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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It was a day of staggering drama, global records and the most incredible bidding and theatre ever witnessed in a thoroughbred sales ring as the much anticipated daughter of Pierro and Winx set a world record price for a yearling filly at Riverside.

Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) has established himself as one of the best young sires in the world and he finished the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale with a flourish as his last colt through the ring on Monday sold for $1.3million.

US investor John Stewart of Resolute Racing came to Australia with the aim of securing the Pierro filly from Winx at Inglis Easter and while he missed out on our national treasure, he did get a nice consolation bidding $3million on the Coolmore consigned I Am Invincible filly from Group I winner Booker.

A milestone first $1million sale for Mick and Pauline Malone’s North as a bid of $1,100,000 by Rosemont Stud/Suman Hedge Bloodstock for a son of Snitzel went unanswered on the final day of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

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The burning question that has baffled Australian bloodstock experts and our entire racing and breeding industry for pretty much all of this year finally had an answer on Monday when the first foal of Winx stepped into the sale ring at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and the daughter of Pierro was later led out with a sale price of $10million lighting up the bid board.

An investment in an English mare more than 30 years ago is continuing to reward Blandford Lodge, with a homebred descendant successful on the opening day of The Championships at Randwick.

Arrowfield Stud had their first million-dollar lot of the sale with the Written Tycoon half-brother to Shoals and Groundswell and then struck again moments later with a Dundeel colt from the same family.

2024 has been a pivotal year for Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice with the first of his better bred yearlings being offered and he produced his fourth individual million dollar yearling this year at Inglis Easter when the flashy chestnut colt from Tempt Me Not made $1.4million.

There were six heats for juveniles at Randwick this morning and some interesting unraced winners including the $2.6million Zoustar filly Clean Energy, a full sister to Champion Filly Sunlight, whose yearling colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) sold for $1.4million at Inglis Easter earlier in the day.

Group II winning Not a Single Doubt mare Summer Sham is wedded to Zoustar at Widden Stud and her yearling colt sold for $1.55million at Inglis Easter on Monday with the full brother to stakes-winner Schwarz purchased by China Horse Club/Newgate/Go Bloodstock/Trilogy.

The latest chapter in the story of Widden Stud’s star producer Solar Charged played out at Inglis Easter on Monday when her colt by Zoustar sold for $850,000, then her champion daughter Sunlight made a splash when her Wootton Bassett (GB) colt sold for $1.4million and at the Randwick trials her 2YO daughter Clean Energy was an impressive winner.

Sledmere Stud got a big result on Monday at Inglis Easter when they sold a stunning Justify (USA) colt from Stockton Abbey for $900,000.

Hong Kong’s sprinting superstar Lucky Sweynesse (NZ) (Sweynesse) notched up his 10th black-type victory with an emphatic defence of his title in Sunday’s HK$5.35m Group Two Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.

Widden Stud’s exceptional stallion Zoustar was the star on Day 1 of the Easter Yearling Sale, providing the top two lots and four of the top six on a day where blue chip fillies rose to the fore.

It was a stellar day of trade for Widden Stud on Sunday at Inglis Easter with Zoustar producing four of the top six lots sold and Widden had the honour of selling the session topper with the stunning filly from Group I winner Prompt Response fetching $2.2million to the bid of James Harron Bloodstock.

Here is the full list of 71 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

On Day Two of the William Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, there will be standing room only when the Pierro x Winx filly takes centre stage.

Yarraman Park have had a busy day offering nearly all of their Inglis Easter draft for this year on Sunday and starring late in the day was the I Am Invincible filly from Notting Hill that sparked an intense bidding war before finally selling for $1.8 million.

Some families have a real commercial appeal that represents gold in the sale ring and Black Type on the track and we saw one of them in play at Inglis Easter on Sunday when four members of the Procure - Hips Don’t Lie family were offered for sale including a Snitzel filly from the mare herself that sold for $1.1million.

Fresh from siring Straight Charge to win this year’s Group II ATC Silver Slipper, Widden Stud’s young sire Written By hit a home run at Inglis Easter on Sunday when his colt from Mandalong Snitjess sold for $700,000 to set a new benchmark in the sale ring for the sire son of Written Tycoon.

John Singleton is more usually seen on the buyers list at Magic Millions, but he swung into action at Inglis Easter on Sunday purchasing the Elsdon Park consigned I Am Invincible filly from triple Group I winning Champion 3YO Filly Lucia Valentina for $700,000.

Kia Ora Stud have had great results for their foundation sire Farnan at yearling sales so far this year and the trend continued at Inglis Easter on Sunday when a stunning filly by the Golden Slipper winner from Gypsy Robin (USA) sold for $725,000.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has his first million dollar yearling sold at Inglis Easter 2024 with Segenhoe Stud’s colt from Fundamentalist selling for $1.9million to the bid of Tom Magnier.

Widden Stud will offer some sensational yearlings over the next two days at Inglis Easter and one of the best on paper was the Written Tycoon half-brother to dual Group I winner Zougotcha and Mick Price believes he’s gotten unbeatable value paying $500,000 for the flashy chestnut.

Fresh from Group I success in New Zealand on Saturday with Australian bred two year-old I Am Invincible colt Move to Strike, Te Akau principal David Ellis was straight into the buying groove at Inglis Easter moving early to secure Lot 9 from Newhaven Park, the Snitzel colt from Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly English.

Platinum Thoroughbreds lightly raced Pierro stallion Bellevue Hill is off the mark, with the heavily backed favourite Diva Las Vegas overcoming difficulties to make a winning debut over 900m at Newcastle on Saturday.

The dazzling victory of outstanding three year-old colt Celestial Legend in the $4million Group I ATC Doncaster Mile will have a lot of people thinking hard for a lot of reasons and with not one but two of his close relations to be offered at Inglis Easter on Monday there is time enough for consideration about a colt that could one day be the stallion Australia really needs.

Here is the full list of 98 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes (1000m) at Morphettville on Saturday was supposed to mark the winning return of spring Group winner Karavas, but she came up short against Rosemont Stud’s homebred Starspangledbanner filly Lincolnshire, who led for home on debut and couldn’t be caught.

Star mare Amelia's Jewel lost her unbeaten first-up record when playing second fiddle to the 3-year-old Rich Enuff gedling Oscar's Fortune in the Group III PKF AS Roma - AC Milan Cup (1100m) at Ascot on Saturday.

After the Frosted (USA) colt Bustling scored a dominant win as odds-on favourite in the Listed Amelia Park - Perth Stakes (1100m), it was the turn of the Rich Enuff filly Siren Assault to throw her hat in the ring for the Karrakatta Plate with an equally impressive performance in the Group III Furphy - Gimcrack Stakes (1100m) at Ascot.

Australia’s leading second crop sire by earnings and winners, Trapeze Artist finished the first day of The Championships at Randwick with a Group race double courtesy of progressive three year-old colt Ducasse, winner of the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) and talented three year-old filly Facile, who was tenacious in winning the $250,000 Group III ATC PJ Bell Stakes (1200m).

Kiwi breds won all three stakes races at  Caulfield on Saturday with Captain Envious following on from early Black Type success for Gold Wolf and Here to Shock - A ground saving ride by Thomas Stockdale paved the way for the Paul Preusker-trained Captain Envious to upset the applecart when he prevailed in a thrilling finish top the Gr.3 Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield.

Racing on or near the pace has been a hallmark through most of Here To Shock’s career, but the talented New Zealand-bred changed things up at Caulfield on Saturday and powered home from off the pace to win the Gr.3 Victoria Handicap (1400m).

Promising three-year-old staying prospect Gold Wolf showed he could be a contender for the Gr.1 South Australian Derby (2500m) next month when he produced a strong finish to tip out fellow kiwi-bred galloper Antrim Coast in a thrilling conclusion to the Listed Elvis Thurgood Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield.

A ride for the scrapbook by James McDonald resulted in Riff Rocket winning Saturday’s $2,000,000 Group 1 ATC Australian Derby (2400) at Randwick and joining an exclusive club to win the classics in Sydney and Melbourne.

With 200 metres to run in Saturday’s $4,000,000 The Star Doncaster Mile at Randwick, there were a dozen horses still capable of winning, then Tyler Schiller lowered the boom on Celestial Legend.

Bradman scored an upset victory for Wiremu Pinn in the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday with the son of Pins becoming the fourth stakes-winner for blue hen Baggy Green, who was bought for $1.75million from the Valachi Downs Dispersal in 2022 by Yulong, who will offer her current yearling filly at Inglis Easter.

Despite her last start win in the Group III Birthday Card Stakes and superior wet track form, the market disregarded the 5-year-old Fighting Sun mare Chain Of Lightning in Saturday's $3.000,000 Group 1 James Squire T J Smith Stakes (1200m) and paid the price.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible posted his 15th Group I winner in New Zealand on Saturday when the Te Akau owned colt Move to Strike won the Group I Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) to become the very first G1 juvenile winner for his sire.

Emirates Park homebred filly Manaal won the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes on debut last spring and has gone from strength to strength as her juvenile season has unfolded putting the icing on the cake at Randwick on Saturday when beating the colts to win the $1million Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m).

While the mood may have been momentarily gloomy at Kooringal Stud when the favourite Bandi’s Boy did not run to expectations, it would have picked up considerably when The Brothers War (USA) mare Asgarda launched down the centre of the track under Kayla Nisbet to spring a surprise in the $1,000,000 Newhaven Park Country Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick.

Waikato horseman Chad Ormsby is making a habit of landing major prizes at Trentham with three-year-olds that he was unable to sell at the Ready to Run Sale.

Fresh from an incredible interstate double in Australia last weekend with Orchestral and Mark Twain, the Roger James and Robert Wellwood stable picked up another black-type feature in New Zealand this time when race favourite Apostrophe ($3.50) claimed victory in the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2100m) at Trentham.

Shaune Ritchie & Colm Murray continued an outstanding season with their stayers when up-and-coming star Nereus powered home to win the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m) at Trentham on Saturday.

Winning for the first time since breaking her maiden on a heavy track at Kembla Grange twelve months ago, the heavily backed Good Banter needed all of her 8kg pull in the weights over the brave Autumn Angel in Saturday’s Group III TAB Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Bred and sold by Segenhoe at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale for $280,000, Trapeze Artist colt Ducasse was not beaten far in Group I races at his last two starts and struck winning form at Randwick on Saturday in the $250,000 Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m).

An outstanding few weeks for Waikato Stud’s freshman sire Super Seth continued at Caulfield on Saturday with the unbeaten Feroce winning the A$150,000 Vale John Russell (1200m).

A winner and stakes-placed three times when carrying the royal colours for Sir Michael Stoute, Circle Of Fire (GB) opened his Australian account at his third start for Ciaron Maher in Saturday’s Group II Schweppes Chairman's Quality (2600m) at Randwick.

A determined winner of the Group III ATC Breeder's Plate on debut last spring, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Espionage missed a run in the Golden Slipper when his prizemoney total left him just outside the final field, but he made amends when making light of the heavy ground at Randwick on Saturday to win the $250,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

Due to the significant rain event of the past 48 hours, Day 1 of the 2024 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale will now start at 12pm AEST tomorrow, Sunday April 7.

Success comes in all shapes and sizes and for the Bowness Stud bred Zoustar gelding Zounate, that success has come in the show ring with the eight year-old gelding taking out the 2024 Pope Cup at Sydney Royal last week for the best show hacks in Australia over 15 hands.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale starts tomorrow and Maree McEwan has been out and about at the sales catching up with our vendors, so what are they saying as we countdown to 10am on Sunday morning.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A 35-strong draft from powerhouse Yulong and a share in dual Stakes-winning sprinter Malkovich – who was this week confirmed as a runner in the $5m The Quokka – headline the Inglis Digital April (Early) catalogue, which is now available online.

The highly anticipated William Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale gets underway at Riverside Stables on Sunday. With 500 lots catalogued over two days, it is nothing short of breathtaking.

Mapperley Stud has announced their stallion service fees for the 2024 season with their proven son of High Chaparral – Contributer (IRE)  spearheading their roster at a fee of $18,000+gst.

The 2023-24 season has already delivered countless highlights in both New Zealand and Australia for Te Akau Racing, and the powerhouse Kiwi syndicators are hoping the next few days will produce more of the same.

Vinery Stud have a long list of successful graduates to emerge from the Hunter Valley based nursery and the most recent is exciting Zoustar colt Growing Empire, who carried the Yulong colours to victory in the Listed MVRC Moonee Valley Pearl last month.

An expensive Zoustar filly that wins at her third start by a couple of lengths is always an interesting horse, but when the race is over 2000m and she has a half-sister to be offered at Inglis Easter it becomes a One to Watch!

Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first foal of Australia’s world champion racehorse Winx will be offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale next Monday and was shown to the media in a special event at Riverside Stables on Thursday.

The Randwick ritual is back on song this weekend with a huge card of racing accompanied by drenching rains and world class athletes. Up to 150mm is predicted to wreak havoc on the east side suburb as the very best from across the country and beyond get ready to fight it out in some of the most prestigious races on our calendar.

Andrew Forsman commenced a big week of racing in winning fashion on both sides of the Tasman and out of his Cambridge stable, The Patron Saint raced to an impressive front-running win at Ruakaka on Wednesday to become the 12th winner from 12 foals to race from blue hen Imposingly.

Top juvenile Velocious moves into serious bonus territory at Trentham on Saturday. The Written Tycoon filly will attempt to not only double her tally at the highest level, but also race for an extended prize pool in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m).

From the first crop of young Newgate Farm sire Cosmic Force, Full Force fitted a formula that vendor Kilgravin Lodge has previously enjoyed racing success with and that process could take them to the highest level this weekend.

Owned and run by the Kelly family at Boorowa in the south west of NSW, Newhaven Park has a long tradition of excellence at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and their draft of 10 this year features a Snitzel colt from one of the best fillies they have ever bred and raced.

Triple Group I winning Dubawi stallion Benbatl (GB), who won the Group I MRC Caulfield Stakes in 2018 and chased Winx home for second in the Cox Plate, will be a new addition at Woodside Park Stud in Victoria this spring.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

North might be a new name in the vendor index at Inglis Easter this year, but it’s familiar faces with Mick and Pauline Malone acquiring and putting their stamp on the former Kanangra Stud to reinvigorate this proven Hunter Valley farm as an elite nursery for future thoroughbred stars.

The admirably consistent Wandjina mare Terra Mater booked her ticket for the $1,000,000 Midway Championship final on Day Two of The Championships at Randwick with a hard-fought victory in Wednesday’s Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championship Wildcard Plate (1400m).

Sporting the silks carried by her sire I Am Invincible, the 2-year-old filly Rantan overcame difficulties to make a winning career debut in the prophetically named I Am Invincible Easter Yearlings Midway Maiden (900m) at Newcastle on Wednesday.

An imported 3-year-old daughter of Camelot (IRE) winning over 1000m augers well for the future of Spirit Of Camelot (IRE), who is likely to step straight up to stakes class following her win in the Haymarket Maiden Plate at Ballarat on Wednesday.

As a half-sister to the Group 1 VRC Oaks heroine Personal (Fastnet Rock), First Person has a bit to live up to and took the first step when breaking her maiden over 900m at Newcastle on Wednesday.

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Opening her account with a soft debut win on heavy ground at Geelong on Tuesday was the Anthony and Sam Freedman trained Hellbent filly Irrefutably, who has a full brother entered for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.

All is in readiness for the highly anticipated Australian Easter Yearling Sale, which begins on Sunday at Riverside.

NZB’s 2024 National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the quality 100-lot catalogue available to view on Gavelhouse Plus.  

Southern Highlands nursery B2B Thoroughbreds are expecting to be busy this week showing a draft of seven for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale that features a top class colt and exceptional filly by champion sire Snitzel.

The field and barriers are out for the $4million Group I ATC Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday with a full field of 20 plus four emergencies and it’s reassuring in an elite race over a distance longer than a sprint - that is packed with intrigue and differing form lines - to see Australian breds make up the lion’s share of the field accounting for 17 runners.

Kia Ora Stud have moved into exciting territory this year with the launch of the first yearlings by the farm’s Golden Slipper winning foundation sire Farnan, who is poised to make his presence felt at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

This time last year Pride of Dubai gelding Dubai Honour (IRE) was in Sydney getting ready to win the $5million Group I ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes in which he defeated Anamoe and 12 months on he’s back in the UK and kicked off his 2024 season with a powerful win in the Listed Magnolia Stakes (1m2f) overnight at Kempton.

It’s been a strong start to the year for the newly created Alma Vale /Kitchwin Hills Partnership run by Verna Metcalfe (General Manager of Alma Vale and Kitchwin Hills) and Stud Manager Oscar Englebrecht with the show rolling into Riverside Stables this week for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale where they will present siblings to a couple of current season stakes-winners, plus the

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Kandinsky Abstract was the most expensive yearling in Australia in 2022 when sold by Widden Stud for $3million at Inglis Easter and the Zoustar colt posted his second win at Warwick Farm on Easter Monday.

A competitive juvenile maiden over 1300m at Warwick Farm on Easter Monday produced a new winner for Zousain wit the Ciaron Maher trained filly Froebel Star doing best in a tight finish to snatch a narrow victory.

Domain Ace may find himself back on a truck to the Central Districts chasing Group One glory this weekend, after an impressive debut win at Otaki.

Trainer Greg Eurell will search for a suitable race at the Adelaide Carnival for Icarus after the 3-year-old son of O’Lonhro sprouted wings to make a winning career debut in the Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Maiden Plate at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

It’s been a busy start to the year for Chris Watson and his team from Mill Park in South Australia and while the next generation of yearlings are being offered at sales around Australia, the past graduates having been doing the business on the racetrack and three outstanding youngsters to be offered at Inglis Easter hold promise for the future.

Cootamundra based Twin Hills Stud under the care of Olly and Amber Tait is steadily producing a growing track record of success and an eight strong draft for Inglis Easter has a nice mix of the proven and promising with one of only two colts on offer by much loved sire Lonhro a likely highlight along with the one and only Kingman in the sale.

Inglis Easter inspections kick off at Riverside Stables from today with a catalogue of 500 set to draw buyers from around the world and if you need a reminder of what is on offer the sire and vendor break up show us I Am Invincible as the leading sire by numbers (44) and Arrowfield the leading vendor with 61 entries, which is 20 more than their nearest rival.

Here is the full list of 56 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Yesterday's brilliant Group One New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Stakes winner Belclare will turn heads when she is offered at the upcoming 2024 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.

The Torryburn Stud brand has been on fire in in recent years achieving Group I victories with Champion Hong Kong Sprinter Hot King Prawn, outstanding 3YO sprinting colt Home Affairs and more recently with Espiona and Voyage Bubble and their success has travelled to the global stage with not one, but two runners at the Dubai World Cup meeting on Saturday night.

This year's running of Hong Kong's most prestigious race, the Hong Kong Derby, saw a stirring finish between two exceptionally exciting horses - the Irish bred Massive Sovereign and the Australian bred Galaxy Patch.

The jaw-dropping highlight of the Dubai World Cup meeting was reserved for the US$12 million feature, when the lightly raced Laurel River (USA) gave last year’s winner Ushba Tesoro (JPN) and Saudi Cup hero Senor Buscador an eight-and-a-half-length thrashing.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is a week away and if you’re doing homework and looking for something in particular Breednet’s Family Search and Nicks page will provide good information – are there any relations to Orchestral, Estriella and Olentia, yes there are.