The comeback party for Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy was spoiled when rejuvenated galloper Whitefriars made it two Group 2 wins from as many starts in Melbourne in last night’s Australia Stakes.

Although the rain was falling and the sky grey, Rick Worthington’s smile said it all after his five-year-old gelding Whitefriars delivered a tough knock out blow to his rivals in the Group 2 Seppelt Salinger Stakes at Flemington on Derby day.

Whitefriars had long promised to win a good race and that came to fruition today when he proved too good in the Flemington mud in the Group 2 Salinger Stakes.

Graduates of the Inglis Sydney Classic Sale have enjoyed a remarkable 12 months of success and the catalogue for the 2009 renewal of the sale is now online.