As we celebrate the southern hemisphere’s first foals in 2015, and while breeders across the country are cementing mating plans for their broodmares, several of Victoria’s leading stallion farms will proudly showcase their first season sires at the 2015 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale from 10.00am on Friday 21 August at Inglis’ Oaklands Junction in Melbourne.
The Australian racing season for 2014/2015 has come to an end with Fastnet Rock crowned Champion Australian Sire by earnings and stakes-winners, his sire Danehill the Champion Australian Broodmare Sire and his sire sons Hinchinbrook and Rothesay the leading first season sires by earnings and winners respectively.
Darley stallion Street Boss (USA) has quietly built up a solid reputation in Australia and he looks to have another good one in the Ciaron Maher-trained filly Petits Filous who kept her record at a perfect two for two in Saturday’s United Refrigeration Handicap (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
The Inglis Bloodstock Team has been out on the road inspecting weanlings and discussing the company’s six select yearling sales options offered in Sydney, Melbourne and Scone next year. Entry into the sales series are due this Friday 31 July.
The first edition of the Korea Racing Authority Trophy open to Korean horses was a hotly-contested affair which eventually went to the home team with Super Winner sprinting away to a handsome victory on Sunday.
Progressive Sebring filly Seeking Asylum has scarcely put a foot wrong since with a tenacious win at Canterbury on Saturday justifying the decision of connections to pay her first acceptance for the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose on September 12.
The hard-working Stepitup claimed his second Group win within a fortnight when he took out Sunday’s $300,000 Group 2 Chairman’s Trophy in his customary tradesman fashion to hand trainer Laurie Laxon his fifth success in that feature race over 1800m.
The catalogue for the 2015 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale, to be held at Oakland’s Junction in Melbourne on 21 August, is now online featuring quality broodmares, racing prospects, stallion shares and stallion nominations.
The popular and intimate Canterbury Park racecourse will be the stage this Saturday as three of Sydney’s star jockeys continue a compelling battle for premiership honours at the second last metropolitan meeting of the season.
Young Brisbane jockey Tim Bell hopes a riding trip to Singapore this weekend can be a pipe-opener to his dreams of making it on the international stage.