A rainy Melbourne day failed to dampen buyers demand for quality yearlings on Day One of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, with over $10million traded out at Oaklands.
It was second time lucky in the Inglis Race Series today for **Red Excitement**, with the youngster taking home a $50,000 cheque thanks to Inglis for winning the Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate at Canberra.
It was a warm day out at Inglis’ Oaklands complex in Melbourne today with inspection parades in full swing. The mood was positive, especially around Yallambee Stud and Eliza Park Stud draft’s who cheered home the aptly named Upbeat at Caulfield.
Exciting filly Samaready made the step to Group One winner in impressive style at Caulfield today, taking out the $1million Group One MRC Blue Diamond Stakes for ecstatic connections.
Parades are well underway at Inglis’ Oaklands complex ahead of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, with the majority of yearlings already on the grounds.
Today at Kranji for the second year in a row trainer Theo Kieser struck a prized blow in the Singapore Golden Horseshoe Series for two-year-olds with an Australian bred and sold youngster, netting another lucrative bonus thanks to Inglis.
World Champion Sprinter Black Caviar took her unbeaten record to 19 when claiming her second Group One VRC Coolmore Lightning Stakes at Flemington which marks the start of the lucrative 10-race Global Sprint Challenge.
High profile Easter two-year-old colts All Too Hard and Raceway proved too good for their opposition at Flemington and Warwick Farm respectively today, adding valuable juvenile black type wins to their resumes.
TVN’s Preview of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale featuring yearlings from leading Victorian studs will be airing regularly on the dedicated thoroughbred station from 8:30pm tonight.
Exciting juvenile filly Snitzerland notched up an Inglis Race Series double for trainer Gerald Ryan at Mornington today when taking out the $250,000 Inglis Premier over 1200m in impressive fashion, following the victory of Cavalry Rose in the Inglis Classic last month.
MELBOURNE Cup placegetter C’est La Guerre and reigning Adelaide Cup hero Muir are among headline acts in a record draft of 58 horses to be sold by Hudson Conway Racing Pty. Ltd. at the Melbourne Select Racehorse Sale that immediately follow the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale on March 2.