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.
High class Melbourne filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) is likely to be kept to sprint distances in the spring with the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington a possible target, reports ANZ Bloodstock News.
Credited with giving exciting young sire Star Witness his first stakes-winner, talented colt The Barrister has been sold and will do his future racing in Hong Kong.
The long list of black-type performers bred, raised and sold by Emirates Park has another live candidate for inclusion in the form of Petits Filous, a brilliant Melbourne metropolitan winner on debut at Moonee Valley.
Trainer Michael Hawkes has provided an update on talented filly Lake Geneva who is being aimed at the Gr1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens on 12 September.
After several years of repairing its balance sheet and improving its business model, the Australian Turf Club will deliver a significant dividend to the racing industry this Spring and beyond, with prizemoney increases and a large cut to training fees announced today.