A yearling from Highgrove Stud’s star mare Fragmentation will once again be a highlight of this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, as the family attained more feature race success with Shrapnel’s fleet-footed win in the Group 2 Yallambee Classic at Morphettville today.
A PARTNERSHIP between the Aga Khan Studs and John Messara's Arrowfield Stud in New South Wales, which was announced in 2008 and signalled a rare foray into yearling selling for the Aga Khan, has come to fruition.
The hot run being enjoyed by Darley sires over the weekend extended to Canberra on Sunday where unheralded Canny Lad gelding You’re Canny ran down hot favourite Karuta Queen to win the Listed Black Opal Stakes
Yarraman Park based Magic Albert has been running hot this season, his success capped when his high class son Ilovethiscity held off all challengers to win the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm in a thrilling finish.
As Black Caviar once again routed a top-class field of sprinters in the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap (G1) at Flemington on Saturday it is clear that the hulking daughter of Bel Esprit is, quite scaringly, improving with every run.
Each of the four major yearling sales conducted by Inglis in Melbourne and Sydney provided feature winners today, highlighted by the Group 1 double of Black Caviar and Ilovethiscity.
Freakish mare Black Caviar and Melbourne Cup hero Shocking headlined a lengthy list of pedigree updates for next month’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling with their spectacular Flemington Group 1 double today.
Vendors have until next Thursday to lodge late entries for this year’s Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling Sale, which is offering a supplementary catalogue for the very first time.
The catalogue for the 2011 Inglis Sydney Autumn Thoroughbred Sale has been finalised and will be availiable online tomorrow morning. To be held at Newmarket this coming Friday March 11 the sales boast 147 lots including broodmares, weanlings, yearlings, unbroken stock and racehorses.