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The strong start to yesterday’s session saw Widden Stud win the battle for Gr.2 winner Tsartisa (Dane Shadow), the dam of talented 2YO Patton (American Pharoah), for $950,000 in foal to I Am Invincible. Offered by Attunga Stud as Lot 1100, Tsaritsa is a half-sister to Gr.2 winner Ninth Legion (Fastnet Rock) and the stakes-placed Sing A Love Song (Your Song). Tsaritsa’s weanling filly by The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) sold last week to agent Justin Bahen for $300,000.
The American Pharoah (Patton) was one of the better American Pharoahs we saw that year and her foal at this foal sale had great quality as well. It gives you great confidence that not only is she a lovely type of mare, but she throws that as well. Champion stallion Zoustar (Northern Meteor), who stands at Widden, has been pencilled in for Tsaritsa this year. Widden Stud bought six mares over the three days, led by Gr.2-winning sprinter Humma Humma (Denman) who made $1 million on Tuesday.
Some of our new stallions, Russian Camelot and Doubtland in Victoria, and Anders in the Hunter, we’ve been targeting some mares that will really suit them,”Thompson said. All three stallions are getting really good support so far, but we want to find the mares that really put the cherry on top and really help launch their careers.
There's a bit of that going on and with the rest of our stallions there, we have plenty of options. We are just looking for nice mares all the time and if there is something we really like, we’ll go a bit further on them (to buy them).
Thompson added: “We have had a bit of luck with some mares out of this rung, with Bonny O'Reilly and Vezalay, mares of that ilk which have been bought in foal and we got good results with those foals.