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If you want to buy a top-class racehorse, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale presents the best opportunity of any sale in Australasia and arguably the world.
The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale is the place to go to find the next exciting stallion prospect. Since 2008, Inglis Easter has been the source of twenty-one Gr1 winning colts that currently stand at stud, such as Champion Stallion in South Africa Gimmethegreenlight, Deep Field, Shamus Award, Russian Revolution, Tivaci, and All Too Hard. Hinchinbrook, Beneteau, Better than Ready, Headwater, Needs Further, and Foxwedge are all Easter graduates, while emerging stallions such as Flying Artie, Headwater, and Vanbrugh and recent retirees Wild Ruler, Home Affairs, Alabama Express, Exceedance, Super Seth, The Autumn Sun, Trapeze Artist, Merchant Navy, Summer Passage, Prized Icon, Hampton Court, Wandjina, Atlante, Doubtland, Tiger of Malay, Strasbourg, I Am Immortal and Overshare.
“If you want to buy a top-class racehorse, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale presents the best opportunity of any sale in Australasia and arguably the world,” Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said. “This is the sale for top-class colts, leading fillies, stallion prospects, broodmares-in-waiting, international success, you name it and Easter graduates will provide it. Buyers are in for a genuine treat at Riverside in April as Australia and New Zealand’s best breeders offer their best yearlings of 2023.”
In 2023, nearly fifty different vendors will present 457 yearlings for sale with some of Australia’s best pedigrees on offer including siblings to 160 stakes winners and progeny of 149 stakes-winning mares. Some of the highlights include a brother to Horse of the Year Verry Elleegant, a Snitzel half-sister to King’s Gambit, a Snitzel half-sister to Yes Yes Yes and a three-quarter sibling to Giga Kick.
Some of the Gr1 winners with siblings in the catalogue are Hitotsu, Mazu, Private Eye, Ellsberg, In The Congo, Artorius, Russian Revolution, Pride Of Dubai, Loving Gaby, Santa Ana Lane, Estijaab, Wild Ruler, Kenedna, Super Seth, Converge, Invincibella, Tagaloa, Stronger, Quick Thinker, Mossfun, Shadow Hero, Spright, Peeping, Booker, Angel Of Truth, and Dear Demi.
Many yearlings out of Gr1 winning mares are catalogued including Gr1 winners atchy, English, Shoals, Dixie Blossoms, Fenway, Nakeeta Jane, Faint Perfume, First Seal, Commanding Jewel, Miss Finland, Secret Admirer, Heavens Above, Prompt Response, Maid Of Heaven, Griante, Gust Of Wind, Platelet, Plucky Belle, Princess Coup, Qafila, Savvy Coup, Secret Agenda, and Volpe Veloce.
Of the 31 Gr1-winning graduates Easter has produced since 2018, eight could have been purchased for $200,000 or less, the likes of Mizzy, Exceedance, Aristia, Land Of Plenty, Zoutori, Nettoyer, Quick Thinker and Funstar, while two in three Stakes winners out of the sale since 2018 could have been bought under sale average price.
With 54 individual stallions represented in the catalogue, multiple Champion Sire I Am Invincible leads the entry list with 40 yearlings on offer, while Champion Sire I Am Invincible has 39. Written Tycoon has 32 yearlings, while popular stallions Zoustar (25), Exceed And Excel (21) and Extreme Choice (6) all have representation in the catalogue. The majority of the catalogue (89%) are BOBS eligible, while there are also yearlings that are Super VOBIS and Westspeed qualified. Every year, the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale catalogue collates Australia’s best yearlings for buyers looking to add to their bloodstock portfolio, and the 2023 catalogue is another stunning example of the high quality that buyers have come to expect.
2023 Vendors
Arrowfield
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Corumbene Stud
By sheer ratio of Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond winners sold to foals offered, Corumbene Stud is the benchmark to…
Cressfield
Cressfield’s impressive broodmare band continues to produce the type of horses you’d expect with recent Gr2 winner Passive Aggressive (Fastnet…
Evergreen Stud
If you are looking for your next Group One winner, the small but select EVERGREEN draft at the 2023 Inglis…
Kia Ora Stud
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Silverdale Farm
The five fillies and three colts from Silverdale Farm at Avoca in the fertile NSW southern highlands are a special…
The Chase Farm
Historic Southern Highlands property The Chase will present their inaugural Inglis Easter Yearling Sale draft in 2023. The property, purchased…
Tyreel Stud
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Vinery Stud
Exceedance takes Vinery full circle. In 2018, Vinery purchased an Exceed and Excel colt from Newgate Farm’s Easter Draft and…
Yarraman Park
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