The strength of the racing industry in the upper region of the Hunter Valley was showcased by the first three home in the inaugural running of the $300,000 Country Championship Final at Randwick on April 6, the opening day of the Australian Championships.
Understandably Karen Irwin, principal of Riverslea Farm, was over the moon when Luckygray was awarded the Group One WATC Railway Stakes, after pinhooking the gelding as a weanling.
Patinack Farm's super consistent Testa Rossa filly Pane In The Glass earned a well-deserved first stakes success in a thrilling four horse war in Saturday's Group 3 Panucci Silver Shadow Stakes
The Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale, a proven nursery for champions, will be held at Newmarket on January 23, 24 and 25 in 2011, with a 575-strong catalogue now online.
Champion Aussie bred sprinter Starspangledbanner had to settle for second place overnight in the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York with a rank outsider in 100-1 shot Sole Power denying him victory in the five furlong sprint.