Jestajingle enhanced her status as one of the best producers the Inglis Premier sale has seen when she had a filly stand tall on Day 2 of this year’s offering.
The Lonhro mare’s daughter of Snitzel sold to Dean Hawthorne on behalf of Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock for $925,000.
It made her the highest-priced lot of the sale to that point, eclipsing the $650,000 Snitzel filly that topped Day 1, and the second most expensive filly ever sold at Premier behind last year’s $1.1 million I Am Invincible sale-topper.
The $925,000 filly was Jestajingle’s third foal offered at Premier by Blue Gum Farm, behind Bruckner – who topped the 2020 sale at $725,000 – and Zoustar colt who sold for $500,000 last year.
“Obviously the family has a had a real connection to the sale, owned in majority Philip Campbell and Mike Howard and the other owners, who have all been big very supporters of Premier over a long time, so it was wonderful to get the result for them,” Blue Gum’s Sean Dingwall said.
“You never think you’re going to get to that level. We were very confident she’d make six-to-eight (hundred thousand) and then it boils back to the men at the other end that are buying her, so we’re very, very happy.”
Jestajingle’s Zoustar colt, who has been named Tuned, is trained by Annabel Neasham but is yet to race, while Bruckner is now standing at Widden Victoria after a seven-start career realised a Group 3 win in the McNeil Stakes and a Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes second placing.
The $925,000 filly is the first purchase at Premier for Victoria-based Munz since 2019 and Hawthorne said she was a dual-purpose filly they could see doing well on the track before joining the large GSA Bloodstock broodmare band.
“That was a bit more than we expected to pay, but she stood out on the sale ground as the best horse, not only the best filly, but the best horse on the sale ground,” Hawthorne said.
“She had that big middle, she had a big gaskin and a big hindquarter and she looked like she’s going to be a two-year-old.
“She moved very well. I watched her a lot and she just seemed to get on with the job.
“They’re the ones that you can see fronting up in the autumn two-year-old races in Melbourne and Sydney.
“They’re the ones you’re after and if it all goes to plan you’ve got a good type for a broodmare as well.”
The Snitzel filly will be given up to a month to grow out before commencing an education process that is likely to see her join the Anthony Freedman and Sam Freedman stable.
