – I don’t think there is a better looking horse retiring to stud this year – so we are very excited."

Miss Exfactor, winner of the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes, is by Your Song out of Search For Fame, a placed Quest For Fame three-parts sister to Group 2 winner Impaler.

Her sale brings the gross of the sale past the A$10m mark, with the tally of mares sold for A$100,000 or more increasing to 27 with the sale of Electric Dreams from the draft of Segenhoe Stud to Bromfield Park for A$245,000.

The clearance rate for Sunday’s sale has now risen to 72 per cent with the prospect of further sales to be completed in the coming days.

“We were determined to run a good series of breeding stock sales, irrespective of the conditions, and to have grossed over A$33.5m across Chairman’s and the Australian Broodmare Sale is very rewarding” said Inglis New South Wales bloodstock manager Chris Russell.

“It hasn’t been an easy few months, but we have been committed to helping vendors sell their horses, while helping buyers find horses that satisfy their demands and our team gets great satisfaction out of each and every sale that gets completed.

“We're looking forward to our series of sales in July and with those in mind, I think vendors can be confident that we are doing all we can to ensure an optimum set of results for them going forward” added Russell.

Mares remain available for sale from both the Chairman’s Sale and the Australian Broodmare Sale.

Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital May Online Sale, which will run from May 22 to 27, while entries remain open for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, which is scheduled for July 8.

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