Group 1-winning son of Pierro purchased for $365,000 on Inglis Digital
Levedi (Pierro) - a winner of the 2018 Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) - winner will stand as a stallion in Tasmania after topping Wednesday’s Inglis Digital May (Late) Online Auction, when selling to McShane Bank for $365,000.
The entire was purchased by Tasmanian trainer Brendan McShane, on behalf of a client, who will stand him at Broadmarsh in Tasmania.
“My client is extremely happy, I’m extremely happy, this will be the first stallion he has ever stood and the first that my family and I have been involved in for around a decade, so we’re very excited,’’ McShane said.
“We’re thrilled with the Sir Tristram line coming through to Lonhro and Pierro and now into this horse, we really think it’s a recipe for success.
“I’m still training in Tassie but I’m excited to be putting the skin back into the breeding industry. We’re proud to be back in the game, our property is moving into its ninth generation so the future looks bright.’’
Levendi was offered by GW Racing Bloodstock Pty Ltd, on behalf of the ownership syndicate.
GW Racing’s Manny Gelagotis said: “We’re excited about his stallion career and at the end of the day, it’s great to see another stallion standing in Tasmania.
“He’s the sort of horse that if he gets the right support, which I’m sure he will, I think he’ll be a star because he was bred to be a star, he was a star on the track, he’s a two-year-old winner, a Group 1 winner, it all adds up.
“We’re really appreciative of Inglis, they’ve always been great to deal with and been great for the stable and they’ve been a tremendous help through all of this as per usual.’’
Catalogued as Lot 352, the son of Pierro (Lonhro) is out of stakes-placed Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) Lipari mare making him a half-brother to Group 3 winners Wu Gok (Sebring) and Marcel From Madrid (Sepoy).
Lipari herself is out of Group 1 winner Tully Thunder (Thunder Gulch) and she is herself the grandam of Listed winner Duplicity (Duporth).
The sale’s second top lot was the James Harron Bloodstock offering Emmalene (Jet Spur), who was offered in foal to Pariah (Redoute’s Choice) and she was purchased by Marina Thoroughbreds for $175,000.
Catalogued as Lot 235, the mare has already produced three winners to date, including stakes-placed Churning (Lonhro) and will be covered by Widden Stud-based sire Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) this spring.
“She was a beautiful mare, an absolutely outstanding physical in foal to one of the most exciting young stallions in Australia in Pariah,’’ Harron said.
“She’s got a very exciting runner in King Kapa in Queensland at the moment and she’s already been a proven producer so the new owners will no doubt have a lot of fun with her and her progeny moving forward.
“$175,000 is a good price, we’re happy with that.’’
At the close of trade, Inglis reported that 256 lots sold at a clearance rate of 73 per cent and the aggregate was $2,898,950. The average was recorded as $11,324, while the median was $4,250.
