MBUBE

“The $1,500 colt that put Signature Pedigrees on the map.”

The beginning…

In 2024, a little known man by the name of Glenn Hunter went to the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale with 2 colts picked out from his shortlist. The first was a colt by first season sire - Acrobat, the second - a colt by established sire Rubick.

Glenn was nervous. He had never purchased a racehorse before and when the Acrobat colt went through the ring, fear crept in. He didn’t bid and the colt sold to Willow Park Stud for $10k. (That colt went on to sell for $130k as a yearling!)

He left the sale that day disappointed with himself, but with a determination to bid on the Rubick colt the next day.

Glenn knew his stuff. He’d been studying breeding for years.

The the horse went through the ring unwanted by anyone.

With one confident bid, Glenn purchased the Rubick colt for $1,500 - a moment in time that he will never forget.

(Right: Mbube Yearling Photo)

Glenn had decided that he wanted to try and make a profit on the colt by “pinhooking” him at a Yearling Sale.

Inglis rated him as a “Book 2” type, leaving Glenn with a decision to send him to Adelaide - which he did. The colt sold for $22,500 to Lloyd Kennewell.

Mbube’s 7-generation pedigree

Nijinsky 5f x 5m, Lunchtime 6f x 5m, Northern Dancer 6m x 7f & 7f x 6m.7m, Native Dancer 6f x 7m

Lloyd went on to pinhook the colt at the Ready To Run sale, where he purchased him back for $300,000. Now named Mbube, this unwanted Rubick colt won easily on debut and is now being set for a crack at the Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Not bad for a $1,500 weanling - selected by the director of Signature Pedigrees!