The first of 574 lots will walk into the ring at 12:00pm this Sunday at the Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale at Newmarket in Sydney. After being inundated with over 1,400 entries the Summer Book has been extended in 2015 to three days, providing buyers a great selection of yearlings by over 100 individual sires.
The start of Inglis’ Select Yearling Sales Season for 2015 is only a few days away, but for graduates of last year’s sales Saturday promises to be a great stepping stone in their racetrack careers with $500,000 in Inglis Race Series prizemoney on the line.
On the eve of the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book star colt Brazen Beau, a second generation Classic Sale graduate, and his trainer Chris Waller have been honoured for their Group 1 triumph this season.
Inglis are excited to announce the successful launch of a refreshed Bloodstock.com.au site, along with launching two exciting new brands in GetRacing.com.au and StallionParade.com.au to the thriving Inglis Digital portfolio.
Australian bred racehorses put on a parade at home and aboard on the Australia Day long weekend with Inglis graduates notching up stakes victories in Melbourne, Sydney, South Africa and Hong Kong.
With arguably some of the best Weight-For-Age form in the Group 2 MVRC Australia Stakes field, Inglis Classic graduate Mourinho surprisingly started one of the outsiders of the field, but was simply too good, securing his fourth black type victory.
The catalogue for the 99th edition of the Southern Hemisphere’s most influential thoroughbred auction, the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, has been finalised at 605 lots.
Turangga Farm bred and sold galloper Able Friend has been rated the equal-top Southern Hemisphere bred racehorse for 2014 by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities overnight, taking over from fellow Inglis graduate Black Caviar who held that title for 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Carrying top weight, the Australian-bred Sacred Star achieved his first win at the elite level, claiming New Zealand’s Group 1 Telegraph Handicap over 1200m at Trentham in devastating fashion.
Nearly 40% of the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book is made up of progeny by first and second season sires, a huge positive for buyers given Classic’s phenomenal record of unearthing Group 1 winners by young unproven stallions.
$500,000 in Inglis Race Series prizemoney is set to be paid out in less than four weeks with the $250,000 Inglis Classic and $250,000 Inglis Premier races both to be conducted on Saturday 7 February 2015.
In the last 72 hours Inglis graduates Mamwaazel, The Quarterback and The Conglomerate all recorded their maiden stakes victories providing timely pedigree updates to their respective siblings that will be offered during the 2015 Inglis Select Yearling Sales Series.
Inglis graduates celebrated the festive season in style delivering plenty of cheer to their connections on Boxing Day winning the Group 3 ATC Summer Cup, Listed SAJC Christmas Handicap and Listed MRC Christmas Stakes across Australia.