2023 Inglis Easter Preview Shows Part 1 and 2 on Sky

Media Release - Sunday March 19

The 2023 Australasian yearling sale season culminates with the time-honoured Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on April 3 & 4 and over the next two Monday nights you get the chance to see the best of the best parading in all their glory on the big screen, in Caroline Searcy’s popular two-part Sale Preview on Sky Thoroughbred Central.

Part 1 on Monday March 20 at 8.30pm features regally bred babies from perennial sale-topper Arrowfield Stud, including two yearlings by Snitzel, the 4-time Champion Australian Stallion and sire of this weekend’s Golden Slipper winner, Shinzo.

The full brother to King of Sparta will be a highlight for Yarraman Park.

The home of I Am Invincible, Yarraman Park Stud features yearlings by the reigning Champion Australian Sire, Widden Stud’s draft includes exciting vision of yearlings showing off their action at high speed, including three by their star stallion, Zoustar.

And broodmare operations also feature including Bruce Neil’s Cressfield and the Griffin’s now Hunter Valley based, Lime Country Thoroughbreds, featuring a full brother to champion mare Verry Elleegant.

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The full brother to Verry Elleegant will be offered at Inglis Easter.

Part 2 of the Preview on Monday March 27 includes Hunter Valley prepared yearlings from Newgate Farm, Kia Ora Stud and Middlebrook Valley Lodge, Southern Highlands nurseries, Milburn Creek and Silverdale Farm along with New Zealand’s historic Cambridge Stud.

The Previews will be replayed on Sky Thoroughbred Central throughout the week, including the popular Sunday morning 8am timeslot and also broadcast on Trackside NZ.

Don’t miss the future champions of the track over two consecutive weeks leading up to the elite Inglis Easter Yearling Sale at Riverside in Sydney.

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