THE barrier draw will determine which side of $2 Choisir colt DEFCON will start in tomorrow week’s time-honoured Breeders’ Plate at Randwick after a brilliant trial win at the official 2YO Heats at Randwick on Monday morning.
The four day 2015 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale ended on Wednesday finishing with total sales exceeding $24 million on over 600 lots at a clearance rate of 80%.
A two-year-old Redoute’s Choice filly from the wonderful family of Easy Date has been supplemented to the Inglis Australian Racehorse Sale, which will be held in Melbourne this Sunday.
The who’s who of the bloodstock world have arrived at Newmarket ahead of next week’s Australian Easter Sale, with many hoping to replicate previous successful raids on the Southern Hemisphere’s best yearling sale.
Headed by equal favourite Rostova, Inglis graduates – aiming to win the race for a seventh time this decade - dominate acceptances for this Saturday’s G1 $1M Blue Diamond Stakes.
While the Lightning Stakes holds centre attention tomorrow, promising youngsters Come Hither and Manhattan Rain will also command a huge amount of attention.
ROSTOVA ($80,000 2008 Premier, 2f Testa Rossa-Space Talk) continued a dominant start to the new season for Inglis two-year-old graduates when she made an exciting debut to claim the Listed Schiavello Stakes at Flemington yesterday.
The field for Saturday week's $250,000 MVRC Inglis Juvenile on Tatts Cox Plate Day is beginning to take shape with the announcement that Sydney fillies Our Joan Of Arc and Sheeznodoubt, first and fourth respectively in the Keeneland Gimcrack Stakes (LR) are headed to Melbourne for the inaugural running of the event.