Booming trade for the largest catalogue in ten-years meant across the board gains at the William Inglis Summer thoroughbred sale at Newmarket on Friday, with records set in all categories.
ENCOSTA DE LAGO has made the Premier sale his own in recent years, sustaining an uncontested stranglehold on the top-lots, while his graduates excel on the track.
The 2006 William Inglis Easter Broodmare sale will feature the dispersal of bloodstock owned by Ray Orloff - breeder of the late Champion racehorse and sire Rubiton.
The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale continued onwards and upwards in 2006, highlighting the auction’s valuable position in the Australian yearling market.
ABSOLUTELYFABULOUS (2005 Classic $45,000) danced home to grab an impressive victory in the $500,000 Inglis Classic at Rosehill Gardens yesterday with stablemate BONCOEUR (2005 Classic $30,000) close up in third.
There is no greater advertisement for a vendor than racetrack success and as consignors of this season’s star colts God’s Own and Nadeem, leading Classic vendors Mick and Michelle Talty have hit a real purple patch.