19 May 2013
Local and regional buyers snapped up 83% of the lots offered at the 2013 Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale at White Park.
146 yearlings were sold at Scone for $1,774,000. The average price recorded was $12,151 and median $9,000.
Broadmeadow trainer Paul Perry purchased the top priced yearling at the sale for $62,500, a colt by exciting young sire Northern Meteor from Sirenese that was offered as Lot 104 by Jorson Farm.
Perry finished as the leading buyer at the sale having purchased four yearlings for a total spend of $151,500.
Local trainers had strong competition from owners, bloodstock agents and Ready 2 Race pinhookers that had travelled from throughout the region and interstate to Scone.
Arrowfield Stud sold all 18 of their offerings to finish at the top of the leading vendors list, highlighted by Lot 46 a colt by Snitzel from Lady Zabelia that sold to Darby Racing for $56,000.
Yearlings that passed in during the sale are available for purchase via the Inglis Make-An-Offer Service.