'Marvellous' Quality Road Filly Sells for $1,500,000

Hip 232, a filly by Quality Road, sold for $1,500,000 to take the lead during the first session of the Selected Yearlings Showcase. The bay filly was purchased by Robbie Medina, agent for Joseph Allen, from the consignment of Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent.

Quality Road is the sire of top fillies such as Eclipse Champions Abel Tasman and Caledonia Road, as well as 2019 Grade 1 winners Dunbar Road and Bellafina.

This filly is out Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) winner Marvellous (IRE), a daughter of Galileo. She is already the dam of a stakes winner in Fort Myers, winner of the Star Appeal S. in Ireland last year at 2 who counts three group stakes placings among his accomplishments to date. Second dam is Group 2 winner You'resothrilling, a full sister to European Horse of the Year and successful sire Giant's Causeway. That makes this filly's dam a full sister to five other winners, including: Group 1 winners Gleneagles (IRE) and Happily (IRE); Group 2 winner Taj Mahal (IRE); group stakes winner Coolmore (IRE); and Irish 2000 Guineas (G1) runner up Vatican City.

Hip 232 was bred in Kentucky by Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt.