THE first foal of three-time Melbourne Cup-winning mare Makybe Diva will be trained in Melbourne by Danny O'Brien after he yesterday made the successful bid of $1.5 million for the sale-topping colt.
The much anticipated first foal from legendary mare Makybe Diva highlighted proceedings on Day 1 of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, with Melbourne trainer Danny O’Brien securing the Galileo colt for $1.5million.
The Waikato Stud roadshow rolled on again yesterday, with Vision And Power giving the stud a record-equalling five individual Group 1 winners in the one season.
Inglis graduates are expected to play a major part in Australia’s richest day of racing at Rosehill tomorrow, with runners in each of the five Group 1 races on the program.
Million dollar Easter yearling and champion three-year-old filly elect Samantha Miss will return to Newmarket where she was sold under the famous Moreton Bay Fig Tree two years ago, as the star attraction at the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale to be held in Sydney April 14 - 16.
CONTINUING its charter of promoting racehorse ownership, Aushorse has organised a range of activities bringing potential new buyers to the upcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The Inglis Online Shop will be launched on Sunday April 5, the first day of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Merchandise will be available at Inglis' Newmarket complex and online.
With the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale only a few days away from the commencement of bidding, astute buyers worldwide have been diligently completing their homework on-line
Tomorrow night’s Inglis Series 1200 Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley has attracted a field of 10, with eight of those runners eligible for the latest $100,000 bonus in the $2.5M Inglis Race Series.
Hot Danish appears to have the Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes at her mercy and jockey Tim Clark says there will be no excuses for the mare on Saturday.
The who’s who of the bloodstock world have arrived at Newmarket ahead of next week’s Australian Easter Sale, with many hoping to replicate previous successful raids on the Southern Hemisphere’s best yearling sale.
Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm operation enjoyed its first stakes winner from last year’s yearling purchases when Easter graduate Onemorenomore took out today’s Listed TL Baillieu Handicap.