$200k for Fidelia Relation at Inglis Gold Sale

Also breaking the old $120,000 Inglis Melbourne Gold Sale record on Monday (see above item), Melbourne trainers Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock teamed up with Peter Ford and Heywood Bloodstock to secure Blue Gum Farm’s Headwater x Little Indian filly (Lot 291) for $200,000. lot is out of a half-sister to Griffiths’ former six-time Stakes placed mare Fidelia, making her an easy target for the stable. “Robbie basically said to me ‘don’t come home without her’,’’ Corey Smith, racing manager for Griffiths de Kock Racing, said of the filly, who was offered on behalf of a large group of Victorian owners. “She was the one we really wanted, we liked how she moved, she has a great walk, strong shoulder, we thought she was the best filly in the sale. The result was one of several outstanding ones for Blue Gum Farm over the course of the two-day auction, which resulted in them ending as leading vendor by selling all 21 of their offerings for a gross of $874,000. “She’s a terrific example for the Gold Sale whereby a nice filly who gets a little bit more time to physically and mentally mature can really come into her own, and that’s exactly what this filly did,’’ Blue Gum’s Phil Campbell said.