Guy Mulcaster hopes Ranch Hand – who he bought for $600,000 in today’s Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale – can develop into a stallion prospect, potentially as early as this weekend.

A filly by the world’s hottest stallion Extreme Choice set the Riverside auditorium alight at today’s record-breaking HTBA May Yearling Sale.

Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today. A record individual days gross, a record individual price and a record sale average has seen the first of Inglis’ select yearling sales for the 2022 season start on a high as vendors enjoyed the bloodstock boom and buyers reaped the rewards of some outstanding stock.

A draft of 11 Godolphin-consigned racehorses headlines a 210-strong catalogue in the October (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.