Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) and Racing Australia have launched the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards which acknowledges the dedication and hard work of stud and stable staff.
Baby Tapit (Aus) (Tapit), a half-brother to ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Kauai Katie (Malibu Moon) and her full-sister Winding Way, led gate to wire to graduate in Saturday’s fourth race over the dirt surface at Sapporo Racecourse.
Four Inglis graduates added black-type to their records at Caulfield today, with Group 1 winning mare Bounding (Lonhro x Believe’n’Succeed) delivering the most impressive victory, kicking off her spring campaign in style with an impressive four-length win in the Group 3 MRC Heath Stakes over 1100m under the guidance of Kerrin McEvoy.
Opening his account with a stylish victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday was talented Northern Meteor colt Metallic Crown, a $190,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Ingham Racing from the draft of Luskin Park.
Rising star sire I Am Invincible has reeled off four quick Australian winners since Saturday, but broke new ground with his first South African winner when promising filly Superwoman saluted on debut at Vaal on Tuesday.
Champion racehorse and sire Lonhro wowed the crowds at the annual Darley stallion parade on Saturday and also provided us with two impressive debut winners at Cranbourne on Sunday with spring goals on their agenda.
Inglis’ Managing Director Mark Webster today announced a further strengthening to the company’s bloodstock team with the appointment of leading agent James Harron as a consultant.
A desire by his owners to aim at the group 1 Caulfield Guineas saw Well Sprung — who was beaten at his debut in a maiden at Cranbourne a month ago — quickly graduating to black-type company, before scoring an impressive all-the-way win in the listed Mitchell McKenzie Stakes (1200 metres).
The dream continued for the connections of Well Sprung in Melbourne today as the three-year-old recorded a black-type win at just his second start, taking out the headlining race on McKenzie Stakes Day at Moonee Valley.
An unraced 3-year-old daughter of Al Maher by the name of Lady Sansa (pictured as a yearling) is beginning to excite an ownership group comprising of past and present employees of Inglis Bloodstock and managed on their behalf by two very closely connected racing families.
The much anticipated Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale kicked off at 10.30am this morning following the First Season Sire Parade, in which five of Victoria’s leading stud farms paraded eight of the newest additions to their stallion rosters. 205 Lots were sold today at an outstanding clearance rate of 92% and an aggregate earn of $2,440,700 for a variety of vendors.
Peter Snowden walked into the ring to try and buy a Lonhro filly at the Inglis Easter Sales last year and was blown out of the water but minutes later he was offered the chance to train Kangarilla Joy.