Record-breaking week concludes at Riverside on Sunday

The one-day Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale on Sunday concluded a busy week at Riverside. Sunday's sale saw 133 mares sold for $8,543,000. At the 2021 renewal 180 lots sold for $11,294,000. The average finished at $64,233, up from $62,748 last year while the median remained at $45,000.

Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said the past week well exceeded the expectations of most.

"It has been fantastic and while it is a big undertaking to get through yearlings, weanlings and mares in the space of a week, it has worked very well and it is just so efficient for most vendors,'' Hutch said.

"We are hugely grateful to the vendors across each of the sales for their support and our team has worked hard to ensure that the nature of the service afforded to vendors and buyers is an industry benchmark.

"To have record sales for HTBA May, Australian Weanling and Chairman's and then an extremely successful albeit smaller Australian Broodmare Sale today, it really has been an excellent week and one that I think we can continue to develop further.

"The week has demonstrated clearly that there is an appetite for more quality stock at each of these sales and those who have been good enough to support the sales with good horses have been incredibly well rewarded.

"For those who have missed out on securing stock this past week – and that's a lot of people – I would encourage people to review the passed-in lots, while the current Inglis Digital catalogue has plenty of fillies, mares yearlings, weanlings, there's something for everyone there and some exceptionally talented racehorses so I urge people to jump online and head to inglisdigital.com and inspect that catalogue ahead of Wednesday's closing.''