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  • Classic Gross Surges 21% above 2020

    Tuesday, 9th February 2021

    Day 2 of the 2021 Inglis Classic Sale ended with a sale average of $103,959 – an increase of 16% from the same stage last year – while the gross of just shy of $44,000,000 is up 21% year-on-year. Most pleasingly, the clearance rate sits at 89%. A total of 183 horses so far have sold for $100,000 or more – up from 137 at the same point in 2020 – while 40 individuals have realised $200,000 or more, a 43% increase from the 28 horses after Day 2 last year. Newgate Farm produced the day’s second and third-top lot, a Zoustar x Blazing Snitzel colt (lot 492) for $425,000 and a Capitalist x Tricky Zippy filly (lot 396) for $380,000. On the Tricky Zippy filly – which Woodpark Stud purchased – vendor Newgate Farm’s Jim Carey enthused: “She’s a quality, mature filly, everything you’d hope to get when you breed a mare of that quality to Capitalist.” Woodside Park Stud’s Written Tycoon x Ariaz filly (lot 461) equalled the Tricky Zippy filly as the most expensive at the sale to date at $380,000, selling to James Harron Bloodstock and Freedman Brothers. It capped a great sale for Victoria’s Woodside Park, who sold all four of their offerings at an average of $220,000 – making them leading vendor by average (for three or more sold) at this stage. “We’re absolutely stoked. We bought four horses here and the aim was to be in the top five vendors on average and at the moment we’re sitting top so if we finish there we’d be absolutely delighted,” Woodside CEO James Price said.

    Written Tycoon-Ariaz Filly

    Woodside Park's Written Tycoon-Ariaz Filly (pic: inglis.com.au)