Fastnet Rock’s outstanding season with juveniles continued, Uncle Mo made further inroads into Australian racing and Time Thief sired his first Group winner Down Under.
Jukebox asserted himself as one of Victoria’s leading 2YOs with a stunning victory in today’s $250,000 Restricted Listed Inglis Premier (1200m) at Caulfield.
A superbly bred young mare in foal to Frankel and a stakes-winning daughter of Fastnet Rock in foal to Golden Slipper winner Vancouver are just two of the highlight lots in Coolmore’s outstanding draft for Inglis’ inaugural The Chairman’s Sale.
Brian McKnight of Oakford Thoroughbred Farm – where today’s Inglis Dash winner Perpetual Crisis was raised – tells the galloper’s story better than anyone.
So, allow him.
Stunning Easter colt Pariah announced himself as a thoroughbred heavyweight with a dominant debut victory in today’s Group 3 Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill.
Highly-rated Zabeel mare to be offered by Newgate Farm, Provocative offers breeders the chance to purchase perhaps Zabeel’s last Group 1-winning mare carrying her first foal.
The introduction of an exciting new concept in thoroughbred sales either side of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale is set to create the biggest fortnight of horse auctions in Australasian history.
Billed as the Best of the Best, the highlights of the 2017 Australian Easter Yearling Sale catalogue, now available online, reads as a global who’s who of the turf.
There are 129 siblings to Stakes winners including 39 Group 1 winners such as Flying Artie, Extreme Choice, Divine Prophet, Yankee Rose, Shooting To Win, Able Friend, Werther, Preferment, Abbey Marie, English, Shamus Award, Dundeel and Star Witness.
When purchased at the 2016 Inglis Classic Sale, Blue Diamond Preview winner Property was initially destined for a career in Hong Kong, so his owners David Price and Jenny Chapman were equally thrilled and bemused to win today’s feature 2YO race at Caulfield.
Flying Artie and Chautauqua have been rewarded for an outstanding 2016 by being named the best of their domain in the latest Longines World’s Best Racehorse rankings.
Australia’s fastest growing yearling sale - The Inglis Classic – has become the focus of buyers as the inaugural Gold Riband session takes centre stage on opening night.
Easter colt Hall of Fame proved himself one of New Zealand’s most exciting 3YOs when he took out Saturday’s Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham – the sole Group 1 race contested in Australasia over the weekend.
Australia’s leading thoroughbred auction house Inglis was the leading source of 2YO Stakes winners and 2YO Group 1 winners last season, and today’s results further strengthen the argument it will continue to dominate in 2017.