I loved this one on the Inglis news updates during the week:

Easter Catalogue – Buy the Lot!

The world’s leading breeders spend vast amounts of money on sire prospects each year in the eternal hope of securing the next Danehill (USA) or indeed Redoute’s Choice.

Inglis Bloodstock consultant Matt Rudolph recently pointed out that you could have bought every colt at the 2002 Australian Easter Yearling Sale for $36 million and turned a handsome profit, given the catalogue contained Exceed and Excel, Reset and Elvstroem, whose combined stud vale has been reported at $52 million.

“ In the past 12 months we've seen unprecedented competition for stallion prospects in this part of the world, which has been matched by a sharp increase in the demand for our bloodstock in the northern hemisphere,” explained Rudolph.

“While to most people it would seem crazy to buy the catalogue, the idea in fact has plenty of merit.”