Kyle Wilson

Carrying a foal by hot sire Justify on Southern Hemisphere time, stakes-placed April Vintage (Vino Rosso) topped the Inglis Digital USA October Sale Tuesday when selling to Widden Stud of Australia for $180,000. More details on the mare and her consignment by WinStar Farm are available here. "She is an outcross to our traditional Australian sire lines and the fact that she showed good, natural speed as a 2-year-old was important," said Antony Thompson of Widden Stud. "Physically, she looks suitable to plenty of our own stallions, and buying through...

April Vintage, a stakes-placed mare who is pregnant to Justify on Southern Hemisphere time, will be on offer by WinStar Farm in the Inglis Digital USA October Sale, taking place Tuesday, Oct. 29, the online auction company said in a press release on Friday. The 3-year-old daughter of Vino Rosso was a stakes-placed juvenile in 2023, winning a Del Mar maiden special weight, and following up with a third-place effort in the Speakeasy Stakes, both going five furlongs on the turf. After her racing career came to a close, April...

The catalogue for the 2024 Inglis Digital USA September Sale is now online, featuring a slate of 57 offerings, the auction company said in a release on Friday afternoon. Bidding is currently open for the online auction, and lots will begin to close on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. ET, with subsequent listings closing in three-minute increments. The September Sale includes a selection of racing-age horses, yearlings, weanlings, broodmares, and broodmare prospects, which are available for inspection prior to the auction by contacting the sellers. Among the horses offered...

Inglis Digital USA has hired Satomi Oka to be the company's Japanese representative, according to a release Tuesday. In the role, Oka will work to grow the company's buying base in Japan by recruiting new registered buyers to the Inglis Digital USA platform, increasing awareness of the company, and bringing horses to the attention of Japanese buyers when they might fit their program. Oka will work to strengthen those connections through the convenience of the Inglis Digital USA online auction platform. "U.S. racing has a significant influence in Japan and...

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,...