Leading racing auction house, Inglis, has announced big changes this week with the Sydney Classic Yearling Sale being split into two books, a summer and a winter session for 2013.
The summer book will occur over two days on the 20th and 21st of January with the winter book occurring on the 23rd of June both at the Newmarket complex in Sydney.
Inglis Bloodstock Director Jonathan D’Arcy suggested that it would be a move that would help everyone, especially syndicators like Dynamic who always have a very busy start to the New Year.
Jonathan Darcy is excited about the new changes
“The Winter Book will give vendors a viable alternative to market those yearlings that might not be suited to an early sale, and others that are withdrawn from earlier select sales for various reasons.” D’Arcy explained to the Inglis website.
“Buyers, especially syndicators, have encouraged us to have a later sale in Sydney to more evenly spread the flow of yearlings onto the market, and to provide them with a product to syndicate in the second half of each year.”
“The two day Summer Book will continue to provide breeders with an outstanding opportunity to offer up the typical mature and early types that have helped put Classic on the map,” D’Arcy went on to say.
The Classic Sale schedule unveiled today is just one of the initiatives set to be announced this week by Inglis for their 2013 sales program.
Inglis are making more improvements to help all for 2013
One of the other initiatives announced by Inglis is the introduction of a “Blue Riband” Session to the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale in an attempt to complement the growth of the sale.
Inglis will offer the opportunity to no more than 60 yearlings that have the right credentials bred to excel over middle and staying distances.
These yearlings will be offered in what is hence forth to be known as the “Blue Riband” Session which will occur within the thriving first Session.
This session will be conducted over four days from March 4 to 7 at Oaklands next year and has already received wide support.
“With Victoria being the home of prized distance races such as the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate it makes sense to launch Blue Riband in Melbourne, “ said Inglis Melbourne Director Peter Heagney.
Plenty of support has come from overseas with Champion South African Trainer, Mike de Kock who purchased South African Horse of the Year, Igugu, from the Premier Sale saying “The Blue Riband concept being introduced by Inglis will suit our South African buying requirements perfectly,”
Inglis will also be supporting the buyers of the middle distance and staying type yearling with discussions already underway with race clubs to increase the number of 1600m to 2400m events in the $5million Inglis Race Series.
Inglis are looking to increase the number of staying races in their Bonus Series
Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster stated that “There is a huge amount of prize money dedicated to staying races not only in Australia, but with our largest trading partners and Inglis is delighted to increase its support of the production of horses suited to competition in those events,”
This is good news for Dynamic owners with the opportunity for more prize money due to the Inglis bonus series ending up in their pockets.
Dynamic has always been a big supporter of Inglis and we look forward to buying plenty more quality yearlings both next year and in years to come.
Jay Mathieson