Pressing showed his debut win over Petrology was no fluke by repeating the feat in the $120,000 listed Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1200m) for two-year-olds at Caulfield on Saturday.
Breaths were held at Morphettville on Saturday afternoon as Inglis graduates Kushadasi and Scratchy Bottom hit the line in the 2500m Group 1 SAJC South Australian Derby.
Trainer Bede Murray seems to have found the key to winning a $50,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus at Wagga Wagga as he collected the windfall for the second consecutive year thanks to an impressive display from juvenile Sure And Fast.
THE huge books of mares that fashionable sires serve this century, astronomical in size compared to those looked after by champion sires of the past such as Star Kingdom, Better Boy, Wilkes and Showdown, means that their goodness can be enjoyed by far more in racing and breeding.
Aussie breds were expected to star at the Turffontein meeting in South Africa overnight and while boom More Than Ready (USA) colt Banaadeer was beaten into second place in the Group I SA Nursery Stakes, there were still a pair of Group II victories for Redoute's Choice duo Majmu and Honorine.
The first Singapore Group 1 race of the year saw the coronation of Zac Spirit as the country’s sprint king as the Flying Spur four-year-old stamped his class on the $500,000 Lion City Cup with an all-conquering display on Sunday.
Making a winning debut at Clairwood in South Africa on Tuesday was two year-old Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) filly Alboran Sea, a $105,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the draft of Rosemont Stud.
The start of the famous two-day Scone Racing Carnival is just over a fortnight away and the catalogues of the Inglis Sales that border the race days are now available.
The first session of the VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale finished with an excellent clearance of 83% and a top price exceeding the highest price achieved in the inaugural sale last year.
Two-year-old Hunters Grace collected 12 times its yearling sale purchase price in prizemoney at Bendigo today when saluting in the $100,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold Plate over 1000m.
The 2012 Inglis Easter sale-topper when selling for $2,600,000, Black Caviar and All Too Hard’s little sister Belle Couture opened her account with a stylish win at Caulfield on Monday.