"We've got a lot of quality Tavistocks, a great selection of fillies and colts, and they'll sell well but I don't expect any to be sale toppers. We've got some lovely Power yearlings which I expect to sell nicely and the Burgundys will be hot, though they are not out of our best mares."
Sir Patrick is renowned for reading the market and playing it to optimise his yearling sales profit.
Over the years he has established a record second to none, selling New Zealand's highest-priced yearling - Don Eduardo, for $3.6 million in 2000 - and was the premier sale's leading vendor by aggregate for a remarkable 31-year streak.
He has sold the highest-priced lot at the sales on 24 occasions, a New Zealand record.
But as he prepares to sell his final Cambridge Stud draft of yearlings before he hands over the iconic stud farm to new owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay in April, Sir Patrick revealed he wasn't expecting one last title this year.
"I haven't got huge expectations. I'm not thinking 'it's the last draft I'll ever do so I'll go out with a bang'. That's not possible. We've got 55-odd horses, whereas Waikato [Stud] have more than 80 and I can't compete with that," Sir Patrick said.
"But I expect that we will get some really nice prices. We've got some lovely fillies with pedigree that it's very difficult for people to get their hands on."
Sir Patrick has indicated he still intends selling a smaller draft of yearlings from mares he owns in partnership or from his current racing team that weren't part of the sale to the Lindsays in the future, though he said he will always be intrinsically linked to Cambridge Stud.
"On the fourth of April, Cambridge Stud might no longer be in my name but as far as I'm concerned Cambridge Stud is mine and will always be mine," he said.
"To come back through the gates again after it's changed hands will still be like coming home. I don't think I'll ever be detached from it."
Standing a succession of world-class stallions, most notably Sir Tristram and Zabeel, has ensured Cambridge Stud has become a household name in bloodstock circles but it's been Sir Patrick's drive for success that has seen it continue to evolve since its inception in 1976.
"Over the 40-odd years, it's been an amazing journey and an amazing ride and we've had some success along the way," Sir Patrick said.
"A lot of my success, I believe, is down to the fact that I'm very competitive. I'm hugely competitive. I always want to beat everyone else.