Hell Hound joins broodmare band

The second-top lot of the Inglis Digital June (Late) Sale was Hell Hound (Hellbent), a half sister to G2 Blue Diamond Prelude winner Letzbeglam, offered by Vinery Stud in foal to Exceedance and bought by Cambridge Stud for $310,000.

“Phenomenal,” said Vinery Stud’s Harry Roach.

“The interest in her all week was significant and just judging from the amount of phone calls and people coming to the farm to see her, we felt she had a lot of momentum and it all correlated to her selling very well.

“We offered her on behalf of Brookdale Racing’s David Lucas, a very good client of the farm who raced Exceedance with us so that was a nice touch.

“We have a good relationship with Cambridge Stud who bought Letzbeglam (Snitzel) from us as a yearling and they have a really progressive filly by Exceedance Dance to the Boom,” Roach said.

It was these factors and an impending match with their G1-winning stallion Sword of State (Snitzel), that attracted the Cambridge Stud team to Hell Hound.

“She was a good 2YO herself, a city-winning 2YO and we followed her racing career obviously being a half to Letzbeglam,” Cambridge Stud’s Cameron Ring said.

“We had Mike Fleming from Bhima inspect Hell Hound on our behalf and when he gave her the tick and said she’s a 10/10 physical, we knew we would have to work hard to get her.

“We’ve had Stakes success with progeny of Exceedance and another component to why we bought her is we obviously stand Snitzel’s G1-winning son Sword of State, a cross that has worked so well with this family.

“It’s a family Brendan and Jo Lindsay really want to invest in”,” Ring said.

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