Top trainer Mick Price has a chance to continue his strong recent record in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) when the well-bred Instinction debuts in Saturday’s running of the two-year-old feature at Sandown.
ON PAGE 109 of Friday's Herald Sun there was a full-page ad of the like rarely, if ever, conjured up by the racing industry and presented in the nation's biggest-selling daily newspaper.
THREE days after the dust settled on the match race that fizzled into a one-act affair, Hay List's trainer John McNair refused to hoist the white flag.
The EW Barker Trophy lived up to its wide-open race billing with a thrilling finish that saw forgotten giant Any Humour sneak up on the rails to bag his second Group success in the smart time of 1min 22.04secs for the 1400m trip on the Short Course.
It was billed as a match race but turned out as one horse race as the imperious Black Caviar kept her unbeaten record intact with a 4-length romp in Saturday's $750,000 Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) at Flemington.
Entries for the 2010 Inglis Australian Racehorse Sale close tomorrow and as the carnival comes to a close, a number of new entries have been lodged, including Darley entering a quality draft.
Black Caviar shrugged off the only remaining anomaly on her scorecard when dominating the Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington today, continuing a great run for Inglis graduates in this year’s Global Sprint Challenge.
The form out of the $250,000 Inglis Banner from Moonee Valley held up strongly in today’s Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate, with Arctic Command leading home an Inglis trifecta.