Mighty mare Joliestar (Zoustar) won a fifth career G1 and cemented herself a Royal Ascot trip with a typically tough performance in today’s G1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick.
Disappointment gave way to unbridled joy for Hermitage Thoroughbreds and Arrowfield Stud when Inglis Easter graduate Lady Shenandoah secured G1 glory in today’s Darley Flight Stakes over 1600m at Randwick.
Inglis three-year-olds Manawanui and Big Time were all the talk at Rosehill today, while the victory of Amaethon at Caulfield proved a small consolation for connections who sadly lost the galloper’s half-sister Crystal Lily yesterday.
Zipping joined an elite few to win a feature race four consecutive times when he dug deep to claim yet another Sandown Classic today, completing the Group 2 feature double for Inglis graduates.
Champion Aussie bred sprinter Starspangledbanner had to settle for second place overnight in the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York with a rank outsider in 100-1 shot Sole Power denying him victory in the five furlong sprint.
Glamour sprinter Apache Cat etched his name into turf history and earned another chance at a trip to Hong Kong after landing successive Doomben 10,000 wins.