‘TDN Rising Star’ Damon’s Mound Leads Inglis Digital USA’s 2025 October (Early) Sale Catalogue

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'TDN Rising Star' Damon's Mound (Girvin) leads 64 offerings in the catalog for the 2025 Inglis Digital USA October (Early) Sale which went online Friday morning.

Bidding is now open for the online auction with the first lot set to close Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. Eastern, with subsequent listings hammering in three-minute increments thereafter.

Among the standouts in the catalog is the aforementioned Damon's Mound, a Grade II winner offered as a racing or stallion prospect. This 'Rising Star' was a quick-starting 2-year-old, breaking his maiden on debut by an imposing 12 1/2 lengths in a Churchill Downs maiden special weight, then adding distance in the stretch to win the GII Saratoga Special Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths in his second career start. He has remained incredibly consistent through his later seasons, finishing in the money in nine of 16 starts–13 of which have been in stakes or graded stakes company–and earning over $780,000.

Damon's Mound has continued to perform at a high level in 2025, kicking off his season with a victory in the Sunshine Sprint Stakes at Gulfstream Park, and earning a career-best 97 Beyer Speed Figure in this year's GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes.

Looking to the future, Damon's Mound offers one of the first opportunities to stand a son of the young sire Girvin at stud. Girvin, the sire of Grade I winners Dorth Vader and fellow 'Rising Star' Faiza, has had yearlings command up to $700,000 at this summer's sales. Damon's Mound is offered by owner/breeder Cliff Love, and he is available for inspection at the Saratoga barn of trainer Bill Mott.

Also for offer, Presha (Omaha Beach) is a 3-year-old stakes-placed filly who, after selling for $390,000 as a juvenile, showed precociousness on the racetrack, with a 3 1/4-length maiden special weight score at Horseshoe Indianapolis and a third-place effort in the Tepin Stakes on the turf at Aqueduct, where she finished three-quarters of a length behind winner Laurelin (Zarak {Fr}). Offered as a broodmare prospect, Presha offers an international pedigree, with names under the second dam including Bubble Rock, a Grade II winner in the U.S. who became Group 1-placed in Australia; and Blue Chipper, the winner of the G1 Korea Sprint who then shipped overseas to run third in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Presha is consigned by Evergreen Equine.

Breeders looking to add to their broodmare bands will also take notice of Chasing Cara (Broken Vow), a multiple stakes-placed mare who is offered in-foal as part of the debut book of champion National Treasure, winner of the both the GI Preakness Stakes and GI Metropolitan Handicap. Consigned by Brookdale, Chasing Cara earned over $326,000 during her racing career, making her contribution to one of the stud book's most influential families, with names including Hall of Famer Sky Beauty, European champion Dayjur, and Grade I winner Violence, among many others.

Other mares in the catalogue are offered in-foal to stallions including Grazen, Leinster, Maximus Mischief, Rombauer, Storm the Court, Tacitus, Tizamagician, and Winchill.

The slate of yearling offerings is led by a half-sister to Grade I-winning millionaire Carson's Run, by the popular young sire Maxfield. Maxfield currently ranks third on North America's freshman sire list by earnings, including 12 winners and three 'TDN Rising Stars'. Among them are Englishman, who earned an eye-popping 97 Beyer Speed Figure on debut at Churchill Downs. The filly is consigned by Frankfort Park Farm.

Weanlings in the catalogue include a colt by Vekoma, the leading freshman sire of 2024. Vekoma has remained white-hot in 2025, with recent graded stakes successes like GII Gallant Bob Stakes winner Mad House and GIII Prioress Stakes winner Praying. Paramount Sales consigns the filly, as agent.

“We're coming to the end of the yearling season and everyone is looking towards the breeding shed and 2026,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “I think we've got some really exciting prospects for breeders and pinhookers who have a little extra cash in their pockets. Racehorses are always in season and we've got some very nice ones on offer. Our team is here to help, so please reach out to any of us for anything.”

Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids. Click here to view the catalog and register to bid.

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