The brother of Switzerland has daunting prospects ahead on the turf, but he has swiftly distinguished himself at auction, emerging as a key highlight during Day 2 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

This Snitzel-sired colt, out of US mare Ms Bad Behavior, sparked a bidding war that culminated at $2 million, going to a buying group with Coolmore, who raced the Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland and now stands him.

Switzerland himself had sold for $500,000 less at the same venue three years back.

Coolmore partnered with James Harron and TFI to buy the colt, who heads to trainer Chris Waller, the mastermind behind Switzerland. Waller trains another Snitzel colt from Ms Bad Behavior, the maiden two-year-old St Gotthard.

“Everyone came together and agreed on what a special horse he was,” Harron said.

“He’ll go to Chris Waller, who obviously has done wonders with Switzerland and I know they’ve got a great opinion of the full brother.

“The mare’s just doing a great job, she’s just not missing, so that makes it even more exciting.

“Aside from all that, on his own merits, he just to me was a standout type and now we’ve just got to keep dreaming that he can be the real one for us and hopefully lots of fun on the track.”

He represents the third Ms Bad Behavior Snitzel foal to hit seven figures at Easter, following St Gotthard at $2.7 million last year and Decorum at $550,000, who has since triumphed thrice in five starts for Michael Freedman.

Switzerland’s brother was edged out on Day 2 by one yearling alone: Too Darn Hot colt from Enbihaar, sibling to Too Darn Lizzie, sold for $2.2 million to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Watership Down with Johnny McKeever and Gai Waterhouse/Adrian Bott.

The day also saw a $2 million colt from Giza Goddess, an American mare, secured by Yulong and Matt Laurie.

Extreme Choice ruled the sale with a Day 1 $3 million colt out of Pretty Brazen to Tom Magnier, plus a $1.8 million filly and two $1.6 million colts.

Extreme Choice’s nine yearlings averaged $1,561,111, far ahead of Too Darn Hot’s $751,667.

Overall for 2026, clearance fell to 75 percent from last year’s 88 percent, receipts from $151 million-plus to roughly $145 million.

Averages rose to $464,473 versus $447,832 prior, though median declined $10,000 to $350,000.

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