Arrivals are starting to slow.

Bombora Downs provides Yearling Preparations for the Melbourne Yearling Sales as well as Weanling Preparations for the winter sales. These horses are available for sale prior to any attending the sales, and will be listed here for your perusal.

• A full brother to HIGHLAND REEL (IRE), winner of six Group 1’s, and a sire on the rise
• By breed shaping sire GALILEO (IRE), 2001 European Champion Three-Year-Old plus leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 2008, then regaining the title from 2010 through to 2020.
• Out of the blue hen mare HVEGER, a sister to Group 1 winner and sire ELVSTROEM, half-sister to Group 1 winner and sire HARADASUN, and three-quarter-sister to Group placed, Altius.
• The winner of 3 races and over $1 million in stakes, with his first win coming as a 2yo over 1500m. 
• A Group 1 winner at Caulfield over 2000m against the older horses in the MRC Caulfield Stakes
• With Highland Reel out of the country, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE is an excellent alternative to access a hot pedigree at a very respectable price

Follow Cape of Good Hope on our Socials

• Cliff’s Edge is a multiple Group 2 AND a multiple Group 3 winner
• Multiple Group 2 and 3 placings
• Wins were from the elite sprints at 1200m
• Wins up to the classic middle-distance range of 2040m
•  Plus he won as a 2yo
• Stakes winner as a 3yo and 4yo and stakes placed by a nose as a 5yo
• He raced against and defeated Australia's elite
• First crop has a 66% strike rate – winners to runners
  Including metro winner and twice stakes places WINNASEDGE
  - 3rd SAJC Tobin Bronze Stakes [G2] 1200m
  - 3rd MVRC Red Anchor Stakes [G3] 1200m
• Plus Verona Rupes (metro), Escarpa, Marilyn’s Edge, Just Cliffy and Edges Diamond

Follow Cliff’s Edge on our Socials

 

• A son of super sire EXCEED AND EXCEL - Australian Champion Sprinter (2003/04) and Australian Champion Sire (2012/13). A sire of over 200 stakes winners worldwide (June 2023) while in Australia that currently sits at 118 stakes winners and growing.
• From the G1 winning mare and blue-hen producer, RESPONSE (Charge Forward). 
• A half-brother to Estijaab, winner of the 2018 Golden Slipper.
• Another 5 half-siblings are individual winners including 2022 INGLIS Easter sale graduate ($2,250,000) Congregation, winner of his first two starts as a 2yo and now to race in Hong Kong
• De Gaulle was unraced. A tendon injury cut his career short following promising trials in training with Peter and Paul Snowden. 
• From his first crop where he stood privately De Gaulle has had 10 to the races for 6 winners. 
• De Gaulle presents a real opportunity for the 'breed to race' breeder to access high class bloodlines at an affordable price point.

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