The Nutrien Equine Melbourne Yearling Sale is always a great showcase for first season sires and this year’s group of freshman sires – both North American and colonial bred – is one of the best ever.

Classic-winning and winner-producing dams adorn the catalogue for the 2023 Nutrien Equine Melbourne Yearling Sale to be held at Oaklands Junction on April 1, 2 and 3.

A mouth-watering line-up of 304 lots with dam side pedigrees representative of some of the best maternal families in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe will go under the hammer at the Inglis Sales Complex.

One of the features of the sale is the progeny of no fewer than 39 Group winners, including 22 Group 1s.

One hundred trotting yearlings – one-third of the catalogue – will go up for auction at the Nutrien Equine Melbourne Yearling Sale at Oaklands Junction on April 1, 2 and 3.

The sale will see the progeny of 28 trotting sires represented including established stallions such as Majestic Son, Muscle Hill, Love You, Father Patrick, Quaker Jet, Peak, Angus Hall, Skyvalley, Sebastian K, Trixton, Used To Me, Yield Boko, The Best Madrik, Tennotrump and Dream Vacation.

The Nutrien Equine sales round will make its final stop at the Melbourne Yearling Sale on April 1, 2 and 3 at Oaklands Junction, where most of the heavyweights of Victorian breeding will showcase their best offerings.

Victoria’s position as the hub of Australia's breeding industry was amplified when the field for Saturday night's $1 million Garrard’s Miracle Mile at Menangle was released.