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Love Of Liberty is bought by Yulong and will likely go to Alabama Express
Love Of Liberty (General Nediym) sold for $250,000 to Yulong to top the Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale on Wednesday. Offered by Makybe, Love Of Liberty was sold in foal to Spirit Of Boom (Sequalo).
The dam of the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou-trained Group 1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) winner Ellsberg (Spill The Beans) is now likely to be covered by Yulong resident Alabama Express (Redoute's Choice).
"She will likely go to Alabama Express on the back of the fact General Nediym has clicked fantastically well with sons of Redoute's Choice,'' Yulong's Sam Fairgray said.
"That will make the resultant foal a very close relation to Ellsberg as well and that's what we're after.
"Love Of Liberty has produced a Group 1 winner so mares like her, you can only want to have them in your broodmare band.''
Makybe's Joe Murray was delighted with the sale.
"We're really happy with the result,'' Murray said.
"We bought her through Inglis Digital for $8500, made some great returns with her foals selling well and we wanted to see if the market was out there for a mare like her off the coattails of Ellsberg and it turns out that through Inglis Digital, it was.
"It's just so easy to put these mares up online with Inglis Digital, I've had plenty of phone calls and emails, there was plenty of interest in her so people knew she was online.''
Murray said Love Of Liberty was initially going to be offered at the Chairman's Sale but they opted to take advantage of the timely and convenient nature of selling on Inglis Digital.
"We could have gone to the Chairman's with her but everything sells just as well on the Digital Sale and you don't have to take her out of the paddock,'' he explained.
"To have to put her on a truck and take her all the way to the sales, especially with staff shortages at the moment, this removes that headache of one; sourcing staff and two; finding and paying for accommodation and all of that."
Love Of Liberty was one of 297 lots to sell for $3,048,650 during the sale. The clearance rate finished at 74 per cent, with the average at $10,265 and median at $4,500.
