Another Award (Shamus Award) has become the most expensive horse to be sold on Inglis Digital so far this year – and the fourth highest in history – in topping the Inglis Digital July (Early) catalogue at $1.2 million.
Mark du Plessis is reluctant to attach the "best" tag to horses, as in "best I have ridden", but couldn't help himself when it came to Amber Sky after Ricky Yiu Poon-fai's exceptional juvenile talent gave rivals another galloping lesson yesterday.
Fastnet Rock's three-year-old progeny have hit top gear with the onset of spring racing with his brilliant sons Smart Missile and Foxwedge fighting out the finish of the Group 3 Run to the Rose at Rosehill on Saturday.
With more than 90 vendors consigning horses to the 2011 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starting in Sydney next Sunday at Newmarket it’s easy for a brand new vendor to get lost in the crowd, but that won’t be happening to Mary Bray of Cinque Cavalli.
Triple Crown Syndications enjoyed a pre-Christmas treat with an ultra impressive first up win for Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) filly Flying Empress, who seems destined for stakes company.
The Cathay Pacific International Sprint Trial HK Gr 2 at Sha Tin on Sunday provided a great lead-up to the main event in December, with the Australian bred up and comer Happy Zero proving too good for established sprint star Sacred Kingdom.
Flying Spur gelding Inspiration scored a surprise win in the Group One HK International Sprint back in December and recaptured that form when taking out the Centenary Sprint Cup HK Gr 1 at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Performers bred in Australia have achieved what must challenge as a world record in winning every one of the annual renewals of the Hong Kong International Sprint, the tenth edition of which was staged on Sunday and resulted in a trifecta for Australian sired contestants.
The 2007 William Inglis & Son Australian Select Broodmare Sale proved, yet again, that cream rises to the surface, resulting in another brisk day of trade with 202 lots sold for $10,315,850 at an average of $75,298.
The William Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale’s bountiful run continued at Newmarket tonight with 71 lots sold for a gross of $25,225,000 and an average of $355,282, an increase again on last year.
The second session of the 2007 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale concluded today with record results for both average and aggregate franking its reputation for quality bloodstock.
Fuelled by a tremendous program of racing at Randwick, the crowd turned out in droves for the opening session of the 2007 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale: a night session containing a relatively small, yet lucrative team of youngsters .