Pinhook Statistics – All You Need to Know

Tara Madgwick - Friday Apr 19

The release of weanling catalogues by Inglis and Magic Millions has drawn our attention to pinhooking results for this year as for investors involved in that sector of the market now is a super busy time of year when you are looking to plant the seeds of success that will hopefully come to fruition at yearling sales in 2025.

Sire	Dam	Weanling vendor	W price	Y Price	Profit
Snitzel	Serena Bay	Edinburgh Park	480000	1250000	770000
Too Darn Hot	Duvessa	Segenhoe Stud	100000	625000	525000
Deep Field	Our Crown Mistress	Edinburgh Park	200000	650000	450000
Exceedance	Dublin Lass	Edinburgh Park	100000	520000	420000
Justify	Kitty Leroy	Fairhill Farm, Mulbring	105000	500000	395000
Per Incanto	She's Apples	Brighthill Farm	150000	500000	350000
Written By	Stay Positive	Davali Thoroughbreds	62500	400000	337500
Written Tycoon	Mulhimah	Emirates Park	50000	360000	310000
Proisir	Jazamour	Highline Thoroughbreds	140000	450000	310000
Deep Field	Keeping Score	Fairhill Farm	180000	475000	295000
Written Tycoon	Ludicrous Mode	Edinburgh Park	190000	450000	260000
Extreme Choice	Commandment	The Chase	240000	500000	260000
Zoustar	Embrace Me	Milburn Creek	550000	800000	250000
Russian Revolution	Karalee	Brisbane Meadows	130000	375000	245000
Tassort	Taste of Money	Cannon Hayes Stud	105000	350000	245000
Deep Field	Californiasurprise	Middlebrook Valley Lodge	255000	500000	245000
Proisir	Mifflin	Highline Thoroughbreds	70000	300000	230000
King's Legacy	Fatal Rendezvous	Fairhill Farm	40000	260000	220000
Zoustar	Donelle	Grenville Stud	280000	500000	220000
Farnan	Waterloo Sunset	Kia Ora Stud	180000	400000	220000
Proisir	Desert Star	Haunui Farm	60000	260000	200000

This year there were 138 pinhooked yearlings sold at sales in Australia and New Zealand that returned $50,000 or more in profit and we’ve tabled the Top 21 above that had a profit of $200,000 or more and also looked at other relevant statistics on the successful horses.

The Edinburgh Park Dispersal at MM National last year proved a treasure trove of talent with Ian Smith offering some lovely weanlings that duly accounted for three of the most successful pinhook results of the year.

The Snitzel filly from Serena Bay was the most successful pinhook of 2024.

Leading the way was the Snitzel filly from Serena Bay that was bought by Jim Carey for $480,000 and re-offered in the Newgate Farm draft at Magic Millions for $1.25million with Sheamus Mills Bloodstock the purchaser.

Sale of Origin (Weanling)

The top 138 pinhook yearlings were sourced from the sales below with Magic Millions National producing the largest number of successful pinhook horses.

Sale	Number Sold	Average Profit 2024
MM National	58	$135,948
Inglis Australian Weanling	48	$121,739
Inglis Great Southern	16	$108,687
NZB National	14	$135,535
Inglis Digital Online	2	$62,500
Totals	138	$126,739

Sale of Destination (Yearling)

The pinhook horses were sold at the sales below with Magic Millions January appearing to provide the preferred outcome with Inglis Easter achieveing a higher profit average albeit with far fewer acccepted into that sale.

Sale	Number Sold	Average Profit 2024
MM Gold Coast Book 1 and 2	49	$144,234
Inglis Classic	24	$99,125
Karaka Book and 2	22	$116,477
Inglis Premier	21	$133,238
Inglis Easter	12	$163,333
MM March	1	$80,000
MM Adelaide	5	$69,800
MM Perth	4	$73,500
Totals	138	$126,739

Most Successful Pinhook Sires by Profit (three or more sold in the horses sold for a profit of $50,000 or more bracket)

Sire	Number sold	Average Profit
Deep Field	3	330000
Written Tycoon	3	206666
Proisir	4	205000
Justify (USA)	5	195000
Too Darn Hot (GB)	5	180000
Zoustar	6	158333
Farnan (first season)	4	133750
Brazen Beau	3	131666
Toronado (IRE)	4	130000
Microphone	3	123333
Russian Revolution	4	120000
King's Legacy (first season)	3	111666
Satono Aladdin (Jpn)	3	108333
Pierro	4	101250
So You Think	6	98333
Hellbent	4	97250
Ole Kirk (first season)	6	91666
Cosmic Force	3	85666
Blue Point (IRE)	3	85000
Capitalist	3	82333
Anders (first season)	5	71,100