The category finalists for the 2013 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards have been revealed today with a star-studded Champion Three-Year-Old Colt or Gelding category among the highlights.
There are just ten days to go until the highly anticipated Sydney Ready 2 Race Sale will be conducted by Inglis at Newmarket on Thursday 3 October 2013. DVDs are now out and the preview of the revolutionary new sale can be viewed on Inglis TV.
Two year-old racing in Australia might still be a few more weeks away, but they are up and running in New Zealand and Australian bred I Am Invincible gelding Vinnie Eagle opened his account with a debut win at Ruakaka on Saturday.
The International Federation of Horseracing Authorities released their latest World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2013 overnight, with Australian bred and Inglis sold champion Black Caviar right at the top.
The final breeze ups for the 2013 Inglis Sydney Ready 2 Race Sale were completed at Avondale in New Zealand this morning and despite deteriorating conditions the well prepared group put forward extremely professional performances.
Gai Waterhouse declared the Epsom Handicap and Caulfield Cup legitimate spring targets for Our Desert Warrior after the well-related galloper won at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Over 80 outstanding prospects set to be offered at the Inglis Sydney Ready 2 Race Sale were put through their paces on the course proper at Canterbury on Wednesday, recording some slick times ahead of their auction on Thursday 3 October 2013.
The first group of breeze ups for the inaugural Inglis Sydney Ready 2 Race Sale were completed on the quality grass training track at Cranbourne in Victoria on Monday, setting an excellent benchmark for the remaining breeze ups at Canterbury and Avondale in the coming days.
Inglis graduates Bound For Earth, Speediness and Shoreham all scored at stakes level in Australia on Saturday, with their respective trainers harbouring Group 1 aims this Spring for the trio.
A dual Group I winner last season at two, Guelph was expected to kick off with a win in the Group II ATC Furious Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, but at the post it was unheralded Bound for Earth who had her head in front.