Inglis has released the catalogue for its first live sale of the year.
Last year’s Classic sale-topper Gobi Desert won last Saturday’s Max Lees Classic at Newcastle.
The catalogues for Australia's top live yearling sales of the year are starting to be rolled out with Inglis releasing the book for its first live sale of the year, the Classic Yearling Sale.
To this year be held from February 9 to 11 at Riverside at Warwick Farm, the 2025 offering features 805 yearlings who have been produced by 106 different sires, 18 of whom are yet to have yearlings offered in Australia.
After being the most heavily represented sire at Magic Millions' Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the catalogue for which was released last week, boom Coolmore stallion Home Affairs has 13 yearlings to be offered while Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside has 23.
Among the expected highlight lots is North's filly buy Astern out of Hell It's Hot, who is not only a half-sister to dual Group 1 winner In Her Time but also Gobi Desert (Too Darn Hot), who topped last year's Classic Sale at $600,000 and last Saturday won the Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle.
Gobi Desert's success followed earlier juvenile wins by Classic graduates North England and Within The Law, which has only added to Classic's already strong reputation according to Inglis Bloodstock chief executive Sebastian Hutch.
"The knack of the sale for producing top-class horses is why it is so popular with so many buyers," Hutch said.
"Think back to the likes of Choisir, I Am Invincible, Extreme Choice, She Will Reign, In Her Time, Brazen Beau, Yankee Rose, Hellbent, Vow And Declare and Castelvecchio, to more recent stars like Classique Legend, Mazu, Icebath, Pippie, Shadow Hero, Communist, Palaisipan, Coco Sun and others.
"Throw in Hong Kong stars like Voyage Bubble, Beauty Eternal, Hot King Prawn, Super Sunny Sing, Cordyceps Six and the picture becomes very clear; serious buyers cannot afford not to be focusing on Classic in early 2025.
"We have already seen through the likes of high-class early season two-year-olds – $1m Inglis Golden Gift winner North England and $500,000 Inglis Banner winner Within The Law – both Classic Sale graduates.
"That the quality on offer at the sale earlier in the year is exquisite and we are expecting more of the same next February."
The catalogue for next year's Inglis Classic Sale is available via the link
