Three exceptional days of selling at the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has concluded with 432 yearlings selling for a gross of over $105 million to breeders and vendors.
The temperature in Sydney soared today as did the action on Day Two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where Lankan Rupee’s brother sold for $1,800,000.
Inglis Easter graduate Chautauqua confirmed his position as the best sprinter in the world today, completing back-to-back wins of the Group 1 ATC TJ Smith Stakes over 1200m at Royal Randwick.
Darby Racing’s star youngster Yankee Rose confirmed her position as Australia’s leading two-year-old filly when striding away with the $1 million Group 1 ATC Inglis Sires’ Produce Stakes over 1400m at Royal Randwick.
The great joys of racehorse ownership were clear to see at Cranbourne Turf Club tonight as the Henry Dwyer trained If Not Now When flew late to win the $100,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold Plate.
Siblings to Winx, Preferment, Attention and a wave of recent stakes performers have arrived in Sydney and are ready for inspection ahead of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The astute eye of James Harron paid dividends again today when his flashy two-year-old colt Attention (Stratum x Flamboyance), took out the Group 3 ATC Schweppervescence Stakes over 1400m at Rosehill. Under the expert guidance of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, a confident ride by Blake Shinn saw the colt stay well on the speed and hit the line strongly.
880 lots have been catalogued for the Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale, which will again run over four days, on 1, 2, 3 and 4 May. The Newmarket sale ring in Sydney will light up with weanlings and broodmares from some of Australia’s best families.
In a week focused on greatness, the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on 5, 6 and 7 April 2016 will see the first progeny of eight racetrack stars-turned-sires take centre stage including Easter champion All Too Hard.
The March Thoroughbred Sale in Melbourne today achieved an outstanding clearance rate of 93 per cent, up on last year’s already impressive rate of 90 per cent.
Bjorn Baker’s clever targeting of Inglis Race Series events continued to pay dividends today when his athletic filly Rosaleisha (Testa Rossa x Galeisha) took out the Albury Guineas over 1400m, securing along with it a $50,000 Inglis Bonus, more than doubling the total prizemoney for the race.
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