The Inglis Scone Yearling Sale concluded the sales company's select yearling sale season with gains in several areas. For the year, Inglis sold 2079 yearlings, which grossed A$242,393,000 for a clearance rate of 86% and an average of A$116,560. The gross bettered 2017's mark of A$219,410,250. It was the second record-breaking Inglis select sale season in a row. Twenty-two of the 33 A$1-million plus yearlings purchased from Australian Southern Hemisphere yearling sales went through an Inglis ring. The top-priced yearling was lot 400, a colt by Fastnet Rock (Aus) out of The Broken Shore (Aus) (Hussonet), who sold for A$2.3 million.
Monday's Book 2 session was topped by an A$45,000 son of Drumbeats (Aus) as lot 283. Offered by Winterfell Thoroughbreds, the brown yearling, a full to SP gelding Ringo's a Rockstar (Aus), caught the eye of N Stephens of Queensland. The session ended with 68 yearlings sold for a gross of A$449,000 and a solid 85% clearance rate. The average was A$6,603 (-12.4%) and the median was A$4,000 (-33%).
“The 2018 Inglis select yearling sale season has thrown up some challenges, but overall it has been a satisfying year,” said Inglis General Manager of Bloodstock Jonathan D'Arcy, reflecting on the conclusion of the Inglis select yearling sale season. “Among several highlights were the 34% growth at the Classic Yearling Sale and the broad spread of buyers at the top end of the Easter Yearling Sale. While Easter and Premier were marginally down on the previous year, they were both still very strong yearling sales, both clearing 85% and grossing the second-highest figures on record at both venues. I'd like to commend and thank vendors who entrusted us with their yearlings and were prepared to meet the market in the majority of cases throughout the year.”
Inglis also conducted the Scone Weanling and Thoroughbred Sale on Monday, where a Sepoy (Aus) colt (lot 17) brought A$26,000 from Pinhook Bloodstock to top the sale. The Widden Stud-consigned weanling was one of 40 sold (80%), whose collective gross was A$210,550. The average was A$5,264 (-15.3%) and the median was a$2,500 (-37.5%).
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