Ardad ex Some Spirit filly

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Super sharp, super early and bred to have plenty of ability - that’s how we’d pigeonhole this beautiful, great moving individual by ARDAD.She represents one of those sorts of individuals, who, were there 2yo races from January onwards, she could be prepped and ready for those, that’s how forward and precocious she would appear. Of course, with that, comes the suggestion that 2025 could be her best season on the track, and that’s precisely what we’ll embrace and gear her up for. She ought to be out very early in 2025 and we’ll keep her busy, with the lucrative Weatherby's Super Sprint a possible mid-summer target. Having won this race before in 2022: Eddie's Boy walks away with Super Sprint > Australia and International Horse Racing news updated daily (thoroughbrednews.com.au)

This filly could just represent the bargain of the sale. Here’s a list of those who bid or were very keen to bid on this filly - Rod Millman, Robson Aguiar, Middleham Park Racing and, of course, Alice Haynes, who the filly was knocked down to in the ring for £25,000. Another fantastic bonus, she qualifies for a €10,000 'IRE' bonus, should she win a qualifying maiden or novice Stakes race in 2025. You can read more about how it works, here: https://www.itm.ie/Buying/Sales-Incentives/IRE-Incentive

Watch her walking video below: 

Actually, unknown to both ourselves and Alice, we underbid the filly with a bid of £22,000, we only stopped because we didn’t have a trainer in mind at the time of bidding. We like to have both a trainer in mind and their respective approval before deciding to buy/bid on any horse in particular.

We’d hoped to bid on her with Rod Millman, he was a fan - and a great judge of a sharp 2yo filly is Rod - and alongside him, we’d have bid a fair bit more than £25,000, however we’d decided to wait for a filly a few lots later, who subsequently sold to Godolphin representatives for £130,000 - she was a half-sister to our very own Group performer CLARENDON HOUSE.

Ours and Rod’s loss was Alice’s gain, so we decided to jump aboard as soon as the actualities unravelled, given Alice had purchased the filly ‘on spec’. It’s a tale, we can regale, to hopefully substantiate our claims, regarding her potential ‘bargain of the sale’ tag.

‘The harder you work this sale, the luckier you get’ – buyers bid to keep the romance alive as sales season rolls into Doncaster | Racing Post

Watch a video of her settling in nicely at her pre training yard already: