It was a day of staggering drama, global records and the most incredible bidding and theatre ever witnessed in a thoroughbred sales ring as the much anticipated daughter of Pierro and Winx set a world record price for a yearling filly at Riverside.
Widden Stud’s exceptional stallion Zoustar was the star on Day 1 of the Easter Yearling Sale, providing the top two lots and four of the top six on a day where blue chip fillies rose to the fore.
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’’.
An exceptional opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale has seen a new Southern Hemisphere record set for an individual day’s aggregate as the surge for top quality bloodstock continued at Riverside.
All is in readiness for the Easter Yearling Sale, to be held at Riverside Stables on April 5 and 6.
On-farm inspections have been ongoing over the past couple of weeks with a number of buyers, agents and trainers inspecting catalogued lots.
The third-highest priced horse ever sold at Oaklands was the star attraction on another stunning day of trade as the 2022 Premier Sale continued its surge.
With the Sydney Autumn Carnival well underway many Lots have received significant pedigree updates since the catalogue for the 2015 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale went to print in January.
Over $90 million was spent on Australia and New Zealand’s finest bred and conformed yearlings offered at the 97th Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale that concluded in Sydney on Thursday.
Fuelled by a final day of selling the likes of which have never previously been seen in this part of the world, the three day Part One of the William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Yearling Sale concluded at Newmarket today.