The G1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington was billed as a race for the ages and so it transpired with the Chris Waller trained pair Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) and Nature Strip (Nicconi) engaging in a titanic duel down the 1000m straight. At the line, it was the 3YO Home Affairs who prevailed by the narrowest of margins to complete an Inglis quinella and confirm his standing as one of the most exciting colts in the world.
G3 winner Kalashnikov and progressive 4YO Wheelhouse – plus a Kooringal Stud draft of 12 yearlings all offered unreserved - are just some of the standout offerings among a 342-strong catalogue in the Inglis Digital February (Late) Online Sale.
Untapped galloper Lost And Running (Per Incanto) will be given his chance to add a G1 to his already impressive resume following a devastating first-up win in today’s G3 Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick.
Stakes-winning galloper Equation (Press Statement) will be aimed at the lucrative Sydney Autumn and Brisbane Winter carnivals after being purchased by Annabel Neasham and Brian McGuire for $205,000 in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Auction.
The most successful Classic Sale in history ended this evening with multiple records smashed and a huge cross-section of participants on both sides of the industry ledger enjoying remarkable outcomes.
Mane Lodge front man Neil Osborne first sold at an Inglis Sale at Newmarket in 1979.
Fast forward 43 years and the 70-year-old today realised an achievement - “not a dream, because it wasn’t really anything I thought would ever realistically happen’’ – when his Extreme Choice x To Dubawi Go colt set a new Classic Sale individual price record of $825,000.
Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today.
A record individual days gross, a record individual price and a record sale average has seen the first of Inglis’ select yearling sales for the 2022 season start on a high as vendors enjoyed the bloodstock boom and buyers reaped the rewards of some outstanding stock.
The Blue Diamond or the Golden Slipper – that is the question facing trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy following the dominant win of their star filly Xtravagant Star (Xtravagant) in today’s $2m Inglis Millennium at Randwick.
Stakes-winning gallopers and well-related broodmares in foal to some of the most in-demand stallions in the country headline another strong renewal of the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.
The chance to secure Group 1 glory is on the cards for exciting 3YO colt Overpass (Vancouver) following his dominant first-up win in today’s G2 Expressway Stakes at Rosehill.
A timely black-type performance in a Tasmanian 2YO feature on Sunday has helped propel broodmare Miss Cooper (Medaglia d’Oro) to top lot honours in the Inglis Digital January (Late) Online Sale.
The eyes of the bloodstock world will be on Riverside Stables on April 5 and 6 for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, for which the spectacular catalogue is now available online.