A $10,000 Inglis Digital broodmare sent to a first season stallion on a $10,000 service fee produced a $47,500 Australian Weanling Sale graduate who today won the G1 $2m Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
The Inglis Digital September (Late) Online Sale opened for bidding today and features an abundance of quality race fillies and broodmares with multiple Stakes winners or relations part of the 265-strong catalogue.
Behemoth made it back-to-back G1 wins, Classique Legend surged further into Everest calculations, Dame Giselle won a third consecutive leg of the Princess Series and Taikomochi outstayed his rivals on his way to a G1 berth.
With inspections for Inglis’ first yearling sale of the year – the Classic Sale – only a week away, Inglis graduates again came to the fore over the Australia Day long weekend winning six Stakes races in three countries.
A three-quarter-sister to G1 winner Arcadia Queen has topped the first bi-monthly Online Sale for Inglis Digital, selling for $160,000 to Graham and Linda Huddy of Peachester Lodge.
Pierro colt Bellevue Hill (ex Bellevue Girl) dominated the G3 The Schweppervescence at Rosehill with a strong all the way win to mark himself one of the best 2YO colts in Australia.
Record selling on Days One and Two of the Great Southern Sale continued onto broodmares as an over all Gross of $3,052,350 was recorded, eclipsing last years figure by a staggering 82%.
Damian Gleeson’s Phoenix Broodmare Farm heads to this year’s William Inglis & Son Great Southern Sale with a draft of eight quality broodmares in foal to both proven stallions and also some very exciting prospects.