Starspangledbanner is flying aloft in both the Cartier Sprinter and Cartier Older Horse divisions after a thrilling victory under Johnny Murtagh in one of Europe’s premier races, the Group One July Cup at Newmarket on Friday, July 9, and enters Cartier Horse Of The Year calculations.
TRAINER Robert Smerdon again displayed his incredible talent for peaking a horse at exactly the right time when his two-year-old Breitling won a $100,000 bonus for his connections with his victory yesterday in the Inglis Handicap at Caulfield.
An absence of 469 days wasn’t enough to stop last year’s Blue Diamond winner Reward For Effort making a triumphant return to racing in today’s Listed Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.
Racenet Bloodstock celebrated a rich win as part of the $2.6million Inglis Race Series when impressive colt Breitling took out today’s Inglis Bonus Handicap at Caulfield.
The Hudson family of Lustre Lodge were celebrating an Inglis Race Series windfall today when their filly Liesele scored a most impressive win in the Southern Cross Ten Inglis Bonus Plate (1200m) at Grafton.
Dual Group one winner Whobegotyou is back in training in preparation for the spring. The Mark Kavanagh-trained four-year-old was given a few weeks to recover after he stripped flesh from a hind tendon when unplaced as favourite in the Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm on June 12.
Sacred Kingdom, a three-time Group One winner this season was crowned Horse Of The Year, Champion Sprinter and Most Popular Horse at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Champion Awards presentation ceremony during the final Sha Tin race meeting of the 2009/2010 season.
Starspangledbanner continued his elevation to being one of the world’s great sprinters when he showed spades of courage in an Inglis dominated Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket overnight.
The catalogue for the BC3 Future Stars Sale to be conducted by Inglis at their Oaklands, Melbourne complex on Sunday August 22, is now available. In addition online pedigrees and images have been uploaded onto on both the Inglis and BC3 websites.
The $2.6 million Inglis Race Series heads north to Grafton for Cup Day on Thursday July 15, with nominations closing at 11am tomorrow (Thursday July 8) for the CRJC Inglis Bonus Plate for two-year-old's.
The global reach of the Australian Thoroughbred continues unabated with a stunning array of Group I and feature winners in five countries over the weekend.