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Three million-dollar lots on ‘most extraordinary day’ at Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale

Records were broken with two seven-figure colts related to top-class sprinters yesterday becoming the highest-priced horses ever sold in an online auction, as a remarkable thoroughbred market defied wider economic calamity caused by a global health crisis on day one of the “virtual” Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Witnessed by viewers from 99 different countries... Read More

All eyes on Easter as vendors and buyers set to come together in face of adversity

Resilience of thoroughbred industry put to test from 10am in virtual first for Inglis When the opening lot enters the virtual Riverside Stables ring this morning, signalling the start of the most dramatic Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in the company’s 153-year history, Jonathan D’Arcy’s overtures from the rostrum are sure to trigger a wave... Read More

G1G Racing and Breeding seeking Diamonds at Easter sale

Prominent owner believes colts syndicates will make their presence felt at virtual auction One of the key backers of Australia’s most successful colts syndicates expects agent James Harron and the China Horse Club-Newgate operation to make the most of a potentially depressed Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale market this week. Gary Diamond, still on a... Read More

King Redoute’s Legacy lives on in Inglis Sires’

Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) may have died just over a year ago but he continues to leave his mark on the Australian racing industry, landing the quinella with King’s Legacy and Prague in yesterday’s Inglis Sires’ (Registered as ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick.  The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team looked to... Read More

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia on front foot in face of coronavirus

The Australian breeding industry’s peak body and its marketing arm are working behind the scenes with government authorities as well as encouraging international buyers to participate in the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in a bid to limit the significant negative impact of Covid-19 on the sector. Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) chief executive Tom Reilly... Read More

Hawkes’ using Sires as building block for talented Ole Kirk

Team Hawkes is closely mirroring the interstate platform used eight years ago for top-class sprinter-miler All Too Hard (Casino Prince) as the family run stable attempts to go one better in Saturday’s $500,000 Inglis Sires (registered as ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes) (Gr 1, 1400m) with the stallion’s close relation Ole Kirk (Written Tycoon). The first... Read More