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Winx filly joined by a galaxy of stars in stunning Inglis Easter catalogue

22nd Jan 2024

A catalogue of 500 yearlings has been finalised for the 2024 edition of the sale renowned as ‘the best of the best’, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Setting up what promises to be an extraordinary 48 hours at Riverside Stables in Sydney on April 7 and 8, this year’s Easter catalogue features:

*The well publicised Pierro daughter of 25-time G1-winning champion Winx, to be offered on behalf of her owners by Coolmore Stud

*Siblings to 175 Stakes winners including top-class performers like Sunlight, Militarize, Wild Ruler, Ozzmosis, Farnan, Tofane, Estijaab, Nimalee, King’s Gambit, Golden Mile, Mizzy, Private Eye, Fireburn, Dundeel, Madame Pommery, Artorius, Yes Yes Yes, Don Corleone, Kimochi, Rapper Dragon, Campionessa, Shoals, Magic Time, Mazu, Written By, Smart Missile, Amarelinha etc

*Progeny of outstanding race mares including Aristia, Booker, Dame Giselle, Daysee Doom, Diamond Drille, El Dorado Dreaming, English, Fenway, First Seal, Hasahalo, Hips Don’t Lie, Hiyaam, Jennifer Eccles, Lucia Valentina, Media Sensation, Melody Belle, Mizzy, More Joyous, More Than Real, Noire, Omei Sword, Pippie, Pretty Brazen, Prompt Response, Qafila, Silent Sedition, Shillelagh, Spright, Snitzerland, Stay With Me, Sunlight, Unforgotten, Viddora etc.

There are progeny of 65 individual sires in the catalogue, headed by I Am Invincible with 44 entries, Snitzel (40), Zoustar (36), Written Tycoon (31) and Wootton Bassett (27).

Other leading sires represented include Blue Point, Capitalist, Deep Field, Dundeel, Exceed And Excel, Extreme Choice, Harry Angel, Justify, Maurice, Per Incanto, Proisir, Russian Revolution, Satono Aladdin, Savabeel, So You Think, Spirit Of Boom, Street Boss, Super Seth, Toronado, Too Darn Hot etc as well as first season sires such as Farnan, Ole Kirk, Bivouac, King’s Legacy etc.

The catalogue is further enhanced by a strong line-up of yearlings by leading international stallions including Frankel, Siyouni, Kingman, Lope De Vega, Night Of Thunder, New Bay and the first ever yearling to be offered in Australia by US sire sensation Gun Runner.

To view the 2024 Easter Yearling Sale catalogue CLICK HERE.

Easter has long been the most important yearling sale in the Southern Hemisphere, something that’s not lost on Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch.

“This sale also has an outstanding record of success, possessing the best strike rate of any sale in Australasia in terms of Stakes winners to runners over an extended period of time,’’ Hutch said.

“To put that into perspective, since 2018 buyers are 49% more likely to find a Group winner at Easter than they are at the next best yearling sale in Australia.

“The catalogue this year really is extraordinary.

“I think everybody respects the Winx/Pierro filly will garner most of the media’s attention – and understandably so – but from a strictly bloodstock perspective, she is surrounded by some of best credentialled yearlings that have ever been offered for sale in Australia.

“The interest in the sale is incredible and while the big-priced lots attract the headlines, I think the savvy investors know there is real value to be found at the sale, highlighted by the fact that there were over 120 yearlings that could have been bought at the sale for $200,000 or less last year.

“We’re as always grateful to the breeders and vendors who have entrusted us with their best stock to sell at Easter and we can’t wait for April to come around so we can showcase the quality to a global audience.’’

All yearlings purchased at the Easter Sale have the opportunity to nominate for the lucrative Inglis Race Series which includes the $2m Inglis Millennium, the $1m Inglis Sprint, the $1m Inglis Pink Bonus - the most lucrative incentive scheme for female racehorse ownership in the world - and the $5m Inglis Xtra Bonus, which sees 50 $100,000 Bonus payments attached to allocated Maidens.

Hard copies of the Easter catalogue will be available within a fortnight.

To secure yours, email catalogue@inglis.com.au