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Clearance Rate Highlights December Sale

17th Dec 2010

Peter Moody trained stallion prospect Excelltastic topped today's Inglis Melbourne December Thoroughbred Sale on a day where 95% of horses offered were sold.

A stakes winner of over $400,000 in prize money Excelltastic (Lot 128) was sold for $47,500. The son of Exceed And Excel is Group One placed and his new owners will be hoping the entire can collect more black type on his way to the breeding shed.

From the family of the world’s top rated sprinter Black Caviar, broodmare Nordica (Lot 52) was sold to Howard Simpson for $52,000. Nordica was sold with a bay colt at foot by Magnus and in-foal to young Group One winning Danehill stallion Shinzig.

Overall, 113 horses were sold today from the 119 horses offered at a gross of $487,900.

Horses passed in during today's sale are still available via the Inglis Make an Offer service.

The next Inglis Sale will mark the start of Inglis Select Yearling Sales for 2011, the Sydney Classic Yearling Sale on January 23 to 25. Click HERE for the online catalogue.

Inglis’ next mixed thoroughbred bloodstock sales will be conducted in March. The Sydney Autumn Thoroughbred Sale on Friday March 11 and Melbourne March Thoroughbred Sale on Friday March 18.