The ACT racing industry is mounting a public campaign in a bid to overturn the ACT Government's intention to deny clubs a share of revenue raised from race fields fees paid by wagering operators.
When talented filly Psychologist powered away to score a scintillating win in the Group Three MRC Blue Diamond Prelude on Saturday she wrote her name into the history books as the very first stakes-winner to carry a double cross of champion sire Danehill.
The parade of Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale Living Legend Fields of Omagh and his stable mates, Silent Witness & Might and Power, will be a highlight of the inaugural Melbourne Premier Open Day to be held at Inglis' Oakland's Complex on Sunday Feb 28.
We know it was a Sale juvenile maiden over 1200 metres run on a very slow track on a Sunday, but when the winner is by Encosta de Lago, is trained by David Hayes and scores by seven we figure it’s worth a story.
Craig Williams further cemented his relationship with Patinack Farm with a win on the highly promising No Evidence Needed in the Sandown Park (UK) Handicap.
Inglis graduates are set to extend their recent Blue Diamond dominance, following the ultra impressive wins by Easter babies Psychologist and Beneteau in the Group 3 Preludes at Caulfield today.
Australian bred colt Musir started his Dubai campaign on the right note when taking out the UAE Guineas Trial at Meydan on Thursday for leading trainer Mike de Kock.
There have been suggestions that an Australia-wide industry tax of five per cent be placed on stallion fees. Graeme Kelly sourced industry opinion on this subject.
The growing international influence of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale was further underlined yesterday, with graduates running the quinella in the Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1000m) in Hong Kong.
The catalogue for the southern hemisphere’s premier yearling Sale, 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, to be held at Newmarket from April 6-8, is now online.
THERE is still a lot to learn for million-dollar baby Beneteau, but the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper are on the agenda after an impressive debut at Randwick yesterday.
Next month’s Melbourne Premier Sale was well and truly in the spotlight as Inglis graduates put themselves in the frame for a seventh Blue Diamond in 10 years today.