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Attention turns to three-lot offering after almost $4.4m grossed in Late July Sale.
Fresh from yet another successful digital sale wrapping up on Wednesday, Inglis's attention now turns to another specialised event next month when three horses will be offered.
Australian Bloodstock-owned five-year-old mares Wandabaa, Enchanted Heart and Lunakorn, who have earnt almost $1.6 million between them, will be auctioned online on August 16 and 17.
Inglis Digital's Business Manager, Nick Melmeth, said it would prove a great opportunity ahead of the start of the Southern Hemisphere breeding season on September 1.
"We're thrilled to be offering these mares on behalf of Jamie (Lovett), Luke (Murrell) and the Australian Bloodstock team and they will no doubt all appeal to a wide range of breeders and investors," Melmeth said.
"The new breeding season is only weeks away and it's rare that breeding prospects of this quality appear on the open market, so they represent a fantastic opportunity."
Wandabaa, a daughter of Wandjina, won eight of her 37 starts and $944,715 in stakes. She was placed eight times at Stakes level and last spring beat home all bar Everest contender Lost And Running in the $1m The Hunter.
Enchanted Heart (Shamus Award) also a winner of eight races, including the Listed Takeover Target, is entered to run at Rosehill this Saturday, while Lunakorn (Puissance De Lune) is a two-time city winner who has also placed at Group 3 level.
It follows last week's bespoke sale of Sierra Sue, who realised $1.55 million, and this week's larger offering that saw two-time Group 3-winning WA mare Flirtini top the sale at $385,000.
She was one of six horses who sold for at least $200,000 in a sale that generated $4,379,450 in turnover.
Zing (Zoustar) sold to Kenmore Lodge for $310,000, Derive (Redoute's Choice) and Miss Albania (Magnus) are off to Yulong after being bought for $290,000 and $270,000 respectively, Anagain (Hinchinbrook) was bought by Kitchwin Hills for $265,000, while Yevrah Investments went to $200,000 for Crystal Dynasty (Tavistock).
Flirtini, a daughter of Artie Schiller who cost $150,000 at the Classic Yearling Sale and earnt $612,000 on the track, was bought by Gordon and Janise Shannon.
"We paid more than we expected but that's the way the market is for these good mares at the moment,'' Gordon said.
"She'll stay at Widden and visit one of the Widden stallions, I'm just not sure which one yet.
"She was a terrifically fast mare with a very impressive record and a nice pedigree. All in all I'm very happy to have her – I paid a bit too much for her from what I was planning, but I'm very happy."
This week's sale, on top of the 'Sierra Sue Sale' and the sale earlier in July, saw Inglis gross $11,331,600 in July, which was the third-best month since the inception of Inglis's digital sales.
