Melbourne Cup hero Americain (USA) has been a popular addition to the roster at Swettenham Stud covering some 288 mares in his first two seasons at stud and his first weanlings will attract much interest at the upcoming Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale starting this Sunday, June 21.
Pre-race discussion centred on the return of Group I winner Toorak Toff at Flemington on Saturday, but it was ‘Mr Consistency’, Eclair Mystic, who got the job done.
An outstanding Swettenham Stud draft for unreserved dispersal headlines Sydney’s 2008 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Broodmare Sale catalogue which is now available online, complete with footage of the Swettenham mares.
With entries for the William Inglis & Son Easter Broodmare Sale closing this Friday February 22, Inglis have confirmed the sale will feature the complete unreserved dispersal of the Swettenham Stud broodmare band.
The strength of yesterday’s opening session of the 2005 June Weanling Sale continued today, with a total of 304 weanlings overall selling for a new record gross of $3,314,554 and a record average price of $10,903, up 15% on last year.