Shout The Bar’s First Foal by Home Affairs Sells for A$3 million at Inglis

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By Dane McLeod/Renee Geelen/TTR AusNZ

The 2025 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale saw fireworks on Day 1, with 10 standout yearlings reaching the coveted A$1 million mark, as eager buyers vied for their next star runner, fiercely competing to secure the finest offerings in the market.

Lot 158 – Home Affairs (Aus) x Shout The Bar (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) (colt) – A$3,000,000

Adrian Bott, Gai Waterhouse and Kestrel Thoroughbreds stepped up in a big way on Day 1 of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, opening the wallet to secure the first foal of Coolmore Stud's dual Group 1 winner Shout The Bar for A$3 million–the highest price of the sale so far.

There was plenty of anticipation surrounding the Home Affairs colt, particularly given his dam was a A$2.7 million purchase by Tom Magnier at the 2022 Inglis Chairman's Sale. Sent to exciting first-season sire Home Affairs for her maiden mating, Shout The Bar has produced a headline act from the outset.

Shout The Bar was a top-class mare in her own right, winning both the G1 Vinery Stud Stakes and the G1 Empire Rose Stakes. She hails from the same family as dual Group 1 winner Rangirangdoo (NZ) (Pentire {GB}) and the classy New Zealand three-year-old filly Satinka (NZ) (Stravinsky).

Bott was full of praise for the colt and they are very familiar with the family.

He said, “We knew the dam well, Shout The Bar–we trained her. She was an immense talent, incredibly tough horse, had a great constitution and a great mindset for racing. He looked very much in that mould, carried all those good qualities. Home Affairs was a star as well. As an individual himself, he was a lovely type.”

When asked about the colt's temperament and how he paraded through the sale week, Bott was equally impressed.

He added, “That really attracted us to him. We want to see him featuring early in the two-year-old races. He looks like he has plenty of scope and class to keep carrying on throughout his career. Obviously he was always a well-credentialled lot and was always going to be well sought after. He was on our radar for a long time.”

Since producing this headline-making colt, Shout The Bar missed to Justify and I Am Invincible (Aus) in 2023 and was most recently covered by Justify again last year–this time to Southern Hemisphere time in America.

 

At A Glance

• Ten yearlings broke the million-dollar barrier on Day 1 of the 2025 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale (compared to four on Day 1 last year) led by Lot 158 who made $3 million to the bid of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, and Kestrel Thoroughbreds near the end of the day. The Home Affairs (Aus) colt from Group 1 winner Shout The Bar (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) was sold by Coolmore Stud.
• The first day of selling benefited from the smaller, more selective catalogue with both the average and median up on 2024, however, the clearance rate was down from 82 per cent in 2024 at 79 per cent in 2025.
• Vendors gained in 2025 with the average price moving to A$488,798 (up from A$373,415 for Day 1 in 2024), while the median on the first day rose to A$375,000 (up from A$300,000 in 2024).
• With less lots catalogued on Day 1 of 2025 compared to 2024, the gross for the first session was slightly down at A$63,055,000 for 129 lots sold. Day 1 2024 saw 183 lots sell for a gross of A$68,335,000.
• The leading buyer by gross on the first day was Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, and Kestrel Thoroughbreds who bought seven yearlings for A$5.4 million at an average of A$776,400. They also purchased the most horses on Day 1, with Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock purchasing four, a figure matched by Shane McGrath Bloodstock and Clinton McDonald Racing. B2B Thoroughbreds purchased three lots in their own name and another in partnership.
• Arrowfield Stud was the leading vendor on the first day selling 16 yearlings for A$10.48 million, with Coolmore Stud coming in second selling 13 yearlings for A$9 million. Coolmore led on average at A$714,000.
• The top 10 lots were spread across seven different stallions, but it was no surprise to see Snitzel (Aus) as the leading stallion with two of the top three sales. On Day 1, 12 of his progeny sold for A$9 million at an impressive average of A$822,000, while I Am Invincible (Aus) was close behind with nine yearlings sold for an average of A$739,000.
• At the end of Day 1, first season sire Home Affairs (Aus) has the impressive achievement of having had the sale topper at both Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale in 2025.
• With the sale topping yearling, Home Affairs (Aus) leads the first season sires after the first day with nine lots sold for A$4.7 million, averaging A$528,000.

 

Lot 76 – Snitzel (Aus) x Ms Bad Behavior (Blame) (colt) – A$2,700,000

It was a long and spirited bidding duel with interest from all corners, but Coolmore Stud's Tom Magnier proved too strong, securing the standout Snitzel full brother to Switzerland (Aus) for A$2.7 million. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott were the underbidders.

The colt was one of two horses on Sunday to surpass the A$2 million mark. Consigned by Arrowfield Stud, Lot 76 is out of the Canadian-bred mare Ms Bad Behavior, a daughter of Blame who was imported to Australia by Arrowfield almost five years ago.

She has quickly established herself as an elite broodmare, with her first foal being Switzerland–a A$1.5 million graduate of this sale in 2023. He's since become a star on the track, headlined by a career-defining victory in the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes, alongside multiple Group 2 wins, and is now set to join the Coolmore roster later this year.

It's an impressive pedigree. Ms Bad Behavior was a dual stakes winner in America, claiming the G3 Kentucky Downs Ladies Turf Stakes and the Listed China Doll Stakes at Santa Anita. She was also multiple times Group and stakes-placed, and finished fourth in the G1 Del Mar Oaks.

The second dam, Cumulonimble (Stormy Atlantic), was a stakes winner in her own right, while Ms Bad Behavior is a half-sister to American stakes winners Blessed Truly (Souper Speedy) and One Bad Boy (Twirling Candy).

 

A full brother to Switzerland, Lot 76 (Snitzel x Ms Bad Behavior) from the @ArrowfieldStud draft sells for $2.7 million!!! Congratulations to @CoolmoreAus and @cwallerracing! What an exciting prospect. #InglisEaster pic.twitter.com/0MivL2nCem

— Inglis (@inglis_sales) April 6, 2025

 

“We have had a lot of luck buying horses at this sale from Arrowfield,” said Magnier. “They have done a great job with their horses again and they're smart breeders.

“We're obviously very excited that Switzerland will be going to stud this year. A lot of people have been enquiring about him going to stud at the moment.

“He [Lot 76] was a lovely type. As I said, those Messaras know how to do it, so we have to go where you find oil drilled before. He is very much like his brother. He has a lot of quality and hopefully he can win a couple of races–he will be a very exciting horse.”

Magnier added, “When there's a nice horse, all the good people are on them and it sometimes gives you the confidence to kick on as well. We are delighted the horse will go to Chris [Waller] and we will go from there.”

Ms Bad Behavior has visited Snitzel every year since retiring to stud. Following this colt, she has produced another full brother and was served again by him last spring.

 

Lot 16 – Snitzel (Aus) x La Mexicana (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) (colt) – A$1,700,000

It didn't take long for the first million-dollar yearling of the sale, with Lot 16, a strong Snitzel colt, being knocked down for A$1.7 million to James Harron Bloodstock Colt Partnership, Tony Fung Colts, and Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott Racing.

Offered by Segenhoe Stud, the colt is the first foal out of the talented race filly La Mexicana, a daughter of I Am Invincible who was a six-time winner on the track, including victories in the G3 Kevin Hayes Stakes and the Listed William Crockett Stakes. La Mexicana is out of Cailin Miss (Aus) (Domesday {Aus}), herself a winner of the Listed Oaklands Plate as a juvenile. She has produced four foals to race–all of them winners.

“He's a lovely colt, the whole team just loved him,” said Harron. “He was one of the picks of the whole sale for us. He's a very forward horse and comes off one of the best nurseries in Segenhoe. He just paraded like a really good, forward, willing horse all week which really drew us all in.

“She [La Mexicana] was really talented. I think she was probably even better than her record suggests–she was a really good mare. Snitzel needs no introduction, he just keeps doing it and doing it. He's broken all the records and sired the Slipper winner a few weeks ago.”

La Mexicana has had an annual date with Snitzel and has since produced a weanling full sister to this colt. She was served again by the Champion stallion last spring in October.

 

What an incredible result for @SegenhoeGroup! @jmeharron and @TFI_Racehorses goes to $1.7 million to secure this (Snitzel x La Mexicana) colt! Congratulations to those involved! #InglisEaster pic.twitter.com/ShzxQusHM7

— Inglis (@inglis_sales) April 6, 2025

 

Lot 155 – Extreme Choice (Aus) x Shadow (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) (colt) – A$1,700,000

Following the continued success of Extreme Choice, it came as no surprise that Lot 155 was highly sought-after. The striking and attractive grey colt, offered by Coolmore Stud, ultimately went the way of B2B Thoroughbreds after they were able secure him for A$1.7 million.

This colt is the third foal out of the unraced Medaglia d'Oro mare Shadow, a full sister to the stakes-placed Geist (Aus). His third dam is none other than the brilliant sprinter Virage De Fortune (Aus) (Anabaa), a dual Group 1 winner and the champion three-year-old filly of the 2005/06 season.

Riccardo Surace Jnr, co-director of B2B Thoroughbreds, said, “The B2B team thought that he was the best yearling we have seen in the last 10 years. We were stoked to get him. He was lovely and had great quality. He was a real athlete and moved so freely.

“Hopefully he can become a future stallion. It is a low chance, but we hope it can happen.

When asked about the sire Extreme Choice and the plans for this exciting colt, Surace added, “He can produce a Golden Slipper winner or a Melbourne Cup winner; he's versatile.

“Chris Waller will train him. He will get broken in straight away and then later this year he will enter the Chris Waller system.”

Shadow has not produced a weanling since this colt, but was most recently served by Pierro (Aus) last spring.

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