2022 Australian Easter Yearling Sale

Lot Index

Sale Overview

The eyes of the bloodstock world will be on Riverside Stables on April 5 and 6 for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, for which the spectacular catalogue is now available online.

A total of 487 lots have been catalogued for the sale, which has long been regarded as the best in the Southern Hemisphere for not only racetrack success but also stallion-makers and champion fillies-turned-broodmares.

In what can only be described as a mouth-watering collation of the best yearlings to be offered for public auction in this part of the world this year, there are relations to 152 Stakes winners including 40 G1 winners, and progeny of 178 Stakes-winning mares, 37 of whom were G1 winners themselves.

Among a plethora of highlights, there are siblings to the likes of star gallopers such as Home Affairs, Estijaab, Funstar, Shadow Hero, Wild Ruler, Mossfun, She Will Reign, Classique Legend, Lost And Running, Aethero, Captivant, Vow And Declare, Artorius, I’m Thunderstruck, Profondo, Loving Gaby, Stronger, King’s Legacy, Sunlight, Beauty Generation, Avantage, Anders, Zoustyle, Away Game, Eleven Eleven etc just to name a few.

There are also sons and daughters of star mares including Catchy, Lucia Valentina, Spright, Srikandi, Kenedna, Rising Romance, Suavito, Pinot, Samantha Miss, Dear Demi, Atlantic Jewel, Secret Admirer, Maid Of Heaven, Norzita, Princess Coup, O’Marilyn etc.

Of the catalogued lots, 408 – or 84% - are BOBS Eligible.

There are progeny by 60 individual sires at Easter including I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Fastnet Rock, Written Tycoon, Exceed And Excel, Not A Single Doubt, Lonhro, Pierro, Savabeel, So You Think, Zoustar, Capitalist etc as well as an exciting crop of first season sires Justify, The Autumn Sun, Written By, Trapeze Artist, Harry Angel and U S Navy Flag.

There are also a range of international sires represented including Frankel, Kingman, Medaglia d’Oro, Into Mischief, Lope de Vega, Lord Kanaloa and Night Of Thunder amongst others.

The Easter is arguably the most potent source of top-class racehorses of any yearling sale in the world.

Since 2018, the sale has produced 26 G1 winners including colts such as Home Affairs, In The Congo, Wild Ruler, The Autumn Sun, Trapeze Artist, Merchant Navy, Russian Revolution, Exceedance, Super Seth, Stronger, Alabama Express etc and the best race fillies and mares like Estijaab, Personal, Loving Gaby, Funstar, Nettoyer, Aristia etc.

Easter yearlings have won Stakes races in 10 different countries in recent years also - Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Macau, Ireland, England, Korea and Singapore.

“We are genuinely humbled by the support Australasia’s best breeders and vendors have given this sale, it truly is a special catalogue,’’ Inglis Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch said.

“The results from the Easter Sale speak for themselves – it is statistically the best yearling sale in the Southern Hemisphere and the sale where you are most likely to find a top-class horse, year after year.

“The pedigrees catalogued this year are exceptional, as they always are at Easter, and the physicals are there to match.

“While the top end of the market is always strong at Easter, there is so much value at this auction year in year out as well that buyers can enjoy. In recent years the sale has produced a host of Group 1 winners that could have been bought for $200,000 or less like Exceedance and Funstar and Nettoyer etc, so there’s something for everyone’s budget at Easter.’’