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Inglis Babies Fly in Three States

27th Feb 2010

Fairytale filly Chance Bye highlighted a close relation at next week’s Premier Sale as fellow Inglis graduates Not A Pretender and Shrapnel also scored feature two-year-old successes today.

CHANCE BYE ($15,000 2009 Classic, 2f Snitzel-Rouge Femme) made it three wins from as many starts for Kembla trainer Mick Tubman and took her earnings to the brink of half a million dollars in winning the G2 Silver Slipper Stakes.

The win books the Snitzel filly’s place in April’s Golden Slipper.

Torryburn Stud will offer a Choisir three-quarter-sister to Chance Bye as Lot 368 at next week’s Premier Sale.

SHRAPNEL ($450,000 2009 Easter, 2c Charge Forward-Fragmentation) justified the high opinion of trainer Mark Kavanagh in taking the G3 Breeders Stakes at Morphettville.

The Highgrove Stud bred colt, who is a half-relation to multiple G1 placed Wanted, was previously stakes placed on debut.

"It was great to see our two-year-olds perform so well today, but their wins, along with the stakes success of Stratum filly Crystal Lily, also highlighted the emergence of their young sires and our upcoming yearling sales boast a high number of horses by those stallions," Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster said.

Well related filly NOT A PRETENDER ($65,000 2009 Premier, 2f Royal Academy-Mimes) provided Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm with another feature success when she scored a dominant win in the $250,000 Inglis Premier (1200m).

She is from the family of Blue Diamond winner Reward For Effort, G1 placed Consular and fellow stakes winners Chuckle, Catnipped, Life’s A Bounty and Bleveeka.

Not A Pretender (pictured) was offered for sale by Woodside Park, who have a draft of 13 yearlings for this year’s Premier.

Patinack Farm was the leading buyer at last year’s sale, spending $1.5million on 17 yearlings and Not A Pretender continues a successful run for those buys, which include Breeders’ Plate winner Run For Wilson and dual Brisbane winner Heartsareforlove.

The 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale begins at Oaklands on Monday and runs over four sessions.

The sale received another notable update when emerging four-year-old BRILLIANT LIGHT ($14,000 2006 Australian Weanling, $32,000 2007 Classic, 4g Fantastic Light-Trick Taker) made it four wins on end when resuming a winner at Rosehill.

Brilliant Light is a full-brother to Group 1 winner Mission Critical and Bendaree Park will offer a Chateau Istana half-brother as Lot 475 at next week's sale.

Sirecam video footage and photos of Premier lots can be found HERE.

For those not able to attend the sale, it will be broadcast on Inglis Sale Day Live, with Online Bidding and Make an Offer services available.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Open Day will be held at Oaklands tomorrow, featuring an owners’ forum with Gai Waterhouse and David Hayes from 1.45pm and the chance to see living legends Might And Power, Fields Of Omagh, Silent Witness and Brew at 12.45pm.