The first day of the three-day Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale held at Riverside Stables was topped by lot 119, a son of I Am Invincible (Aus), who sold for A$255,000 to Lyndhurst Farm. Day 1 was divided between 146 select weanlings–plus one supplemental lot–and 20 general session weanlings. The clearance rate for the select portion was 92%, with 118 sold from 147 catalogued, grossing A$3,441,300. The average was A$29,164 (+7.1%) and the median was A$17,000 (+13.3%). For the general weanling session, the clearance rate was even higher at 94% for 17 sold, with an aggregate of A$87,000, an average of A$5,118 (-62.9%) and a median of A$4,500 (-43.8%).
Evergreen Stud Farm offered five of the top nine foals, including the I Am Invincible topper, who is out of a placed daughter of Group 1 winner Critic (NZ) (Centaine {Aus}). Under the third dam is New Zealand Horse of the Year Ocean Park (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) and G1SW Prince Kaapstad (NZ) (Kaapstad {NZ}).
“He is by one of the best sires at the moment and we just loved him when we first saw him,” said Lyndhurst Farm's Mark Treweek regarding the topper. “I think it has been a really nice market. Some have made good money, but overall there has been a middle range and most people would be pretty happy.”
The second highest priced weanling (lot 117), just like lot 119, was consigned by Evergreen Stud Farm on behalf of Hillside Thoroughbreds and brought A$130,000 from Maluka Thoroughbreds Pty. Ltd. A bay son of Hinchinbrook (Aus), the full-brother to MGSW Whispering Brook (Aus), who ran third in the G1 Thousand Guineas, is out of Artful Whisper (Machiavellian).
“There's a lot of confidence around in the market overall and similar to the Easter Yearling Sale, anything that's quality will sell especially well,” said Evergreen Stud's Tony Bott. “Both the I Am Invincible and Hinchinbrook colts sold very well. They were both lovely weanlings and had been very popular all week. We talked to the interested people and told them they were going to be sold, theere weren't going to be silly reserves, we got them on the market early, the buyers had the confidence to bid which always helps and they sold very well.”
“All credit really must go to Hillside,” he added. “They were presented to us in lovely condition and we didn't have to do a lot. The buyers obviously appreciated quality and we saw the end result. It was fantastic.”
Three other lots made six figures on Sunday, among them a third Evergreen Stud Farm offering, a son of Written Tycoon (Aus) (lot 65) out of Rossa Mia (Aus) (Testa Rossa {Aus}), herself a half-sister to Group 2 winner Stokehouse (Aus) (Anabaa), who attracted a bid of A$110,000 from Sheamus Mills Bloodstock; a colt by MGSW Rubick (Aus) out of Witchlike (Aus) (Magic Albert {Aus}) (lot 104) from Aquis Farm snapped up by Devcich Bloodstock Ltd. for A$128,000; and Middlebrook Valley Lodge's Dissident (Aus) colt (lot 90), out of MSW and G1 South Australian Oaks bridesmaid Tingirana (NZ) (Generous {Ire}) who made A$110,000 to N Jones.
The dearest filly on the day, by Not A Single Doubt (Aus) and out of G2 SAJC Breeders' S. victress Freestyle (Aus) (Snippets), hammered at A$75,000 to Redwall Bloodstock. The fifth Evergreen Stud Farm offering, lot 8, is the 11th foal of her dam and is already a half-sister to seven winners from eight foals to make the races, including GSP House of Fun (Aus) (Starcraft {NZ}). Her second dam is dual listed heroine Stella Artois (Aus) (Geiger Counter), a full-sister to SW & GSP Smytzer's Trish (Aus) and a half-sister to a pair of Group 3 scorers in Snitzel (Aus) fillies Aliyana Tilde (Aus) and Teaspoon (Aus).
Rubick led all sires by aggregate, with seven of nine sold for A$292,000, followed by I Am Invincible with his sale-topping colt at A$255,000. The latter also led by average, with Hinchinbrook second in that category at A$95,000 for two of three sold. Deep Field (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}) sported a perfect record, with all three offered changing hands for a total of A$208,000, averaging A$69,333, good for sixth overall and second for sires with two or more weanlings catalogued.
“The first year here at Riverside, I think we've shown today that selling quality select weanlings on the Sunday after the Australian Easter Yearling Sale works,” said Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster. “We've certainly got a platform to work off for future years. There is plenty more quality on offer tomorrow and Tuesday with broodmares and race fillies, so I encourage people to come along and take part or register to bid online. Our Bloodstock team will be available to inspect any lots if clients are unable to attend the sale.”
The second day of the Broodmare and Weanling Sale will begin at 10 a.m. local time, when 225 broodmares and race fillies will go under the hammer during the Select Race Fillies & Broodmares session, followed by two supplemental race filles. Click here to view the complete results.
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