Cover image courtesy of Inglis
The catalogue for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale has been released, and has been supported by 48 different vendors, representing many of the top farms across Australia. A catalogue of 500 weanlings is slightly smaller than last year’s monster 574 lot book. Opportunities to purchase the progeny of more than 100 individual stallions, including the last crop of Champion Sire Snitzel.
Snitzel, who died in June 2025, completed his final covering year in 2024 with 72 live foals born in 2025 to constitute his last crop. He has a colt and a filly in the catalogue and they will be highly sought after given that at this week’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, there were 43 Snitzel yearlings sold at an average of $600,156.
“The Inglis Weanling Sales Series has been a fruitful market for buyers at all levels for a number of years, be they hobbyists, traders or end users,” said Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch.
Shinzo leads the first season sires
Several sons of Snitzel are represented in the catalogue, including his G1 Golden Slipper winner Shinzo whose first crop will walk through the Riverside sale ring in May. Shinzo was exceedingly popular in his first season with 144 live foals, and there are 13 representatives on offer in this catalogue.
“Amongst the standouts on paper are the Shinzo sibling to Splintex and Invictus Salute, and a Snitzel daughter of Chassis,” said Hutch. Lot 145, offered by Riverstone Lodge, is a Shinzo colt from Group 2-placed Acquired (NZ) (O’Reilly) who is the dam of WA based stallions Splintex, a son of Snitzel, and Listed winner Invictus Salute (Exceed And Excel). Lot 201 is a Snitzel filly from Listed winner Chassis (Al Maher), offered by Parsons Creek.
Shinzo | Standing at Coolmore Stud
Joining Shinzo on the first season sire list as sons of Snitzel are Doull who has one weanling entered, and Generation who has two. Proven sire Russian Revolution has six weanlings catalogued, while exciting young sire Wild Ruler has seven. In The Congo has ten on offer from his second crop.
Pinhooking success at the top
Last year’s sale saw a clearance rate of 78% with an average of $52,905 and a median of $30,000. The 2025 top lot, a colt by Too Darn Hot (GB) from Enbihaar (Magnus) sold for $775,000 to the Equine Growth Fund. They put him through Widden Stud’s Easter draft this week, where he sold for $2.2 million to Watership Downs, McKeever Bloodstock and Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing.
Too Darm Hot (GB) | Standing at Darley
“We have made no secret of our objective to upgrade the sale in terms of the quantity and quality of stock offered in recent years and it has been reflected in improved results across the board, which has seen our weanling sales series develop real momentum,” said Hutch.
“In 2026, the Australian Weanling Sale will be unsurpassed in terms of the opportunities available to buyers and we are looking forward to welcoming buyers from across Australia and from overseas to Sydney in May.”
There is stock by proven stallions such as Frankel (GB) who has Lot 167, I Am Invincible with four lots on offer, and Zoustar who also has four lots entered.
Sebastian Hutch | Image courtesy of Inglis
Exciting young stallion Home Affairs has 21 lots for pinhookers and end users to grab early in their journey. Among them is a 303, a filly out of G3 Kevin Hayes Stakes winner How Womantic (The Wow Signal {Ire}) and Lot 229, a colt out of Group 1 winner Diamond Drille.
First chance to see first season sires
Every year, the weanling sales gives breeders and end users the first look at the progeny of first season sires. Often a stallion can gain an increase in popularity based on how well received their stock is at this point. As well as the sons of Snitzel, mentioned earlier, there are plenty of other exciting first season sires with weanlings in the sale.
Ozzmosis, winner of the sire making G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes, is represented by 21 weanlings, while G2 Silver Slipper winner and G1 Newmarket Handicap victor Cylinder has seven weanlings on offer.
Ozzmosis | Standing at Newgate Farm
Native Trail (GB) has 14 weanlings in the sale, and he is highly credential being a dual Group 1 winner at two who won the G1 Irish Two Thousand Guineas at three.
King’s Gambit, a Listed winner at two and winner of the G2 Roman Consul Stakes at three, is heavily represented with 13 weanling, while Vinery’s Group 1-placed dual Group 3 winner Hawaii Five Oh has eight weanlings in the catalogue.
Proven source of racehorses
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale is a proven source of racehorses including G1 Blue Diamond winner Hayasugi (Royal Meeting {Ire}) whose half-brother, Lot 203 by Harry Angel (Ire) is one of seven weanlings for his proven sire. Hayasugi was a $47,500 purchase in 2022.
“Recent graduates like Group 1 winners Hayasugi and Kimochi have been quality ambassadors on the racecourse for the sale while the sale has also consistently proven to be a haven for pinhookers for many, many years,” said Hutch.
G1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes victrix Kimochi (Brave Smash {Jpn}) was a $21,000 graduate from Valiant Stud in 2021, and was sold to Yulong at the end of her racing career for $2.2 million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
Kimochi | Image courteys of The Image Is Everything
Group 2 winner Straight Charge (Written By) cost $160,000 and was on-sold as a yearling for $270,000 before his win in the G2 Silver Slipper last season. This season’s early juvenile filly Shiki (Too Darn Hot {GB}) cost $150,000 in 2024, and was pinhooked to sell for $420,000 as a yearling. Now the winner of the G3 Gimcrack Stakes on debut and one other win, she is a valuable broodmare prospect of the future with plenty of racing still to come.
Shiki | Image courtesy of Trackside Photography
Other recent graduates include $255,000 weanling and G3 Blue Diamond Prelude (colts & geldings) winner Field Of Play (Deep Field) who is now racing in Hong Kong, $80,000 graduate turned 10-time winner Brudenell (Russian Revolution) who counts a Listed win and earnings over $1 million, G3 WATC Gimcrack Stakes winner Live To Tell (Territories {Ire}), and dual Listed winner All That Pizzazz (Spirit Of Boom).
