Like father, like son, Extreme Warrior was in high demand as his home farm, Rosemont Stud, finished the Inglis Premier sale powerfully in a solid Book 2 sale.
Following on from his super sire's typically robust results in Book 1—where Extreme Choice ranked third on aggregate despite only eight lots sold—Extreme Warrior had the equal-top and equal-third priced yearlings March 3.
Lot 757, the colt fourth foal of Who's Zooming Who, fetched AU$220,000 (US$153,446, AU$1=US$0.70) when sold from Rosemont's draft to trainer Lloyd Kennewell, Group One Bloodstock, and SP Bloodstock.
Kennewell prepares the leading light amidst Extreme Warrior's promising first batch of runners in Eternal Warrior, winner of Caulfield's Merson Cooper Stakes, third in the Blue Diamond Prelude (C&G) (G3), and an eye-catching 2.1-length sixth from well back in the Blue Diamond Stakes (G1) itself.
With Eternal Warrior on the fifth line of betting for the Golden Slipper (G1), it was unsurprising to see Kennewell keen to acquire another son of Extreme Warrior.
He shared top billing from Book 2 with Lot 794, a colt by Widden Stud's Zousain sold from the draft of Victoria's Blue Gum Farm to Taiwan concern Elysian. The colt is the ninth foal of group 3 winner Cavalry Rose.
Comfortably behind those two AU$220,000 lots, Extreme Warrior and Rosemont also shared equal-third rank via Lot 614, bought by trainers John O'Shea and Tom Charlton in league with James Bester Bloodstock for AU$160,000.
The colt is out of the unraced Grammys, a daughter of AJC Gimcrack Stakes queen Spurcent and a half sister to the dam of six-time stakes winner Revolutionary Miss.
Continuing Book 1's strong momentum, Book 2's metrics were up on last year.
On Tuesday evening, the gross stood at AU$7.15 million (US$4,986,982)—up from AU$6.41 million in 2025 with 16 more lots sold (157 to 141).
The average of AU$45,567 (US$31,782) had increased slightly from AU$45,436, with the median at AU$37,500 (US$26,156) compared to AU$32,000, and the clearance at 78% (72%).
Those numbers were in keeping with the Book 1 stats showing a leap in the gross figure—from AU$53.67 million in 2025 to AU$61.44 million (US$42,853,171), with 30 more lots sold. The average was up AU$8,000 to AU$144,569 (US$100,834), with the median climbing from AU$100,000 to AU$120,000 (US$83,698) and the clearance rate up one point to 81%.
For the overall sale, the gross on Tuesday night sat at AU$68.59 million (US$47,840,153), up more than AU$8.52 million, or 14%, from the corresponding stage last year.
In a show of middle-market strength, 283 lots had sold for AU$100,000 or more, a significant 22% rise on last year's figure at the corresponding stage, while there were 15% more AU$200,000-plus lots sold, and 17% more AU$300,000-plus yearlings sold.
"There is incredible momentum behind this sale now, with an excellent set of results, particularly in the context of the market, following last year's market-defying sale," said Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch.
"While it's always satisfying to see the financial benchmarks improve year on year, what stood out to me as much as anything was the amount of people on the grounds, not just on sale days but inspection days as well. The buying bench really got behind the sale again this year.
"We're hugely grateful as always to the breeders and vendors who have supported the sale, and I'm very proud of the effort the team at Inglis put into the sale.
"The diversity at the top of the market was great—the top 12 lots were all by different stallions, off service fees from as little as AU$16,500, so it goes to show there really is something for everybody at Inglis Premier.
