Rewind back to the turn of the year and, after a turbulent 2020 as the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic took their hold, the bloodstock world looked on with uncertainty, pessimism in some instances, as to how we might respond and limit the damage to results at the upcoming auctions for the yearling sales season in the southern hemisphere.
The response has been there for all to see.
Records have tumbled, in many instances with turnover and averages soaring as buyers and vendors reacted to adversity with optimism and now, with the ‘best of the best’ Australasia has to offer set to head through the Riverside sales ring, this is one of the most eagerly anticipated Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sales in recent years.
It is a most poignant one too. Redoute’s Choice, the infallible three-time champion sire, will see his final seven yearlings pass through a major yearling sale. A stallion whose progeny have so often lit up the sales ring and the track, his lasting legacy will be felt long beyond the co
