By Alan Carasso
Tuesday's single-session Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale at the auction house's Newmarket complex in Sydney attracted buyers not only from within Australia, but also from New Zealand, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. A catalogue that was expanded by nearly two-thirds saw a total of 134 juveniles change hands for turnover of nearly A$8.7 million. The sale's bellweather statistics saw a decline from last year's more compact event, as the average and median were off 4% and 10%, respectively, while the clearance rate was significantly lower on an afternoon Inglis Managing Director Jonathan d'Arcy termed “a tough day at the office.”
Colt's by Smart Missile (Aus) and Written Tycoon (Aus)–the latter the sire of TDN Rising Star and G1 Golden Slipper S. hero Capitalist (Aus)–each fetched final bids of A$310,000 to sit atop the leaderboard when all was said and done.
Acting as agent, representatives of Inglis signed for the second-crop Smart Missile colt from Victorian consignor Baystone Farm, catalogued to the sale as hip 153. The bay or brown colt, a son of six-time winner Asshewaqua (Aus) (Black Hawk {GB}), represented an outstanding return on investment for Baystone, who gave A$40,000 for the August foal at this year's Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. He did a smart breeze ahead of the sale on a Good 4 track at Cranbourne, clocking :10.39 for his 200 metres of work. Baystone sold all five of its offerings on the day for gross receipts of A$845,000.
Not long after, Damon Gabbedy's Belmont Bloodstock Agency was extended to the joint high price for the Written Tycoon (Aus) colt from Chevaux Bloodstock. A Queensland-bred, like Capitalist, the October-foaled son of Best Feature (Aus) (Secret Savings) had been acquired by Chevaux for A$64,000 at the Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale last February. Hip 166 was bred by Gainsborough Lodge, who acquired the colt's dam for A$19,000 at the 2014 Inglis Weanling and Broodmare Sale.
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