Warwick Farm is the next stop for Australasian horsemen and women (as well as those from further afield). The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is just around the corner.
After a couple of online offerings, Inglis holds its first physical sale of 2026 this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The Southern Hemisphere yearling sale season has, though, been in full swing for a while.
Riverside’s Classic Yearling Sale comes after Books 1 and 2 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale yielded an A$212,800,000 aggregate, and after the NZB Karaka Sale, which closed last week, posted a NZ$95,685,000 total for trade across its Book 1, Book 2 and Summer Sale.
Those figures in mind, Inglis has some pressure applied as the third in line. A 798-strong catalogue, however, with lots by almost 115 individual sires, should help it match or even exceed expectations.
Inglis self-describes it as the ‘best value yearling sale in the Southern Hemisphere’ and prices of recent top-level graduates certainly seem to back that statement up. Pride Of Jenni, for example, went for just A$100,000 in 2019.
That superstar, crowned Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year a few years back, is by Pride Of Dubai, responsible for about five lots going through the ring this year, including Lot 573, a colt out of the winning O'Reilly mare Well Credentialled, a half-sister to the dual Group 3 winner Gotta Have Heart.
Widden send a notably large draft, while Torryburn's can be described as ‘quality over quantity’, given it includes the likes of Lot 79, a Pierro half-sister to the dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1 fourth Straight Arron, Lot 279, a Zoustar colt out of the five-time winner and two-time Group 2 second Our Intrigue and Lot 341, whose second dam won at Group 3 level.
Sires with sizeable representation include Home Affairs, responsible for the likes of Lot 322, out of a dam whose four foals to race have all won, as well as Farnan, sire of Lot 554, whose dam Valley Sweetheart was placed at Listed level, among others.
Lot 462, a Harry Angel full-brother to the Group 2 victrix and multiple Group 1-placed Stretan Angel, and Lot 158, a Snitzel colt out of the Group 3 winner Madotti, look set to turn heads, as does Lot 56, a half-brother to the Galaxy hero Private Harry.
Other lots of interest include:
Lot 50, a half-sister to the multiple Group 3 winner and Group 2-placed Chica Fuerte, dam of the recent Listed-placed Invicto
Lot 190, whose pedigree received an update in December when his full-sister Where's The Circus won a Restricted Listed on debut.
Lot 753, a Dundeel colt out of a full-sister to the dual Group 2 winner Deploy.
Trade begins at 10am on Sunday and all lots offered are eligible for the Inglis Race Series.
The catalogue can be viewed here.
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