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A total of 18 horses offered unreserved.
Godolphin will offer an unreserved draft of 18 horses as part of the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Auction and the draft received a major boost with Esperance (Bernardini) winning the at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Godolphin consignment ranges from seasoned veterans to unraced two-year-olds as well as up-and-coming three-year-olds.
Esperance - who is the winner of five of his 18 starts - is one of the stand-outs of the draft and he is a half-brother to Group 2 winner Obsequious (Lonhro). The James Cummings-trained five-year-old scored a half-length victory at Rosehill on Saturday over 1200 metres.
Regally-bred The Driller (Sea The Stars) is among the other stand-outs of the lots set to be offered online. The gelding - who is out of Group 1 winner Shamal Wind (Dubawi) - broke his maiden at Geelong on May 15 and finished second at the same track last Friday. Godolphin purchased him for $325,000 at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2018.
In total 15 of the 18 strong draft are lightly raced three-year-olds – four of which are fillies - by the likes of Exceed And Excel (Danehill), Medaglia d'Oro (El Prado), Shooting To Win (Northern Meteor), Reset (Zabeel), Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux) and Helmet (Exceed And Excel).
High quality videos of each horse will be available to view at inglisdigital.com from Tuesday June 2 and horses will be available for inspection by appointment only at Riverside Stables from 2pm of Monday, June 8. To book an inspection time, please contact Brett Gilding – brett.gilding@inglis.com.au or 0401 300 280.
Godolphin will also provide the horse's current status, disclose any vices, provide height and weight when in training, any bonus schemes the gallopers are eligible for, a veterinary report and any recent gear changes.
"Inglis have invested significant time and resources into ensuring its online platform provides both vendor and buyer with a simple and transparent solution to purchasing and selling bloodstock and Godolphin is looking forward to participating for the first time," Godolphin's racing and bloodstock manager Jason Walsh said.
"As always we will be providing full disclosure of relevant information pertaining to each individual horse, so prospective buyers can source racehorses from Godolphin with confidence. Please reach out to the Godolphin and Inglis Teams and book an inspection time for the draft at Riverside or peruse the profiles online.''
Godolphin has an unrivalled record of selling quality tried horses at public auction, including Sonntag (Teofilo), who was purchased by Henry Dwyer for $58,000 at the 2013 Inglis Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale and he subsequently go on to win the Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) the following year.
Inglis Digital's business manager Nick Melmeth said: "We are humbled to be offering this outstanding draft on behalf of Godolphin on the Inglis Digital online platform.
"Godolphin is without peer when it comes to a major organisation offering tried horses and it has a proven record over a long period of time.
"This is a unique chance for buyers to get their hands on racing stock by some of Australia's leading sires and part of some of the country's strongest families.
"As always there will be full and total disclosure on every aspect of every horse in this consignment, people can come here to Riverside to inspect them and decide which ones they want to take home with them.''
The Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Auction runs from June 5-10 at inglisdigital.com.
Entries close at midnight this coming Wednesday, June 3.
