Highest Australian Sales Averages

Tara Madgwick - Friday April 9

The 2021 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this week generated phenomenal returns for our champion sires in the sale ring with Darley heavyweight Exceed and Excel leading the way with his five yearlings averaging $984,000, but where does that fit in the overall picture of all time sale averages in Australia?

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Exceed and Excel had five yearlings average $984,000 at Inglis Easter.

The answer is it fits near the top of the list with only the Japanese legend Sunday Silence ahead of his effort this year.

Arrowfield have had a long association with Shadai Stallion Station and nearly 20 years ago sent select mares to be covered by Sunday Silence as they have done more recently by his champion son Deep Impact.

Exclusivity most often generates those freakishly high sale averages when a magical stallion has a small number of yearlings, which makes it all the more remarkable when a stallion has a big draft and smashes it out of the park as we saw with Redoute’s Choice in 2006 and I Am Invincible at Inglis Easter this year.

The table below shows the Top 30 sire sale averages in Australia (three or more yearlings sold).

Sire Sale Sale Year Sold SaleAvg
Sunday Silence Australian Easter 2004 3 $1,150,000
Sunday Silence Australian Easter 2003 3 $1,116,667
Exceed and Excel Australian Easter 2021 5 $984,000
Frankel Australian Easter 2016 4 $865,000
Deep Impact Australian Easter 2019 4 $850,000
Sunday Silence Australian Easter 2002 5 $820,000
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2008 49 $791,735
Not a Single Doubt Australian Easter 2017 3 $750,000
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2006 35 $712,286
Redoute's Choice Conrad Jupiters 2008 25 $671,600
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2007 57 $662,105
Encosta de Lago Australian Easter 2007 39 $644,487
Medaglia d'Oro Magic Millions 2019 4 $633,750
Redoute's Choice Inglis Premier 2008 4 $617,500
I Am Invincible Australian Easter 2021 41 $615,488
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2005 35 $611,714
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2013 26 $610,385
Written Tycoon Australian Easter 2017 3 $610,000
Lonhro Australian Easter 2019 3 $603,333
Danehill Australian Easter 2004 26 $600,000
Not a Single Doubt Magic Millions 2021 17 $597,647
Fastnet Rock Australian Easter 2013 39 $592,821
Dehere Australian Easter 2006 10 $585,500
Encosta de Lago Australian Easter 2008 46 $583,696
Deep Impact Australian Easter 2021 3 $583,333
Redoute's Choice Premier 2007 8 $574,375
Redoute's Choice Australian Easter 2016 20 $573,250
Snitzel Australian Easter 2021 33 $560,455
Redoute's Choice Inglis Premier 2009 6 $557,500
Fastnet Rock Australian Easter 2018 30 $554,167
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