Inglis Premier Sale 2026

Gilgai’s Kelly Skillecorn knew the colt would sell well but even he was blown away by the action in the ring.

“Ever since he was a foal we’ve had people turning up trying to buy him but we’ve wrapped him up for here at Inglis Premier. It’s a lot of money, we’re most grateful,’’ Skillecorn said.

“I cannot tell people enough that if they have a good horse, just lob it here [at Premier]. [Two Bay Farms owner] Ross Ferris has been asking us questions for the past couple of years and he’s lobbed on and he brought his best horse here and got top dollar yesterday (a sale-high $850,000). It’s just a sale that people want to go shopping at and they’ll find good horses here.

“This sale just keeps going forward. It was the only sale that this time last year went forward and it’s just kept going forward in leaps and bounds again this year. The results are there every year with Group 1 winners coming out of the sale so there’s no doubts as to why they’re coming here.

“I want to thank James Price because he found X Bloodstock, a new player and they’ve spent over $1m with us at this sale. That’s the difference with selling with Inglis, you’re just finding new people every year and the market expands and it’s all the hard work your staff is putting in behind the scenes. You do a marvellous job, the best.’’

X Bloodstock signed for four lots during Book 1 – all colts – which was exactly their goal leading into the sale.

"It has been a long-term plan to attend Inglis Premier and I gave [Inglis' Victorian Bloodstock Manager] James Price a specific brief of what we wanted and that was to see the best colts in the sale. I worked with James to identify those types of colts specifically and we have been able to buy four,’’ an X Bloodstock spokesperson said.

"The four we got are two from Gilgai, one from Mill Park and one from Segenhoe. That was our plan and we have achieved that.