One of the biggest Southern Hemisphere online catalogues ever collated is now open for bidding, with the Inglis Digital March (Late) auction overflowing with quality offerings.
The first Godolphin draft to be offered online has highlighted another multi-million dollar Inglis Digital sale, with the 17-strong offering realising an incredible $909,000 gross at an average of $53,471.
Powerhouse racing and breeding operation Godolphin will offer an unreserved draft of 18 horses as part of the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Auction.
The temperature in Sydney soared today as did the action on Day Two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, where Lankan Rupee’s brother sold for $1,800,000.
Spirited bidding from the diverse buying bench saw increases in key metrics across the board at the end of the second day of the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, with 87 per cent of lots cleared at an average of $115,541 so far.
There are only sixteen days until the start of the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, but before the focus shifts to the Oaklands sale ring it remains firmly on Caulfield, as buyers and vendors alike watch eagerly to see if results on the track will assist them at the upcoming sale.
Inglis graduates rounded off a stellar 2014/2015 racing season, having won a total of 189 black-type races internationally. 18 individual Inglis graduates saluted in 27 Group 1 races across the world, with Arrowfield Stud leading the Vendors’ Table having bred and sold three Group 1 winners: Wandjina, Majmu and Hot Snitzel.
Names like Black Caviar or So You Think may not feature but this year’s contingent of Australian gallopers heading to Royal Ascot deserves to be respected.
Champion jockey Damien Oliver is confident that Wandjina will acquit himself well at Royal Ascot after partnering the Gai Waterhouse-trained colt in his final domestic work-out at Flemington on Friday.
The reputation of Newgate Farm among the Australian breeding ranks continues to rise after it secured the rights to stand Royal Ascot-bound Wandjina at stud.
The 2015 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale keep up its record setting pace into Day Two with spirited bidding leading to an increased average price of $99,356 for the 285 lots sold on the first two days of the Melbourne sale.
Inglis graduates Shamal Wind and Under The Louvre went one-two in the Group 1 MRC Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday, making a quinella for Robert Smerdon and Aquanita Racing-purchased yearlings.
Australian bred racehorses put on a parade at home and aboard on the Australia Day long weekend with Inglis graduates notching up stakes victories in Melbourne, Sydney, South Africa and Hong Kong.
With the third day of the Flemington Carnival over for another year, Inglis graduates were successful in four stakes races, highlighted by consecutive Inglis trifectas.
From two-year-old brilliance in Melbourne to a tenacious middle-distance performance in Singapore, Inglis graduates got off to an auspicious start to the Year of The Horse with three stakes wins on Saturday.
Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida has been around long enough not to be seduced into thinking his lightly raced sprinter Better Than Ready will win Saturday's $1 million Newmarket Handicap.
Sumakaray enhanced her reputation as one of Victoria's most promising sprinting fillies with an impressive win in today's $100,000 Chandler Macleod Handicap at Moonee Valley.
The four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington came to a close on Saturday, capping a successful week for the Victoria Racing Club which saw 31 Australian bred runners finish first past the post in their respective races.