Cover image courtesy of Inglis
The catalogue for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale has been released, and it is one of the largest and most varied selections in the sale’s history. A total of 59 vendors have entered 574 weanlings from 107 individual stallions, including opportunities to purchase offspring from the first crop of nine-time Group 1 winner Anamoe and from the last crop of breed-shaper Exceed And Excel.
Anamoe is just one of 13 first season sires whose first offspring will be available on May 5 and 6 at Riverside Stables, as well as the first offspring offered at public auction of Yulong resident Diatonic (Jpn).
His first Australian-born crop were bred on Northern Hemisphere time, and Yulong offer three from his subsequent first Southern Hemisphere time crop in the May sale, including Lot 570, the first foal from Listed Bill Carter Stakes-placed Morioka (Maurice {Jpn}), a daughter of G3 Herald Sun Stakes winner Koonoomoo (Dubleo {USA}).
Newgate Farm’s trio of Artorius, State Of Rest (Ire), and In The Congo lead the selection of first season sires by number catalogued each, sharing 47 lots in between them. The winner of four Group 1s across four countries, State Of Rest’s first offerings at public auction include Lot 9 out of G3 Ontario Fashion Stakes winner Native Bombshell (USA) (War Front {USA}), whose three winners include Listed victress Lady War Machine (USA) (Street Boss {USA}) and the 11-time winner Deano (USA) (Macho Uno {USA}).
Gallery: Most represented first-season sires in the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, images courtesy of Newgate Stud Farm
The calibre of sire on offer in Australia continues to increase; 25 Group 1 wins are shared between this year’s crop of first season sires, including two G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winners (Artorius and Daumier), two G1 Golden Rose Stakes winners (In The Congo and Jacquinot), a G1 Hong Kong Centenary Cup winner (Stronger), and two G1 Cox Plate winners.
There is also the chance to secure offspring by established champions, including Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Zoustar, and three weanlings by Frankel (GB).
“The volume of weanlings and the variety of stallions and vendors represented means that buyers will be able to achieve all of their objectives at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in 2025,” Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said.
“This sale has become an increasingly significant target for end users, which is understandable given the graduate success, and we look forward to welcoming buyers at all levels to Riverside for the sale.”
“This sale (Inglis Australian Weanling Sale) has become an increasingly significant target for end users, which is understandable given the graduate success...” - Sebastian Hutch
Last year’s edition of the sale produced some stunning pinhooking results already, including a Tassort filly out of Etoile Celebre (NZ) (Tivaci) that was purchased for $180,000 and onsold at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale for $350,000, and a $150,000 Too Darn Hot (GB) filly from Jest Excel (Exceed And Excel) that made $420,000 at the same sale.
A Wooded (Ire) colt from Analyzing (Helmet) was purchased for $35,000 at this venue last year and realised $160,000 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale this March, and a So You Think (NZ) colt out of Buccellati (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}) turned $25,000 into NZ$240,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale.
“Very simply, if you are in the market for weanlings this year, it is a sale that you must be engaged with.’’
Sebastian Hutch | Image courtesy of Inglis
The success of the Sydney-based sale has already been felt this year, both on the track and in the yearling sales ring. Australian Weanling Sale graduates to strike on the track this season include $255,000 weanling and G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (colts & geldings) winner Field Of Play (Deep Field), who will continue his career in Hong Kong, and $21,000 graduate Kimochi (Brave Smash {Jpn}), who added the G3 Toy Show Stakes and G1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes to her record in the spring.
There is also $80,000 graduate turned 10-time winner Brudenell (Russian Revolution), who captured the Listed Abell Stakes at Moonee Valley at his most recent start.
Other high-class graduates include G2 Silver Slipper Stakes winner Straight Charge (Written By), G3 WATC Gimcrack Stakes winner Live To Tell (Territories {Ire}), and dual Listed winner All That Pizzazz (Spirit Of Boom).
Gallery: Some of the graduates of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale to achieve stakes success
A half-brother to Field Of Play by Artorius will be offered by Alma Vale Thoroughbreds as Lot 301 in the sale. There are plenty of exciting relations in the catalogue, including Lot 367 in Widden Stud’s draft, a full brother to G2 1000 Guineas Prelude winner Too Darn Lizzie (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Lot 129, a Blue Point (Ire) half-brother to Group-winning juvenile Semillion (Shalaa {Ire}), Lot 27, a half-sister by Artorius to G3 Caulfield Classic winner Kingofwallstreet (Dundeel {NZ}), and Lot 12, a Supido half-sister to VOBIS Platinum Showdown winner McGaw (I Am Immortal).
“We are delighted with how the catalogue has come together, with the Dorrington Farm weanlings complemented by lots like the full brother to Too Darn Lizzie and support of the sale by the majority of major farms and consignors in Australia,” Hutch said.
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale kicks off the Inglis Breeding Stock series, and will be followed by the Inglis Chairman's Sale on May 8, then the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale on May 9.
