A look at the relations to Group 1 winners who will be offered at Inglis Premier.
Sunshine In Paris's Group 1 win at Randwick last Saturday could not have come at a better time for one vendor at this year's Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, which starts at Oaklands Junction on Sunday.
The Surround Stakes success ensured the spotlight will shine even more brightly on Lot 250, which goes through late on Day 1, a Segenhoe Stud-prepared youngster who is a half-brother to Sunshine In Paris (Invader).
Like Sunshine In Paris, the colt is out of the Zabeel mare Zenaida but a member of the first crop of yearlings by former star juvenile Dubious.
He takes to 17 the number of siblings to Group 1 winners who will be sold at Premier, with half-sisters to In Secret and Vow And Declare and a half-brother to Tuvalu among those to also be offered at the sale that runs from Sunday through until Tuesday.
Relations to Group 1 winners at Premier 2023
Lot 55: Colt by Star Turn out of the Catbird mare Purrpurrlena, who is the dam of former champion South African 2YO Entisaar, a daughter of More Than Ready.
Lot 146: Tenth foal of the Colombia mare Snow Flight, who is the dam of Moir Stakes and Winterbottom Stakes winner Viddora. The Yarraman Park-prepared filly is by Hellbent, a son of I Am Invincible, who is the sire of Viddora.
Lot 180: Miranda Park is selling a filly by Headwater who is out of Supriym Story, a daughter of General Nediym whose star product to date is VRC Oaks winner Lasqueti Spirit.
Lot 250: This colt by Dubious received a serious pedigree upgrade just last weekend when his older half-sister Sunshine In Paris, who is by Invader, won the Surround Stakes. They are both out of the Zabeel mare Zenaida, who has also thrown Group 3 winner Macroura.
Lot 258: Yulong is selling a colt by National Defense out of Affairoftheheart (Fusaichi Pegasus), who is the dam of New Zealand Derby winner Rocket Spade.
Lot 297: Another member of the Yulong draft, who is by Yulong's foundation stallion Grunt, the colt is out of the Flying Spur mare Better Alternative who counts Australian Cup, Tancred Stakes, Turnbull Stakes and Victoria Derby winner Preferment among the six winners she has had from seven foals to race.
Lot 348: By Written Tycoon from the Ne Coupez Pas mare Coupe Express, the filly is a sister to Moir Stakes and Oakleigh Plate winner Pippie.
Lot 396: Colt by American stallion Omaha Beach from the Exceed And Excel mare Elite Ateates, who has had three to race for three winners including Winterbottom Stakes winner Elite Street.
Lot 397: Sure to be one of the banner lots of the sale being a daughter of four-time champion stallion Snitzel – one of just seven at the sale – out of Choisir mare Eloping, who is the dam of last year's explosive Coolmore Stud Stakes winner and leading Newmarket Handicap fancy In Secret.
Lot 400: The dam of this Exceed And Excel colt, the Hussonet mare Elzeeza, has had four to race for as many winners, the pick of them being Epaulette colt Soqrat, who was a three-time Group 1 winner in South Africa and was crowned Champion 2YO Colt in 2017/18.
Lot 439: Newhaven Park is selling a colt by Exceedance out of the Snippets mare Gavroche, whose first foal was Bel Sprinter – a son of Bel Sprinter – who won a Galaxy in Sydney.
Lot 440: Vow And Declare (Declaration Of War) was passed in at Inglis Classic, but on Monday Premier will offer the seventh living foal of Geblitzt, the dam of the 2019 Melbourne Cup winner. The filly, who is being offered by Widden Stud, is by Dundeel.
Lot 447: Daughter of Redoute's Choice's first-season sire Alabama Express out of the Zabeel mare Glitzabeel, who produced Australasian Oaks winner Princess Jenni after being put to High Chaparral.
Lot 461: Two days after Tuvalu (Kermadec) runs in the G2 Blamey Stakes, Merricks Station will offer an Impending colt out of the Exceed And Excel mare Hangin' Tough, a three-quarter-sister to Helmet who is the dam of last year's Toorak Handicap winner.
Lot 464: Jonker's biggest win came in Victoria and that's where his sister will be offered. Queensland's Eureka Stud is offering a filly by Spirit Of Boom out of the Kempinsky mare Hearts And Arrows, who has had three to race for three winners.
Lot 490: Invisible Coin is a sister to a Group 1 winner – Cheeky Choice – and she produced an elite-level winner of her own when Gypsy Goddess, who is by Tarzino, won last year's Queensland Oaks. Bhima Thoroughbreds will offer Invisible Coin's seventh foal, a colt by Belardo.
Lot 537: Japanese stallion Staphanos has one lot catalogued, a Maluka-prepared colt out of Generous mare Lioness, who is the dam of 2010 Victoria Derby winner and 2011 Underwood Stakes winner Lion Tamer.
