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40 Days To The Sale That Unearthed Black Caviar

22nd Jan 2014

It is now just over a month away until the 2014 edition of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, the sale source of world champion Black Caviar.

Conceived, born, raised, sold, owned and trained in Victoria, Black Caviar received her latest accolade last week when officially rated equal-top of the year-end 2013 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

"The total number of Australian-bred horses rated 115 or more by IFHA has increased 400% in the last ten years – underlining the tremendous growth in the Australian thoroughbred and its international reputation," points out Inglis Melbourne Director Peter Heagney.

"Racing both here in Victoria and in many other states of Australia is a tremendous passion.

"Now is a great time to get involved in this exciting sport, with increases in prizemoney, incentive bonuses schemes and the limit on the number of individual persons who may be registered as owners of a racehorse from ten to twenty making racehorse ownership more accessible and affordable," Heagney adds.

61% of the 775 lots catalogued to be offered at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale are Super VOBIS Qualified, just as Black Caviar was in 2008.

Black Caviar was offered as Lot 520 from the draft of Swettenham Stud (as agent for Gilgai Farm). The then unnamed daughter of Bel Esprit was snapped up her trainer Peter Moody for $210,000.

For 25 wins from 25 starts, including 15 at Group 1 level, Black Caviar was raced by owners Neil Werrett, G J & Mrs K J Wilkie, C & Mrs J Madden, Pam Hawkes & D M & Mrs J Taylor. Black Caviar defeated 193 individual rivals, 38 of them Group 1 winners, winning close to A$8 million in prizemoney as well as a cult following from a legion of fans.

CLICK HERE to view Black Caviar being sold as a yearling at the 2008 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.

With a median price of just A$60,000 Melbourne Premier has an enviable record as the sales source of top level sprinters such as Black Caviar, Sacred Kingdom, Starspangledbanner, Weekend Hussler, Alinghi, Ortensia, Reward For Effort, Turffontein, Costa Viva, Rostova, Stepitup,

Inglis Melbourne is also growing an impressive record as a source of outstanding middle distance and staying type horses, such as Fawkner, Polanski, Pinker Pinker, Arapaho Miss, Hollow Bullet, Escado and Igugu.

Over a ten year period the stakes winners to lots sold ratio from Melbourne Premier has risen 44%.

Local and international buyers are truly going to be spoilt for choice at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands on 2, 3, 4 and 5 March.

All of Australasia’s leading sires are represented in the 2014 catalogue with yearlings that were carefully selected from almost 2,000 entries received for the sale.

"An improving genetic pool in Victoria and increased vendor support from other major states has enabled our bloodstock team to be increasingly selective on type and conformation for Melbourne Premier, which is now producing nearly three times as many stakes winners as it used to," said Heagney.

Go to www.inglis.com.au for the online catalogue or download it on the Inglis Sales iPad App

Hard-copy catalogues can be requested from the Melbourne office on +61 3 9333 1422 or email catalogue@inglis.com.au