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Inglis Classic Has Your Type

20th Nov 2015

The catalogue is now available for Book 1 of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, the first of the 2016 Inglis Select Yearling Sale series to be held on 6, 7 and 8 February at the Inglis Newmarket Complex in Sydney.

CLICK HERE to view the catalogue online or HERE to download it via the Inglis Sales iPad App.

“After being inundated with over 1,400 entries, every entry was analysed using the the Inglis Bloodstock team’s rigorous selection process, and we are confident we have the type for every buyer among the 575 final selections,” said Inglis National Bloodstock Director Jonathan D’Arcy

“Buyers will find an exceptional variety on offer at Classic this year, from precocious two-year-olds and sprinting greats to Derby types and Classic performers, all by a great selection of sires,” added D’Arcy.

The sale will kick off at 6.00pm on Saturday 6 February, following racing at Randwick and will feature progeny by a huge assortment of sires including I am Invincible (30 Lots), Star Witness (28), Hinchinbrook (26), Denman (22), Your Song (21), Dream Ahead (20), Nicconi (18), Smart Missile (15), Excelebration (13), Choisir (12), Delago Deluxe (12), Sebring (11), Foxwedge (11), So You Think (10), Stratum (9) and Snitzel (8).

“The introduction of the evening session is an innovation to the sale that will give our clients, especially those visiting Sydney, the opportunity to attend Royal Randwick during the day to see the running of the $250,000 Inglis Classic, and then make their way to Newmarket just minutes away in time for the first horse to walk through the ring at 6.00pm,” said D’Arcy.

This season alone, nine Inglis Classic graduates have won twelve stakes races, including the Group 1 Underwood Stakes with Mourinho for buyer and part-owner Leo Tartaglione, and two black-type two-year-old contests for last year’s leading buyer Tony McEvoy. For a combined purchase price of under $400,000, the season’s nine stakes-winning Inglis Classic graduates have put their names to earnings in excess of $3 million.

The potential of the stock in this year’s catalogue is no different with some of Australia’s top-performing families represented.

I Am Invincible is represented by 30 quality yearlings including Lot 501. The colt out of Docherty Woods is bred by Bernie Howlett, breeder of I Am Invincible’s multiple-Group 1 winning Inglis Classic graduate and sire in the making Brazen Beau.

Among 17 Lots by Widden Stud’s Nicconi, is a brother to Tony McEvoy’s Group 3 winning two-year-old and fellow Inglis Classic graduate Concealer, to be offered as Lot 408 from Riverdene Stud.

Delivering great early results for owners and pinhookers from his first crop, Smart Missile is represented by 15 Lots in the Classic Sale, including Lot 359, a colt out of a half-sister to Tycoon Lil and from the family of Empress Lily and recent stakes-winner Ygritte.

Eight Lots by leading sire Snitzel will be offered including Lot 17 from the Arrowfield Stud draft. The colt is a half-brother to fellow Inglis Classic graduate Lady Jivago, winner of four of her seven career starts including the 2015 $250,000 RL Inglis Classic.

Ambergate Farm, vendors of Smart Missile’s first stakes winner Sassy ‘N’ Smart, will offer as Lot 369 the half-sister to handy stakes-winning Inglis Classic graduate Alart, along with another 25 Lots.

Many of Australasia’s leading thoroughbred nurseries have again thrown their support behind the sale, including Widden Stud (41), Bhima Thoroughbreds (24), Vinery Stud (22), Arrowfield Stud (18), Emirates Park (17), Yarraman Park Stud (16), Middlebrook Valley Lodge (16), Sledmere Stud (16), Fairview Park Stud (16), Amarina Farm (14), Bowness Stud (14),Turangga Farm (13), Rosemont Stud (13), Riversdale (13), Murrulla Stud (13), Fairhill Farm (12), Southern Cross Breeders (11), Manx Park (11), Rheinwood Pastoral Co (11), Torryburn Stud (10) and Goodwood Farm (10).

All yearlings offered at an Inglis Select Yearling Sale, including the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale are eligible for entry into the lucrative $5 million Inglis Race Series covering their 2YO, 3YO and 4YO racing seasons. For more information visit inglis.com.au/races

View the online catalogue for Book 1 of the 2016 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale at inglis.com.au or request your hard-copy catalogue by sending an email to catalogue@inglis.com.au or call Inglis Sydney on +61 2 9399 7999

For clients wanting assistance with accommodation at and travel to the sale, please contact Bill Clohesy on Plan B Travel on +61 3 8598 0641 or email travel@inglis.com.au.