Led by undefeated superstar Black Caviar Australian bred racehorses that were offered at Inglis Select Yearling Sales have starred in the 2012 World Thoroughbred Rankings released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
With the last black type races in Australia for the 2011/12 racing season run and won over the weekend, Arrowfield have finished as the leading breeder of stakes winners sold at Inglis Sales.
Coolmore Stud and Goodwood Farm have finished at the top of Inglis’ Group 1 Vendors List for the 2011/12 Australian racing season, having sold two individual Group 1 winners each.
The 96th annual Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale will get underway at 11am tomorrow morning at the famous Newmarket complex in Sydney, with all up-to-date information on the stunning selection of yearlings set for sale available at www.inglis.com.au
Talented, yet unlucky galloper Metal Bender almost brought champion trainer Chris Waller to tears at Rosehill on Saturday, after the six-year-old took his earnings to $1.9million with victory in the Group One ATC George Ryder Stakes over 1500m.
Easter filly Mosheen recorded her third Group One victory on Saturday, continuing Inglis graduates domination of the $500,000 ATC Randwick Guineas (1600m) with a tenacious win over Said Com and Laser Hawk
Trainer Ron Leemon has revealed Manawanui's owners have just rejected a massive $2 million-plus offer to sell their star three-year-old. It is the latest in a series of big offers for the gelding who cost just $45,000 as a yearling.
Two horses dominated the last season and in many ways they are completely different. Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) dominated the sprinters, So You Think (High Chaparral) was the dominant middle-distance runner.
GUY Walter has had to wait more than a decade for the chance to avenge former champion Tie The Knot's luckless defeat in the Victoria Derby.
He gets the chance with Digital Fortress in the $1.5 million classic at Flemington on Saturday.
Victorian racing’s glamour girl Typhoon Tracy was named the 2010 Sky Racing World Australian Racehorse of the Year at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium on Sunday night.
The loudest cheer came from Western Australia as Metal Bender led home a 1-2-3 for trainer Chris Waller in Saturday's Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Warwick Farm.
Multiple Group 1 winner Metal Bender returned to racing with a bang when leading home a Chris Waller trained trifecta in today’s Group 2 Warwick Stakes in Sydney.
The category finalists for the 2010 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards presented by Sky Racing World were released today with a familiar name prominent throughout.
THEY are striving for a berth in the Stradbroke Handicap but only one will be granted the opportunity. Promising gallopers Border Rebel, Stryker and Catapulted are set for a showdown in the Group Two QTC Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, with the winner to gain entry to Queensland's richest race.
TONY Noonan liked what he saw after supervising Ortensia's Doomben gallop on Tuesday morning and says punters can expect a more formidable mare this weekend.