breednet.com.au

Debut Winner for St Marks Basilica Highlights Sales Potential

Tara Madgwick - Tuesday December 9

The second crop of yearlings by European Horse of the Year St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) will hold plenty of interest for Aussie investors in 2026 with a debut winner at Wolverhampton in the UK overnight giving him 23 2YO winners this year in the Northern Hemisphere.

St Mark's Basilica (Fr) has just completed his fourth season at Coolmore Australia, click for more info.

A champion son of champion French sire Siyouni, St Mark’s Basilica was a G1 winner at two over 1400m and then trained on at three to win a further four G1 races at distances ranging from 1600 to 2100m.

His profile and pedigree would suggest more to come in 2026 from this rising crop of NH bred three year-olds headed by Group I winning filly Diamond Necklace and two more stakes-winners Aylin and Thesecretadversary, plus three Group placed performers.

His latest winner is the Owen Burrows trained two year-old colt Sassicaia, who kicked off his career with a strong finishing neck win in the 1m ½ f maiden on the all weather at Wolverhampton.

Advertisement

Purchased for €80,000 at Goffs Orby Book 1 by Lillingston Bloodstock, Sassicaia is the second winner from stakes-placed Bellajeu, a daughter of stakes-winner Arbella.

The first Australian bred yearlings by St Mark’s Basilica were well received selling for up to $700,000 and have entered all the major stables with his second crop representing a real opportunity for the savvy buyer.

Top sellers for St Mark's Basilica in 2025.

In 2026, St Mark’s Basilica has 15 for Magic Millions, 11 for Inglis Classic and 14 for Inglis Premier.

Advertisment
More Reading...
Sires With Winners - Monday December 8
Here is the full list of 15 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Juvenile Trial Watch – Randwick
Four heats for juveniles at Randwick on Tuesday morning and brilliant filly Shiki will have tightened her grip on favouritism for the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month following this dazzling display.
2026 Inglis Premier – Sire and Vendor Break Up
The 2026 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale is now online and there is a distinctly Yulong flavour to the sale with Victoria’s biggest farm also the biggest vendor and they stand three of the top five most represented sires.
Juvenile Trial Watch – Warwick Farm
There were just two heats for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Monday morning and both were won by Bjorn Baker trained youngsters with one of them the highest priced Australian sold yearling by first season sire Sword of State.
2026 Inglis Premier Now Online
The catalogue for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale – the source of the past three The Everest winners that were offered at public auction – is now available online.
€2.6 million Half Sovereign Tops Arqana Vente d’Élevage
The final major sale of the year in Deauville, the ARQANA Vente d’Élevage began this morning with the first part of the catalogue that offered a selection of exceptional mares, fillies and foals. Of the 227 lots that went under the hammer, nearly 77% of them changed hands for an average of €190,126, generating a turnover of €33,082,000.
Kiwi 3YOs Headed to Victoria
Cranbourne trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have swooped on a pair of progressive three-year-olds from their native New Zealand.
Plenty of Quality in Condensed Book 2 of Karaka 2026
A graduate trifecta in the Group One New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) provided a timely reminder of the quality that can be found in Book 2 of NZB’s National Yearling Sale, and more of the same can be expected at Karaka 2026.
Pedigree Pointers – Karaka 2026
The 2026 NZB National Yearling Sales (January 25-29) offers buyers the cream of the New Zealand crop and in the weeks leading up to the sale we’ll go looking for pedigrees of interest for a myriad of reasons.
Wyong MM 2YO Classic – Sale Mail
The race to the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic in January hots up at Wyong on Wednesday with the running of the RL $200,000 MM Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m) which will test the form out of the Group III ATC Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes.