Two mares realised $400,000 or more in today’s Australian Broodmare Sale, bringing to an end a stellar week of Breeding Stock Sales Series trade at Riverside.
The Great Southern Sale today concluded with fireworks in the ring, bringing an end to the Inglis Breeding Stock Sales Series which has been crowned “the best ever’’.
A spectacular Inglis Digital pinhook result topped today’s Australian Broodmare Sale as the curtain came down on a tremendous week of action at Riverside that saw all four auctions achieve significant growth.
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.
Today’s March Thoroughbred Sale at Oaklands Junction was the final Inglis auction before a big fortnight in Sydney takes centre stage in late March/early April as the curtain falls on Newmarket.
Highgrove Stud’s Ron Gilbert celebrated his third career Group 1 – and sire on fire Snitzel his 21st Stakes winner of the season – when 2YO Summer Passage won Thursday’s Sistema Stakes at Ellerslie.
Stakes-placed mares in foal, stallion prospects and metropolitan winners are among a plethora of Supplementary entries received for Friday’s March Thoroughbred Sale.
A powerful catalogue full of Stakes-winning race mares, broodmares in foal to some of the world’s leading stallions as well as stallion shares and blueblood weanlings highlight the inaugural The Chairman’s Sale – Session II for Elite Breeding Prospects.
Renowned soprano Li Jing Jing raised the curtain on Sha Tin’s National Day raceday but it was Bundle Of Joy who took centre stage. David Hall’s charge eclipsed higher profile rivals and announced his arrival in Pattern race company with a smart victory in the HKG3 National Day Cup.
There will be a taste of what is to come when Australia’s unbeaten champion Black Caviar returns to the racetrack for an exhibition gallop at Caulfield this Saturday.
The curtain came down on the 2012 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney today, with Makybe Diva’s half-brother the highlight when sold to champion trainer Peter Moody for $1.2million.
The curtain came down on the 2011 Melbourne Premier Sale today, with Session II producing significant increases across the board, concluding a highly successful four days at Oaklands.
As a dual Group One winner of more than $1,6 million in prizemoney, star mare Zarita has been a great favourite with many punters and racegoers, her owners this week deciding to draw the curtains on a wonderful racing career with her next engagement a trip to Coolmore Stud.
They make up just 1.5% of the stallion population, but stallions that stood for $60,000 or more in 2008 provided the winners of 28% of Australia's Group 1 races this season.
As the hammer fell on the final lot today, the curtains came down on what has unquestionably been the most successful fortnight in Australian thoroughbred sales history.