Cover image courtesy of Newgate Farm
The iconic Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has a larger catalogue than in 2025 with 472 lots, and the depth of pedigreed individuals on offer is staggering. Across the catalogue, 259 lots (55%) are the progeny of or siblings to stakes winners, with 80 of those being a half-sibling to or out of a Group 1 winner.
For the first time in recent years, the catalogue is filly-heavy with 245 fillies and 227 colts, and there are 64 individual stallions with yearlings representing them across the whole 472 lots.
Extreme Choice’s sensational statistics
Extreme Choice had only 44 live foals in 2024 and one quarter of them will be available to purchase at the 2026 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The sire of 17 stakes winners, six at Group 1 level, from just 146 runners will be represented by 11 Easter yearlings.
“Something that particularly excites me about the catalogue is that this will be the best group of yearlings ever assembled at a sale by a generational stallion in Extreme Choice,” said Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch.
Extreme Choice | Standing at Newgate Farm
“He's got 11 yearlings in the sale, all of whom are the progeny of or siblings to black type horses, as far as I know. He’s a horse we are particularly proud of as he’s a Classic Yearling Sale graduate. In itself, this is one of a number of incredible opportunities at the sale, and it’s a particularly pertinent one given his capacity to deliver so frequently what it would appear the market really wants.
“He’s a horse we are particularly proud of as he’s a Classic Yearling Sale graduate.” - Sebastian Hutch
“He's had three Group 1 winning 2-year-olds from a little over 100 runners. His sons are destined to go to stud. His statistics are just incredible.”
Extreme Choice has sired G1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner Stay Inside, whose oldest runners are currently 2-year-olds, G1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Devil Night, and G1 Champagne Stakes winner She’s Extreme who also won the G1 Victoria Oaks at three.
“Obviously the domestic market is very aware of his merit, but from the point of view of the catalogue appealing to a series of international investors, I think he's a very important feature of the sale.”
Sebastian Hutch | Image courtesy of The Image Is Everything
All of the eleven are out of black type mares, with ten winning stakes races. The filly, Lot 117 is out of Group 1 winner Speak Fondly (Northern Meteor) who is the dam of Listed winner Compelling Truth (I Am Invincible). Of the six colts, Lot 71 is a half-brother to Group 3 winner English Riveria (Deep Field) out of juvenile stakes winner Second Time Lucky (NZ) (Any Suggestion), while Lot 436 is from the family of Jonker and Danewin, out of Group 3 winner Exfactor (Your Song).
Born to be a stallion prospect
Two years ago, the Inglis sale ring at Riverside was lit up with the mind-blowing sale of Quinceanera (Pierro), the first foal of Champion racemare Winx (Street Cry {USA}), who sold for $10 million. In 2026, Coolmore Stud, who sold both Winx and Quinceanera, will offer Winx’s second foal, a colt by Champion Sire Snitzel.
“It's an honour to have the opportunity to offer a horse like him (Lot 187).” - Sebastian Hutch
“It's an honour to have the opportunity to offer a horse like him. I saw him two weeks ago at Coolmore. He looks really well. He's obviously a 24th of November foal, but he's developing nicely. I know they're happy with them.
“He's a very uniquely credentialled horse and we look forward to people seeing him at the sale and hopefully his preparation goes well. Everything's gone to plan with him so far, and hopefully everything goes well with the balance of preparation and people enjoy seeing them at the sale.
“He’s (Lot 187) a horse with the profile to captivate the market.” - Sebastian Hutch
“He’s a horse with the profile to captivate the market.”
Winx, who won 37 races including 25 at Group 1 level and was crowned Horse Of The Year on four occasions, is out of juvenile stakes winner Vegas Showgirl (NZ) (Al Akbar) who has also produced two other stakes winners and the dam of G2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint winner Enriched (I Am Invincible).
Winx | Image courtesy of Sportpix
Easter is about more than one horse
“More generally, the quality of the catalogue is really incredible.” The progeny of 64 different stallions are represented in the sale, with Snitzel leading the crowd with 43 lots, while I Am Invincible has 41 and Zoustar has 35.
The breadth of commercially successful stallions with yearlings at Easter also includes stallions like Extreme Choice, Too Darn Hot (GB), Ole Kirk, Wootton Bassett (GB), Home Affairs, Stay Inside, Super Seth, The Autumn Sun, Harry Angel (Ire), Per Incanto (USA), Street Boss (USA), Written Tycoon, Toronado (Ire), Exceed And Excel, Dundeel (NZ), Maurice (Jpn), Justify (USA), Alabama Express, Castelvecchio, Hellbent, Savabeel, Proisir, Pinatubo (Ire), Starspangledbanner, and Satono Aladdin (Jpn).
Internationally recognised stallions like Frankel (GB), Baaeed (GB), Gun Runner (USA), Kingman (GB), Lope de Vega (Ire), New Bay (GB) and Siyouni (Fr) all have representatives in the sale.
Gallery: International sires featured in Inglis Easter Yearling Sale
“That's an incredible concentration and quality, and that's before you go into the depth of pedigrees. It might be granddaughters of great racemares or half siblings to great racemares that produced yearlings in the catalogue.
“You just have to skim through the catalogue, turning the pages is pretty cool for a bloodstock enthusiast. We all wait to see what’s going to be in the green book!” There are three yearlings who are both out of a Group 1 winner and a half or full sibling to a Group 1 winner, and all are fillies, so that’s some incredible residual value on offer.
“You just have to skim through the catalogue, turning the pages is pretty cool for a bloodstock enthusiast.” - Sebastian Hutch
Lot 43 is a full sister to G1 Golden Slipper and seven figure yearling Estijaab (Snitzel, out of dual Group 1 winner Response (Charge Forward). G1 NZ Oaks winner More Than Sacred (More Than Ready {USA}) has a Frankel (GB) half-sister to G1 Kikuka Sho winner Durazzo (Jpn) (Duramante {Jpn}), and she is catalogued as Lot 448. Lot 336 is a Dundeel (NZ) half-sister to G1 Toorak Handicap winner Transatlantic (Snitzel) out of G1 Australian Oaks winner Gust Of Wind (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}).
A staggering 51 lots in the catalogue are out of Group 1 winning mares and as well as the three aforementioned fillies, there a several among them who are also the dams of stakes winners and a few of them are; Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Shoals (Fastnet Rock) has a full sister to Group 3 winner Isthmus (I Am Invincible). Sunlight (Zoustar), a Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, has a full sister to Listed winner Dawn Service (Justify {USA}). Dual Group 1 winner Viddora (I Am Invincible), the dam of Group 3 winner Grand Prairie (Written Tycoon), has a Diatonic (Jpn) filly for sale.
This season’s G2 Roman Consul Stakes winner Hidden Motive (Capitalist) is out of Group 1 winner Secret Agenda (Not A Single Doubt) and she has a Zoustar filly on offer.
There is also the progeny of young Group 1 winning mares like Azkadellia (NZ) (Shinko King {Ire}), Bonham (Per Incanto {USA}), triple Group 1 winner Forbidden Love (All Too Hard), Icebath (NZ) (Sacred Falls {NZ}), Lighthouse (USA) (Mizzen Mast {USA}), New Zealand Horse Of The Year Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands), Mizzy (Zoustar), Montefilia (Kermadec {NZ}), Never Been Kissed (NZ) (Tivaci), Nimalee (So You Think {NZ}), G1 Victoria Oaks winner Personal (Fastnet Rock), G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes winner September Run (Exceed And Excel), Sheeza Belter (Gold Standard), Sierra Sue (NZ) (Darci Brahma {NZ}), Travelling Light (NZ) (El Roca), and Yearning (Snitzel).
“We obviously had a really strong sale in 2025 and that gave people with the appropriate stock to say with confidence, ‘that's where I want to be selling my best yearlings in 2026,’ and that's how it's materialised.
“I want to be selling my best yearlings in 2026.” - Sebastian Hutch
“We have all the right stallions in there and a good variety of the right stallions. We have all the right vendors and a good, broad variety of vendors.”
And with more fillies than colts this year, there are plenty of opportunities to buy into Australia’s best families with a long term investment plan. “We intentionally went out with the objective specifically chasing quality fillies and we are delighted with the volume of those that we've been given the opportunity to sell by such a broad cross section of vendors.
“It's noteworthy that the last three Golden Slipper winners are produced out of mares who were Easter yearling graduates. If you wanted to demonstrate the merit of a yearling filly at Easter, I think that encapsulates it perfectly.”
Marhoona | Image courtesy of The Image Is Everything
Marhoona (Snitzel), 2025's Golden Slipper winner, is out of Salma (Encosta De Lago) who was passed in at the 2011 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale. The 2024 G1 Golden Slipper winner Lady Of Camelot (Written Tycoon) is out of Miss Debutant (Fastnet Rock) who was purchased at the 2015 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale for $430,000 by Paul Moroney Bloodstock from the Kia Ora Stud draft. And 2023’s victor Shinzo (Snitzel), a homebred for Coolmore, is out of Samaready (More Than Ready) who was sold by Vinery Stud in 2011 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale for $150,000 to Belmont Bloodstock.
“There’s a level of security in the investment into fillies. We’ve seen over the last few years that the market for fillies off the track and broodmares with appealing credentials has become increasingly competitive. Buying a yearling filly gives people an opportunity to have two paths of return, be it as a race filly and then subsequently as a broodmare.”
Depth of catalogue gives buyers opportunity
Beyond the most exciting top quarter of the catalogue, there is plenty of depth for buyers, and in 2025, there were 66 yearlings who sold for less than $200,000. With a median price of $360,000 in 2025, that means that half of all horses sold at Easter cost $360,000 or less.
“Easter is a great catalogue. It's going to be an amazing sale. I feel like the sales is going to represent an incredible opportunity for people at various levels in the market to invest in a product that they might have considered was beyond them on paper. It would be a mistake to be dismissive with the catalogue,” said Hutch.
“Easter is a great catalogue. It's going to be an amazing sale.” - Sebastian Hutch
“There will be yearlings, if everything goes to plan, who make a lot of money. But there will also be yearlings where people walk away saying ‘wow, how did I manage to buy that?’ It happens every year, and I want to tear my hair out because it’s so hard to get the message to people.
“With the (economic) environment in breeding, people are conscious of the costs associated with having horses in training. We found across all our sales in 2025 that there was a willingness on the part of vendors to meet the market. We’ve seen evidence of that continuing at the first sale of the year up at the Gold Coast, and I would be surprised if that willingness (to meet the market) doesn’t sustain itself through the balance of the sales season.
“That presents an opportunity for buyers.”
| 2025 | 25 | 66 | 421 |
| 2024 | 18 | 68 | 500 |
| 2023 | 26 | 86 | 457 |
| 2022 | 20 | 87 | 487 |
| 2021 | 23 | 116 | 466 |
Table: Depth of Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale results
And the race results for that end of the market are impressive too. Overpass (Vancouver) cost Darby Racing and Will Johnson Bloodstock only $75,000 at the Inglis Easter round 2 sale in 2020. His ten wins have netted him over $12.4 million. “There are countless examples of it, Overpass, Quick Thinker, Femminile, and in the case of fillies, you end up with breeding value too.”
Overpass | Image courtesy of Western Racepix
Other recent graduates of Easter include Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun), Switzerland, Joliestar (Zoustar), Cap Ferrat (Snitzel), Lady Shenandoah (Snitzel), Transatlantic (Snitzel), Zougotcha (Zoustar), Home Affairs, Climbing Star (NZ) (Zoustar), She’s Extreme (Extreme Choice), Autumn Angel (The Autumn Sun), Growing Empire (Zoustar), Napoleonic (Wootton Basset {GB}), Caballus (I Am Invincible), Getta Good Feeling (So You Think {NZ}), Estriella (I Am Invincible), My Gladiola (I Am Invincible), etc.
| 2025 | 421 | 339 | 88% | $151,815,000 | $447,832 | $360,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 2024 | 500 | 356 | 80% | $151,815,000 | $426,447 | $300,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 2023 | 457 | 360 | 85% | $139,290,000 | $386,917 | $280,000 | $1,800,000 |
| 2022 | 487 | 383 | 87% | $153,085,000 | $399,700 | $300,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 2021 | 466 | 365 | 90% | $134,665,000 | $368,945 | $280,000 | $2,500,000 |
Table: Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale 5-year statistics
