Verona Rose (Castelvecchio) – the $40,000 Classic Yearling Sale bargain buy – scored a fourth career victory today when winning the $350,000 Inglis Bracelet at Flemington.
Breeder Greg Perry has celebrated many G1 successes over the years but admits today’s Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes win by Inglis Classic graduate Sepals (Calyx) is “pretty special”.
It was a day of fairytales for Inglis graduates at Caulfield today as a $14,000 Premier Sale buy won the $1m Showdown and wonder mare Pride of Jenni returned to racing with an emphatic victory in the Peter Young Stakes.
The $502,000 Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) has lost none of its lustre after nominations closed today despite the race’s namesake being absent for the first time in three years.
The start of the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is less than two weeks away and many offerings have received recent pedigree updates, which is very timely with entire drafts available for inspection at Newmarket from next Tuesday.
Inglis Yearling Sale graduates took the spoils in four stakes races at Flemington on Super Saturday, a day that featured Group 1 wins by the progeny of sires that are well represented in the upcoming 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Less than 24 hours before the Tooheys New Golden Rose (1400m), self-confessed "battling trainer” Ron Leemon knocked back $1 million for Manawanui, who took home the first Group I race of the season at Rosehill on Saturday.