Trainer Shane Nichols has confirmed that promising filly I Am A Star (I Am Invincible-Star Band, by Dixieland Band) will be spelled and aimed at some of the feature fillies races in the spring.
Inglis graduates shone in front of racing’s international audience recording victories at black type level in four different countries over the weekend.
Debutant Mossfun (Mossman x Eye For Fun) took home the lion’s share of the $250,000 prizemoney on offer on the RL Inglis Nursery over 1000m at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Emerging star Holy Empire capped off a big weekend for Inglis graduates when winning the Group 3 Saas Fee Stakes at Kranji on Sunday, joining Fawkner and Diamond Earth as the winners of the weekend’s feature races in Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney respectively.
The connections of Inglis graduates Samaready and Va Pensiero are set to aim higher at Group 1 events during the upcoming spring following victories at Group 3 level in Melbourne and Sydney respectively on Saturday.
Talented three-year-old colt War showed a glimpse of his true potential at Warwick Farm on Saturday, breaking through in the Group 3 ATC Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) just as fellow Inglis graduate Fastnet Rock did carrying the same famous colours nine years ago.
Second Effort capped of a tremendous Australian racing season for Inglis graduates when claiming the last Group event for 2012/13 on Saturday, the MRC Bletchingly Stakes over 1200m.
The quality of Inglis graduates Sterling City and Good Sight was clear to see on Sunday as the pair saluted in Hong Kong and Malaysia’s Group level events respectively.
Hioctdane continued his march towards the Group 1 SA Derby next week with a super impressive five length victory in the Group 2 SAJC Chairman’s Stakes over 2000m at Morphettville.
Over a busy weekend in Australia and Asia exciting three-year-olds Better Than Ready and Stepitup put their hands up as the ones to beat when they aim higher at Group 1 events next month.
A colt by Easter graduate Fastnet Rock shone on Day Two of the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney when selling for $4 million to Emirates Park Stud.
The second leg of the 2013 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe Series, the S$90,000 Inglis Australian Easter Sale Stakes, was conducted over 1000m at Kranji in Singapore on Sunday, with only a short head separating Tashi and Rikioh on the line.
The opportunity to aim higher awaits the connections of High Esteem after the three-year-old put on an impressive performance over 1700m at Caulfield on Saturday to claim a $100,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus.
Inglis Yearling Sale graduates took the spoils in four stakes races at Flemington on Super Saturday, a day that featured Group 1 wins by the progeny of sires that are well represented in the upcoming 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The connections of Twilight Royale are in with a huge chance to take home the Inglis Triple Crown Bonus after the Bjorn Baker trained filly scored a tough win in the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes over 1400m at Flemington.
Australia’s top rated three-year-old colt All Too Hard collected another Group 1 victory at Caulfield on Saturday, adding the weight-for-age C.F. Orr Stakes over 1400m to his Caulfield Guineas win earlier this season.
The catalogue for the 2013 edition of Australasia’s most prestigious thoroughbred auction, the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is now available online at www.inglis.com.au and on the Inglis Sales iPad App.
Fastnet Rock gelding Speed Baby continued the domination of Australian bred gallopers in Malaysia’s feature races when he ran out the victor of the Malaysian Group 1 Coronation Cup (1600m) at the Perak Turf Club in Ipoh on Sunday.