A draft of 43 Godolphin broodmares and 13 Godolphin racehorses—as well as a group 1 winner in foal to one of the world's most exciting stallions—headlines a fascinating catalog for the Inglis Digital Australia May (Early) Online Sale, which opened for bidding May 8.
The May (Early) auction—featuring the second and final Australian Broodmare Sale Session exclusively for race fillies and broodmares—contains drafts from many of Australia's leading nurseries such as Arrowfield, Newgate, and Yulong.
A total of 472 lots have been cataloged for the sale. The broodmare session (which closes from 10 a.m. local time May 14) contains 200 broodmares and 62 race fillies. The remainder consists of 99 racehorses, 48 racehorse shares, 32 yearlings, 19 weanlings, five unraced stock, four 2-year-olds, two breeding rights, and one stallion, and will close out May 13.
Among the Godolphin offerings are stakes winners, stakes producers, up-and-coming young racehorses, relations to grade/group 1 winners and mares in foal to the likes of Anamoe, Street Boss, Cylinder, Bivouac, Native Trail, and Traffic Warden.
The draft includes 10 fillies or mares by outstanding sire Exceed And Excel as well as daughters of Street Cry, Medaglia d'Oro, Too Darn Hot, Lonhro, Street Boss, Commands, and Harry Angel.
Group 1 winner Affaire a Suivre is another highly attractive entry in the May (Early) sale.
The Kentucky-domiciled 2023 Australasian Oaks (G1) victor is offered in foal to one of the hottest sires in the world in Not This Time on an early September cover. Not This Time's current Northern Hemisphere fee is US$250,000 and he is the sire of 73 stakes winners to date at 14% stakes winners-to-runners.
