As the Autumn 2YO features rapidly approach, Inglis Graduates I Am Immortal (I Am Invincible), Catch Me (I Am Invincible) and Dawn Passage (Dawn Approach) all won impressively, including a clean sweep of the Blue Diamond Previews at Caulfield for Inglis Easter graduates.
Classy sprinter Zac Spirit will be presented in tip-top shape in the $500,000 Group 1 Lion City Cup (1200m) this Sunday, but will at the same time face one of his biggest tests thus far.
Stephen Theodore loves a road trip. And he's fairly keen on a sip. When he secured a yearling he thought could be a star last year, he had a ready-made name - Crack A Roadie.
The positive signs from earlier in the year continued into the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale at Newmarket, with the opening session of the sale returning $31,860,000 in gross receipts with the $248,906 average up 13 per cent on last year’s overall figures.
Stallions, Graeme Kelly, spoke with Inglis Managing Director Mark Webster and asked him to reflect on the 2010 sales year, his outlook for the future, the prospects for the development of racing in China and other matters.
Victoria Racing Club chief executive Dale Monteith confirmed last night that a new concept is currently being planned by a number of Australia's major race clubs with the aim of boosting prize-money for 3YO Gr1 races across Australia.