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.
Australian wonder mare Black Caviar retains her status as the best racehorse in the world so far during 2013 just ahead of American Horse of the Year in 2012 - Wise Dan.
The male nude, albeit hindquarters only, was a ring-in for the Inglis Equine Art Prize. ''We diversified this year,'' Arthur Inglis, judge and prime mover of the award, said.
There are many paths to the spring classics for a three year-old and this talented gelding by champion New Zealand sire O'Reilly chose a low key option at Seymour on a Sunday to kick start his career, but we're expecting to see a lot more from him.
WHILE a multi-million dollar bonus dangles tantalisingly on the horizon, Bjorn Baker has more immediate goals for Twilight Royale, who’ll open her three-year-old account in Saturday’s Silver Shadow Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Stratum colt Va Pensiero joined fellow Inglis graduates Snitzerland and Foxwedge as recent winners of the Group 3 ATC San Domenico Stakes when dashing away with the three-year-old feature in Sydney on Saturday.