breednet.com.au

Step Back in Time – Where Were You in 2000?

Tara Madgwick - Monday January 20

The release of the Inglis Easter catalogue this week got me thinking about the past and a hunt through one of my cupboards produced a copy of the 2000 Inglis Easter Yearling catalogue and it turns out while some things have changed dramatically, others are pretty much the same!

Well worn 2000 Inglis Easter catalogue!

Easter 2000 and 2025 Snapshot

2000 – 500 lots featuring 61 vendors and the progeny of 69 different sires.

2025 – 421 lots featuring 48 vendors and 61 different sires.

Most Represented Vendors 2000 – Top 10

Vendor

Number

Coolmore

56

Arrowfield Stud and as agent

51

Widden Stud

38

Collingrove Stud

24

Emirates Park

22

Philippa Duncan Bloodstock

20

Cambridge Stud, NZ

18

Newhaven Park

15

Segenhoe Stud

14

Vinery Australia and as agent

14

Most Represented Vendors 2025 – Top 10

Vendor

Number

Arrowfield Stud

42

Coolmore

39

Sledmere Stud

24

Widden Stud

23

North Bloodstock

20

Segenhoe Stud

17

Yarraman Park

16

Vinery Stud

14

Newgate Farm

13

Lime Country Thoroughbreds

11

Yulong

11

The big three Arrowfield, Coolmore and Widden remain the powerhouse players that they were 25 years ago and are essentially in the same ownership, while other influential names have come and gone or been completely reinvigorated and reincarnated as virtual new entities under their old name.

Advertisement

Most Represented Sires 2000 Top 10

Sire

Number

Woodman (USA) (First)

55

Danehill (USA)

47

Octagonal (NZ) (First)

27

Anabaa (USA) (26) (First)

26

Barathea (IRE)

26

Unbridled’s Song (USA) (First)

22

Zabeel (NZ)

20

Hennessy (USA) (First)

20

Last Tycoon (IRE)

19

Marscay

19

Royal Academy (USA)

18

Spectrum (IRE) (First)

18

There were 19 first season sires represented in 2000 and 15 of them were foaled in the Northern Hemisphere and they included the most represented sire in the sale Woodman, who shuttled here as a proven horse. Out of all those shuttle horses that were first season sires at Easter that year it was Widden Stud’s Anabaa (USA) that proved the most successful in Australia and he is sire of the dam of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside, who is in turn a first season sire this year.

Most Represented Sires 2025 Top 10

Sire

Number

Snitzel

45

Zoustar

36

So You Think (NZ)

33

I Am Invincible

32

Home Affairs (First)

28

Too Darn Hot (GB)

18

Wootton Bassett (GB)

17

Extreme Choice

13

The Autumn Sun

13

Stay Inside (First)

12

Toronado (IRE)

12

Frankel (GB) (based NH)

12

Maurice (Jpn)

12

There are nine first season sires and three are foaled in the Northern Hemisphere, but the two most represented are Australian bred sprinters Home Affairs and Stay Inside.

For those interested in how 2000 panned out, below are the Top 10 selling colts and fillies that sold for $500,000 or more.

Colts

Name

Breeding

Price

Comment

VIKING RULER

Danehill x Tristalove

$1.5 million

Gr 1 winner, AJC Spring Champion S

Asian Tiger

Danehill Beach Gown

$1.3 million

Died

SHERATON

Woodman x Bint Marscay

$850,000

Gr 3 winner

American Oak

Flying Spur x Sworn Secret

$700,000

Country winner

Scaler

Woodman x Fitting

$600,000

metropolitan placed

Royal Danehill

Danehill x Think Twice

$550,000

Country winner

Lithuanian

Nureyev x Doe

$525,000

Unraced, exported to GB

Dolphin's Ace

Dolphin Street x Bo Dapper

$500,000

Unraced, retired to stud

Playing

Danehill x Kenbelle

$500,000

Winner

Fillies

Name

Breeding

Price

Comment

Run for Roses

Danehill x Nuwirah

$800,000

Unraced

Pure Grace

Woodman x All Grace

$700,000

Unplaced

Pink Opal

Flying Spur x My Pink

$700,000

placed in New Zealand

FAIZA

Danehill x Excellent Prospect

$550,000

Gr 3 winner

MAGICAL MISS

Danehill x Hooked Bid

$520,000

Gr 1 winner, VRC Oaks, VATC 1000 Guineas

LANGOUSTINE

Danehill x Prawn Cocktail

$500,000

Gr 2 winner

Tennessee Spur

Flying Spur  x Tennessee Magic

$500,000

metropolitan winner
Advertisment
More Reading...
$625,000 In the Congo Colt to Gai and Adrian
He’s a three-quarter brother to undefeated superstar Autumn Glow and won the Group I ATC Golden Rose beating Anamoe, so it was no surprise when In the Congo made a splash at Magic Millions on Friday to deliver a colt that sold for $625,000.
Star Colt and Star Filly Highlight Snitzel Day at Magic Millions
It was Snitzel day at the Magic Millions on Thursday with Arrowfield Stud’s much missed champion sire, who died last year, producing the top selling filly and colt of the day.
$1.25 Million Invincible Filly to Waller Racing
Champion sire I Am invincible has produced a filly to sell for a million or more on each of the three days of Magic Millions so far and he did it again on Friday when the Coolmore consigned filly from Qafila fetched $1.25million.
$1.6Million for Sister to Caffe Florian
Three year-old Snitzel filly Caffe Florian has been one of the finds of the summer in Sydney reeling off three successive wins culminating with a Black Type success in the Listed Gosford Guineas and her full sister lit up the Magic Millions sale ring on Thursday selling for $1.6million.
Anamoe Colt Bred on Magic Cross Sells for $850,000 to MyRacehorse
The first yearlings by Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe have been in hot demand this week at Magic Millions with two fillies selling for $800,000 and on Thursday that mark was surpassed by a gorgeous colt that made $850,000.
Widden Sell First Million Dollar Yearling for Anamoe
Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe is leading the first season sire averages at Magic Millions and put the issue well beyond doubt when he produced his first seven figure yearling on Friday with Widden Stud’s colt from Secret Trail fetching $1.1million.
$1.6million Snitzel Filly Stars at MM Day 3
The latest yearling from Arrowfield Stud's grand producer Madame Andree topped Day Three of selling at the 2026 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Thursday.
$1.1million Frankel Colt Sold by Newgate
Juddmonte Farms based champion sire Frankel has exerted a powerful presence on the Magic Millions this year and had a second million dollar yearling on Thursday when the Newgate Farm consigned colt from Miss Alacrity (USA) sold for $1.1million.
Coolmore Sell $1.5million Snitzel Colt
Tom Magnier has invested heavily in elite racemares in recent years to add to the Coolmore broodmare band and one of them was Group II winner Vangelic, whose first foal was the top seller in Friday’s final Book 1 session at Magic Millions.
$500,000 Filly for Nicconi – Sister to Scorched Earth
Widden Stud’s 20 year-old stallion Nicconi is best known as the sire of champion sprinter Nature Strip and while high end commercial breeders have largely moved on from the evergreen sire, he made his presence felt at the Magic Millions on Friday when his lone yearling sold for $500,000.