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Bought by Suman Hedge Bloodstock and will visit Written Tycoon this season

Fasika (So You Think) became the second most expensive lot to sell on the Inglis Digital online sales platform, after Funstar (Adelaide) made $2.7 million last month, when she was bought on Wednesday by Suman Hedge Bloodstock for $920,000 during the August (Late) sale. 

The multiple stakes winning mare will reside at Milburn Creek after being covered by the Yulong-based Written Tycoon (Iglesia) this season. 

“It was always the plan, if we purchased her, to go to Written Tycoon which will give her a great start as a broodmare and will add to the tremendous book he has this year,” Hedge said of Fasika. 

“I think Two Bays Farm was the underbidder, we purchased a Written Tycoon weanling from them last year that they retained an interest in, it was great to know other good judges were bidding on her.

“Obviously with travel restrictions we were unable to inspect her, so we relied heavily on Inglis who we have a lot of faith and trust in and they were very complimentary on her as a type. 

“It was a collective group of resources, Scott Holcombe at Milburn Creek gave us the tick as he is looking after the majority of the mares, then we applied information from ratings experts, feedback from her trainer Joe Pride and others about their general impressions from seeing her at the races.

“We want to be pragmatic so to be making a purchase of this magnitude, it’s extremely helpful to have their counsel and to have things such as professional videos produced by Inglis.

“We watched the ‘Fasika Feature’ with interest having received it via email. It reminded everyone of not just her best performances, but the style in which she won her races, the horses she defeated and just emphasised how good she was from her dominant maiden win to her final start.

“I hope she can produce foals as good as she was.”

James Moss of Tricolours Racing and Syndications, who raced the daughter of So You Think (High Chaparral) said he and the big ownership group were delighted with the result.

“We couldn’t be happier, from the very outset it was about letting the market dictate what she is worth and it’s certainly done that,” Moss said.

“Inglis Digital did a fantastic job with the marketing campaign and while we’d have loved to have had Fasika in our spring carnival arsenal, we’re excited to see her future progeny, in particular her first foal by Written Tycoon.”