A trio of untapped 3YOs and a three-time Stakes-winning 4YO showed they were all in for big spring preparations with impressive first-up victories around Australia today.
Proven broodmare Love Of Liberty – the dam of G1 Epsom Handicap winner Ellsberg – has topped the Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale tonight, selling to Yulong for $250,000.
I Am Invincible filly Avenue of Pleasure has topped the Inglis Digital October (Early) Online Sale at $205,000, purchased by successful Victorian owner Gary Lechte.
A new record top price, coupled with record-achieving key financial indicators across the board, has resulted in today’s Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale being crowned “unquestionably the best ever’’.
The inaugural Chairman’s Sale proved unequivocally it has a permanent home in the Australian marketplace as tonight’s Session II (Elite Breeding Prospects) continued a stunning week of action at Newmarket.
A remarkable final day of action, which saw seven Lots sell for $1 million or more, has seen the 2017 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale end as the second greatest in the company’s 150 year history.
There were plenty of smiles when a Street Cry half-brother to Thousand Guineas contender Leotie exited the Inglis sale ring today, but none bigger than champion trainer Darren Weir.
The Victoria Racing Club, in conjunction with Racing Victoria, on Monday announced significant changes to the Melbourne Cup Carnival racing program, headlined by the swapping of the Longines Mackinnon Stakes and Emirates Stakes and a million dollar prizemoney boost.
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%.
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.
The Melbourne Cup Carnival was named the winner of the Major Festivals and Events category for the third consecutive year at Monday's Victorian Tourism Awards.
140 Lots have been catalogued for the 2015 Inglis December Thoroughbred Sale, to be held on Friday 11 December at the Inglis Oaklands Complex in Melbourne. The first Lot will walk through the ring at 11.00am beginning with broodmares and followed by yearlings, unbroken stock and racing stock.
Glorious conditions graced the Inglis Newmarket Complex in Sydney for the third The Star Ready2Race Sale, where a high quality catalogue of two and three-year-olds were sold to a geographically diverse buying bench both on-site and online. The day’s selling achieved a healthy clearance rate of 75% and an average of $69,174, with new record top price set of $540,000 for a well-related son of I Am Invincible.
As Inglis approaches 150 years of service to the Australasian thoroughbred industry, Managing Director Mark Webster today announced that the company will relocate its head office and auction facilities from Newmarket in Randwick to Warwick Farm to position itself for the long term.
The 2015 Inglis Select Yearling Sale Series has drawn to a close with 2019 yearlings sold by Australia’s leading thoroughbred auction house across their six sales at an overall clearance of 85%.
The Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale concluded the 2015 Scone Horse Festival, achieving an exceptional clearance rate of 89% on a sunny day at White Park.
It was a hot start in and out of the sale ring on the opening day of the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book on Sunday 8 February as the average and median roared up 30% to new benchmarks.
The leading local vendor at last week's inaugural Inglis Ready 2 Race sale, and second overall on aggregate while achieving a 100% clearance rate, was Muskoka Farm, the beautifully appointed pre-training and spelling establishment on the banks of the Hawkesbury River.