The 2006 Inglis Premier Sale Session I wrapped-up in spectacular fashion at Oaklands today, with the expected strong trade materialising to bring record-breaking figures, including a new sale best price of $570,000 for a half-sister to the VRC Oaks winner SERENADE ROSE (2004 Easter $400,000).
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.