Geese That Lay Golden Eggs – What’s in the Future?

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday April 9

The 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale was highlighted by 18 yearlings that sold for $1million or more which was eight less than last year when 26 were in the millionaires club at Riverside Stables.

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Youngest mare on the list is Galileo’s imported Irish bred mare Atlantic Emerald (IRE)(foaled 2018), an unraced daughter of Champion Australian 3YO Filly Atlantic Jewel and the oldest is Hips Don’t Lie (NZ) (foaled 2005), a proven stakes producer.

Australian bred mares dominated with only Atlantic Emerald (IRE) and Coco as in Chanel (USA) foaled in the Northern Hemisphere.

Four mares on the list are in foal to Justify (USA) anda further four will have yearlings for next year by Home Affairs. 

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There is also one mother and daughter duo  in Arrowfield based The Broke Shore and Tides.

Booker is shaping as en exceptional producer for Coolmore.

Booker has gotten off to a remarkable start to her stud career after being purchased by Tom Magnier for   $1.6million at the 2020 Inglis Chairman's Sale. Her first foal, a colt by I Am Invincible sold last year for $2.5million and the $3million I Am Invincible filly is her second foal!

Below we’ve tabled all the million dollar yearlings with the foal produced last year by their dam and subsequent covering.

Price

Sire

Dam/ YOB

2022 Foal

2022 Covering

$10million filly

Pierro

Winx 2011

Missed Snitzel

Snitzel

$3million filly

I Am Invincible

Booker 2014

C Home Affairs

Justify (USA)

$2.2million filly

Zoustar

Prompt Response 2013

Slipped Zoustar

Slipped Zoustar

$1.9million colt

Zoustar

Fundamentalist 2015

C Home Affairs

Missed Anamoe

$1.8million filly

I Am Invincible

Notting Hill 2014

F Stay Inside

Missed Russian Revolution

$1.55million colt

Zoustar

Summer Sham 2014

C Zoustar

Zoustar

$1.5million colt

Dundeel

Tides 2015

F Pinatubo (IRE)

Maurice (Jpn)

$1.4million colt

Extreme Choice

Tempt Me Not 2012

C Extreme Choice

Extreme Choice

$1.4 million colt

Wootton Bassett (GB)

Sunlight 2015

F Home Affairs

Justify (USA)

$1.35million colt

Written Tycoon

The Broken Shore 2009

C Maurice (Jpn)

Sent to NH in foal Frankel NH time

$1.3million colt

Justify (USA)

Crystal Fountain (NZ) 2013

F Wild Ruler

Justify (USA)

$1.2million colt

Extreme Choice

Coco as in Chanel (USA) 2013

C Extreme Choice

Extreme Choice

$1.2million colt

I Am Invincible

Anaheed 2016

Not served

Anamoe

$1.15million colt

I Am Invincible

Adrift (NZ) 2011

Missed Extreme Choice

Wootton Bassett (GB)

$1.1million colt

Snitzel

All Too Soon 2014

Missed Stay Inside

Stay Inside

$1.1million filly

Snitzel

Hips Don’t Lie (NZ) 2005

F Home Affairs

Not covered

$1million filly

Exceed and Excel

Dame Giselle 2017

F Snitzel

Extreme Choice

$1million colt

Zoustar

Atlantic Emerald (IRE) 2018

C Zoustar

Justify (USA)

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