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by Renee Geelen/TTR AusNZ Australia's best-credentialled yearlings have been catalogued for the 2026 edition of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, with 472 lots heading through the ring on March 29 and 30. With 11 yearlings by Extreme Choice and the Snitzel colt from champion mare Winx as headline acts, Inglis is equally thrilled about the depth of the catalogue. Across the catalogue, 259 lots (55%) are the progeny of or siblings to stakes winners, with 80 of those being a half-sibling to or out of a Group 1 winner....

A breeding right in Darley's Street Boss stallion Anamoe will be offered in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale. The nine-time Group 1 winner and first-season sire is hitting on all cylinders with his first yearlings. A total of 31 sold for a gross of A$14.5 million and averaged A$469,000, with a 100% clearance rate. His top lot was an A$1.1-million son of listed winner Secret Trail (Denman), who sold to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock and David Redvers Bloodstock in partnership. The bay stood for A$110,000 in 2025. "The way...

With a long a storied history in sales in Australia, Inglis, which has hosted online auctions in Australia for almost a decade, branched into the U.S market when acquiring the majority share in the Thoroughbred auction platform Wanamaker's in the spring of 2024. Re-branded as Inglis Digital USA, the company's co-founder Liza Hendriks stayed on as Chief Executive Officer while Kyle Wilson and Kelly Brophey joined the team. Initially appointed as the senior director of sales and recruitment, Wilson was promoted to the position of CEO in late 2025. Addressing...

Brotha Keny (Mo Town) parlayed a recent stakes victory into a record-sized payday for his connections on Wednesday during the Inglis Digital USA December sale with his $550,000 hammer price being the highest in the online auction platform's history and propelling a top overall gross of $869,250, the company said in a press release late on Wednesday. The 3-year-old gelding sold to Meah/Lloyd Bloodstock, as agent for Michael and Jules Iavarone, TCC Stables and Morplay Racing. Brotha Keny entered the December sale off a victory in the Zia Park Derby...

by Renee Geelen/TTR AusNZ A stronger clearance rate and plenty of demand at the top end led to a record gross, hitting over A$19 million, at Thursday's Inglis Ready2Race Sale. The gross was A$19,054,000, up 22% from 2024's A$15.607 million aggregate. The average was A$156,180 (-5%) and the median was unchanged at A$100,000. Of the 163 lots offered, 122 sold (75%). A record 64 lots realised A$100,000 or more (up from 50 last year) while 39 sold for A$200,000 or more (up from 28 in 2024). The leading buyer was...

A nomination to Australian Champion First- and Second-Season Sire Too Darn Hot has been added to the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale held from August 22-27. The son of Dubawi broke the first-season sire earnings record during the 2023/2024 season. Responsible for four-time Australian Group 1 winner Broadsiding, Too Darn Hot has sired the winners of more group races than well-known Australian stallions Snitzel, Fastnet Rock, I Am Invincible and newly crowned champion sire Zoustar, at the same stage of their careers. The sale of the Too Darn Hot...

The Inglis Digital USA July Sale closed Wednesday with a pair of stakes-winning juveniles heading up the trade, topped by Good Civilian (Good Samaritan--Lei It On Me, by Benny the Bull), who was secured by Flurry Racing for $240,000. An impressive winner by 11 ½ lengths at Horseshoe Indianapolis June 14, the gelding followed up with a score in the Prairie Gold Juvenile Stakes at Prairie Meadows. Good Civilian was previously raced by Southwest Racing Stables Inc. Good Civilian was consigned by trainer Genaro Garcia, who made the horse available...

Yulong continued their streak of acquiring topline racemares for their broodmare band on Wednesday when paying A$1.625 million for G1 Sistema Stakes winner Velocious, who was offered by Go Racing in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Sale. The daughter of Written Tycoon becomes the second highest-priced filly to ever sell through the platform, after Funstar (Adelaide) realised A$2.7 million in 2021. Offered as a broodmare prospect after the failure of a tie-back operation at the start of her three-year-old season, Velocious attracted global attention from bidders, but it was Yulong,...

By Kit Gow/TTR AusNZ It was announced on Sunday evening that champion racehorse Winx's colt by four-time champion sire Snitzel will be offered as part of Coolmore Stud's draft at the 2026 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The second foal of 25-time Group 1 winner Winx, the colt will walk through the same ring as his older sister Quinceañera (Pierro), who made A$10 million when selling at last year's Easter sale to part-owner Debbie Kepitis. "He's a very handsome boy," Kepitis said. "Just wait until you see him, he's got...

by Kristen Manning & Dane McLeod/TTR AusNZ It was a spectacular affair at the Inglis Chairman's Sale where Group 1 mares stole the show. TTR AusNZ was there to hear what the buyers and sellers had to say about the atmosphere at a special Inglis Riverside evening. At A Glance The Inglis Chairman's Sale of 2025 saw 96 lots catalogued with 77 sold, compared to a smaller catalogue in 2024 with 59 of 88 lots finding new owners. The aggregate was A$54,430,000 compared to last year's A$35,335,000 with the difference...

A share in top Australian sire Zoustar (Aus) (lot 255) will be offered during the Inglis Digital April (late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding and lasts through April 30. One of over 550 lots, the share is offered by Qatar Bloodstock, Ltd. This sale marks only the second time a share in Zoustar has come up for public auction. The Widden Stud resident, who will stand for A$275,000 this year, has sired 65 stakes winners and 117 black-type horses including Sunlight (Aus), Ozzmosis (Aus), Zougotcha (Aus), Schwarz...

The 10-time stakes winner Amelia's Jewel (Aus) is the latest addition to the catalogue for the Inglis Chairman's Sale, with a stellar cast set to go under the hammer at Riverside Stables on the evening of Thursday, May 8. She will be consigned by Segenhoe Stud, on behalf of her owner and breeder Peter Walsh. Amelia's Jewel started her career with Simon Miller, who was responsible for the then-three-year-old when she gained her most notable victory in the 2022 G1 Northerly Stakes at Ascot, after an unbeaten, three-race two-year-old season....