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Renowned auctioneer Peter Heagney has died, Inglis reported in a statement on X on Sunday. Heagney started his career selling livestock with Dalgety's in South Australia and went on to travel the world as a freelance auctioneer until becoming a full-time Inglis employee in 1994. Memorably, Heagney was the one with the gavel when the great Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}) sold for A$210,000 at the 2008 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. He retired from Inglis in 2019. "It is with great sadness we confirm the passing of our...

By Kristen Manning, courtesy of The Thoroughbred Report Buyers from across Australia and Asia showed up in force at Tuesday's Inglis Ready2Race Sale, setting a record-breaking price and surpassing last year's key statistics. Despite the lingering impact of racing closures in Singapore and Macau, the sale bounced back with fierce competition, delivering outstanding results. "I never imagined, while finalizing the catalogue and conducting inspections, that we'd be celebrating these achievements by the end of the day," said an elated Sebastian Hutch, reflecting on the remarkable success of the sale. "It...

The X-Ray Files, now in its second year and presented in cooperation with the Consignors and Breeders' Association, uses conversations with buyers and sellers to contribute to the dialogue on the sales and training process. Craig Rounsefell of Boomer Bloodstock has purchased top-level winners all over the world, from his native Australia, to England and the U.S. He purchased 2016 GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Obviously (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) at the Tattersalls October sale, while 2021 GI Frank Kilroe Mile winner Hit the Road (More Than Ready) was acquired...

Coming off a strong runner-up performance at Saratoga in his second lifetime start, Helicity (The Factor) will sell in Inglis Digital USA's second online auction since it was rebranded from the Wanamaker platform. The one-horse flash sale closes at noon ET on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Trained and campaigned by Jack Sisterson in partnership with David Grund and Amanda Oster, Helicity was purchased for $120,000 at the OBS March Sale. Sisterson said he was drawn to the son of The Factor because of the good fortune he has had with another...

A weanling filly by Frankel (GB) (lot 7) topped the first day of the Inglis Great Southern Sale when selling to New Zealander Gary Harding for A$525,000 on Thursday. The only offspring by the Juddmonte star in the entire sale, the bay is out of GIII Chicago S. heroine Abby Hatcher (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), who is a half-sister to a stakes winner in Purciaretta (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}). The third-most expensive weanling sold in Australia this year, she was consigned by Rosemont Stud. Harding bid over the phone to Inglis...

With the announcement that the Australian auction house Inglis has expanded into America after purchasing a majority share in the Thoroughbred auction company Wanamaker's, the TDN sat down with Wanamaker's co-founder Liza Hendriks, who will stay on as CEO of the company, to discuss the re-brand to Inglis Digital USA. Q: Could you give us a little backstory on how the rebrand came about? A:  When I was part of Godolphin Flying Start four and a half years ago, I was in Australia and I saw how well the online...

The Australian sales company Inglis, which has hosted online auctions in Australia for seven years, will expand into America with the takeover of the thoroughbred auction company Wanamaker's, which will now be known as Inglis Digital USA, according to a press release from the company Wednesday morning. Inglis said they plan to launch a monthly sale beginning in July. Wanamaker's has been conducting monthly auctions for horses of all ages since June, 2020. Inglis Digital currently offers sales in Australia with an average of 300 horses offered every two weeks,...

by Keely Mckitterick/TTR AusNZ    Following the sale of the AU$10 million Winx (Aus) filly and his announcement to step back from full-time duties at the end of the year, Jonathan D'Arcy, Inglis's general manager of bloodstock operations, spoke with TTR AusNZ.    A few days after Jonathan D'Arcy, Inglis's general manager of bloodstock operations and auctioneer, made headlines for knocking down the Pierro (Aus) x Winx filly for a staggering AU$10 million to Woppitt Bloodstock, he took the time to sit down with The Thoroughbred Report for a Q&A...

by Lewis Lesbirel/TTR AusNZ Buyers will be afforded a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity to secure a daughter of Australia's most decorated racemare after it was announced on Sunday that the owners of Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) have opted to sell her first foal at the 2024 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. The daughter of Pierro (Lonhro {Aus}) will be offered by Coolmore, the farm on which Winx herself was raised, on behalf of her owners Peter and Patty Tighe, Woppitt Bloodstock, Elizabeth Treweeke and Rick Treweeke on Day 2 of the...

Multiple Group 2 winner Jamaea (Aus) (Headwater {Aus}) topped the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale at A$1.025 million to Yulong Stud on Wednesday. Sold as lot 325, the 4-year-old filly won the G2 Percy Sykes S. at two and progressed to take the G2 Furious S. as a 3-year-old and was retired a millionaire after 20 starts when campaigned by an ownership group including Bruce Noble. The dark bay was an A$130,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling purchase by Robert Price when offered by breeder Cressfield Thoroughbreds. "She's been...

James Harron is one of the most respected operators of his craft internationally. Based in Australia, the native of Northern Ireland credits Gai Waterhouse, agent George Smith and Winx (Aus)'s breeder John Camilleri of Fairway Thoroughbreds as being some of the key influences in his career.    Foxwedge (Aus) is the horse who got the ball rolling for Harron Down Under. He sourced the high-class sprinter-turned-stallion as a yearling and, from there, refined the art of making stallions on a commercial level through colt partnerships.    It's a little under...

Friday's Inglis Chairman's Sale offered a trio of Juddmonte mares, and the priciest lot, Ludisia (GB) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 48), showed the way at A$650,000. Snapped up by James Harron on behalf of Morningside VIC, the Twin Hills Stud-consigned daughter of crack French sprinter African Rose (GB) (Observatory) is in foal to Juddmonte stallion Kingman (GB). African Rose, in turn, is a full-sister to G3 Prix d'Aumale heroine Helleborine (GB) (Observatory), herself the dam of sensational G2 Coventry S. winner and now Coolmore sire Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}). Another of...