All in readiness for Inglis’s first live sale of 2023
The stage is set for Inglis's first live sale of the year with the Classic Sale set to be held at the Riverside Complex at Warwick Farm from Sunday to Tuesday.
An 830-lot catalogue has been gathered for the sale that was once considered Inglis's 'value' sale of the season, but has become a pillar of the Australian sale circuit.
"I had this conversation with someone the other day and they said they didn't think it was appropriate that we presented Classic as a value sale anymore because the average is over $100,000 and we regular have yearlings that make in excess of $200,000," Inglis Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch said.
"But, to the broader market, I think what people buy at Classic represents tremendous value relative to the cost of other good horses."
The main book at last year's Classic sale grossed $67,228,500 at an average of $121,132 at a 92 percent rate.
The variety of what Classic can produce is of particular pride to the team at Inglis. Since 2016, it has produced a Melbourne Cup winner (Vow And Declare), Golden Slipper winner (She Will Reign) and a winner of The Everest (Classique Legend) plus a swag of Group 1 winners.
Some of Australia's most prominent stallions, including I Am Invincible and Extreme Choice, have also come from there.
"What's great about this sale is you can point to the precedent of success of the sale in producing top-class horses in a variety of different profiles," Hutch said.
"You could have bought the winner of the Melbourne Cup, you could have bought the winner of the Golden Slipper, you can buy stallions here – I Am Invincible, Choisir, Extreme Choice, Brazen Beau, Hellbent, Castelvecchio– you can buy really good colts and you can buy fillies who go on to be really important broodmares.
"It's a sale at which you can pretty much do anything and ultimately pay less for it than what you pay in other markets that purport to do the same thing."
The sale starts at 10am Sunday, when the first 280 lots to be offered, with lots 281 to 560 to go through on Monday and the final 130 in Book 1 to be offered on Tuesday.
They will be followed by Lots 691 to 830, which make up the Highway Session.
Among those to be offered are half-relations to Group 1 winners including Steps In Time, Sweet Idea, Ruud Awakening and Secret Agenda along with colts out of Group 1 winners including Bramble Rose and Montoya's Secret.
The full catalogue for the 2023 Inglis Classic Sale is available here
