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Stakes winning daughter of So You Think included in the Inglis Digital August (Late) sale
The Joe Pride-trained stakes winner Fasika (So You Think) will be offered as part of the forthcoming Inglis Digital August (Late) online sale
Fasika won her first two starts – as a three-year-old – with significant ease before stepping up to stakes class for the first time at her third start and won the South Pacific Classic (Gr 2, 1400m) at Randwick during The Championships in 2019.
Fasika won two further Group races during her career – the Sapphire Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) and the Wenona Girl Handicap (Gr 3, 1200m) - and placed in four others.
She also finished third behind Tofane (Ocean Park) and Pierata (Pierro) in the All Aged Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at just her tenth start. Overall, she secured five wins and five placings from 15 starts for $762,000 in prize money.
Fasika is arguably the fastest daughter of top-class sire So You Think (High Chaparral) – himself responsible for 33 stakes winners and seven Group One winners – out of winning Redoute's Choice (Danehill) mare Jarada.
Arrowfield Stud's late champion sire Redoute's Choice is broodmare sire of 121 stakes winners including 22 Group One winners.
Tricolours Racing's James Moss – who selected Fasika at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale and paid $120,000 for her before managing her racing career.
"She's what every colonial breeder is looking for – big, strong and powerful, a genuine G1 mare that possesses sustained speed, has an on-pace racing style, a powerful finish and proven against the best. She's the perfect mare, the perfect specimen for a breeder,'' Moss said.
"I can't imagine there'd be a stud master in the country or even further afield that wouldn't want a mare like her amongst their mares, she has all the attributes to make an outstanding broodmare.
"When we first saw her at Easter she just had a real presence about her, a beautiful head, so much strength already and she filled out into a magnificent physical and a bloody fast race mare.
"She's proven herself a genuine Group One Weight For Age performer, she raced against and beat the best.''
Moss said he didn't hesitate to offer Fasika through the Inglis Digital platform once the decision was made to sell her.
"Inglis has been the market leader in this space for a long time now, the exposure you get through these Inglis Digital sales is extraordinary and the results speak for themselves, I mean you only need to look at Funstar selling for $2.7m last month to realise top-level mares can make their price through Inglis Digital,'' Moss said.
"Those who get to see her in the flesh over the next couple of weeks and those who see videos and photos that will be available will soon realise what a strong mare she has developed into physically and while it will be sad to say goodbye, she is going to make a lucky breeder extremely happy over the next decade or more.''
Inglis Digital's Business Manager Nick Melmeth added: "She is not a Group One winner but there is no doubting that she was a Group One race mare and much of her form, particularly relative to many other fillies and mares that have sold in recent seasons, is absolutely outstanding.
"We are thrilled that James and his partners have entrusted us with the privilege of selling her for the next phase of her life.
"As was the case with Funstar, we feel that Fasika is a mare that major commercial investors, be they based locally or internationally, need to take very seriously indeed.''
Entries for the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Auction are now open and close on Wednesday, August 18 at midnight.
