Like anyone watching Abbey Marie’s commanding performance in Saturday’s Schweppes Australasian Oaks at Morphettville, Peter Anastasiou was mightily impressed.

The 2011 renewal of the Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling Sale will be conducted this coming Sunday & Monday April 17-18. With the bulk of the catalogue Super VOBIS qualified it has long been regarded as the value sale of Australia.

The catalogue for the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale, featuring 724 lots by all of Australasia’s leading stallions, is now online.

The catalogue for the 2009 Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, to be held from March 1-4 and comprising 780 lots, is now on-line.

To coincide with the release of the highly informative 2009 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale Preview magazine, TVN will host a special Thoroughbreds program tonight at 6.30pm (EDST) showcasing the 2009 Inglis Yearling Sale series, featuring the highly anticipated Sydney Classic, Melbourne Premier and Australian Easter Yearling Sales.

Part One of the Melbourne Premier Sale came to a record-breaking conclusion on Tuesday with a jaw-dropping 56 per cent increase in sale gross of over $39 million.