By Peter Wharton
More than 80 per cent of the dams represented in this year’s Garrard’s Redcliffe Yearling Sale, to be held at Redcliffe Paceway on Sunday, April 2, are race-winning mares and 50 percent are winner-producing mares.
Of the 57 lots catalogued, 45 are out of race winners – including 34 sub 2:00 winners – while 29 of the dams are winner-producers and have left 89 individual winners of 632 races between them.
Among the race-winning dams are Group and Listed winners in Sheza No Fake (QBred Triad 2, 3 & 4YO), Come Cullect (NSW Ranji Bill), the Queensland Gold Sales Final and QBred Breeders Classic winner Georgia Grace, the QBred Triad and Breeders Classic winner Bonnie Jujon, Kotare Kasai (Tas. Matron) and the smart racemares Our Ice Ice Baby Ca (1:52.6), Our Seduce Me NZ (1:52.8), Sweet As Candy, Tandy Franco NZ (1:54.3), Glen Isla NZ (1:54.8), Charlyse NZ (1:55), Nerio NZ (1:55.1) and Say It Isnt So (1:55.2).
The dams listed in the catalogue have left Group winners such as the QBred Triad winner Wicked Style, She’s Miss Devine, winner of the Redcliffe Sales Classic, QBred For Life and Redcliffe Oaks, Blazing Terror (Paleface Adios Classic), the Redcliffe Sales Classic victors Mathilda Diventa, Couldntresist, Designer Style, Dapper Bessie and Speak The Truth, Mach Dreamy (QBred Breeders Classic), the Tasmania Cup winner Gotta Good Reason, Justa Little Bit (Canberra Cup), the Breeders Crown trotting champions Susan Is Her Name and Margaret Jean and the prolific Albion Park winner Major Generaljujon ($142,268).
All yearlings sold at the sale are eligible for the guaranteed $100,000 Garrard’s Redcliffe Yearling Sale 2YO Classic in 2024 and the $50,000 3YO Classic in 2025.
They are also eligible for QBred, Breeders Crown, Bathurst Gold Crown, NSW Breeders Challenge and Vicbred.
It is a non-reserve sale with no upset price or minimum bidding price.
Click here to view pedigrees on the sale company’s website
Hard copies are available from the Albion Park and Redcliffe tracks, Garrard's Horse & Hound stores, or by phoning Darren Ebert on 0410 688 176, Rebecca Ebert 0404 050 483 or emailing ebertancoauctioneer@outlook.com