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Dual Group 1 winner to be offered in a bespoke Inglis Digital auction
Dual Group 1 winner Sierra Sue (Darci Brahma) will be offered in a bespoke Inglis Digital online auction later this month.
Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Sierra Sue has won nine of her 24 career starts with her Group 1 victories coming in the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) last September and February's Futurity Stakes (1400m).
The daughter of Darci Brahma (Danehill) has a Timeform rating of 119, rated equal to Sunlight (Zoustar), September Run (Exceed And Excel) and She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain) and is only one of nine mares sine 2018 to have won multiple Group 1 races in open age, open sex company up to a mile, joining Winx (Street Cry), Verry Elleegant (Zed), Sunlight and Probabeel (Savabeel).
Sierra Sue is being offered by Emirates Park on behalf of Ozzie Kheir and the ownership group, as a racing and breeding prospect.
Kheir's bloodstock manager Matt Becker of G1 Bloodstock described Sierra Sue as rare offering.
"It takes a very good mare to beat the older horses at Open Weight For Age, it's not something that happens very often,'' Becker said.
"It's even rarer for those types of mares to be offered at public auction, so this really is a special opportunity.
"She's the perfect mare for what the Australian market wants in that she's a sprinter/miler, she's durable, she's sound, she wasn't heavily raced and she competed against and defeated the best at the top level on more than one occasion.
"As a breeding prospect, she is hugely appealing, but the fact that she is sound and produced career best form as recently as the autumn means that the option is there for a prospective purchaser to race her on through the coming season should they so choose.
"One thing I can guarantee is that people won't be disappointed when they see her – she's very good looking and is going to be adaptable to a variety of different stallions.''
Kheir added: "She is just brilliant at 1400 metres – near unbeatable at her best – and her form backs that up.
"She took her racing very well and has the most fantastic temperament with a tremendous will to win.
"From my experience, she has so much in common with the best broodmares and I think she represents an incredible opportunity for discerning investors.''
Inglis Digital's Business Manager Nick Melmeth was excited by the prospect of offering such a distinguished mare through the online platform.
"We are extremely grateful to the ownership group for entrusting us with Sierra Sue's sale, there's no hiding from the fact she is one of the best performed mares we have seen in recent years and she promises to be a broodmare of the highest quality as well,'' Melmeth said.
"Having sold the likes of Funstar and Every Rose and Joyous Legend and Fasika and Archanna etc through Inglis Digital, I'm proud that we have established the platform where sellers want to sell and buyers want to buy and Sierra Sue is thoroughly deserving of attracting similar attention from all the leading breeders and racing operations around the world.''
The 'Sierra Sue Sale' will open for bidding at 9am on Tuesday July 19, with the final countdown of bidding beginning at 4pm on Wednesday July 20.
