Inglis Catalogues Bumper Classic 2019 Sale
The Classic Inglis Sale will feature a record 1013 horses including relations to 76 Stakes winners (up from 63 last year) including eight Gr.1 winners in Youngstar, Your Song, Under the Louvre, In Her Time, Headway, Long John, Questing New and Signify.
There are also progeny of 103 Stakes-winning mares (up from 60 last year) including 10 Gr.1 winners.
The event will also feature the inaugural AUS$2m Inglis Millennium for 2YOs and AUS$1m Inglis Sprint for 3YOs
Progeny from 110 sires including Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Choisir, Exceed And Excel, Fastnet Rock, Written Tycoon, Hinchinbrook, Lonhro, Not A Single Doubt, Pierro, Sebring, Spirit of Boom, Written Tycoon, Star Witness and Zoustar are represented, as well as 22 First Season Sires such as Bull Point, Contributer, Exosphere, Headwater, Kermadec, No Nay Never, Outreach, Panzer Division, Press Statement, Pride of Dubai, Real Impact, Rich Enuff, Super One and Vancouver.
The leading vendor by numbers is Widden Stud with 65 entries ahead of Arrowfield (46), Newgate Farm (37), Newhaven Park (30) and Vinery Stud (29).
The sale will entail four days of Book 1 (Feb 9-12) where 808 yearlings will be offered plus the Highway Session (Book 2, Feb 14), which has seen a further 205 youngsters catalogued.
Wednesday February 13 will be a Highway Race Day at Warwick Farm featuring two Highway Handicaps one for Country-trained horses and one for Provincial-trained horses.
If the winner of either Highway race is an eligible Inglis graduate (paid up for the current or a former Inglis Race Series), the winning trainer will receive a $50,000 credit voucher to spend at the Highway Session at Riverside Stables the following day.
Inglis’ NSW Bloodstock Manager Chris Russell said the company had little choice but to expand the sale, given the huge demand by breeders wanting to be involved in Australia’s fastest growing Select Yearling Sale.
Credit: Inglis