A positive ride by Nathan Berry has given him his first Group win on Va Pensiero in the Run To The Rose and erased trainer Jason Coyle's pre-race doubts the colt could win.
The connections of Inglis graduates Samaready and Va Pensiero are set to aim higher at Group 1 events during the upcoming spring following victories at Group 3 level in Melbourne and Sydney respectively on Saturday.
Vain Queen has kept her unbeaten record in tact with a first-up victory at Caulfield despite jockey Glen Boss declaring the talented mare raced well below her best.
Champion filly Miss Finland achieved a milestone on Saturday when producing her first winner after handsome chestnut colt Woodbine saluted on debut for the Gai Waterhouse stable at Hawkesbury.
The unfortunate loss of Northern Meteor to the racing and breeding industry was evident at today’s Inglis Sydney Spring Thoroughbred Sale, with broodmare One Sweet Day topping the sale when sold in foal to the Champion First Season Sire.
Coolmore and partners invested heavily on a significant number of well-bred colts at the yearling sales in 2012 and one of them, War, had his first taste of Black Type on Saturday when scoring a bold front running win in the Group 3 ATC Up and Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Talented three-year-old colt War showed a glimpse of his true potential at Warwick Farm on Saturday, breaking through in the Group 3 ATC Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) just as fellow Inglis graduate Fastnet Rock did carrying the same famous colours nine years ago.