Australian-bred stars Pompeii Ruler, Takeover Target and Sarrera will leave Australia this Saturday to embark on their Singapore Airlines International Cup and Krisflyer International Sprint missions.
Local Warrnambool trainer Matthew Williams set out for the 2008 Inglis Autumn Yearling Sale twelve months ago to buy himself a horse for the inaugural $100,000 Inglis Plate.
PRETTY USEFUL , a Youthful Legs gelding who lived up to his name when he won the Starmaker, an annual feature event for juveniles, at the Muswellbrook Singleton Cup meeting in the Hunter Valley on Sunday, has good prospects of taking out the $100,000 Inglis Challenge at the big race day at neighbouring Scone on Friday week, May 15.
Sydney star Racing To Win will be given a second chance to show his worth over a middle distance after trainer John O’Shea lodged a late Doomben Cup entry this week.
The showdown the racing world was waiting for in 2007 will finally eventuate at Kranji next week following confirmation that Hong Kong star Sacred Kingdom will be a rival for Takeover Target in the G1 KrisFlyer Sprint on May 17.
Nominations ahead of Inglis’ Australian Weanling and Breeding Stock Sale to be held in Sydney from June 25 - 28 indicate that breeders have embraced the concept and the new sale’s timing, with another outstanding array of bloodstock to be catalogued.
Astute young Mornington trainer Jason Warren is hoping for a big pay day at Hawkesbury this Saturday with last start winner Mayweather as he chases the lucrative $100,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus on the clubs 2yo feature.
The Asian Racing Federation's Executive Council has elected a new Chairman, Dr Koji Sato, following the resignation of Mr Winfried Engelbrecht -Bresges.
THE fairytale story that is Takeover Target could be headed for Hollywood with Warner Bros, one of the world's largest producers of film and television, interested in bringing the tale to light.
Friesan Fire failed to fire as Mine That Bird scored a dominant win at odds paying upwards of $100 on Australian totes in this morning's G1 Kentucky Derby.
New Zealand's finest thoroughbred mare, Sunline, was buried yesterday at Ellerslie racecourse having been put down at the age of 13 after a battle with illness.