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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.

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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
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