The yearling session of the 2026 JRHA Select Sale was held at Northen Horse Park in Japan on Monday and the top seller was a colt from the first crop of Equinox out of Australian bred Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Youngstar.
Offered by Northern Farm and purchased by Danox Co. Ltd, the colt fetched 420,000,000yen (A$3.7million) and is a half-brother to Group II winner Eri King, who has also been G1 placed.
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262 yearlings went thorough the sales ring and 250 of them were bought for 17,660,000,000yen in total, which is 13.6% higher than twelve months ago.
Average price, 70,640,000yen, is 2.2% up from 2025, and Median price, 52,000,000yen, is 18.2% up from 2025. Clearance rate is 95.4%, which was 99.1% in 2025.
“This is the market which is stronger than I expected”, Katsumi Yoshida, Director of JRHA and owner of Northern Farm, the biggest consignor at the sale, comments at conclusion of session.
“As so many buyers visited Northern Farm to inspect yearlings in last few weeks, I expect strong market. But this result is better than expected”.
“The market was supported by several stallions, such as Kitasan Black(JPN), Efforia(JPN), and Equinox(JPN). Kitasan Black is a proved stallion and first crop by Efforia, which is two-year-old this year, has made a rocket start. Therefore, I expected those stallions are popular. Equinox is unproven stallion and it is amazing to see his yearlings are so popular.”
“I am very glad to see eight yearlings were bought by international buyers today. Japanese-trained horses are running well at international stage in recent years and I understand those successes by Japanese-trained horses attracted international buyers.”
Foal session of 2026 JRHA Select Sale is conducted at Northern Horse Park on Tuesday
