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.
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.
The Broodmare Session concluded on the third day of the 2015 Inglis Great Southern Sale, grossing $2,290,900 on 196 Lots sold. Following the trend set by the Weanling Sessions, strong increases were recorded across key metrics.
With over $19 million in prize-money and bonuses on offer across both the world-class Super VOBIS and VOBIS Gold Schemes, there is no better opportunity for owners to get involved than by purchasing a yearling at the Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale, Sunday and Monday 19 and 20 April in Melbourne.
Week after week horses bred in Australian and exported to Hong Kong adorn the winners’ stall after their high level races and last Sunday’s meeting at Sha Tin was no exception.
Ruane, Menangle’s prolific thoroughbred nursery is ending its chapter in Australian breeding and racing history with an unreserved dispersal sale to be held during the Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale on 3, 4 and 5 May 2015.
Anybody that has ever bred a Group I winner knows how special it is. The joy and sense of achievement that comes from breeding a Group I winner is something that Bylong Park Thoroughbreds owner Richard Johnston has achieved twice previously with star Fastnet Rock fillies Mosheen and Driefontein, but that didn’t dampen his enthusiasm when watching the Hong Kong Derby HK Gr 1 at Sha Tin on Sunday evening.
Inglis graduates shone in front of racing’s international audience recording victories at black type level in four different countries over the weekend.
An additional 25 yearlings have been supplemented into the upcoming Inglis Melbourne VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale, taking the total number of lots in the auction to 414.
The 2012 Inglis Sydney Summer Thoroughbred Sale has been boosted by news that Brooklyn Lodge will disperse their Australian bloodstock interests at the auction on Friday 7 December.
Buyers demand for bloodstock associated with Fastnet Rock saw no sign of fading into the broodmare section of the 2012 Inglis Great Southern Sale, with city winning mare Cool And Composed sold in foal to the 2011/12 Australian Champion Sire elect for $150,000.