At the 2026 Inglis Easter Sale, Proven Thoroughbreds made an exception for a truly exceptional colt.
Lot 85, the SNITZEL x SHADES OF ROSE colt from Arrowfield Stud was knocked down for $400,000. This is the highest price Proven has EVER paid for a colt.
When you get into this price range, there is no room for compromise and this colt was worth every cent.
It’s not often you can classify $400,000 as good value but when you consider the dam traded for $1.6million and the sire’s career high service fee of $247,500, there is no doubt the vendor was expecting more from the sale of the first foal.
And what a first foal he is. Some first foals can be on the smaller side. This colt, however, is most definitely on the bigger side which was one of his main attractions as many of SNITZEL’s top colts are above average size (eg SHINZO, SWITZERLAND, IN THE CONGO, TRAPEZE ARTIST, WANDJINA, WILD RULER, etc).
Another obvious lure was the fact he is a three-quarter relation to SCALLOPINI – a marvellous son of SNITZEL Proven purchased in 2016 for $200,000. During a career that spanned a remarkable 7 years, SCALLOPINI won 13 races (6 at stakes level) for earnings of $1,154,208.
Joe Pride will be the trainer and given this colt’s pedigree, we are determined to give him every chance to make it as a colt. The Pride stable will be represented by Group 1 winning colt ATTICA in this Saturday’s Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.
The 2026 Inglis Easter Sale was yet another example of how the thoroughbred industry is seemingly impervious to external market influences. Remarkably, the SNITZEL x SHADES OF ROSE colt was still comfortably under the sale average of $464,108.
More details on this blue chip stallion prospect below:
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From the second last crop of champion stallion SNITZEL – unparalleled 18.8% strike rate of stakes horses to runners!
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This season alone SNITZEL has sired 4 individual Group 1 winners (LAZZURA, MARHOONA, BARAQIEL & TRANSATLANTIC), putting daylight between him and any other stallion in the southern hemisphere!
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This is the first foal from Group winning mare SHADES OF ROSE (won 7 of her first 9 starts & finished 3 lengths off GIGA KICK in the 2022 Everest, before fetching $1.6million as a broodmare)
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In just 14 career starts, SHADES OF ROSE defeated 10 individual Group 1 winners including EDUARDO, PRIVATE EYE, ESPIONA, MASKED CRUSADER & KEMENTARI
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Proven Thoroughbreds has intimate knowledge of this family having raced SHADES OF ROSE’s two best siblings – 6 x stakes winner & millionaire earner SCALLOPINI (also a first foal by SNITZEL) & 6 x winner RED RUBI
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Arrowfield Stud graduates account for 20% of the Group 1 winners to emerge from the Inglis Easter Sale since 2010!
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1 in 10 horses inbred to blue hen mare SHANTHA’S CHOICE go on to achieve stakes success
Please get in touch with Jamie Walter (0418 281 447) or Tom Walter (0425 254 533) if you would like to discuss this rare ownership opportunity. Alternatively you can send us an email via info@proventhoroughbreds.com.au