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.
This Friday, June 26 marks the closing date for entries to the Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale and also for supplementary entries for next week’s Sydney Winter Thoroughbred Sale.
Hussonet notched his second juvenile winner in as many days when the Rodney Douglas trained Illusionary scored a narrow win over 1200m on the Lakeside course at Betfair Park today.
The Group I Manikato Stakes has been selected as a Breeders’ Cup Challenge series race, where the winner earns an automatic berth in the $US25.5 million Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita in California in November.
They make up just 1.5% of the stallion population, but stallions that stood for $60,000 or more in 2008 provided the winners of 28% of Australia's Group 1 races this season.
Inglis have been officially recognised as Australian Industry Leaders at the 2009 Australian Business Award’s, winning two of the most prestigious and highly sought after awards for International Trade and Innovation.
Inglis graduates finished the 2008-09 racing season just as they started it - with Group 1 victory - as Russeting scored in today's G1 $500,000 Winter Stakes at Eagle Farm.
The $50,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus at Grafton next month is in the sights of trainer Alan Bailey, following the emergence of exciting filly Andsosayallofus.
Australia’s top performing thoroughbred exports will be recognised for the first time with a new award category at the 2009 Australian Racehorse of the Year and Hall of Fame Awards.