An incredible collection of the finest fillies and mares to be offered at public auction this year has been finalised for The Inglis Chairman’s Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online.
A particularly strong group of racehorses and racing prospects headline the catalogue for the Inglis Digital October (Early) Online Auction, which is now open for bidding.
185 lots have been received into the main catalogue for the 2016 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale to be held on Friday 19 August in Melbourne. Supplementary entries will be accepted until Friday 12 August.
The largest selection of weanlings at any Southern Hemisphere sale in 2016 leads the Inglis Great Southern Sale catalogue, to be held on 19, 20, 21 and 22 June at Oaklands in Melbourne.
The Inglis Guineas, Inglis Challenge and Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale will feature brightly among the Scone Horse Festival that peaks this weekend with the Scone Cup Carnival.
Two-year-old Inglis graduates showed their brilliance today taking out the headline juvenile races in both New South Wales and Victoria, led by Prized Icon at Royal Randwick, and Valliano at Caulfield.
140 Lots have been catalogued for the 2015 Inglis December Thoroughbred Sale, to be held on Friday 11 December at the Inglis Oaklands Complex in Melbourne. The first Lot will walk through the ring at 11.00am beginning with broodmares and followed by yearlings, unbroken stock and racing stock.
Thunderstorms earlier in the day could not dampen the hopes for Jameka in the VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington and the favourite duly saluted, becoming the eighth Inglis graduate to win the Group 1 fillies Classic in the last 12 years.
The grand finale to a massive Scone Horse Festival will begin with Australia’s richest country carnival – the $2 million Scone Cup Carnival – being held across Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, and will conclude with the Inglis Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Scone Yearling Sale on Sunday 17 May.
The catalogues for the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Autumn Book and the Inglis HTBA Scone Select Yearling Sale are now available, both of which can be viewed online at inglis.com.au and on the updated Inglis Sales iPad App.
Anybody that has ever bred a Group I winner knows how special it is. The joy and sense of achievement that comes from breeding a Group I winner is something that Bylong Park Thoroughbreds owner Richard Johnston has achieved twice previously with star Fastnet Rock fillies Mosheen and Driefontein, but that didn’t dampen his enthusiasm when watching the Hong Kong Derby HK Gr 1 at Sha Tin on Sunday evening.
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.
The success realised in the first Session of the 2015 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale has continued into Session II today, resulting in new record average, gross and clearance rate recorded in Melbourne.
Fontiton's very impressive victory in the Blue Diamond Prelude for fillies at Caulfield last Saturday was an object lesson for buyers at one of Australia’s forthcoming most elite yearling markets, the Inglis Premier Sale to be conducted at Oaklands, Melbourne on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday March 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Nearly 40% of the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book is made up of progeny by first and second season sires, a huge positive for buyers given Classic’s phenomenal record of unearthing Group 1 winners by young unproven stallions.
The 2015 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale Preview magazine, featuring thoroughbred industry articles and a sample of the pedigrees to be showcased at next year’s sale, is now interactive and available online at inglis.com.au