The first Inglis Digital Online Sale of 2023 has opened for bidding, with the 356-strong catalogue highlighted by a pair of black type race fillies and a 2.5% share in a Stakes-winning Blue Diamond contender.
The largest catalogue in Inglis Digital’s history concluded this evening, with a record gross of $4.14 million and 420 lots sold for a clearance rate of 77.4%.
A strong supplementary catalogue of 74 lots – highlighted by an impeccably-bred mare in foal to one of the world’s most in-demand stallions and a number of quality weanlings from Aquis Farm - has been confirmed for the 2019 Inglis Great Southern Sale, taking the overall catalogue to 945.
Expatriate Australian Brett Prebble and South African superstar Douglas Whyte have probably lost count of the number of tight finishes they have fought out in Hong Kong, where they have both been at the top of the tree for more than a decade.
If today’s results are anything to go by it is no surprise that Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse is a stalwart of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. Under the guidance of Gai, Easter graduates today too out a Group 1 at Flemington, and both a Group 1 and Listed race at Royal Randwick.
Results in stakes races from Warwick Farm and Caulfield on Saturday showed just how much we will miss two outstanding shuttle stallions High Chaparral (IRE) and Street Cry (IRE).