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Inglis Graduates Dominate Hong Kong Racing Scene

13th Jan 2010

Fast approaching the half way mark in the Hong Kong season, Inglis’ golden run of success in the racing mecca has been further enhanced by the remarkable 24 per cent winning strike rate notched by sale graduates to date this season.

The latest winner was the John Moore trained CRAIG’S DRAGON ($150,000 2006 Easter, 5g Catbird-Steam Heat) who chalked up the 73rd win in Hong Kong this season for Inglis when winning the G3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Craig's Dragon (pictured as yearling) joins G1 International Sprint winner Sacred Kingdom, Happy Zero and Inspiration as Inglis graduates to win Group races in Hong Kong this season.

"To win a quarter of the races so far this season is a phenomenal statistic given the competitive racing population derived from highly credentialed tried horses and yearling purchases from all major racing centres across the globe," said Inglis Commercial Development Manager Matt Rudolph.

"The most pleasing aspect is that our best graduates in Hong Kong such as Fairy King Prawn, Lucky Owners, Silent Witness and the above mentioned were all specifically bought for Hong Kong from the sale ring which means our clients are being rewarded for their judgement on yearlings."

While Easter is where the bulk of Inglis’ best performers in Hong Kong have originated, all of the major Inglis yearling sales have produced Champions in Hong Kong in recent years. Silent Witness was a $55,000 purchase at Sydney Classic and Sacred Kingdom was purchased for $200,000 out of Melbourne Premier.

Inglis remains the only company to have sold a winner of the Hong Kong International Sprint, starting with inaugural winner Fairy King Prawn and continuing through the likes of Silent Witness, Inspiration and Sacred Kingdom.

Yesterday’s release of the Thoroughbred World Rankings further underlined Inglis’ reputation.

Sacred Kingdom was rated the top sprinter in the world for the third year running and of the Australian trained runners, Inglis graduates filled five places in the top 10, with Whobegotyou, All Silent, Takeover Target, Maldivian and Racing To Win all highly regarded by the International handicapping panel.

The Inglis Yearling Sale Series for 2010 commences with the Sydney Classic Yearling Sale at Newmarket on January 24 & 25.