A colt from the first crop of G1 Newmarket Handicap winner Wanted topped the opening day of the 2012 Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale in Melbourne when selling for $117,500.
The Anthony Cummings trained Diamond Earth collected another lucrative stake when taking the $140,000, Arrowfield 2YO Fillies Handicap (1100m) at Scone on Saturday after leading all the way under Peter Robl.
If you want to see the first foals of star Australian and European stallions don't miss the 2012 TVN Inglis First Season Sires Showcase filmed at Oaklands in Melbourne yesterday, and to be shown on TVN from 8pm tonight.
PAMPELONNE had just thrashed his rivals in Saturday's $500,000 Inglis Guineas when trainer Tim Martin admitted he now had a problem - how to qualify his boom young sprinter for the Stradbroke Handicap.
Dodgy front legs weren't a concern for Scone trainer Rodney Northam, whose confidence in Tinszelda was justified when the juvenile carted off the $100,000 Inglis Challenge on his home track.
A Snitzel filly from the draft of Arrowfield Stud topped the 2012 Inglis H.T.B.A Scone Yearling Sale, which was held on one select day at White Park in Scone on Sunday May 20.
Newhaven Park Stud owned filly Invest built on her last start Group 1 SAJC Schweppes Oaks win in Brisbane today, adding the Group 3 BRC Doomben Roses (2000m) to her blossoming resume.
Last start Gosford Guineas winner Pampelonne continued his unbeaten record this campaign, galloping away to an impressive victory in the $500,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas (1400m) at Scone on Saturday afternoon.
Electric youngster Tinszelda took out the $100,000 Inglis 2YO Challenge over 1100m at Scone on Friday, collecting three times her purchase price in first place prizemoney for her three length romp.
Siblings to yearlings catalogued for this coming Sunday’s Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale have been doing their best in recent weeks to provide vendors with timely updates ahead of this week’s sale, such as the half-sister to Listed winner Oak Park.
There is always something for everyone at the Inglis Great Southern Sale. Buyers interested in purchasing a mare in foal to race her progeny need not look further than Saturday’s Group 3 winner Dinkum Diamond to see what great value can be found at the Melbourne Sale.
Royal Ascot awaits Australia’s mighty mare Black Caviar, which celebrated her 21st straight win in style today when victorious in the $500,000 Group 1 SAJC The Goodwood (1,200m) at Morphettville in Adelaide.
The 2012 Scone Race Club’s two-day carnival, featuring the Inglis Challenge and Inglis Guineas, which flows into the Inglis HTBA Scone Yearling Sale, is fast approaching.