The most expensive broodmare offered in foal at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday evening was Berimbau, who is carrying a full sibling to five time Group I winning mare Imperatriz.
Consigned by Bhima Thoroughbreds the Group II placed Shamardal mare was covered by I Am Invincible on September 16 and was purchased by Yulong buying as Chatsworth Farm.
The final lot of the #InglisChairmans brings $1.8m! BERIMBAU (Sharmadal x Percussive), dam of Imperatriz, from the draft of @BhimaTBreds goes to Chatsworth Farm. Congratulations to all involved pic.twitter.com/6bFojyqzRI
— Inglis (@inglis_sales) May 4, 2023
Turning 12 this year, Berimbau is a half-sister to I Am Invincible stakes-winner Vinco and has produced two winners from three foals to race with Imperatriz, a superstar racking up 13 wins and over $1.6million with five G1 victories including the MVRC William Reid Stakes.
The only other mare in foal to I Am Invincible that was sold went the same way with Chatsworth (Yulong) securing the Yarraman Park consigned Deep Impact mare Da Capo (Jpn) for $725,000.
