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Stakes winning trio Bend The Knee, Royalzel and Ranting among 273 lots catalogued
The Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale is now open for bidding, with stakes winners Bend The Knee (Snitzel), Royalzel (Snitzel) and Ranting (Zoustar) among the 273 lots catalogued. Those lots comprised 173 racehorses, 62 race fillies, 51 broodmares, 31 shares, 15 yearlings and three unrated horses.
Trained by John O'Shea, four-year-old gelding Bend The Knee has won twice with his biggest victory to date coming in the Listed Amanda Elliott Handicap (1400m) at Flemington in November 2021. Royalzel is another stakes winning son of Snitzel (Redoute's Choice) in the sale with the four-year-old entire the winner of four of his 18 career starts including the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) as a juvenile in 2021. A son of Zoustar (Northern Meteor), Ranting won the Group 3 Blue Sapphire (1200m) as a juvenile and has earned over $500,000 in prize money in 23 career starts for Leon and Troy Corstens.
Also among the catalogue are mares in foal to stallions such as Anders, Fierce Impact, Hanseatic, Dubious and Churchill, as well as mares with foals at foot by sires including D'Argento, Smart Missile, Tassort, Zousain, Spieth, Anders etc.
There are entries by leading consignors including Ciaron Maher Racing, Hawkes Racing, Waterhouse/Bott Racing, Snowden Racing, Bjorn Baker, Lindsay Park, Price/Kent Racing, Annabel Neasham, Anthony and Sam Freedman, Widden Stud, Lindsey Smith, Ultra Thoroughbreds, Cornerstone Stud, Proven Thoroughbreds etc.
