When the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is in progress the headlines are mostly generated by the million dollar horses and the sires that produce them, but further down the line some sires achieved their best ever results at this historic sale so let’s take a look at the quiet achievers.
Written By (Widden Stud)
With his oldest progeny now three year-olds, Written By has been operating in the shadow of his barn mate Trapeze Artist, who is the leading Australian second crop sire by winners and earnings, but in the sale ring at Inglis Easter, Written By had him covered.
A Champion 2YO Colt by Written Tycoon, Written By had just three entries and all were sold at an average $430,000 putting him in the Top 10 sires by average with three or more sold!
His best result was the colt from Mandalong Snitjess that made $700,000 for Goodwood Farm when bought by Aramco Racing to set a new sales benchmark for his sire, read about him here.
His other two colts from Tigress Lily and Elliptical Orbit (USA) sold for $330,000 and $260,000 with his overall average coming in at 17.4 times his 2021 service fee of $24,750.
Ocean Park (Waikato Stud)
Cox Plate winning sire Ocean Park has had his best Group I winners in Australia and the best of them is Tofane and it was her full sister that sold for $700,000 from the Yulong draft to create a new sales benchmark for her sire when bought by Glentree Thoroughbreds/ Badgers Bloodstock.
Many wondered why she was even offered given her half-brother Bradman won a stakes race just prior to the sale giving her dam Baggy Green the amazing record of four foals to race all stakes-winners and two of them are the Group I winners Tofane and No Compromise.
It’s an amazing female family that has also produced Group I winning siblings Youngstar and Funstar, who are both at stud in Japan with Yulong locking up this branch of the family owning Tofane and Baggy Green, who produced a colt by Ocean Park last spring and is now in foal to Written Tycoon, who is the sire of Tofane’s first foal, a colt.
Apparently you can have too much of a good thing!
Per Incanto (USA) (Little Avondale Stud)
A well proven stakes sire, whose best progeny are usually offered at Karaka, Per Incanto tested the market at Inglis Easter and was rewarded with five yearlings offered and all were sold at an average $310,000 with his top seller being a colt from Dreamlife that made $650,000 to set a new sales benchmark for his sire.
Offered by Elsdon Park, the colt is a full brother to $4.3million earning sprinter Lost and Running and was bought by Andrew Williams Bloodstock for Hong Kong.
Per Incanto had an average of $170,862 at Karaka Book 1 this year where 29 of his progeny were sold.
Exceedance (Vinery Stud)
With his oldest progeny just two year-olds, Exceedance has posted four winners from 13 starters and the best of them is dual Group winner Dublin Down and it was his full sister that provided her sire with a new benchmark when selling for $520,000.
Consigned by Alma Vale/ Kitchwin Hills, the filly from Dublin Lass was offered as the very last lot of the sale following the scratching of Lot 500 and was purchased by Ladbrokes Racing Club. Newgate Bloodstock.
She was also the most successful pinhook in the sale this year having been sourced from the Edinburgh Park draft at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale for $100,000 by Kitchwin Hills.
Exceedance had one other yearling in the sale, a filly from Miss Gunpowder and she also sold well fetching $260,000 for Vinery when bought by Liam Howley Racing / Andrew Williams Bloodstock (FBAA) / Bevan Smith Bloodstock.
Tassort (Newgate Farm)
Fresh from siring Manaal to win the $1million Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes last Saturday, Tassort has shot to the top of the first season sires list with five winners from 14 starters and they include two more stakes horses in Ameena and Ad Astra.
As a young sire that has stood at a fee of $11,000 for his first four seasons you wouldn’t expect to see his progeny at Inglis Easter, but Tassort’s co-owners Emirates Park have not wavered in their support and they got one into the sale, a colt from well related Snitzel mare Ajaayeb.
He was bought by Richard and Will Freedman for $380,000 and is now the highest priced yearling for his sire, who looks primed for a big fee increase this year after covering a whopping 232 mares last spring to be Australia’s busiest sire.
