Coolmore Stud and Goodwood Farm have finished at the top of Inglis’ Group 1 Vendors List for the 2011/12 Australian racing season, having sold two individual Group 1 winners each.
The 2012 Inglis Australian Weanling and Bloodstock Sale came to a close today at Newmarket in Sydney, where over $6 million was traded on thoroughbred racing and breeding stock over the past three days.
The final Group I event of the Australian racing season was run at Eagle Farm last Saturday with victory going to three year-old Dehere (USA) filly Pear Tart, who delivered a valuable result for her owner Patinack Farm, so we decided it was time to reflect and see just who dominated at the elite level in 2011/2012 and where our Group I stars were sourced.
Day Two of the three day 2012 Inglis Australian Weanling and Bloodstock Sale was completed in Sydney today, with strong results continuing through the General Session Weanling and Select Session Broodmares offered at Newmarket.
Weanlings by Australian Champion Sire elect Fastnet Rock provided the highlights on a remarkable opening day’s trade at the 2012 Inglis Australian Weanling and Bloodstock Sale in Sydney, where the average price rose 55% from last year.
Racing Victoria (RV) has today unveiled the VOBIS Gold Carat, the fifth lucrative feature to be run during the inaugural VOBIS Gold premier race series.
Macau Derby winner Elderly Paradise treated his opponents with contempt to win the final leg of the Macau Triple Crown, the Macau Gold Cup with an easy five and a half length victory in the $1 million dollar Group 1 event on Saturday.
Exceed and Excel is the leading sire in Australia this season by individual two year-old winners with 15 to his credit, but one of his youngsters that slipped through the net and went to Hong Kong could well be one of the best of them.
TVN First Season Sires Weanling Parade will get underway at 3:30pm today at Inglis’ Newmarket complex in Sydney, ahead of the start of the three day Inglis Australian Weanling & Bloodstock Sale at 10am tomorrow.
Australian-bred and Inglis sold gallopers have not just been the talking point at Royal Ascot in the last week, but also all across Asia, with Group 1 winners in Malaysia and Macau along with rising stars in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea.
Mark du Plessis is reluctant to attach the "best" tag to horses, as in "best I have ridden", but couldn't help himself when it came to Amber Sky after Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's exceptional juvenile talent gave rivals another galloping lesson yesterday.
In another initiative to assist both buyers and sellers of yearlings in Australia, Inglis, with the support of Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) and Super VOBIS, is delighted to launch the Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale to be conducted at Oaklands in Melbourne on 28 & 29 April 2013.