The Road Less Travelled - Inglis Easter

Tara Madgwick - Thursday April 10

Is it possible for a budget conscious breeder to make their mark in a super selective and super elite sale such as Inglis Easter? With the clearance now hitting 87% following five additional sales since Monday night it turns out the answer is yes.

As the dust settles from an explosive Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale earlier this week we’re taking a look at some of the more unlikely success stories achieved with stallions whose service fee in 2022 at the time of conception was less than $30,000.

A common thread with all bar one of the yearlings below is that they are from proven stakes producers and in the case of three of them, G1 producers. 

The stallion that made the biggest splash off the smallest fee was Tassort and while Newgate Farm have announced his fee for this spring already at $38,500, he was standing for just $11,000 at the time these yearlings were conceived.

$550,000 Tassort filly from Emaan.

He had three in the sale and while Emirates Park, who stand Tassort in conjunction with Newgate, elected to pass in his filly from Golden Slipper Mossfun when she failed to hit her $1million reserve, they did sell their other entry a filly from Emaan.

The full sister to Group II winner Ameena, who was retained to race by Emirates, she was sold for $550,000 to Chinese based buyer Q Huang and is now the highest priced yearling so far for Tassort.

His third entry was a colt from Bareeq that was bought as a pinhook prospect by Sledmere Stud/Cangon Stud Farm for $40,000 and sold in the Sledmere Stud draft for $140,000 to Sutton Racing / McKeever Bloodstock.

Coolmore heavy hitters Home Affairs and Wootton Bassett (GB) were making plenty of headlines, but their bargain priced option Acrobat did not go unnoticed.

A juvenile stakes-winner at his only start, Acrobat has been given an opportunity at Coolmore at a low fee standing for the past three seasons at $13,750 with his oldest progeny yearlings.

$300,000 Acrobat filly from Ble Blue Sky.

The speedy son of Fastnet Rock had two in Easter and both sold well with a Coolmore consigned filly from Blue Blue Sky selling for $300,000 to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock / Flash Conroy and a filly from Spiced making $280,000 for Sledmere Stud when bought by Andrew Williams Bloodstock (FBAA) / Michael Freedman Racing.

The filly from Spiced was a successful pinhook having been bought for $170,000 from the Ponderosa Park draft at Inglis Great Southern by Hallmark Stud / M Kirwan.

The filly from Blue Blue Sky now has the honour of being the highest priced yearling for Acrobat and is a three-quarter sister to stakes-winner Bright Blue Sky and this season’s Group I placed 2YO Landlock.

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Lovatsville Stud’s triple Group I winning Deep Impact stallion Fierce Impact (Jpn) has his first runners this season and from just three starters has sired the smart Kiwi trained winner Zelia.

$400,000 Fierce Impact (Jpn) colt from Hirondelle.

He was priced at a fee of $16,500 when the colt from Hirondelle was conceived and this exceptional type was sold by Lime Country Thoroughbreds for an astonishing $400,000 to KPW Bloodstock.

The colt is a half-brother to Group I winning juvenile Pignan and is now the highest priced yearling by his sire.

Darley based Kermadec is one of those sires that can get you a really good horse G1 horse, but if you’re looking for a big sale ring return he’s probably not your guy and has been standing at $16,500 for the past three seasons.

$300,000 Kermadec colt from Bana Wu (GB).

Glenbeigh Farm were rewarded with their Kermadec colt from Bana Wu (GB), who made $300,000 when bought by Chris Waller Racing / Mulcaster Bloodstock and is a full brother to four time Group I winning $4million earner Montefilia.

He wasn’t the highest priced yearling ever for Kermadec, but he is the highest since 2019.

With two minor winners from 11 starters so far, Newgate Farm’s young Brazen Beau stallion North Pacific is yet strike a real blow with his first two year-olds, but that didn’t stop him getting a good result for Milburn Creek.

$200,000 North Pacific filly from Tahnee Tiara.

They sold the half-sister to Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Socks Nation from Tahnee Tiara for $200,000 to Stokes Racing / Suman Hedge Bloodstock. She’s not his highest priced yearling overall, but she is his second highest this year.

Somewhat surprisingly, Capitalist did not have a single entry for Inglis Easter this year but his Group I winning son Captivant, who stands at Kia Ora Stud, had two and both were sold off a fee of $27,500.

$340,000 Captivant colt from Lipizzan.

The star was the colt from Lipizzan that made $340,000 for Silverdale Farm when bought by Andrew Williams Bloodstock (FBAA) / Michael Freedman Racing.

He is now the highest priced first crop yearling for Captivant, whose previous best was the half-sister to Group I winner Private Harry that made $220,000 at Inglis Classic.

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