The Inglis Digital USA July Sale closed July 30 with a pair of stakes-winning juveniles heading up the trade, topped by Good Civilian, who was secured by Flurry Racing Stables for $240,000.
Good Civilian has had an electric start to his racing career, winning impressively in his June 14 debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis by 11 1/2 lengths. He then asserted his dominance in stakes company July 5, getting clear late to win the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows by one length.
A gelding by Good Samaritan, Good Civilian was consigned by trainer Genaro Garcia, who made the horse available for inspection from his barn at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Good Civilian was previously raced by Southwest Racing Stables.
"I'm glad we were able to get him," said Staton Flurry of Flurry Racing. "He'll head to (trainer) Cipriano Contreras. I'm the biggest 'Cippy' fan there is, and he's stabled in Indiana. We'll point toward the Indiana-bred stakes with him, and just see where we go once that meet is over."
Bred in Indiana by Dawn Martin, Good Civilian is out of the winning Benny the Bull mare Lei It On Me, whose two foals to race are both winners.
Stakes-winning 2-year-old Border Czar also stood out Wednesday, hammering to Zhenxi Li for $185,000.
The Beau Liam filly won on debut at Woodbine June 7, going last to first to take a maiden special weight over the all-weather main track. She came back July 12 to once again display a powerful stretch run in the My Dear Stakes over the same surface, winning by 2 3/4 lengths.
Barbara Minshall, Border Czar's owner and trainer, consigned the filly from her base at Woodbine.
"I had a very good experience selling on the Inglis Digital USA sale platform," Minshall said. "They were very helpful and informative as to what was required, and they kept me well informed as to the progress of the sale. Daily info sheets were sent, and I felt my horse was given excellent exposure. I would definitely choose to sell again with Inglis Digital USA."
Border Czar was bred in Kentucky by Southern Comfort Farm, out of the winning Street Boss mare Adalee, whose three winners from four runners also includes stakes winner Feelgood Factor and seven-time winner Sassy and Bold.
Wednesday's auction closed with 27 horses sold for a gross of $537,500 with an average sale price of $19,907, and a median of $4,000. Twenty-one horses failed to meet their reserve, resulting in an RNA rate of 43.75%.
"We knew going into the sale that the 2-year-olds were going to be popular, and we weren't disappointed," said Kyle Wilson, senior director of sales and recruiting for Inglis Digital USA. "We had some good trade at a number of levels, which we are pleased with. It was a solid sale, and we'll look forward moving into the fall sale season."
Offerings that finished under their reserves Wednesday are still available to purchase on the Inglis Digital USA website.
Entries are now open for the Inglis Digital USA September Sale, and they will be taken through Aug. 25. The catalog will be released Aug. 29, and bidding will close Sept. 3.
To enter a horse in the September sale, register as a bidder, or make a bid on an RNA horse from the July sale, visit www.inglisdigitalusa.com.
This press release has been edited for content and style by BloodHorse Staff.
