A 46-lot unreserved dispersal by one of Western Australia’s most respected breeding operations, Stakes winners from Godolphin and a Zoustar half sister to a Champion Australan sprinter are just some of the many highlights in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.
The G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin this evening looked something of a foregone conclusion for $1.35 favourite Lucky Sweynesse, but in a brutal display of sustained speed, it was Victor The Winner (Toranado) who proved far too good for the champion sprinter.
Many of the world’s best yearling offerings for 2023 have been confirmed for what is shaping as a stunning Easter Yearling Sale, of which the catalogue is now available online.
Good things come to those who wait and that was certainly the case for one of Hong Kong’s most popular racehorses Hot King Prawn (Denman x De Chorus), who claimed a deserved maiden G1 in the Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday evening.
Yarraman Park's star sire I Am Invincible kick started the new season with a stakes double at Caulfield as I Am a Star returned from a break to take the Group 3 MRC Quezette Stakes and Voodoo Lad scored a career best win in the Listed MRC Regal Roller Stakes.
Trainer Shane Nichols has confirmed that promising filly I Am A Star (I Am Invincible-Star Band, by Dixieland Band) will be spelled and aimed at some of the feature fillies races in the spring.
151 lots have been catalogued for the 2014 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale Winter Book, which can be viewed online at inglis.com.au and on the updated Inglis Sales iPad App
THE huge books of mares that fashionable sires serve this century, astronomical in size compared to those looked after by champion sires of the past such as Star Kingdom, Better Boy, Wilkes and Showdown, means that their goodness can be enjoyed by far more in racing and breeding.
A three-year-old gelding by Exceed And Excel from Galapagos Girl topped the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s International Sale at Sha Tin on Saturday when selling for HK$7,500,000 (=A$1,060,000).
The John Moore-trained Flagship Shine, under Joao Moreira, overcame top weight (132lbs) and a wide draw in stall 13 to claim the Class 1 Panasonic Cup (Handicap) over 1400m at Sha Tin today, 9 November, in impressive style.
Last year's Group I Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) winning trainer Mick Price has 16 chances of posting his second successive win in Victoria's richest two-year-old race.