Inglis Easter Yearling Sale preview released
Countless headline acts are scheduled to take their place at next year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, with Inglis revealing a small selection of the pedigrees set to be featured at the Sydney auction on Friday.
While the Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) colt out of Winx (Street Cry) will undoubtedly draw extraordinary attention, he is one of many confirmed stand-out entries.
Among the highlights are siblings to a remarkable array of elite performers, including brothers to Group 1 winners Switzerland (Snitzel), Zougotcha (Zoustar), Celestial Legend (Dundeel), Captivant (Capitalist) and Hitotsu (Maurice), sisters to Champion two-year-olds Fireburn (Rebel Dane) and Estijaab (Snitzel) and Group 1-winning sire Trapeze Artist (Snitzel), half-sisters to The Everest (1200m) (now a Group 1) winner Classique Legend (Not A Single Doubt) and Group 1 winners Sunshine In Paris (Invader) and Private Eye (Al Maher), and half-brothers to Hong Kong Horse of the Year Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’Oro) and Group 1 winner Coolangatta (Written Tycoon).
Several entries are three-quarter relations to Group 1 winners, including three-quarter brothers to dual Group 1 winner Magic Time (Hellbent) and Hong Kong star Beauty Eternal (Starspangledbanner).
Foals out of many of the southern hemisphere’s most decorated racemares will also go through the ring, among them daughters of Melody Belle (Commands), Icebath (Sacred Falls), Sunlight (Zoustar), Shoals (Fastnet Rock), Sierra Sue (Darci Brahma), Forbidden Love (All Too Hard), Viddora (I Am Invincible), Isotope (Deep Field) and a long list of other Group 1-winning or stakes-performed mares.
Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said the level of support from breeders across Australia and New Zealand had been “overwhelming,” noting that Easter 2026 has been oversubscribed since entries closed.
“It eventuated that we had a very nice group of horses for the sale in 2025, but the success of that sale and positive market sentiment around Inglis in general has meant the support of Easter 2026 has been incredible,” Hutch said.
“The sale has been ‘full’ since entries closed in September and the quality from every perspective – stallion power, female families, vendor profile et cetera – is extraordinarily strong.
“There are over 75 yearlings entered at the moment which are siblings to or progeny of Group 1 winners, which gives some illustration of the strength of the line-up – it’s staggering.
“It’s going to be a bigger catalogue than in 2025, which means more opportunities for buyers, which is exciting.
“The value on offer at a sale like this is often underestimated and it’s worth bearing in mind that, despite the strength of the sale in 2025, there were 104 yearlings that could have been bought for $200,000 or less.
“Inglis Easter is the best yearling sale in the southern hemisphere by just about every credible metric.
“You are more likely to find a Group 1 winner at Easter, a high-class 2YO at Easter, it’s got a proven track record as ‘The Best Of The Best’ and the 2026 renewal is going to be very much in keeping with that tradition.”
The full catalogue for the 2026 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale will be finalised and released in mid-January ahead of the Riverside Stables auction on March 29-30.