Godolphin draft headlines Inglis Digital sale with Group 1 mare in foal

Godolphin has turned the Inglis Digital Australia May (Early) Online Sale into a serious bloodstock event, fronting the catalogue with 43 broodmares and 13 racehorses, plus Group 1 winner Affaire a Suivre in foal to Not This Time. In a market where digital auctions are increasingly used to move horses across borders fast, that is not routine turnover. It is a statement about quality, timing and the scale of the Godolphin operation.

The full catalogue contains 472 lots, and Inglis has split the auction across two closing days. The remaining 210 lots were set to close on Wednesday, May 13, while Affaire a Suivre and fellow broodmare-session lot Angiolleta were due to close on Thursday, May 14. Inglis said the Australian Broodmare Sale Session included 262 entries, made up of 200 broodmares and 62 race fillies, underlining how deep the mare trade has become in the online format.

What gives the Godolphin draft its edge is not just size but range. The catalogue includes daughters of Exceed And Excel, Street Cry, Medaglia d’Oro, Too Darn Hot, Lonhro, Street Boss, Commands and Harry Angel, a pedigree spread that reaches across several generations of commercial influence. For buyers, that matters because it offers more than a single theme: it offers proven broodmare lines, racing stock with residual value and horses that can be absorbed into breeding programs in Australia, New Zealand or overseas.

Affaire a Suivre is the obvious headliner. She won the South Australasian Oaks at Morphettville on April 29, 2023, and later listings described her as a New Zealand-bred mare by Astern out of Laurelling with career earnings of $386,100. Being offered in foal to Not This Time sharply raises the stakes. Taylor Made markets him as one of North America’s leading sires, and his 2026 fee is $250,000 S&N, which makes this mare an immediate commercial proposition rather than a long-range gamble.

The sale also fits a pattern. Godolphin used Inglis Digital heavily in July 2025, offering 25 horses that all sold for a combined gross of $2,150,259 to 24 buyers. Inglis described that auction as one of the most successful in the platform’s history. This latest draft suggests the same formula again: strong names, deep pedigrees and a quick market test that can reshape stable plans, broaden ownership access and push high-end bloodstock into new hands with remarkable speed.