SAM Kavanagh is leaving on the crest of a wave for a four-day holiday in Hong Kong this week with his father's Adelaide stable leading the trainers' premiership.
The strong level of competition at Inglis Mixed Sales continued at today’s Summer Thoroughbred Sale at Newmarket, where the 94% clearance rate propelled gross turnover to more than $800,000.
Boosted by a supplementary catalogue of 59 lots, tomorrow’s Sydney Summer Thoroughbred Sale offers buyers a wide selection of both racing and breeding prospects among the 162 lots on offer.
SYDNEY Turf Club is set to trial at least two Friday night race meetings at Canterbury over summer as a precursor to a permanent switch from Thursday nights.
Azeri, the American Horse of the Year, three times champion race mare and record female money earner has a close relation in the Inglis Summer Sale on Friday December 4.
The Inglis Classic Sale was in the limelight at Turffontein in South Africa at the weekend, with a new Group winning graduate and an important G2 winning update for January’s 2010 sale.
Mossman gelding Travaldo gave his big team of owners a huge thrill when he staved off several challengers to land a $50,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus at Canberra today.
Star Ripper made it three wins on end when scoring a strong win over 2400m on the Kensington track and he will now be given the chance to emulate his illustrious dam Dane Ripper in stakes company.
Australian bred three year-old dominated at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday filling the quinella in both the Group Two Vodacom Dingaans and the Group Three Gomma Gomma Fillies Mile.
The next bonus in the $2.6M Inglis Race Series for 2008 graduates goes on the line at Caulfield next Saturday, December 5, with nominations closing Monday morning.