Impressive filly Satin Shoes showed she was worth every cent of her $700,000 purchase price when she announced herself as a potential topliner with her debut win in the City Tattersalls Plate at Randwick on Saturday.
Lightly raced Redoute’s Choice mare Varenna Miss confirmed the high standing in which she is held by connections when scoring a narrow victory in testing conditions in the last race at Caulfield on Saturday.
John O’Shea had no luck with both of his Caulfield Cup runners being scratched today, but his stable did receive some compensation at Randwick, with improving three-year-old Gujju picking off a $100,000 Inglis Race Series bonus.
Planning for Scone’s $2 million two-day carnival on May 13 and 14 next year is already well underway. Yesterday the Club launched its racing packages for the stand alone Saturday meeting featuring the rich Inglis Guineas.
Promising Queensland two-year-old colt, Tax Evader, a breaker graduate from Clear Mountain Fairview Stud, will be flown to Melbourne on Tuesday to contest the opening race of the $2.6 million Inglis Series for 2010 yearling sale graduates at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day, October 23.
Reigning Champion First Season sire Stratum starred at Caulfield on Wednesday with brilliant two year-old filly Eramor, who scored a dominant debut win in the Listed MRC Debutants Stakes over 1000 metres.
The petite filly with a big heart and motor, Yosei won her second Group 1 feature at Caulfield today when she claimed the $500,000 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.
Fastnet Rock four year-old Faster Son graduated to open company with a strong win at Caulfield on Wednesday taking his impressive record to six wins from seven starts.
Inglis weanlings have enjoyed an excellent month and the trend continued today, as Yosei and Eramor led a dominant display on the Caulfield Thousand Guineas program by Inglis graduates.
Australian bred Galileo (IRE) filly Igugu beat older mares to win the Group Three Joburg Spring Filly and Mare Challenge at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday.
Scone trainer Rodney Northam looks to have unearthed a smart three-year-old with the unbeaten Exploitable Doubt handling his first city test with ease at Rosehill on Saturday.
Black Caviar easily maintained her unbeaten record in the Group II Schillaci Stakes (1000m) but Caulfield trainer Peter Moody says the biggest thrill surrounding the win would occur on Sunday morning.