The 2021 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this week generated phenomenal returns for our champion sires in the sale ring with Darley heavyweight Exceed and Excel leading the way with his five yearlings averaging $984,000, but where does that fit in the overall picture of all time sale averages in Australia?
The answer is it fits near the top of the list with only the Japanese legend Sunday Silence ahead of his effort this year.
Arrowfield have had a long association with Shadai Stallion Station and nearly 20 years ago sent select mares to be covered by Sunday Silence as they have done more recently by his champion son Deep Impact.
Exclusivity most often generates those freakishly high sale averages when a magical stallion has a small number of yearlings, which makes it all the more remarkable when a stallion has a big draft and smashes it out of the park as we saw with Redoute’s Choice in 2006 and I Am Invincible at Inglis Easter this year.
The table below shows the Top 30 sire sale averages in Australia (three or more yearlings sold).
| Sire | Sale | Sale Year | Sold | SaleAvg |
| Sunday Silence | Australian Easter | 2004 | 3 | $1,150,000 |
| Sunday Silence | Australian Easter | 2003 | 3 | $1,116,667 |
| Exceed and Excel | Australian Easter | 2021 | 5 | $984,000 |
| Frankel | Australian Easter | 2016 | 4 | $865,000 |
| Deep Impact | Australian Easter | 2019 | 4 | $850,000 |
| Sunday Silence | Australian Easter | 2002 | 5 | $820,000 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2008 | 49 | $791,735 |
| Not a Single Doubt | Australian Easter | 2017 | 3 | $750,000 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2006 | 35 | $712,286 |
| Redoute's Choice | Conrad Jupiters | 2008 | 25 | $671,600 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2007 | 57 | $662,105 |
| Encosta de Lago | Australian Easter | 2007 | 39 | $644,487 |
| Medaglia d'Oro | Magic Millions | 2019 | 4 | $633,750 |
| Redoute's Choice | Inglis Premier | 2008 | 4 | $617,500 |
| I Am Invincible | Australian Easter | 2021 | 41 | $615,488 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2005 | 35 | $611,714 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2013 | 26 | $610,385 |
| Written Tycoon | Australian Easter | 2017 | 3 | $610,000 |
| Lonhro | Australian Easter | 2019 | 3 | $603,333 |
| Danehill | Australian Easter | 2004 | 26 | $600,000 |
| Not a Single Doubt | Magic Millions | 2021 | 17 | $597,647 |
| Fastnet Rock | Australian Easter | 2013 | 39 | $592,821 |
| Dehere | Australian Easter | 2006 | 10 | $585,500 |
| Encosta de Lago | Australian Easter | 2008 | 46 | $583,696 |
| Deep Impact | Australian Easter | 2021 | 3 | $583,333 |
| Redoute's Choice | Premier | 2007 | 8 | $574,375 |
| Redoute's Choice | Australian Easter | 2016 | 20 | $573,250 |
| Snitzel | Australian Easter | 2021 | 33 | $560,455 |
| Redoute's Choice | Inglis Premier | 2009 | 6 | $557,500 |
| Fastnet Rock | Australian Easter | 2018 | 30 | $554,167 |
