The single session Inglis March Thoroughbred Sale in Melbourne Friday finished up with a healthy 93% clearance rate, up 3% from last year, with 172 of the 185 lots offered finding new homes. Aggregate for the day amounted to A$1,327,850 with the average running at A$7,720 and the median at A$3,000.
“We are delighted to have enabled the trade of so many quality breeding and racing prospects today, and to have achieved a good clearance rate for our clients,” said Inglis Victorian Manager Simon Vivian. “We are privileged to have sold some horses that are currently in training and some that have been successful in the weeks leading up to the sale. These results have helped the healthy turnout at Oaklands today.”
Shane Morrissy went to A$78,000 for the sale's top lot, Group 1 placed Vilanova (NZ) (Commands {Aus}), catalogued as lot 205. The multiple stakes winner of nearly A$600,000 was popular among bidders from all quarters of the auditorium before Morrissy put his hand up for the winning bid. The top price achieved for a broodmare on the day was A$40,000 and there were two that reached that mark, one being lot 162 , Flamingo Dancer (Aus) (Don Eduardo {NZ}). Offered by Cloverhill Farm, the mare is carrying an early service to exciting young sire All Too Hard (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}) and was knocked down to Inglis as agent. The other, Native Land (Aus) (War Pass), lot 61 a 5-year-old winner, as recently as two days previously, was secured by Heritage Bloodstock.
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