While trainer Lee Freedman set alight the ring when dishing out $2.2 million for a colt by deceased champion stallion Danehill out of Prawn Cocktail (Artichoke), it was the reappearance of Ingham, who bought yearlings for the first time in about 10 years, that attracted most attention.

Woodlands Stud paid $1.1 million for lot 32, a Danehill colt out of the mare Kensington Gardens, with the hope that he will one day stand at the family stud alongside Lonhro, Octagonal, Viscount and Commands.

"We've got to get some new blood to the stud and these are some of the last Danehills around," said Ingham, who along with wife Norma bought five yearlings yesterday with more likely to come today and tomorrow.

"We picked out what we thought were the best Danehills in the sale and he (lot 32) was one of them so we bought them."

Lonhro will have his final race in Saturday's Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes before being retired to Woodlands.

Ingham said yesterday that he hoped the fine weather in Sydney would stay around until race time as the black flash was rearing to go for his swansong.

"It will be a great day, even better if he can go out a winner," Ingham said.

While there is already a strong influence of Zabeel blood at Woodlands with that stallion being the sire of Octagonal, Lonhro and future stallion prospect Niello, Ingham and bloodstock manager Trevor Lobb spread their interests yesterday with further acquisitions.

They paid $420,000 for a colt by Red Ransom out of In The Past, $250,000 for lot 69, a filly by the Danehill-sired Flying Spur out of Mantles Princess, and $400,000 for a filly by Encosta De Lago out of My Juliet.

Norma Ingham paid $220,000 for an Octagonal colt out of Light Up The World.

Lobb said the Danehill-Kensington Gardens was "by far the most expensive we have ever paid for a yearling".

"We have Lonhro set to retire next week and he is the best stallion prospect in Australian racing in the last 40 years," Lobb said.

"But we needed to add to our stock so that's why we have been buying," he added.

Freedman was thrilled that he had secured the top lot of the day which had grossed $28,182,500 with an average of $208,759.