Melbourne Cup hero Americain (USA) has been a popular addition to the roster at Swettenham Stud covering some 288 mares in his first two seasons at stud and his first weanlings will attract much interest at the upcoming Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale starting this Sunday, June 21.
Rom Baro, the impressive winner of the $120,000 Canberra Guineas (1400m) on Sunday, joins the long list of good performers acquired at modest prices through the Inglis conducted Hunter Valley Breeders Scone Yearling Sale, one which is held mid May each year.
Seasoned stayer Tanby hadn’t won a race since the Group II MRC Zipping Classic in 2012, but the eight year-old son of Galileo (IRE) was the Tanby of old at Morphettville on Monday, surging late to snatch victory in the Group II SAJC Adelaide Cup.
It’s a long way to go to get to Black Caviar’s perfect 25 from 25, but rising star sprinter Deep Field kept his unbeaten record intact to go five for five at Flemington on Saturday when capturing the Group II VRC Tab,com,au Stakes.
It wasn’t hard to find this three year-old Northern Meteor colt as a One to Watch when he won on debut at Gosford last month by 10 lengths and at Canterbury today he upped the ante again looking every inch a fitting replacement for his sire’s now retired gun colt Zoustar.
Australian bred, sold, trained and owned galloper Fawkner claimed the world’s richest 2400m handicap race on Saturday, the $2.5 million Group 1 MRC Caulfield Cup.
Tanby's strong finishing victory in the Group 2 Zipping Classic over 2400m at Sandown two weeks ago, was further confirmation that big time Victorian owner Lloyd Williams is a modern king of Australia’s owners of stayers.
Group 3 winning mare Dane Belltar recorded an amazing feat in Australia on Saturday, with three of her foals winning on metropolitan tracks; Tanby and Fawkner at Flemington and Viking Star at Morphettville.
The powerful Lloyd Williams team struck early at Flemington on Saturday when lightly raced Reset five year-old Fawkner returned from a spell to post a resounding win in the Listed VRC Sofitel Stakes.
Macau Derby winner Elderly Paradise treated his opponents with contempt to win the final leg of the Macau Triple Crown, the Macau Gold Cup with an easy five and a half length victory in the $1 million dollar Group 1 event on Saturday.
Australian-bred and Inglis sold gallopers have not just been the talking point at Royal Ascot in the last week, but also all across Asia, with Group 1 winners in Malaysia and Macau along with rising stars in Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea.
Progressive Reset gelding Fawkner provided the powerful Lloyd Williams team with their first winner at the Flemington carnival when he cruised clear for an easy victory in the first event on Oaks Day.
Trainer John O'Shea has a serious decision to make after promising galloper Big Time led throughout to win the $100,000 Listed Milton Meats Dulcify Handicap (1900m) at Rosehill today.
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.
Two horses dominated the last season and in many ways they are completely different. Black Caviar (Bel Esprit) dominated the sprinters, So You Think (High Chaparral) was the dominant middle-distance runner.
THE Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling sale might have been robbed of one of its highlight acts with the withdrawal of Cedarberg's sister, but as usual it provides a wide cross-section of sires and in particular this year there is a large representation by sons of Hussonet.
The Melbourne Premier Sale’s reputation as the source of the World’s best sprinters was further underlined as Black Caviar left onlookers searching for superlatives with her Lightning Stakes win today.