Inglis sales have always provided great horses for buyers. April 09 will bring us one of the most prestigious sale events, The 2018 Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The sale will be held at Riverside Stables from April 9 to April 11. The sale has catalogue has 534 top-level yearlings this time.

Among the catalogue, are 38 siblings to Group 1 winners such as Catchy, Starspangledbanner, Mighty Boss, Shoals, Buffering, Mossfun, Lankan Rupee, Flying Artie, Press Statement, Sebring, English, Shooting To Win, The Quarterback and Lucia Valentina. There are also progeny of 31 Group 1-winning mares including Peggy Jean, Secret Admirer, Amanpour, Go Indy Go, Plucky Belle, Norzita, Sacred Choice, Snitzerland, Bonaria and Steps In Time. Super stallion Snitzel is the leading sire with 64 progeny, while I Am Invincible (41), Fastnet Rock (39), Sebring (34), Redoute’s Choice (23), Pierro (21), Dissident (20), Not A Single Doubt (19), Exceed And Excel (17) and Deep Field (16) round out the top 10.

There is a strong international flavour to the catalogue this year, headlined by three outstanding Deep Impact fillies, three Tapits and two Frankels. Arrowfield Stud is leading vendor with 51 entries followed with 39 by Coolmore Stud, 30 by Widden Stud and 24 by Kitchwin Hills and Segenhoe Stud.

Inglis’ National Bloodstock Manager Jonathan D’Arcy described the Easter catalogue as mouth-watering.

“There is no doubt that Australasia’s leading breeders are offering a mouth-watering array of sensational young horses for our buyers to select from at Easter this year,’’ D’Arcy said. “The sire strength is something to behold and the types we will see in the Riverside sale ring are simply mind blowing.

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By Apurva Chavan, Racing Writer, apurva.chavan@secretariatsworld.com