Maine Chance Farms’ exciting stallion Erupt comes from one of the best families in the stud book, and this remarkable female line was again to the fore on the first day of the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Tuesday.

Consigned by Coolmore Stud (as Agent), a bay daughter of Fastnet Rock, from the same female line as Erupt, was knocked down to Asian Bloodstock Services for an even $1 000 000.

The filly, lot 185, is an own sister to a multiple winner and her dam Port Augusta (intriguingly inbred to Fanfreluche –fourth dam of Erupt) is a half-sister to four stakes winners notably dual G1 winner and top class sire Holy Roman Emperor.
The latter, twice Champion Sire in Hong Kong, is the sire of 80 stakes winners at the time of writing, including the G1 winners Romanised, Morandi, Homecoming Queen, Sheidel, Mongolian Khan, Rich Tapestry and Horse Of The Year Designs On Rome.

Port Augusta’s granddam is Canadian Horse Of The Year and US champion Fanfreluche (one of Northern Dancer’s greatest daughters), whose numerous high class descendants include not only the aforementioned top sires Holy Roman Emperor and Encosta De Lago but also Australian champion sire Flying Spur and she is also the fourth dam of Erupt.

The latter, who proved highly popular in his first season at Maine Chance last year, is one of nearly 40 G1 winners sired by outstanding stallion Dubawi, whose current flagbearers include unbeaten Cartier Champion Too Darn Hot, 2019 G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Old Persian and the very exciting Ghaiyyath –a brilliant winner of the recent G2 Prix d’Harcourt.