The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is done and dusted with three days of trade combining the old Highway Session into the main catalogue achieving an average almost the same as last year so a good enough result for the majority of vendors with most purchasers believing they found good value.

They say timing is everything in this industry and Glenlogan Park’s Steve Morley’s certainly wasn’t complaining when his half sister to Saturday’s $2m Inglis Millennium winner Fully Lit topped the final day of the Classic Yearling Sale.

Here is the full list of 12 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A talented grey by champion sire Lope de Vega with a pedigree that would easily measure up to Tattersalls or Arqana, this Robert and Luke Price trained filly is destined to win a lot better races.

Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Zousain filly Drifting had been showing nice potential at the trials and kicked off her career with a commanding win at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

Fresh from siring Fully Lit to win the $2million Inglis Millennium last Saturday, Hellbent delivered a magical result for first time vendors Riverstone Lodge at Inglis Classic on Tuesday when their filly from Rose of Savannah sold for $320,000 to BK Racing and Breeding.

Yarradale Stud Manager Davy Hanratty is confident this year’s consignment of 24 yearlings to the Perth Magic Millions is the best since he arrived at Gidgegannup in 2011.

The latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com has been given a black-type boost by the addition of quality racetrack performer Aromatic (NZ) (Sacred Falls).

For the sires whose oldest progeny are three year-olds the next six months are a virtual judgment day with the clock now ticking to decide their fate in terms of commercial success going forward.

Godolphin unleashed an interesting debut winner overnight at Wolverhampton with the full brother to their 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter bolting in on debut.

Here is the full list of 25 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The most expensive filly ever sold at Inglis Classic was the star of Day 2 as debut sale vendors North enjoyed the dream start to their new venture.

Hunter Valley vet and avid thoroughbred breeder Dr Richard McClenahan is no stranger to success at Inglis Classic having bred a colt by Capitalist from Theatric that topped the sale in 2021 at $625,000 in the Kitchwin Hills draft, but this year was a little different with McClenahan consigning his yearlings under his own Mullaglass Stud banner and he hit a home run when the Justify (USA) filly fro

When Flame of Hestia, the two year-old half-sister by Too Darn Hot (GB) to dual Group I winner In Her Time, bolted in at her first barrier trial for Kris Lees last month it put the spotlight on her yearling full sister who lit up the sale ring at Inglis Classic on Monday making for $600,000 for new vendor North.

He probably should have won the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes two years ago had he been allowed to start and Pedigree Dynamics' Jane Henning cannot resist the unique pedigree challenge presented by Swettenham Stud new recruit Lofty Strike. 

The Warwick Farm trials this morning kicked off with a super interesting heat featuring Everest winner Think About It and the new Joe Pride stable acquisition Mazu with five heats won by juveniles including two winners for Microphone and the return of exciting colt Straight Charge.

Exciting sprinter Master Fay is set to test his talents across the Tasman, with the six-year-old gelding booked to fly to Melbourne next week to chase elite-level targets, while his yearling full brother will be offered at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale next month.

Scott Eagleton might not have had the best seat in the house to watch Molly Bloom’s latest success, but it didn’t detract from the satisfaction derived from the star filly’s return to winning ways.

With the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in full swing and a run of sales to follow the demand for information that can narrow the search for buyers and enhance their chances of success is at a premium so we’re taking a look at overall stats for proven active sires.

The Group I Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond are fast approaching and we’ve almost certainly seen the winner of both and there were four super interesting stakes-winners on Saturday all putting their hat in the ring, so let’s take a look at the pedigrees and see why some nicks might not as good as you may think.

Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu hopes a Street Boss colt he bought for a Day 1-topping $375,000 is his next Voyage Bubble, the HK Derby winner Yiu also sourced from the Classic Yearling Sale.

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The winner of the last two Launceston Cups, Aurora's Symphony kept his perfect Tasmanian record intact with a track-record-breaking win in Sunday's $300,000 Group III Ladbrokes Hobart Cup (2400m).

A blowout for punters in the Listed Magic Millions Thomas Lyons Stakes at Hobart as Carleen Hefel came with a barnstorming finish from last on the Street Boss (USA) gelding Just A Tribute.

At the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, Mick Price paid $100,000 for a colt by Not a Single Doubt and Extreme Choice would go on to be a life changing horse for all those connected with him winning two Group I races before emerging as one of the hottest sires in the country and Price was happy to pay $320,000 for one of his sons at Riverside Stables on Sunday.

The Patrick Payne-trained Wings Of Song continued her domination of the 3-year-old fillies races in Tasmania with a hard-fought win in the Listed Viso TAS Insurance Brokers Strutt Stakes (2100m) at Hobart on Sunday.

Joe O’Neill of Prime Thoroughbreds has a happy knack for finding value at Inglis Classic having purchased $1.2million earning filly Rubisaki at this sale back in 2018 for $85,000 and he struck early at the sale this year purchasing fillies by So You Think and Pierro on Sunday.

It was a magical ten minutes for broodmare Geordie Girl on Saturday as two of her progeny won feature races in succession.

The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starts at 10am this morning and if you want to catch up with what the vendors are saying ahead of the sale check out all the sale snippets at Breednet – have you had a chat with Maree?

Here is the full list of 117 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Undefeated colt Fully Lit (Hellbent) made a clean sweep of the $2m Inglis Millennium and $400,000 Inglis Pink Bonus with a devastating victory in today’s 2YO feature at Randwick.

The $200,000 Group III MRC Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday was won in commanding style by exciting filly Estriella and then later in the day five year-old mare Real Danger won the Listed WATC Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Bunbury to make it four stakes-winners on the day for I Am Invincible.

Fresh off an 11-week break, the 5-year-old Alpine Eagle mare, The Map, put in a career-best performance in Saturday’s Listed JRA Plate (2006m) at Morphettville.

Mr Brightside needed to call on all his champion qualities to snatch victory from the free-running Pride Of Jenni in the $750,000 Group 1 Sportsbet CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield.

The high-class Medaglia d'Oro (USA) gelding Kallos earned his chance in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate after emerging from a twenty-three-week hiatus to claim the $300,000 Group II McCafe Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $250,000 Group III ATC Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) was the comeback race for Group I winning colts Griff and Tom Kitten, but with race fitness on his side and a weight advantage I Am Invincible colt Caballus claimed the prize over talented filly Makarena.

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have long believed Legarto had the potential to excel over 2000m, and their stable star proved them right on Saturday with a sparkling performance in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

Quality mare Yonce scored a richly-deserved Group Three victory when landing the Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday for trainer Ciaron Maher.

After breaking her maiden at her previous start in the fillies division of the Group III Blue Diamond Preview, became the first filly in nine years to add the $300,000 Group II Sportsbet Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield.

One of the unluckiest horses in the top echelon of New Zealand racing in recent times, Bonny Lass turned things around with a supreme front-running performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Promising galloper Wallen produced one of the standout performances on Legends Day at Te Rapa, claiming the inaugural Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) in sensational fashion.

If Saturday’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa was the final New Zealand appearance for Molly Bloom, the Group One-winning filly farewelled her homeland on a high.

Expensive I Am Invincible colt Bodyguard looked good winning the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial (1000m) at Flemington last spring and even better when resuming from a spell to score a dominant win in a hot clash of colts in the $300,000 Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

A field of eight 3-year-olds put their autumn aspirations on the line in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Hyland Race Colours Autumn Stakes at Caulfield, and Snow Patrol and Southport Tycoon singled out for a stirring finish.

The form of highly raced Snitzel colt Switzerland was franked at Randwick on Saturday when Castanya, the filly he beat on debut at Randwick last month, came out and won the Listed ATC Lonhro Plate (1000m) at her second start.

Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Pierro was running hot on Friday night with a winning treble courtesy of Simeon saluting at Moonee Valley, while Don Pedro got the cash in the second race at Canterbury with progressive three year-old Les Vampires following up in the very next race with a dominant win as a short priced favourite.

Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) posted his 20th Australian winner of the season when promising filly Miss Chenery opened her account at Canterbury on Friday night.

The favourite Yellow Sam won the initial running of the Group III Kevin Sharkie Mystic Journey Stakes (1200m) at Hobart, which had been known for 18 years as the Bow Mistress Stakes.  

In a landmark acquisition for Swettenham Stud and the Victorian breeding industry, the illustrious LOFTY STRIKE joins the Swettenham Stud roster for the 2024 breeding season.

A hard-fought win by the odd-on favourite Bold Soul gave Patrick Payne a third consecutive win in the Listed Graham Family Funerals Tasmanian Derby (2200m0 at Hobart.

Te Akau Racing has landed at least one of Legends Day’s major prizes in each of the last five editions of the showpiece Te Rapa meeting, and trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have assembled another formidable contingent for Saturday’s 2024 version.

Saturday’s $175,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa is the eighth leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series for 2023-24, and top-of-the-table filly Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) is back to try to add to her imposing lead.

After an action-packed six days of trading at Karaka 2024, results have been accumulated from the incredible Book 1 and Book 2 yearling sessions held from 28 January to 2 February at the Karaka Sales Centre.

Progressive stayer The Underbelly commenced what could be a highly successful weekend for Robbie Patterson and underrated sire The Bold One.

As Deep Field looks to put a stamp on his all-too-short career with his record-priced son High Octane in the colts and geldings division of Saturday's Group III Sportsbet Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield, the fairytale could be thwarted by the highest-priced son of his Newgate heir apparent Cosmic Force.

Inspections are in full swing head of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starting this Sunday with Riverside Stables packed with horses and people searching for their next winner, so let’s hear what some of our vendors have to say – have you had a chat with Maree?

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Three heats for two year-olds at Randwick on Thursday morning produced a couple of unraced winners by Trapeze Artist and Written Tycoon and we had a look at Magic Millions Debut winner Too Darn Lizzie, who looked smooth and slick in her first outing since her Gold Coast adventure last month.

The Blue Diamond picture will be come a lot clearer after the Blue Diamond Prelude races this Saturday at Caulfield, so let’s take a look at the Sale Mail for these big and intriguing fields.

Dual Group One bridesmaid ANOTHER AWARD was named the Rathmore Bloodstock / PPI Funds Management South Australian Thoroughbred Breeders Horse of the year for 22-23.

Super busy with a draft of 36 yearlings for Inglis Classic, the Vinery Stud team took a moment yesterday to watch the juvenile race at Sandown where Exceedance filly Flyer scored a debut win.

Well-known Australian owner Ozzie Kheir has had plenty of success buying thoroughbreds out of New Zealand, and now he is looking to boost his investment across the Tasman.

The Alma Vale Kitchwin Hills partnership was launched in the sale ring at Magic Millions last month and now it’s full steam ahead for Inglis Classic with a big draft of 19 by 14 different stallions including champion sire Zoustar.

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A half sister to champion sprinter Santa Ana Lane topped today’s Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, realising $205,000.

A trip to Melbourne last year not only gave Ken and Bev Kelso their biggest moment in racing, courtesy of Legarto’s victory in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m), but also a filly that could prove to be just as exciting.

Habana turned in an uncharacteristically below-par effort at his most recent outing and Lance Noble is understandably prepared to give the five-year-old the benefit of the doubt and move on.

After being nothing short of spectacular in the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) at Pukekohe on New Year’s Day, emerging sprinter Waitak will hunt a Group One double in Saturday’s BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.

Rosemont Stud's homebred Exceedance filly Flyer earned a shot at the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield on February 27 with a fighting win on debut in the Fierce Impact - Quality Yearlings 2024 Maiden Plate (1200m) at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

The unbeaten Magic Millions 2yo Classic winner and current Golden Slipper favourite Storm Boy has been purchased by Coolmore and will remain in training with Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

In five of his first six starts, Ducasse tackled stakes company and was not disgraced in any of them; little wonder punters unloaded when the son of Trapeze Artist dropped back to midweek company in the Farnan Yearlings Selling Now Maiden Plate at Warwick Farm.

With the late scratching of the favourites Bosustow and Linebacker, it paved the way for the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained pair Waterville and Evenflow to fight out a titanic finish of the Racing And Sports Maiden Plate (1300m) for 2-year-olds at Warwick farm on Wednesday.

Mogumber Park stallion Safeguard is gunning for a third WA 2YO sires’ premiership this season and that will give him a head-start leading into the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale this month.

A Deep Dive Leading up to Inglis Classic - by Jane Henning of Pedigree Dynamics

Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Applications for the 2024 intake of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) flagship training program, Fast Track, open Wednesday 7th February.

A stunning display of resilience and courage in the heat of battle was on display at Tauherenikau on Tuesday as progressive mare Town Cryer claimed the Listed Clubs NZ @ The Races Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) in a torrid three-way tussle.

The Autumn Sun has had a flurry of promising maiden winners since the start of the year and added another to the tally at Newcastle on Tuesday and this impressive debut winner has a full sister to be offered at Inglis Classic.

Local Opaki mare Ruby Rocks put her best foot forward as she dominated the closing stages when taking out the TAB Bonus Back Wairarapa Cup (2050m) at Tauherenikau on Tuesday.

All yearling vendors love to have a big horse to hang their hat on and in the case of Kerrie Tibbey and her team at Goodwood Farm it’s $9million earning Group I winning sprinter Private Eye and while they wait with anticipation to offer his half-brother at Inglis Easter, they are being kept busy in the interim at Inglis Classic.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have dominated two-year-old racing in Sydney this season, but their prospects in Saturday's $2million Inglis Millennium (1200m) at Royal Randwick were dealt a blow when Hellbent colt Fully Lit drew gate 17, while the Ciaron Maher trained Odinson drew ideally in gate 4.

Fans of the New Zealand thoroughbred will get a special treat at Te Rapa this Saturday when the Waikato Racing Club host their aptly named Legends Raceday.

The Southern Highlands of NSW has become a respected area for thoroughbred breeding and paving the way for others to follow in the region have been Ray and Marilyn Willis of Rheinwood Pastoral, with their daughter Kirsty proud to present a draft of 12 for Inglis Classic including the half-brother to quality colt Libertad.

Wexford Stables have enjoyed a myriad of success in the three-year-old age group ranks this season but will turn to an exciting juvenile prospect in Zelezniak on Wednesday in pursuit of home-track success.

Having had a good look at the progeny of first season sires through Magic Millions and Karaka, the market has had a chance to assess the young guns and now we move to Inglis Classic starting this Sunday where five of the top 10 most represented sires are first season sires.

Yarraman Park is home to I Am Invincible and Hellbent, who currently lead the Australian General Sires List and the Third Season Sires List respectively and their draft of 23 for Inglis Classic features eight yearlings by the dynamic father and son duo.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Four heats for the two year-olds at Rosehill on Monday morning with a couple of the big banger colts from the Waterhouse Bott stable winning their heats in Espionage and Shangri La Express, while an unraced Trapeze Artist filly with a baldy face was an eye-catcher.

Windsor Park Stud’s ‘Rugby, Racing and Beer’ South Island Sale has proven to be a fruitful initiative for the Cambridge thoroughbred nursery over the last couple of years, which was further enhanced over the weekend when sales graduate Collect Your Cash took out the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui.

If you’re only as good as the last stakes-winner you sold, Twin Hills Stud are heading to the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in top form having produced last Saturday’s Group III MRC Geoffery Bellmaine Stakes winner Vagrant, who has now won three on the trot with more wins to come.

Super-consistent Karaka graduate Nimble Nimbus (NZ) (Sacred Falls) broke through for a deserved first feature-race victory in Sunday’s HK$4.2m Group Three Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin. 

Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE) posted his second Hong Kong feature winner this year when progressive four year-old gelding Helios Express scored a commanding win in the HK Classic Mile (1600m) for four year-olds at Sha Tin on Sunday following on from Victor the Winner landing the Group I Centenary Sprint Cup last month.

While off chasing my showjumping dream at Berry Show last weekend, I was a little sidetracked when someone said to me ‘that’s Art Cadeau!’

A savvy $30,000 purchase for WA trainer Simon Miller from the 2021 Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, three year-old Nicconi filly Petula gained a valuable Black Type  victory on Sunday at Bunbury when taking out the $125,000 Listed WA Breeders Classic (1208m).

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

Following Lady Laguna's win in the Group III Southern Cross Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday, the 2-year-old filly Overfull rounded out a successful weekend for Widden Stud’s Overshare by making a winning debut at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

The Group I Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond are fast approaching and we’ve almost certainly seen the winner of both and there were three super interesting stakes-winners on Saturday all putting their hat in the ring, so let’s take a look at the pedigrees.

Better Than Ready, a perennial leader for individual 2-year-old winners, left it later than usual to put one on the board this season, although it may have been worth waiting for.

The last race at Rosehill on Saturday produced a titanic tussle for victory with previously unbeaten Shamus Award filly The Black Cloud edged out in a thriller by Trapeze Artist colt Wallenda.