Helmet's Australian yearlings in demand

Multiple G1 winner Helmet enjoyed strong returns at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale this week, with his first crop of yearlings selling for an average of just under A$100,000.

The stallion saved his best til last with his two highest-priced lots both going through the ring on the final day of selling at the three-day auction. The highest priced of his representatives was a colt out of a daughter of the Stakes-winning mare Tickle My, who was purchased for A$220,000.

Close behind was another of his colts, out of a Falbrav mare, who was purchased for A$200,000. Those sales were among 23 yearlings sold which assisted Helmet to an aggregate of A$2,287,500 for an average of A$99,457, while Helmet’s yearlings returned a healthy median of A$85,000.

Helmet’s sire Exceed And Excel provided the joint sales-topper during the final day of the sale, when a full-sister to the G1 winner Amber Sky was purchased for A$420,000. Helmet’s fellow first-crop sire Sepoy also enjoyed a good sale, with a top price of A$350,000 and an average of A$144,000 for nine lots sold.