Bon's Away Half-Sister Sells for $355,000

Meanwhile, also selling during Wednesday night’s Inglis Digital June (Early) Online, Sale, 5YO mare Street Icon (Street Boss) – a half-sister to multiple Group-performed Bons Away (Bon Hoffa) – was the second top lot of the sale at $355,000, following a drawn-out bidding war between several parties. The Group-performed mare was secured by Adam Mackrell’s Bell View Park Stud, who will look for a suitable stallion for her this coming season before re-offering her in 2022. “I’m happy to pay the money for these sorts of mares, especially after attending the breeding stock sales including Chairman’s and seeing mares with similar records making at least that amount,” Mackrell said. “It’s been well documented how hot the market is but to be fair Street Icon is by a top stallion, she’s from a very good family that looks to have upside and is a multiple stakes-performer herself, she ticks all the boxes from a trading perspective we just have to be smart about the mating.” Mackrell added, “We had her inspected and she’s just above 16 hands with a nice frame, plus she’s Danehill free so she’s easy to breed with and the plan is to put her back through the sales. Street Icon was offered by Ken King Thoroughbreds, who also raced her half-brother Bons Away having purchased the dam Villa Albani (Mossman) for just $2,000 at the 2012 Inglis Great Southern Sale. Five-time winning mare Malahide, by the in-form Cox Plate winner Shamus Award and closely related to Haut Brion Her (Zoustar), rounded out the top three with trainer/breeder Steve Tregea of Windemere Farm placing the winning bid of $320,000.