Cleo Cat tops Inglis August (Early) Sale at $355,000
A date with More Than Looks (More Than Ready) awaits Wednesday’s Inglis Digital August (Early) sale-topper Cleo Cat (American Pharoah) after she sold to Yulong for $355,000.
The recently retired Group 3-winning mare, offered by her trainer Tom Dabernig on behalf of her ownership group, was one of three lots to realise $200,000 or more at the sale which grossed $3,207,600.
On Cleo Cat, Yulong’s Sam Fairgray said: “She’s a good, fast mare from a nice family, a really good looking mare so she’ll head to More Than Looks, she matches up nicely on pedigree and as a physical with him.
“We were thinking she’d make her $300,000 to $350,000 so we were around the mark. More Than Looks is getting his share of mares now and we can’t wait to show him to the public at our stallion parade from tomorrow [Thursday].’’
Dabernig added: “I’m happy with the price, she deserved to make good money and she’s worth every penny. She’s a well-performed mare and a good physical with a good page, she was very talented and her record indicates that.
“She was just curtailed by injury a little, she could have won better races had she been 100 per cent sound but we wish Yulong all the best with her as a broodmare, I’m sure they’ll look back and think she was a great addition to their broodmare band.’’
The second-top lot was fellow Group 3 scorer Yellow Sam (Ready For Victory), who was offered by her trainer Lindsey Smith and secured by Peter Dunn of Dodmark Thoroughbreds for $305,000.
The six-year-old will continue her racing career with Smith for the time being, starting with Saturday’s P B Lawrence Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m) at Caulfield.
“I liked her breeding, she hasn’t had that many starts so we bought her to race her for the next month or so and then likely send her to stud but who knows, if she wins these starts we might race her on longer, we’ll just decide after her next couple of starts, ” Dunn said.
Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital August (Late) Sale, which will run from August 22-27, and will remain open until midnight next Wednesday, August 20.