Local, interstate and overseas buyers converged on Sydney and provided a positive start for the opening day to the
2014 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale snapping up 124 of Australasia’s finest bred and conformed young thoroughbreds.
“Competition in the ring was ruthless in a "knock em down - drag em out - fight to the end" being played out upon many wonderful yearlings.
Buyers recognise that year on year the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale rolls out champions on the racetrack and in the breeding barn. Buyers return to buy the next generation of Australia's
"Best Of The Best" it’s a well-known and proven formula”.
The top priced yearling on Day 1 went for
$1,600,000 for the Fastnet Rock colt from Alinghi’s sister Perfect Persuasion offered by Coolmore Stud.
The average on Day 1 was $280,766 ($290,000). The $200,000 median is on par with the opening day of the 2013 Easter Sale, but the clearance rate of 74% is higher than that of Day 1 last year.
There were plenty of records set with new highs for a colt by Snitzel and a filly by Lonhro at a yearling auction.
The new record auction price for a yearling by Snitzel was set when Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum to buy Lot 118. Offered by Arrowfield Stud the brother to Group 1 winner Snitzerland (Snitzel x Monte Rosa) was eventually knocked down for $1,500,000.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum also secured the third highest priced yearling going to $1,050,000 to buy Lot 127, a filly by Street Cry from Munhro that was offered from the draft of Segenhoe Stud. In all Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum bought four yearlings for $3,625,000.
Hawkes Racing purchased Coolmore Stud’s filly by Fastnet Rock from Hips Don’t Lie (Lot 42) for $1,000,000
A new record price was set for a Lonhro yearling at auction when John Moynihan of the USA purchased Turangga Farm’s filly from Midnight Joy (Lot 105) for $840,000.
Shadwell Stud was strong again purchasing seven lots.
Trainers, agents and syndicators from all over Australia were active including Mark Kavanagh, Danny O’Brien, Peter Moody, Sam Kavanagh, Mick Price, Bjorn Baker, Anthony Cummings, Gai Waterhouse, Boomer Bloodstock, Snowden Racing, John Chalmers Bloodstock, Dynamic Syndications, Snowden Racing and many more.
Overseas clients that purchased on Day One included buyers from Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, USA, United Kingdom, Ireland, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Dynamic Syndications purchased a fantastic
BOBS eligible filly to be trained by
Peter & Paul Snowden at Randwick. Lot 170 - a Bay Filly by exciting first season sire
DENMAN from the Danehill mare
QUILT.
LOT 170 - DENMAN / QUILT Yearling Filly
See the Video Clip of our DENMAN / QUILT filly - CLICK BELOW
http://www.sirecam.com/video/Inglis_Australian_Easter_Yearling_Sale/2014/170
PETER SNOWDEN - Trained DENMAN - PINWHEEL & MEIDUNG
DENMAN - Off to a Sensational start at Stud
PINWHEEL
Our new filly is the
3/4 sister to the
Peter Snowden trained
PINWHEEL (12 wins) inc ATC Warwick S. Gr2 - twice, Missile S. Gr3 - Qld Tatts RC WJ Healy S. Gr3 - STC Canterbury Classic LR, - Clarence River JC Ramornie H. LR, and multiple Gr1 placed.
In a bidding war between Victorian Trainer Mick Kent and Dynamic Syndications we prevailed on a bid of
$160,000 + GST.
Her Dam QUILT has produced 10 foals to race - 8 winners & 2 placed including PINWHEEL and Amish the dam of SW MEIDUNG.
MEIDUNG
QUILT is a 1/2 sister to CHARMING CITY - Champion sprinter in HK.
Bred to be special on the proven LONHRO / DANEHILL cross rated : A + + + with a BESTS OF SALE rating 1.0 suggesting she's a potential genuine Saturday Class - Stakes Class race filly.
Importantly - there have been several updates to the Female Pedigree since the catalogue page was printed. These are:
1st Dam
PINWHEEL (2005.g. by Lonhro-Quilt, by Danehill-Quarantieme).
2014-02-22 3rd MRC (Caulfield) Futurity S.
Gr.1
2014-02-08 4th ATC (Randwick) Expressway S.
Gr.2
2014-03-08 4th ATC (Warwick Farm) Liverpool City Cup
Gr.3
Star of Wai Bo (2009.g. by Elusive Quality-Quilt, by Danehill-Quarantieme).
2014-01-26 1st HKJC Field Green H.
2014-03-09 3rd HKJC Changi H.
Mifflin (2010.f. by Street Cry-Amish, by Canny Lad-Quilt).
2014-01-23 1st Wyong RC Ray White Thompson Partners Maiden P.
3rd Dam
KENCELLA (2009.g. by Exceed and Excel-Kentiara, by Metal Storm-Bonny Guest).
2014-03-22 1st ATC (Rosehill) Maurice McCarten S.
Gr.3
2014-02-01 1st ATC (Rosehill) Tab.com.au H.
“There is such as broad range of owners, trainers, agents and syndicators all here at Newmarket, making for some great bidding duels over the cream of Australasia’s yearling crop yet again,” stated
Mark Webster CEO William Inglis.
Complete vendor, buyer and sire statistics for session one can be viewed at
www.inglis.com.au
Day Two of the 2014 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale starts at 10:30am Wednesday.