Yearlings by leading sires including Capitalist, Deep Field, So You Think (NZ), Zoustar, Sebring and More Than Ready (USA) headline a quality catalogue for the inaugural HTBA May Yearling Sale.
An enhanced version of the former Scone Yearling Sale, the May Sale will present buyers a final opportunity to purchase yearlings in New South Wales before breeding stock sales take centre stage.
In total, 356 yearlings have been catalogued for the two-day auction at Riverside on Sunday, May 2 and Monday, May 3. Of those, 334 yearlings, or 94 per cent of the catalogue, are BOBS Eligible.
Other proven sires represented in the May Sale include All Too Hard, Toronado (Ire), Shamus Award, Dundeel (NZ), Nicconi, Ocean Park (NZ), Smart Missile and Rubick.
There are also yearlings by young sires: Extreme Choice, Flying Artie, Contributer (Ire), American Pharoah (USA), Star Turn, Winning Rupert and Sooboog, as well as yearlings by a broad range of first-season sires Russian Revolution, Merchant Navy, Caravaggio (USA), Hellbent, Impending, Churchill (Ire), Invader, Pariah, Ribchester (Ire), Spieth (NZ), Supido, Lord Of The Sky and Jukebox.
The late Voodoo Lad
Week of sales action
The Sale begins a week-long festival of auctions at Riverside which also includes the Australian Weanling Sale on Thursday, May 6, the Chairman’s Sale on Friday, May 7 and the Australian Broodmare Sale on Sunday, May 9.
“This auction was held at Riverside last year for the first time in a delayed slot of July, after COVID-19 ended any chance of holding it in its regular place of the Sunday after the Scone Cup Carnival,’’ Inglis' Managing Director, Mark Webster, said.
“The overwhelming feedback from clients was to pursue this particular auction in Sydney permanently, hence the new date and structure.
“The overwhelming feedback from clients was to pursue this particular auction in Sydney permanently, hence the new date and structure." - Mark Webster
“The fact we have over 350 yearlings catalogued already indicates there is significant industry-wide positivity surrounding the new date, venue and format.’’
This is the same Sale that has produced the likes of Group 1 winner Voodoo Lad (I Am Invincible), reigning $1 million Inglis Sprint winner Rocketing By (So You Think {NZ}) and stakes-winning sprinter The Bopper (Nicconi).
Supplementary entries for the HTBA May Sale remain open and all yearlings purchased at the HTBA May Yearling Sale are eligible for the $6 million Inglis Race Series, which includes the Inglis 2YO Challenge at Scone open to graduates of this Sale and the Highway Session from the Classic Sale, plus the Showcase Session from the Premier Sale and Inglis Digital-sold yearlings.
