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Inglis Unveils Great Southern Catalog for June Sale

Last chance of the year for weanlings and broodmares in Southern Hemisphere.

A weanling in the sales ring at the Inglis Great Southern Sale

A weanling in the sales ring at the Inglis Great Southern Sale

Courtesy of Inglis

Offspring of Australia's hottest sires, including Snitzel, I Am Invincible, and Written Tycoon, headline a sparkling catalog of 377 weanlings at next month's Inglis Great Southern Sale at Oaklands.

And a mare in foal to outstanding British sire Kingman  is among the more tantalizing of 65 broodmares to be offered—along with others carrying to the likes of So You Think, Toronado, and Russian Revolution—at what is the last chance of the Southern Hemisphere sales season to secure top-quality weanlings and broodmares at a live auction.

The sale, which has hatched such group 1 winners as Montefilia, Behemoth, Gytrash, and Sopressa, offers an opportunity for buyers of various budgets to tap into some of Australia's finest thoroughbred horseflesh, particularly those who may have found dizzying yearling prices so far this year beyond their reach.

It has also proven a boon for pinhookers, with last year's auction leading to a host of lucrative turnarounds topped by the AU$360,000-into-AU$900,000 (US$678,970) result for the Zoustar-Vergara colt sold via Newhaven Park's draft at Easter this year.

With its catalog now online, the June 9-10 sale features weanlings by 112 different sires.

"This year's catalog has all the right ingredients for buyers to enjoy success, no matter what their end goal is,'' Inglis's Victorian bloodstock manager, James Price, said.

"There is an insatiable appetite for quality stock, and to that end, I think there is plenty in the catalog for buyers to be excited about, particularly amongst the weanlings, with the catalog featuring the only Snitzel weanling colt to be offered at public auction this year.

"There have been some fantastic stories from the sale in recent years and some life-changing results, so we are looking forward to another competitive renewal of the sale.''

Broodmare buyers are expected to engage in spirited competition to secure Irish-bred Marjoram, who's carrying her first foal after a southern-time mating with Kingman, sire of the champion Palace Pier and the triple group 1-winner Persian King, among many more.

Scene at 2019 Inglis Great Southern Sale

"The Great Southern Sale has been a fantastic opportunity, particularly for end-users to come and buy a weanling at what we call an affordable price," Price said. "Whilst we look at pinhookers wanting a financial return, in terms of actual racehorses who've come out of the sale, there's been a lot of high quality, with the likes of Montefilia, Behemoth, Extra Brut, et cetera."

The sale's weanlings will go under the hammer on Day 1—Thursday, June 9— and into Day 2, after which the broodmares will be sold.

All weanlings sold at Great Southern are eligible for the $7.55 million Inglis Race Series, which features the $2 million Inglis Millennium for 2-year-olds and the new $1 million Pink Bonus Scheme. Supplementary entries for the Great Southern Sale will be accepted until 5 p.m. June 1.