The catalogue for the Inglis Great Southern Sale, the Southern Hemisphere's largest weanling offering, is now available, the sales company announced early Wednesday morning. Comprised of 991 entries, the Oaklands Junction auction has been extended and will now run from June 17-21. A total of 571 weanlings and 300 broodmares are slated to go under the hammer, with weanlings by top sires like I Am Invincible (Aus), Written Tycoon (Aus), Sebring (Aus), Exceed And Excel (Aus), Lonhro (Aus), Medaglia d'Oro, Zoustar (Aus), Pierro (Aus), Fastnet Rock (Aus), Choisir (Aus), Tavistock (NZ), So You Think (NZ), and Hinchinbrook (Aus). Sires with their first weanlings to face the auction ring include Vancouver (Aus), Pride of Dubai (Aus), Dissident (Aus), Brazen Beau (Aus), Toronado (Ire), Rubick (Aus) and Night of Thunder (Ire).
Last year's sale was topped by the Group 3-winning mare Scarlet Billows (Aus) (Street Boss) (lot 497), who sold for A$460,000. Sons of More Than Ready (lot 204) and Written tycoon (lot 383) were the co-second dearest lots during the 2017 sale, selling for A$310,000 apiece during the select weanling portion. The aggregate for the four-day spread was A$15,225,700, with a clearance rate of 80%, as 665 sold of 940 catalogued. The average was A$22,896 and the median was A$9,000.
“Breeders from around Victoria and from interstate have supported Great Southern with quality drafts,” commented Inglis Victoria Bloodstock Manager Simon Vivian. “It is exciting to know that such a substantial offering of quality weanlings will be on offer and I am confident there will be many pinhooking and racetrack success stories graduating from the 2018 sale.”
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