DESPITE the softening of real estate prices in Sydney the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale has held it’s ground, matching last year’s median price of AUS$200,000. After three sessions 345 yearlings had sold, 10 fewer than 2015.

The sale grossed $98,007,500, averaged $284,080 and had a clearance rate of 83%. Tuesday’s first session saw the top lot go through the ring, the Snitzel half-brother to Winx, out of the Al Akbar mare Vegas Showgirl, herself a dual Listed winner in New Zealand.