Session II of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale came of age today at Oaklands, where 147 lots sold for a record average of $45,701, a massive increase of 43% on the 2015 sale. Further, an outstanding clearance rate of 88% continued the Melbourne sales’ record momentum.
Session I of the Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale concluded on a high today with a clearance rate of 87% and record average of $111,000, up 14% on last year’s figure, driving a record aggregate of $51,393,000, an increase of 16%.
Spirited bidding from the diverse buying bench saw increases in key metrics across the board at the end of the second day of the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, with 87 per cent of lots cleared at an average of $115,541 so far.
Contentment made his long-anticipated Group 1 breakthrough with a brilliant win in this afternoon’s HK$10 million Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin Racecourse, a victory that had jockey Brett Prebble whooping with delight.
A capacity crowd in the auditorium at Oaklands provided an exceptional atmosphere on the first day of the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, where strong competition led to records being set in the Blue Riband Session and a new top price for a filly in Melbourne.
Mick Price’s unbeaten colt Extreme Choice was simply electrifying in the $1.5million Group 1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes for two-year-olds today at Caulfield, leading home a first four for Inglis graduates ahead of Flying Artie, Zamzam and Power Trip.
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Inspections are underway at Oaklands ahead of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, and prospective buyers are finding even more to love about Victoria’s headline yearling sale following an abundance of pedigree updates and the announcement that the sale will be broadcast on Free-To-Air Television on Channel 78 via the sale’s official television broadcaster Racing.com
In another exciting addition to the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale, prolific thoroughbred nursery Bell View Park have announced the unreserved dispersal of their 25 in-foal broodmares at Newmarket in the first week of May.
Inglis Classic graduate Super Too proved she is in fact deserving of the same adjective as her older brother Super One, when she dominated the field to win the Lightning Ridge Inglis Bonus 2YO Plate over 1000m at Canberra, securing a $50,000 bonus on top of the prizemoney for her large group of owners.
The lightning bolt colours of prominent owner and great industry supporter Rupert Legh were first past the post in the VRC Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington today, carried to victory by Dwayne Dunn aboard Inglis graduate Chautauqua (Encosta de Lago x Lovely Jubly) in a thrilling finish to Australia's fastest Group 1 race.
100% clearance has been recorded for the first broodmare and racehorse sale for 2016, the Inglis Summer Thoroughbred Sale where all 51 lots offered were sold to a variety of buyers.
153 lots of broodmares, racehorses, yearlings and unbroken stock have been catalogued for the March Thoroughbred Sale to be held at Oaklands in Melbourne on Friday 18 March.