For the second year a Victorian water colour artist has taken line honours at the Inglis Equine Art Prize (IEAP), with Jason Roberts claiming the 2013 title for his work "Valyra Passes Beauty Parlour at Chantilly" in the face of stiff competition from well over 100 entries.
The start of the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is less than two weeks away and many offerings have received recent pedigree updates, which is very timely with entire drafts available for inspection at Newmarket from next Tuesday.
The two day 2012 Inglis Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale got underway at Oaklands on Thursday, with Makybe Diva’s four-year-old daughter La Dolce Diva recording the highest price when selling for $300,000.
Well known Victorian water colour artist Joseph Zbukvic has taken line honours for his artwork ‘Early trackwork - Kyneton’ in the [**2012 Inglis Equine Art Prize**](http://www.australianartsales.com.au/InglisEquineArtPrize.html). The winners were announced at a gala function held overnight in the historic Newmarket Stable at Inglis’ Sydney headquarters in Randwick.
Entries have come in from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe and America for Australia’s first art prize devoted to the thoroughbred form – the Inglis Equine Art Prize.
The noble worlds of art and thoroughbreds come together with the inaugural Inglis Equine Art Prize.
Arthur Inglis, fifth generation of Australia’s most esteemed thoroughbred family, has created the Prize in association with Mike Coward from Australian Art Sales, to “protect and promote” a classic art form.
If one was to sit down and write a Press Release on the current updates to the 2007 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Yearling Sale, it could easily turn into a thesis.