The first session of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale on Monday produced a new overall record price for this sale when a filly by Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside sold for $650,000.

Consigned by Victorian based vendors Noorilim Park, the star filly is the second foal of Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate winner Sheidel and was bought by Damon Gabbedy of Belmont Bloodstock.

The filly was bred Noorilim Park and Robert Crabtree, who purchased Sheidel as a tried racemare out of Western Australia and then raced her on successfully to win the Oakleigh Plate before her retirement to stud in 2018.

Damon Gabbedy was acting on behalf of Robert Crabtree, who elected to purchase the filly to dissolve his partnership with Noorilim Park.

“Noorilim and us are dispersing all of our stock as weanlings because I sold the farm but then you have to stand back and say to yourself ‘OK, independently as a buyer, do I want her?’ And it’s not that I only wanted her, I couldn’t let go of her,’’ Crabtree said.

“As a purchaser, I simply could not go past this filly. I would have been much happier a couple of hundred thousand less as the buyer but still, when you think you’ve got a horse that is priceless, you’ve got to back your judgment.

“I think Stay Inside is potentially one of the best stallions we’ve seen. I think he could be anything.’’

Noorilim’s Peter Carrick added: “There is good money around here for weanlings with a good page, especially with a mare of her quality.

“We always knew that she’d make good money but didn’t think we’d get exactly that amount.

“We’ve had great success with yearling sales but this is a new one. Here we go. I can only break a record and keep going! We’ve got a strong hand with some really nice weanlings here.’’

Sheidel has been a troubled producer and had three unsuccessful seasons at stud before producing a colt by Blue Point (IRE) in 2022 and then missed again before foaling this filly last year.

She is now back in foal again to Stay Inside, whose first yearlings have sold exceptionally well this year for up to $1million. He has had 30 yearlings sell for $250,000 or more this year and stands at Newgate Farm this spring at a fee of $66,000.