Opportunity to purchase winning SELKIRK filly with Gr.1 connections

The winning four-year-old filly ECOSSAISE (by Selkirk – Diablerette, by Green Desert – Scandalette, by Niniski – Maria Waleska) is being sold by Lanwades at Tattersalls February Sales, Newmarket, on 2nd February (lot number 200).

The filly whose winning run was over 1 mile (1600m) on 10th January at Southwell is sold IN TRAINING, with a Breeding Certificate, from Mark Johnston’s Kingsley House Stables where she can also be inspected by appointment prior to the Sales.

Her sire, SELKIRK, was Champion Miler of Europe at both 3 and 4 years. He is Internationally recognized as one of the Leading Sires of the last twenty years, being to date the sire of fourteen individual Group One winners; the winners of over 1475 races and very nearly £30 million.

SELKIRK is now also emerging as a very important broodmare sire. His daughters have to date produced 14 Group winners incl. MOUNT NELSON (Gr.1), QUIFF (Gr.1), SIMPLY PERFECT (Gr.1), TERMAGANT (Gr.1), etc.

ECOSSAISE is the first produce of her dam, DIABLERETTE, herself a winner at two years. The dam also has a now three-year-old colt (RAINBOW GOLD, by Selkirk) in training with Mark Johnston and a two-year-old filly, MME SANS GENE (by Verglas), retained by Lanwades and in training with Ralph Beckett. There is also a 2011 colt by ARCHIPENKO and DIABLERETTE is due to foal to Champion two-year-old and Derby winner SIR PERCY prior to returning to ARCHIPENKO this year.

Lanwades currently has SEVEN mares from ECOSSAISE’s immediate family in their broodmare band, including Group 1 winner LADY JANE DIGBY (who foaled chesnut colt by DUBAWI on 24th January 2012 and is scheduled to visit GALILEO this year).

Three two-year-old fillies currently in training complete the family group:
DAME NELLIE MELBA (Aussie Rules – Scandalette), with Mark Johnston; MARIELLA (Piccolo – Viva Maria), with Peter Chapple-Hyam, and the above-mentioned MME SANS GENE (Verglas – Diablerette) with Ralph Beckett.

This family stems from the great Champion racemare and Horse-of-the-Year in Italy, MARIA WALESKA (dual Gr.1 winner, dual Classic winner), herself dam of the European Champion Sprinter, POLISH PATRIOT.

ECOSSAISE will provide her eventual purchaser with an exceptional opportunity to breed from a daughter of a most important broodmare sire, from a very “live” family with plenty of potential for further Black Type additions.

Interestingly, both SELKIRK daughters and MARIA WALESKA, her daughters and granddaughters, have repeatedly shown excellent results when mated with DANZIG and his descendants.