One of New Zealand's leading racemares Jennifer Eccles is set to be sold online next month in a rarity for a classic winner.
The Cambridge mare has only raced three times since winning the New Zealand Oaks in March last year to cap a dominant second half of her three-year-old season which saw her crowned NZB Filly of the Year.
This season has been hampered by niggly issues but nothing serious enough to end her career so there could be the option for her new purchasers to race Jennifer Eccles again next season as a five-year-old.
One of the reasons Jennifer Eccles, who won over $500,000 in 14 starts, will be sold is because she is syndicate owned, making it very hard for her to have a broodmare career under her current ownership structure, with breeding by consensus a less than ideal situation.
But rather than heading to either of the major broodmares sales in Australia, Jennifer Eccles will be sold via New Zealand Bloodstock's Gavelhouse Plus online platform, the elite arm of their Gavelhouse website which has revolutionised horse trading in New Zealand.