Racing
Gilgai’s memorable Day 2 at Premier
Gilgai capped a huge 2026 Premier Sale with an outstanding second day.
A session-topping colt by Too Darn Hot has put an exclamation mark on another unforgettable Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for Gilgai Farm.
The bay or brown youngster out of the Street Cry mare Baveno became the second highest-priced lot of the sale, behind only the $850,000 Zoustar filly from Day 1, when knocked down for $750,000.
The colt claimed the mantle as the day's top lot from the $625,000 filly by Kermadec out of Turaath, who was earlier also offered by Gilgai.
The Nagambie farm also had fillies by Written By and Ole Kirk sell for $450,000 and $430,000 respectively, giving them four of the top six lots of the day and general manager Kelly Skillecorn was thrilled to again see a thirst for quality horses at Victoria's major sale of the year.
"I just can not tell people enough, if they have a good horse just lob it here," he said.
"It's just a sale that people want to go shopping and find good horses."
The $750,000 colt was bought by X Bloodstock, who made a splash buying at Premier for the first time and spent $1,820,000 across four colts.
X Bloodstock's $750,000 colt is out of a daughter of Group 1 Queen Of The Turf winner Neroli and Skillecorn said he was a horse Gilgai had harboured high hopes for from well before he turned one.
"We've had people ever since he was a foal turning up trying to buy him, but we just wrapped him up for here," he said.
Gilgai was the leading vendor by aggregate in Book 1, selling all 13 lots offered for a total of $3,740,000 and its $287,692 average was second only to Bell River Thoroughbreds, who sold all four lots offered at $301,250 apiece.
Toronado was leading sire by gross with 30 lots settling for just $45,000 short of $5 million, while Zoustar topped the averages of those who sold at least three lots with his six yearlings sold averaging $362,500.
The sale grossed $60,412,000 at an average of $147,346 with a $120,000 median.
Last year, Book 1 at Premier grossed a tick over $53.8m with an average of $134,939 with a $100,000 median.
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