Key Take Outs From 2021 Inglis Classic

Among the significant data to emerge from the 2021 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale are:

• Newgate Farm ended Book 1 as leading vendor by gross, selling 29 of their 30 offerings for $4,140,000, ahead of Arrowfield Stud (sold 30/30) and Yarraman Park Stud (sold 28/28), while Woodside Park led the vendors by average (for three or more sold), selling 4/4 at an average of $220,000. With further success in the Highway Session, Arrowfield ended as overall leading vendor grossing $4,425,000
• Newgate’s spectacular sale continued on the sires list with Capitalist and Deep Field finishing the quinella for most popular stallion, grossing $3,520,000 (sold 17/17) and $3,272,500 (sold 30/32) respectively
• George Moore/Team Moore ($1,440,000) nosed out Kavanagh Racing (1,430,000) as leading buyer, although Mark Kavanagh bought most Book 1 lots overall with 13 purchases
• The middle market saw extraordinary growth with 224 yearlings selling for $100,000 or more – up from 169 last year – while 51 sold for $200,000 or more, a 55% increase on the 33 yearlings from 2020 to do so
• The Highway Session also enjoyed extraordinary growth, with its average of $48,736 and gross of $6,823,000 both 30% year-on-year increases
• Inglis’s Sale Day Live broadcast was again a huge success, with more than 100,000 views between the Inglis website and Inglis Facebook page alone, with Sky Channel viewership figures unavailable at time of print