The Australian bloodstock market again defied the global trend of Coronavirus-inflicted economic downturn with some extraordinary results at tonight’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
It takes a bit to shock Newhaven Park’s John Kelly, but a “totally unexpected’’ result saw their Star Witness filly top Day 3 of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Three exceptional days of selling at the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has concluded with 432 yearlings selling for a gross of over $105 million to breeders and vendors.
The lure of another lucrative sales-restricted race has persuaded trainer Henry Dwyer to keep last-start Moonee Valley winner Rocky Boomboa in work for the Inglis Dash.