G1SW Graceful Girl Entered in Inglis Chairman's Sale

Bob Peters' group 1-winning homebred mare Graceful Girl and group 1-producing dam Celebrity Miss are the latest entrants released for the May 4 Inglis Chairman's Sale.

Graceful Girl captured the Winterbottom Stakes (G1) in 2021 and retired with a record of six wins from 14 starts and earnings of AU$890,500. By Nicconi , the 5-year-old is out of group 2-winning mare Avenida Madero, making her a half sister to group 2 winner Respondent and a full sibling to group 3 winner State Solicitor.

Celebrity Miss, herself a listed winner, is the dam of 2021 Oakleigh Plate (G1) captress Celebrity Queen, who topped the 2021 Inglis Chairman's Sale when bought for AU$2.5 million by Coolmore.

She has produced seven foals to date, with two winners from three to race, and is herself a daughter of group 1 winner Miss Margaret.

"We are reluctant sellers of mares, especially from our top families, but it has to be done because we run a business,'' Bob Peters said. "Graceful Girl will be a particularly difficult one to part with as we never really saw the best of her. She was a later foal and we took a patient approach with her, as we do with them all. She won her group 1 coming from last to run away on the line in a fast time and was really starting to mature into herself.

"Everything out of the dam is a winner and it's a very tough, fast, honest family.

"It is our policy not to serve mares that we are considering selling so as to keep the business viable. This enables purchasers to get a nice early start with a stallion of their choice.''

Graceful Girl and Celebrity Miss will join multiple group 1-placed mare Swats That at the Inglis Chairman's Sale.

Sebastian Hutch, Inglis's director of bloodstock, said: "We're extremely grateful to Bob and Sandra Peters, they showed unwavering support by offering Celebrity Queen at the Chairman's in 2021 and were thrilled with the result and to have them back again in the sale this year with these two outstanding mares is humbling.

"The breeding and racing operation that Bob has developed over decades is one of the most effective anywhere in the world, so this is a fantastic opportunity for buyers to acquire quality mares from families that have been carefully cultivated by a master of his craft."