In another exciting addition to the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale, prolific thoroughbred nursery Bell View Park have announced the unreserved dispersal of their 25 in-foal broodmares at Newmarket in the first week of May.
Inglis Classic graduate Super Too proved she is in fact deserving of the same adjective as her older brother Super One, when she dominated the field to win the Lightning Ridge Inglis Bonus 2YO Plate over 1000m at Canberra, securing a $50,000 bonus on top of the prizemoney for her large group of owners.
The lightning bolt colours of prominent owner and great industry supporter Rupert Legh were first past the post in the VRC Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington today, carried to victory by Dwayne Dunn aboard Inglis graduate Chautauqua (Encosta de Lago x Lovely Jubly) in a thrilling finish to Australia's fastest Group 1 race.
100% clearance has been recorded for the first broodmare and racehorse sale for 2016, the Inglis Summer Thoroughbred Sale where all 51 lots offered were sold to a variety of buyers.
153 lots of broodmares, racehorses, yearlings and unbroken stock have been catalogued for the March Thoroughbred Sale to be held at Oaklands in Melbourne on Friday 18 March.
World renowned breeders Gooree Park Stud and Think Big Stud have confirmed major reductions of their breeding and racing stock at the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale during the first week of May.
Australia’s fastest thoroughbreds are set to burn down the Flemington straight this Saturday in the aptly named Lightning Stakes, a race that put the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale on everyone’s wishlist thanks to the record breaking feats of Black Caviar.
Abandoning a lifelong strategy of purchasing 'fillies only' has delivered this highly successful and well known breeder with the thrill of a lifetime and a very real chance of winning the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes on Saturday week.
Melbourne trainer Mick Price has provided an update on his two leading Blue Diamond Stakes prospects in Flying Artie and Extreme Choice and insists he cannot separate the pair.
The move in Victoria to trial a 30-minute gap between races has brought the future of the sport into sharp focus – but the industry may need to look to the past if it is going to succeed.
Sydney based owner / breeders Paul Whelan and Wilf Mula have enjoyed much success over the years with horses they have bred at Luskin Park, but it was one that they bought in Flying Artie that had them in the winner's circle after he scored a brilliant win in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield on Saturday.
The story of Saturday's Group II Schweppes Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield is easily told, the Lonhro filly Heatherly went straight to the front under Katelyn Mallyon, increased her margin at every call and was throttled down to win by five and a half lengths.