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.
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.