Sale Overview

The 2012 Inglis Great Southern Sale will be conducted at Oaklands in Melbourne over four days from Tuesday May 22 to Friday May 25.

The Great Southern Weanling Sale will be held on May 22 and 23 with 406 weanlings catalogued.

The weanling section of the sale is building an excellent reputation for value for pin-hookers, owners and trainers.

Star weanling graduates on the track include this season’s Group 2 MRC Sandown Guineas winner So Swift, which was picked up from Great Southern for $7,500, plus triple Group 1 winner Yosei, which was offered at the 2008 sale with a reserve of just $15,000.

Pin-hookers made some great gains at this year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale with stock purchased at last year’s Great Southern Weanling Sale.

Peter Buttress’ Mayfield Thoroughbreds purchased Rock Of Gibraltar-Lady’s Light filly for $55,000 twelve months ago, with the filly selling for $110,000 to Adrian Hancock at Melbourne Premier this year.

While Paul Willetts went to $27,000 to secure War Pass-My Chiquita colt for Three Bridges Thoroughbred as a weanling last May, with the colt selling for $105,000 to David Hayes at Melbourne Premier.

This year’s catalogue of weanlings include the progeny of top stallions such as Bel Esprit, Domesday, Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock, Flying Spur, Hussonet, Lonhro, Reset, Snitzel, Statue Of Liberty, Stratum, Street Cry, Testa Rossa and Written Tycoon.

A highlight of weanling sales each year is the appearance of progeny by new sires and this year’s group will be highlighted in the TVN First Season Sire Showcase to be conducted on Sunday May 20 at 3:30pm. Selected weanlings by the new stallions will be paraded and filmed to be shown on TVN on Sunday night and Monday.

First Season Sires include Group 1 winners All American, Amadeus Wolf, Bushranger, Denman, Duporth, Manhattan Rain, Nicconi, Onemorenomore, Turffontein and Wanted.

View the Great Southern Sale on your iPad through the Equineline Sales Catalogue app