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Four-time Group 1 winner set to go under the hammer at Inglis in May

Montefilia (Kermadec) is the latest Group 1 winner to be confirmed for the Inglis Chairman's Sale in May. 

The David Payne-trained daughter of Kermadec (Teofilo) was bought for $130,000 by Payne Racing at the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale from the draft of Tyreel Stud. She went on to win six of her 24 starts and placed in another six. 

Inglis' CEO Sebastian Hutch said the Inglis team is 'honoured' to have the opportunity to sell a mare as accomplished as Montefilia.

Breaking her maiden on debut at two over 1400 metres, her first Group 1 victory came in the Flight Stakes (1600m) on 3 October 2020, before adding the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) a week later. Montefilia added two further Group 1 victories to her resume; The Metropolitan (2400m) in October 2021 and the Ranvet Stakes (2000m) last March. 

Her Ranvet Stakes victory saw her being awarded a Timeform Rating of 122+. 

"She is a fantastic race mare who has been beautifully managed by David Payne and his team,'' Hutch said.

"It's hugely exciting to consider what she might yet achieve as a racehorse but beyond that, she has outstanding credentials as a broodmare, with the second generation of her pedigree bringing together Galileo, Sunday Silence, Monsun and Last Tycoon.

"The term 'world-class' is one that we get to use infrequently, but I think Montefilia deserves to be categorised as a world-class racehorse and world-class breeding prospect.''