Debbie Kepitis goes to $10 Million to secure Winx’s first foal and ensure she would be staying in Australia. As part owner of the mighty mare Winx it was always going to be hard for Debbie Kepitis to part ways with Winx’s first foal by Champion sire Pierro.
The only living foal so far of record-setting champion mare Winx owned by Debbie Kepitis and partners sold for a record $10 million in Sydney.
Debbie Kepitis saw off stiff competition from American investors on the phone having to pull out all the stops in order to secure the Winx Filly.
The filly, by Pierro out of Winx, went under the hammer at the Easter Yearling Sale at Warwick Farm on Monday to be sold by Debbie Kepitis and partners.
Lot 391, was the most anticipated auction in Australian horse racing history, and was snapped up by one of Winx’s part owners, Debbie Kepitis, whose family owns and runs the Woppitt Bloodstock operation.
Debbie Kepitis said after
“I’m privileged to have been able to secure this filly on behalf of my family. To hopefully see if she can get to the racetrack, and if she can’t, she will be an amazing mum. She’s Australian forever, and she’s going to be just fabulous.”
The record breaking Winx famously won 33 consecutive races to finish her career on the turf, including 25 Group 1 wins for Debbie Kepitis and partners.
Winx is the only horse to have won the famed Cox Plate at Mooney Valley four times, achieving it between 2015 and 2018 for Debbie Kepitis and partners.
Her first foal died during birth, a real tragedy for Debbie Kepitis and partners. but Winx is now pregnant again to champion sire Snitzel and is due to give birth next year.
The most expensive yearling sale in Australia prior to Monday was a half brother to legendary sprint queen Black Caviar, which sold for $5 million but was put down in 2013 due to illness following a suspected spider bite.
That horse never made it to the racetrack and, bizarrely, its ownership was retained by the auction house because the buyer allegedly never paid for it after auction.
The previous record sale price for a yearling filly in Australia before being surpassed by Debbie Kepitis this week was $2.6 million, which was the price fetched for Black Caviar’s half sister.
That filly – later named Belle Coutre – raced four times but won only once before being retired to stud.
Debbie Kepitis announced after that Chris Waller would be entrusted to train the Pierro X Winx Filly as he did mum.
Despite the astronomical figures often associated with horse racing ownership, the reality is that it can be much more accessible and affordable than many people realize, you don’t have to have $10 million like Debbie Kepitis.
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So You Think X Bellevue Girl Filly
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This filly is by the multiple worldwide Group 1 winning stallion So You Think, a dual winner of the Cox Plate, sire of 55 stakes winners and 11 individual group 1 winners to date, he is arguably one of Australia’s leading sires for a number of years now.
As a sire So You Think has already sired a winner of The Everest through Think About It.
She is out of the well related Exceed and Excel winning mare Bellevue Girl, herself a full sister to the Group 3 and stakes winning 2 year old winner Sugar Babe.
This filly has a fantastic pedigree and holds great residual value being a half sister to the Group 3 winning and Group 2 Todman stakes runner up Bellevue Hill.
She is a very well balanced filly who moved with great ease. She is a very athletic elegant type that posses class in abundance. She comes off the great Segenhoe Stud nursery the leading producer of stakes horses over the past 5 years in Australia.
This filly will be trained by David Pfieffer out of the state of the art Warwick Farm, Sydney facilities where she will be given every chance. David Pfieffer has already had great success with the progeny of So You Think including $2.2 million earner Rocketing By.
This Filly is eligible for the lucrative Magic Millions race series and BOBS bonus scheme.
Meet Star Turn x Bleue Pepite. This colt is by the Group 1 producing sire Star Turn, one of Australia’s most proven stallions with an incredible 74% winners to runners and sire of the highly exciting Group 3 winning 2YO colt Megastar Heart.
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This colt is by the Group 1 producing sire Star Turn and out of the Fastnet Rock mare Bleue Pepite who has already produced top quality racehorses including the $400k earner and 6 time winner Ruban Bleu as well as 5 time winner La Defense.
Bleue Pepite is a half sister to the Group 3 winning mare Think Bleue.
This Colt is extremely well balanced and a showed a fantastic willing workmanlike attitude. He was well put together with plenty of scope.
He will be trained by recent $500k 2yo Magic Millions debutant winning training Chris Anderson out of his state of the art Eagle Farm, Brisbane facilities. He is eligible for the Magic Millions race series as well as both the lucrative BOBS and QTIS bonus schemes.
Trusted syndicators like Kurrinda Bloodstock, with their industry expertise and proven track record, make this dream achievable for aspiring owners by offering affordable ownership opportunities and a rewarding racehorse ownership experience.
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