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Program Set For $2.5M Inglis Race Series

17th Jun 2008

Nominations are closing soon for the William Inglis $2.5million Race Series, with the program of races now finalised and set to begin on October 25.

The series is open to all graduates of 2008 William Inglis Yearling Sales.

It also includes a $50,000 bonus for the trainer who scores the most series wins.

For graduates of the Inglis Easter, Premier and Classic sales, the $2200 payment and nomination is due Monday June 30.

Graduates of the Autumn and HTBA Scone sales have an additional month, to July 31, to make the $1100 nomination to qualify those horses for the series.

Furthermore, passed in lots are also eligible to nominate should vendors choose to pay the additional commission on the final bid price to qualify a yearling as being sold under the Conditions of Sale.

There are 21 races for two and three-year-olds included in the series, 15 of these being bonuses across New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT in non-stakes races.

The bonus races include 10 metropolitan races from Sydney and Melbourne worth $100,000 each, along with five $50,000 provincial bonuses at Canberra, Mornington, Wagga Wagga, Grafton and Seymour.

These bonuses are paid in addition to the stake money in each of those races (and in addition to any BOBS or VOBIS bonuses), should an eligible Inglis graduate win the event.

The other six races are Sale specific races and restricted only to Inglis graduates. Five of those are two-year-old events, while the last in the series will be the Inglis Guineas at Scone in May 2010, by which time this year’s graduates will be three-year-olds.

The first race in the Series will be the $250,000 MVRC Inglis Juvenile on Cox Plate Day, October 25, at Moonee Valley – an event open to all Inglis graduates.

Other two-year-old events restricted to Inglis graduates are the $250,000 Inglis Classic; $250,000 Inglis Premier; $100,000 Inglis Plate (Autumn graduates); and $100,000 Inglis Challenge (Scone graduates).

The Inglis Guineas, to be run on Scone Cup Day, May 7, 2010, is the last race in the series and offers a guaranteed minimum purse of $250,000, but has a potential prize pool of up to $1,250,000 after dispersing any monies left over from bonus races that are not won by Inglis graduates.

The Full schedule is:

Inglis Graduate Only Races

25 Oct 2008 $250,000 MVRC INGLIS JUNENILE (All Inglis Grads) Moonee Valley

26 Jan 2009 $250,000 AJC INGLIS CLASSIC (Classic Grads) Randwick

28 Feb 2009 $250,000 MRC INGLIS PREMIER (Premier Grads) Caulfield

07 May 2009 $100,000 WRC INGLIS PLATE (Autumn Grads) Warrnambool

08 May 2009 $100,000 SRC INGLIS CHALLENGE (Scone Grads) Scone

07 May 2010 minimum $250,000 SRC INGLIS GUINEAS (All Inglis Grads) Scone

Bonus Races (bonuses paid if an eligible Inglis graduate wins a race listed below)

30 Nov 2008 $50,000 Bonus Canberra RC 2YO Black Opal Qual Canberra

01 Jan 2009 $100,000 Bonus VRC 2YO Hcp Flemington

07 Feb 2009 $100,000 Bonus STC 2YO Hcp Rosehill

18 Feb 2009 $50,000 Bonus Mornington RC 2YO Hcp Mornington

03 Apr 2009 $100,000 Bonus MVRC 2YO Hcp Moonee Valley

25 Apr 2009 $100,000 Bonus Hawkesbury RC 2YO Hcp Hawkesbury

01 May 2009 $50,000 Bonus Murrumbidgee TC 2YO Hcp Wagga Wagga

04 Jul 2009 $100,000 Bonus VRC 2YO Hcp Flemington

16 Jul 2009 $50,000 Bonus Clarence River JC 2YO Hcp Grafton

01 Aug 2009 $100,000 Bonus STC 3YO Hcp Rosehill

09 Aug 2009 $50,000 Bonus Seymour RC 3YO Hcp Seymour

05 Sept 2009 $100,000 Bonus VRC 3YO Hcp Flemington

17 Oct 2009 $100,000 Bonus AJC 3YO Hcp Randwick

28 Nov 2009 $100,000 Bonus MRC 3YO Hcp Caulfield

19 Dec 2009 $100,000 Bonus AJC 3YO Hcp Randwick