All is in readiness for the biggest ever Classic Yearling Sale, with inspections to begin at Riverside Stables from Monday.
Twelve drafts (Arrowfield Stud, Bhima Thoroughbreds, Edinburgh Park, Fairhill Farm, Kitchwin Hills, Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm, Musk Creek Farm, Woodside Park Stud, Bowness Stud, Canning Downs Stud, Lustre Lodge and Sledmere Stud) will be parading on Monday.
In a significant boost to buyers, yearlings purchased in the inaugural Highway Session (Book 2) at next week’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale will also be eligible for the $100,000 Inglis Challenge 2YO race in Scone in 2020.
As the Autumn 2YO features rapidly approach, Inglis Graduates I Am Immortal (I Am Invincible), Catch Me (I Am Invincible) and Dawn Passage (Dawn Approach) all won impressively, including a clean sweep of the Blue Diamond Previews at Caulfield for Inglis Easter graduates.
Inglis Digital will celebrate the New Year with a huge January online catalogue, consisting of more than double the amount of entries compared to January 2018.
The sale that has produced the likes of The Autumn Sun, Merchant Navy, Estijaab, Russian Revolution, Mossfun, Pinot and Flying Artie in recent years has again attracted a stunning catalogue for 2019.
Two-time Group 1 winner Norzita is the latest high-profile entrant confirmed for this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale – in foal to dual Champion Australian sire Snitzel.
Easter colt Accession firmed into TAB equal favourite for the $2m Inglis Millennium while Melbourne Premier graduate Enzo’s Lad secured back-to-back wins in the Telegraph Handicap on a big day for Inglis stars.
Top-class sprinter Snitty Kitty, a G2 winner at weight-for-age and G1 placed when beaten a head by Russian Revolution in last year’s Oakleigh Plate, will be offered as a racing and breeding prospect at the 2019 Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
The countdown is on to the inaugural $2m Inglis Millennium and a bumper Classic Yearling Sale, which this year will run for a record five days and see 1013 yearlings catalogued.
Australasian breeders are the big winners with a number of changes to the commission structure of Inglis Weanling and Breeding Stock Sales Series in 2019, which will include a 0% sales commission for the Chairman’s Sale.
The $2m Inglis Millennium in February looms as a key target for impressive colt Accession following his victory in today’s $500,000 Listed Inglis Nursery at Randwick.
The second and final 2YO eligible for the lucrative $3m Inglis Triple Crown will be known following the running of tomorrow’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick.