Musk Creek Farm is hopeful of sturdy returns because it provides 4 selection broodmares on the Aug. 27 Magic Thousands and thousands Digital Sale, the primary version of an public sale the Victorian farm is eager to help.
A complete of 46 tons will go underneath the hammer on-line from 2 p.m. together with 32 mares headlined by Oakleigh Plate (G1) winner Marabi and group 2 victor Metal Metropolis.
Musk Creek is the equal high vendor by numbers, with 4 high quality broodmares, together with half sisters out of quadruple group 1 winner Divine Madonna in Deipara and Notre Dame.
Stud supervisor Scott Williamson stated the Mornington Peninsula farm was delighted to patronise the progressive new sale.
“We’re all the time joyful to see gross sales firms attempting new issues, so we needed to help Magic Thousands and thousands doing one thing like this,” Williamson informed ANZ. “Magics are placing a variety of effort into it and it seems to be a very good idea, which is a part of the rationale we have put 4 mares into the sale.Join BloodHorse Every day
“Contemplating the market in the meanwhile, I feel it will be fairly selective, however there’s one thing for everybody and other people will have the ability to house in on explicit horses in numerous funds ranges.”
Musk Creek provides two mares in foal, together with Lot 23, Solely Phrases, winner of the 2021Â The Roses (G2) and at listed degree in New Zealand.
The 7-year-old is in foal to Swettenham Stud’s Toronado , who’s adopted on from a powerful 2023-24 during which he ranked thirteenth on the final sires’ desk by capturing to fourth to date on this yr’s version—and first by winners, with 23.
“Toronado is doing nice issues as a sire, so there’s loads of enchantment there, so we thought we would take a look at the market and see the way it responds to a gaggle 2 winner in foal to him,” Williamson stated.
“Her first foal by Maurice is a very athletic, nice-walking first foal, and she or he’s an thrilling younger mare, so we’re hoping she’ll do nicely, particularly being in foal to such a profitable stallion as Toronado. I feel Toronado will make a superb broodmare sire as nicely, being by Excessive Chaparral.”
Musk Creek’s different in-foal providing is Lot 17, American mare Apologynotaccepted , who’s carrying to Darley shuttler Pinatubo .
The 13-year-old mare received 4 races in the USÂ from six furlongs to 1 1/16 miles and was stakes positioned on three events at grade 2 and grade 3 degree.
Her progeny have already shone at yearling gross sales. Goodes—now a winner of 1 from 4 begins for Trent Edmonds—was purchased by the Rosemont Victorian Alliance for AU$500,000 on the Gold Coast in 2022, whereas Plea fetched AU$550,000 there a yr later, purchased by Kia Ora, TFI, and Lloyd Kennewell.
Apologynotaccepted’s half sister Curlin’s Approval  is a grade 2 winner, whereas her full sister Curlin’s Mistress is the dam of the thrilling Headline Numbers , who’s 2-for-2 to start out her profession for Klaravich Stables and coach Chad Brown.
“Apologynotaccepted is a mare who had a variety of potential on the observe herself, has had some nice gross sales outcomes, and she or he’s being supplied in foal to Pinatubo, which could be one thing that piques individuals’s curiosity,” Williamson stated of Darley’s shuttler.
“The primary yearlings by Pinatubo will probably be supplied at gross sales subsequent yr. By all studies everybody preferred his weanlings on the gross sales, and I do know I used to be impressed by them. He could possibly be the following Too Darn Sizzling off the ranks so far as success on the observe goes, as a younger Darley stallion down right here.”
