Star 3YO Zougotcha (Zoustar) asserted herself the filly of her generation with a dominant G1 Flight Stakes win on a hallmark day for Inglis graduates which included a G1, G2 and G3 quinella as well as a G2 and Listed trifecta.
Two-year-old Inglis graduates showed their brilliance today taking out the headline juvenile races in both New South Wales and Victoria, led by Prized Icon at Royal Randwick, and Valliano at Caulfield.
High class Melbourne filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) is likely to be kept to sprint distances in the spring with the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington a possible target, reports ANZ Bloodstock News.
Names like Black Caviar or So You Think may not feature but this year’s contingent of Australian gallopers heading to Royal Ascot deserves to be respected.
Two two-year-old Inglis graduates, Pasadena Girl and Headwater, and three-year-old graduate Wandjina, saluted in fine form today at Flemington and Rosehill earning some well-deserved Black Type.
From two-year-old brilliance in Melbourne to a tenacious middle-distance performance in Singapore, Inglis graduates got off to an auspicious start to the Year of The Horse with three stakes wins on Saturday.
John Moore trained Sterling City stormed into contention for the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint in December with victory at Group 2 level at Sha Tin on Sunday, which was an outstanding day in Asia for Inglis graduates.
The male nude, albeit hindquarters only, was a ring-in for the Inglis Equine Art Prize. ''We diversified this year,'' Arthur Inglis, judge and prime mover of the award, said.
The $250,000 Inglis Classic at Rosehill on Saturday attracted a big field of talented babies with victory going to the Gai Waterhouse trained Marseilles Roulette (pictured), who provided his young sire Zizou with his first Australian stakes-winner.
Trainers Darren Smith and John Sargent recorded wins at Listed level at Gosford Race Club on Thursday, both with gallopers they had purchased from Inglis select yearling sales.
Trainer Gerald Ryan and jockey Corey Brown both suggested Snitzerland is now ready to stretch her brilliance to 1400m, but not before the filly gets her chance in next month’s Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes.
The team behind champion mare Black Caviar are again celebrating after dominating tonight’s 2012 Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards presented by Tabcorp and Racing Victoria (RV) at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium.
Last season's top class juvenile Golden Archer made a successful return to racing following injury, powering clear to win as he pleased at Flemington on Saturday.
Former World Champion Sprinter Sacred Kingdom has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award and immortalised with the launch of a memorabilia publication in Hong Kong.
The world's fastest racehorse, Black Caviar, proved she had lost none of her brilliance over her summer break when a breathtaking winner of an 800-metre trial at Caulfield this morning.
Popular trainer Ron Leemon finally might have the horse, in Manawanui, to take him to racing's elite level. The Oratorio three-year-old crushed his rivals in the Up And Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm yesterday and it is not if but when he steps up to the top level.
The loss of accomplished shuttle sire Anabaa (USA) was highlighted at Caulfield on Saturday with a running stakes double for slick sprinter Avenue and Caulfield Guineas contender Anacheeva.
MARK Kavanagh has produced some special racehorses in his time, but he has never worked with one possessing the raw speed of new superstar We're Gonna Rock.