Billed as the Best of the Best, the highlights of the 2017 Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue, now available online, reads as a global who’s who of the turf.
There are 129 siblings to Stakes winners including 39 Group 1 winners such as Flying Artie, Extreme Choice, Divine Prophet, Yankee Rose, Shooting To Win, Able Friend, Werther, Preferment, Abbey Marie, English, Shamus Award, Dundeel and Star Witness.
When purchased at the 2016 Inglis Classic Sale, Blue Diamond Preview winner Property was initially destined for a career in Hong Kong, so his owners David Price and Jenny Chapman were equally thrilled and bemused to win today’s feature 2YO race at Caulfield.
Flying Artie and Chautauqua have been rewarded for an outstanding 2016 by being named the best of their domain in the latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse rankings.
Australia’s fastest growing yearling sale - The Inglis Classic – has become the focus of buyers as the inaugural Gold Riband session takes centre stage on opening night.
Easter colt Hall of Fame proved himself one of New Zealand’s most exciting 3YOs when he took out Saturday’s Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham – the sole Group 1 race contested in Australasia over the weekend.
Australia’s leading thoroughbred auction house Inglis was the leading source of 2YO Stakes winners and 2YO Group 1 winners last season, and today’s results further strengthen the argument it will continue to dominate in 2017.
She was “the standout filly’’ at this year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sales and Gai Waterhouse believes Serena Bay will continue to prove her initial judgment correct in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery.
She Will Reign will back up in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery after producing arguably the best 2YO performance of the season in winning on debut at Kembla Grange today.
Relations to the likes of The Quarterback, Not Listenin’tome, Tiamo Grace, Palentino and Defcon headline a memorable catalogue for the 2017 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
2017 is fast approaching and the catalogue for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale shapes as another inspiring collection of the best of the best.
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will be hoping the Inglis Nursery continues its trend as being one of the form 2YO races in the country in recent years when they send Serena Bay there for her next start.