Inglis Digital enjoyed a spectacular start to the new year with broodmare Fashion Faux Pas (USA) realising $1,150,000 late in today’s January (Late) Online Sale.
Offered by Newgate on behalf of the James Harron Bloodstock broodmare partnership – in foal to Snitzel – Fashion Faux Pas sold to Coolmore’s Justin Carey.
Fashion Faux Pas was one of many brilliant results in the January Sale, which ended with a gross of $5.46m.
Coolmore purchased a Snitzel yearling colt out of Fashion Faux Pas earlier this month for $1.7m and Carey was adamant on securing the mare when she became available on Inglis Digital soon after.
“Firstly I want to congratulate James Harron and his partners in Phil Mehrten, Belinda Bateman, the Doyle family and Love Racing on breeding such a stunning colt that we were so excited to buy a fortnight ago,’’ Carey said.
“We’re delighted to have bought this mare off them, a group we’ve had a great relationship with via the likes of King’s Legacy and the very exciting 3YO Espionage.
“We look forward with great excitement to the future with Fashion Faux Pas. We have a high opinion of these fast American mares that seem to have good chemistry with Snitzel and it’s worked with the likes of [G1-winning Inglis Easter graduate] Switzerland so hopefully we can enjoy similar success in the future with this mare.
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