Part One of the Melbourne Premier Sale came to a record-breaking conclusion on Tuesday with a jaw-dropping 56 per cent increase in sale gross of over $39 million.
Darley Australia pay $750,000 for son of Exceed And Excel
A new record price for a yearling sold in Melbourne was set just before two o'clock this afternoon when Darley Australia paid $750,000 for a smashing bay colt by Exceed And Excel out of the Group Three Lowland Stakes winner, Gentle Call.
Acknowledging the great run of success sales graduates have had over the past year, a huge crowd assembled for the Melbourne Premier Sale which commenced in stunning fashion at Oaklands Junction on Sunday.
William Inglis & Son Limited are delighted to have national broadcaster ThoroughVision (TVN) covering the opening day of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale this Sunday March 2.
This Sunday March 2 marks the start of the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and there will be a poignant reminder of what makes racing such an important part of Australian culture when a trio of “Living Legends” FIELDS OF OMAGH, MIGHT AND POWER and SILENT WITNESS will grace Inglis’ Oaklands Junction sale ring prior to the commencement of the sale at 12 noon.
The catalogue for this year’s Classic Yearling Sale is now online and the timing could not be more appropriate following the brilliant victory of Sarthemare, a $12,000 Classic purchase last year, in last Sunday’s AAMI Black Opal Stakes (Listed) at Canberra.
After a glittering run of success for graduates of the Premier Sale, the next batch of future winners have started to arrive at the Oaklands Junction sales complex in preparation for the 2008 renewal of the Melbourne Premier sale that commences on Sunday.
Sarthemare continued the great weekend of results for Inglis Sale graduates when she led home an Inglis 1,2,3 in Sunday’s $206,500 AAMI Black Opal Stakes in fine style at Canberra.
With entries for the William Inglis & Son Easter Broodmare Sale closing this Friday February 22, Inglis have confirmed the sale will feature the complete unreserved dispersal of the Swettenham Stud broodmare band.
Sacred Kingdom proved himself the best sprinter in the world right now with a dominant performance in Sunday’s Chairman's Sprint Prize (HK Gr 1) at Sha Tin.