Strong drafts from industry heavyweights Coolmore and Godolphin highlight a compelling catalogue for the Inglis Digital November (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.
A trio of quality mares and stallion Signore Fox have sold for a combined $1.285 million, contributing to an overall gross of $5.4 million in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale.
Stakes winners, G1 performers and broodmares with highly desirable domestic and international covers headline another strong and diverse Inglis Digital online sale.
It took a syndicate of international powerbrokers to outbid a Sheikh for top Lot honours on a strong Day 2 of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale at Newmarket today.
An energetic and diverse buying bench, mixed with an exceptionally strong catalogue, has resulted in a powerful opening session of the 2017 Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Heavens Above gave breeders and owners Reg and Greg Kemister their first Group 1 victory when she scored a thrilling win in today’s $600,000 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.
Jukebox asserted himself as one of Victoria’s leading 2YOs with a stunning victory in today’s $250,000 Restricted Listed Inglis Premier (1200m) at Caulfield.
The 16th foal of the stakes-winning Bletchingly mare Tennessee Morn, 5-year-old Magnus gelding Malaguerra added a second Group 1 to his CV when holding off rising sprint star Spieth in Saturday's $1million Darley Classic (1200m) at Flemington.
Outstanding stallion More Than Ready produced his second consecutive Derby winner in Australia this year when Prized Icon raced away with today’s Victoria Derby at Flemington.
The first of more than 880 horses have arrived at Newmarket ahead of the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale, for which the first day of inspections will kick off from 9am tomorrow, Wednesday 27 April.
The astute eye of James Harron paid dividends again today when his flashy two-year-old colt Attention (Stratum x Flamboyance), took out the Group 3 ATC Schweppervescence Stakes over 1400m at Rosehill. Under the expert guidance of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, a confident ride by Blake Shinn saw the colt stay well on the speed and hit the line strongly.
The story of Saturday's Group II Schweppes Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield is easily told, the Lonhro filly Heatherly went straight to the front under Katelyn Mallyon, increased her margin at every call and was throttled down to win by five and a half lengths.
With $500,000 prizemoney, black type status and additional prizes from Swarovski and Antler, 29 two-year-olds from Australia’s leading trainers will step out to contest the next instalments of the Inglis Race Series this Saturday. The RL Inglis Classic at Randwick and the RL Inglis Premier at Caulfield will be run 25 minutes apart, both over over 1200m.
After bouncing back to his best, former Singapore champion three-year-old Stepitup deservedly won the Singapore Horse of the Year title at the 2015 Singapore Racing Awards night at The Regent Hotel on Thursday night.
Just a week after Darby Racing’s All American filly Yankee Rose made it two from two at Rosehill Gardens, the syndicator’s colours were carried to victory by the All American colt Rampage who was making his career debut in Saturday’s John Paraskevas Plate (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
Trainer Murray Baker is anticipating no problems with Mongolian Khan (Holy Roman Emperor-Centafit, by Centaine) backing up in tomorrow's Gr1 Caulfield Cup (2400m).
The much anticipated Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale kicked off at 10.30am this morning following the First Season Sire Parade, in which five of Victoria’s leading stud farms paraded eight of the newest additions to their stallion rosters. 205 Lots were sold today at an outstanding clearance rate of 92% and an aggregate earn of $2,440,700 for a variety of vendors.
88 supplementary lots, including two shares in Black Caviar’s sire Bel Esprit, have been added to the diverse catalogue of offerings at the Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale in Melbourne this Friday 21 August 2015.
Inglis graduates rounded off a stellar 2014/2015 racing season, having won a total of 189 black-type races internationally. 18 individual Inglis graduates saluted in 27 Group 1 races across the world, with Arrowfield Stud leading the Vendors’ Table having bred and sold three Group 1 winners: Wandjina, Majmu and Hot Snitzel.