Redoute's Choice colt Musir became the latest Inglis graduate to enjoy success on the international stage when he dominated the Group 1 Golden Horseshoe (1400m) in South Africa overnight.
Lime Squeeze (Exceed And Excel ex Let’s Get Even, by Thunder Gulch), a three-quarter sister to Group winner Get Square was the top price of $26,000 at today’s Inglis Winter Thoroughbred Sale held in Sydney.
Stakes winners to runners figures are widely used as a measuring tool for stallion performance, but with stakes races varying so drastically in quality, results can often be skewed.
MAKYBE will embark on their first official race sponsorship, choosing next Saturday’s $100,000 Inglis Race Series two-year-old event in Melbourne to be known as the MVRC Purrealist Inglis Bonus.
The Twin Palms draft, comprising the Johnson Family Dispersal, again provided the session topper at the Australian Weanling & Breeding Stock Sale, with a Redoute’s Choice weanling colt from the Spectrum mare Dancing selling to KP Thoroughbreds for $300,000.
A $1.2million price for Golden Slipper winner Polar Success highlighted a successful opening to the 2009 Inglis Australian Weanling & Breeding Stock Sale, where close to $6million was traded.
Making his first start since finishing sixth in the Bernborough Stakes at Doomben last December, the Allan Denham-trained Strat’s Flyer held off a spirited bid by race favourite Kroner to land Wednesday’s $100,000 Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford.