Pierro-Winx Filly a Once in a Lifetime Purchase

The Pierro x Winx filly at 2024's Inglis Easter Sale was always going to attract significant global interest and it didn't disappoint, with an incredible bidding duel in a full Riverside auditorium creating the most extraordinary theatre. The room fell silent as the filly entered the ring but it was fireworks for the next three minutes as Woppitt Bloodstock's Debbie Kepitis and Resolute Racing's John Stewart traded bids ferociously before Kepitis came out victorious at $10 million. "I didn't come here to buy this horse originally. We put her up for auction and then in the past few weeks, all of the family, we started to miss our 'daughter/granddaughter' so we just decided as best we could, if we could get her, we would,'' an emotional Kepitis said post-sale. "I am privileged to have been able to secure this filly on behalf of my family. She's Australian forever and she's going to be just fabulous. Thank you to everybody around the world who has taken this on board, it's been thrilling to watch it and we're lucky enough that we came out winners.'' Coolmore's Tom Magnier admitted he's never witnessed anything like what he did at Riverside today. "You wouldn't see this anywhere else in the world,'' Magnier said. "You wouldn't see the build-up, you wouldn't see the hype and atmosphere today, I've never witnessed anything like it at any auction house around the world. It's just the perfect story. I knew she was going to make a very high figure because somebody is buying history. She is a classic, a collectors' item and there's only one person who deserved this today and that's Debbie." Magnier opined, "It's a dream story. I don't think you can put a value on a filly like that. It's just incredible, I'm delighted.''

An emotional Debbie Kepitis signs for Woppit Bloodstock's $10m buy (pic: Steve Hart)