Tony Pike is not a trainer well known to Australian punters but he had a big hand in preparing Sacred Falls to win his second Doncaster and might get a major of his own with Sacred Star in next week’s Stradbroke after he earned a start by winning the QTC Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Popular sprinter Emperor Max was finally able to add a much-deserved feature win to his outstanding resume when he put his seven rivals to the sword in the $300,000 Group 2 Stewards’ Cup (1400m) on Sunday.
Awapuni trainer Mike Breslin predicted even better to come in the spring from Leeds after the strapping two-year-old had dug deep to win the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes at Wanganui today.
Inglis graduates shone in front of racing’s international audience recording victories at black type level in four different countries over the weekend.
Australian bred two year-old fillies fought out the finish of the Group I Allan Robertson Championship at Scottsville in South Africa on Saturday with victory going to Alboran Sea over Rich Girl to give former Coolmore shuttler Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) the quinella.
SOME may say it’s “a man’s world”, but Stephanie Grentell broke new ground at the Inglis Scone Yearling Sale last Sunday, becoming the first female to auctioneer at a public Thoroughbred yearling sale in Australia, and quite likely the world.
Trainer David Hayes harbours Group I ambitions for Forgive And Forget following an impressive debut win in Saturday’s Carbine Club 2YO Plate (1000m) at Flemington.
Bargain basement buy Fitocracy opened her winning account in the James Thredgold Jewellers Hcp (1300m) at Morphettville Parks on Saturday to become the sixth winner from the first crop of Denman.
Jockey Tye Angland got the perfect result to relaunch his Australian career when he scored an upset win on Time For War in the Group Two BRC Sires' Produce Stakes at Doomben.
The Gerald Ryan trained Time For War continued the prosperous Australian season for Inglis graduates in two-year-old Group level races with an all the way victory in the Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes on Saturday.
Headed by Group 2 winner Tanby the unreserved draft from Team Williams was well sought after at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Select Racehorse Sale at Oaklands on Friday afternoon.
10 supplementary entries have been added to the catalogue for this Friday’s Inglis Melbourne Select Racehorse Sale which features a superb reduction from Lloyd and Nick Williams.