Bott pays $235,000 for son of I Am Invincible.
Randwick winner Faretti (I Am Invincible) was the headline act of the Inglis Digital Online July (Early) Sale after the gelding was purchased by Adrian Bott (as agent) - who trained the son of Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice) with Gai Waterhouse - for $235,000 on Thursday.
Purchased by Reg Inglis, Jon Kelly and Paul Frampton for a sale-topping $2 million at the 2018 edition of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the three-year-old has run seven times for one victory, while he also posted a fourth place finish in the Brian Crowley Stakes (Listed, 1200m) as a two-year-old.
Catalogued as Lot 567, the gelding is one of two winners out of Morphettville Guineas (Listed, 1600m) winner Tai Tai Tess (Magic Albert).
The gelding's third dam is dual Group 1 scorer Arborea (Imperial Prince) - the dam of Grade 2 winner Delta Form (Marscay), while she is the grandam of Grade 2 winner Szumul (Showing Up), Grade 3 scorer High Seas Beauty (High Chaparral) and Group 2 winner and now sire Drumbeats (Redoute's Choice).
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Inglis were forced to move their Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale online and a colt by Dundeel (High Chaparral) grabbed top honors of that section of the auction after he was purchased by Peter Caporn for $120,000, making him the most expensive yearling sold on a digital platform.
"Given the current situation I was obviously unable to see the horse myself in person but from what I could see online and from talking to the right people, he's very reminiscent of a couple of good gallopers I've had over the years,'' Caporn said.
"He walked like a good horse, looks like a good horse, he's very typical of the Dundeels and the first two out of the mare can both gallop and this colt is bigger and better than either of them at this stage of their development I believe.
"The online process, it's so easy with Inglis. There's no doubt Inglis Online is as good as anywhere in the world. The staff are helpful, the process to either buy or sell is very easy, we couldn't fault it.''
Offered as Lot 303 and part of the Maluka Thoroughbreds draft, the colt is out of unraced Commands (Danehill) mare Blessit, who has produced two winners.
Blessit herself is out of Listed-placed Blazing Aura (Blazing Sword), making her a half-sister to Group 3 winner Red Flair (Testa Rossa) and Listed scorer Distorted Halo (Distorted Humor), while Group 2 winner Spirits Dance (Liberty Of Liberty) also features further back on the page.
"It was great to see him achieve that price,'' Maluka Thoroughbreds' Luke Anderson said.
"To see how he developed the past three or four months, it was a blessing in disguise that this sale was forced back to now for this bloke as he just needed a bit more time to mature and develop which he has.
"He's a lovely horse with a great attitude, I just like the way he goes about things, he's athletic, he's got a lot of attributes you want to see in a nice horse. He's got a lot going for him.''
The next highest-priced lot of the Melbourne Gold Yearling Sale was a colt by Darley stallion Teofilo (Galileo), who was snapped up by E Wong for $110,000.
Catalogued as Lot 436 and offered by Chatswood Stud, the colt is out of five time-winning Zabeel (Sir Tristram) mare Hot Augusta, who is herself a sister to Light Fingers Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Adrift and a three-quarter sister to multiple Group 1 winner Maldivian (Zabeel).
The online sale also featured a draft of mares offered by Godolphin, which saw 41 broodmares and race fillies sell for a gross of $617,750 and the winning race filly Delicately (Medaglia d'Oro) was the most expensive of the draft, selling to T Lavalle for $65,000.
The three-year-old filly, who broke her maiden in May at the fourth time of asking, is out of three time-winning Exceed And Excel (Danehill) mare Genteel and from the family of Listed winner Only She Can (Marju). The filly was catalogued as Lot 471.
At the close of trade, Inglis reported the online sale finished with an aggregate of $5,617,900 - a new record - eclipsing the May sale's aggregate of $4.8 million.
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