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Inglis Celebrates Scone Carnival and Sale

13th May 2015

The grand finale to a massive Scone Horse Festival will begin with Australia’s richest country carnival – the $2 million Scone Cup Carnival – being held across Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, and will conclude with the Inglis Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Scone Yearling Sale on Sunday 17 May.

13 juveniles will contest the $100,000 Inglis 2YO Challenge on Friday, which is open to horses sold or passed in at the Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale that have been nominated for the lucrative $5 million Inglis Race Series.

Scone’s Rod Northam, three-time winning trainer of the Inglis 2YO Challenge (including the 2014 edition with Voodoo Lad), has two chances to take out a fourth with Professor Marx and Sargent Doakes.

“I have the advantage of having such a great carnival and a great sale at my doorstep,” said Northam.

“I do my research and target horses from the Scone Yearling Sale that can run in the 2YO Challenge in 12 months’ time, and I’m lucky enough to have two that are doing just that on Friday,” Northam said.

CLICK HERE to view the final fields for Friday.

The excitement continues on Saturday where the scenic Scone track will play host to a number of black type races including the $400,000 RL Inglis Guineas, for which 16 three-year-olds have been accepted to start.

This race continues to attract a quality field hoping to follow in the footsteps of past winners Cosmic Endeavour and Sincero, which both won the Inglis Guineas on their way to Group 1 success at the Brisbane Winter Carnival. The Gai Waterhouse-trained Cosmic Endeavour won the Group 1 Tattersall’s Tiara and the Stephen Farley-trained Sincero won the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap a month after their respective Scone triumphs.

Saturday’s contest will feature Group 3 winners Boomwaa and Nayeli, last start Listed Gosford Guineas victor Ygritte, NSW Provincial Championship winner Sure And Fast, along with local star Bulletproof Monk, which was a $6,000 purchase from the 2013 Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale. Trainer Rod Northam commented of the gelding “He is racing in the best form of his life, he has drawn well and I expect him to give the race a real shake.”

CLICK HERE to view the final fields for Saturday.

Finally on Sunday, the 2015 edition of the Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale will be held from 10.30am at Scone’s White Park. Yearlings will be arriving and available for inspection at the complex from Friday, 15 May.

Over 200 yearlings will be offered from many of the Hunter Valley’s premier thoroughbred nurseries including Arrowfield Stud, Vinery Stud, Yarraman Park Stud, Widden Stud, Emirates Park, Sledmere Stud, Middlebrook Valley Lodge, Broadwater Thoroughbreds, Edinglassie Stud and Amarina Farm.

Yearlings by Beneteau, Medaglia d’Oro, Choisir, I Am Invincible, Manhattan Rain, Not A Single Doubt, Star Witness and Time Thief will be among those offered, along with yearlings from the first crops of Sepoy, Foxwedge, Dream Ahead, Helmet, Smart Missile, Benfica, Jimmy Choux, Moshe and Pluck.

The complete catalogue is available online at inglis.com.au and on the Inglis Sales iPad App. Hard-copy catalogues are available at Scone Race Club over the carnival and at White Park.

The Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale is the last opportunity to purchase a yearling eligible for entry into the Inglis Race Series in 2015, for which entries close 31 July. CLICK HERE to download the entry form.

For more information visit inglis.com.au