A world class collection of the finest yearlings has been unveiled, with the pedigrees of 580 royally-bred and conformed athletes catalogued for the 2016 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on 5, 6 and 7 April.
After bouncing back to his best, former Singapore champion three-year-old Stepitup deservedly won the Singapore Horse of the Year title at the 2015 Singapore Racing Awards night at The Regent Hotel on Thursday night.
Mourinho became the fifth individual Group 1 winner from his Inglis Classic crop when saluting in the MRC Underwood Stakes this season. From a $36,000 yearling to $1.3 million earner the Peter Gelagotis trained galloper is yet another success story from the sale that delivers for buyers, the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
Inglis Classic graduate Hellbent (I Am Invincible x Volkaspray) rewarded the confidence of both the public and his young trainer Kurt Goldman today, when he showed an exceptional turn of foot to dominate the 15-strong field in the inaugural $250,000 Inglis Dash at Flemington over 1100m.
Injury may have robbed Chautauqua of the opportunity to conquer Hong Kong last December but Team Hawkes hasn’t given up on the idea of the superstar sprinter making it on the world stage.
Meanwhile, highly regarded Goulburn colt colt Hellbent (I Am Invincible-Volkaspray, by Volksraad) will bid to get his career back on track when he lines up in the Inglis Dash (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.
A quality field of 15 three-year-olds, including five last-start winners, line up for the inaugural $250,000 Inglis Dash to be run over 1100m down the straight at Flemington this Saturday.
Trainer Robert Smerdon has confirmed that smart mare Politeness (Street Sense-Berengaria, by Commands) will open her autumn campaign in the Gr1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on 27 February.
Pride Of Dubai has not raced since he notched his second Group I win in the ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes in April last year after bone bruising kept the colt out of the spring.
The lure of another lucrative sales-restricted race has persuaded trainer Henry Dwyer to keep last-start Moonee Valley winner Rocky Boomboa in work for the Inglis Dash.
Exciting young Newgate Farm stallion Foxwedge (Fastnet Rock-Forest Native, by Forest Wildcat) has sired his first winner with 2YO filly Kentucky Miss posting a brilliant debut win at Warwick Farm on Thursday.