GOOD horses do strange things to those who pay their bills. Butterflies were starting to flutter for the handful of Black Caviar's owners who bobbed up at Caulfield trackwork a week or so ago.
The Melbourne Premier Sale’s reputation as the source of the World’s best sprinters was further underlined as Black Caviar left onlookers searching for superlatives with her Lightning Stakes win today.
An enhanced Global Sprint Challenge now taking in elite sprint races across five nations will commence in spectacular style this Saturday at Flemington with the Group 1 $750,000 Coolmore Lightning Stakes (1000m).
Screening for the first time on TVN tonight is the 2011 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Preview featuring highlight youngsters from some of the best farms in Victoria. Don’t miss the Victorian cream of the crop tonight at 8pm on TVN.
To assist you in your search for the next Black Caviar, Sacred Kingdom, Starspangledbanner or Turffontein, a schedule has been released to inform you when vendors will commence parading their yearlings at Oaklands Junction for the 2011 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
Victorian-based first season sires took centre stage as the Lee Freedman trained Masthead set up a potential Blue Diamond start when winning today’s $250,000 Inglis Premier (1200m) at Mornington.
Trainer Mick Price says Holdontoyahorses will be his only runner in the Blue Diamond Stakes. The two-year-old daughter of Dane Shadow struck trouble but escaped any harm when an eye catching fourth to the unbeaten One Last Dance in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield for fillies on Saturday.
Four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry Conners has only one race in his sights for his talented filly Satin Shoes, who made a successful return to the track with victory in the Listed Widden Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Diamond To Pegasus has caused an upset in today's $100,000 Listed Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Randwick and now joins Karuta Queen as the second Queanbeyan-based two-year-old who has enjoyed metropolitan success this season.
Between them Lonhro’s daughters Obsequious and Beaded have accumulated over $1 million from 20 starts and they took centre stage at Randwick and Caulfield on Saturday with a Group double.
Sirecam videos of yearlings heading to the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale are now online, with the sale set to be highlighted by some well-credentialed graduates at Mornington on Wednesday.