An Exceed and Excel colt from American mare Vicennalia (More Than Ready) has realised an online weanling record of $170,000 in the Great Southern Sale, which was held as part of the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale catalogue.
Star Cambridge galloper Mongolian Khan and his champion trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman headlined Thursday night’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.
Inglis graduate Shamus Award reinforced his position as the top three-year-old in Australia with a thrilling victory in the Gr.1 VRC Australian Guineas over 1600m in Melbourne on Saturday.
Inglis Yearling Sale purchase Polanski made dreams come true at Flemington on Saturday, scoring a fairy-tale win in the $1.5 million Group 1 VRC Victoria Derby over 2500m.
The catalogue for the next Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, the source of undefeated Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar and South African Horse of the Year Igugu, is now available online.
The revered status of Sacred Kingdom in Hong Kong has been further enhanced with the son of Encosta De Lago being named Champion Sprinter for the fourth time.
Caulfield trainer Peter Moody has commenced the mind games already for the 2011 spring with comments that Black Caviar, currently the joint highest rated horse in the world with the English trained Frankel, might race in Japan instead of during the Victorian Sprint Racing carnival.
Supplementary entries are now online and horses are being inspected ahead of the start of the four day Inglis Great Southern Sale in Melbourne tomorrow.
The 2011 renewal of the Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling Sale will be conducted this coming Sunday & Monday April 17-18. With the bulk of the catalogue Super VOBIS qualified it has long been regarded as the value sale of Australia.
Easter purchase Viva Ocho maintained his unbeaten status on the all weather surface with a dominant win over 1500 metres at Taipa on Saturday, and will now be set for $1 million Dollar Group 1 Macau Guineas, the first leg of the Triple Crown to be run on February 13.
To the astonishment of nobody, Sacred Kingdom repeated his 2010 victory in the HKG1 Kent and Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup, first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series, and in doing so reasserted his Hong Kong sprinting supremacy at Sha Tin today.
The Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale has enjoyed a stellar year, headlined by the World’s three top rated sprinters all emanating from the Oaklands Sale, and the catalogue for the 2011 renewal is now online.
Black Caviar shrugged off the only remaining anomaly on her scorecard when dominating the Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington today, continuing a great run for Inglis graduates in this year’s Global Sprint Challenge.
Inglis graduates are on target to build on their wonderful record in the Group 1 Hong Kong International Sprint, with the Ricky Yiu trained Sacred Kingdom and Ultra Fantasy confirming themselves as leading contenders for the 2010 renewal at the weekend.
Reigning champion sire Encosta de Lago starred at Sha Tin on Saturday with classy sprinter Ultra Fantasy claiming his first stakes victory in the Sprint Cup HK Gr 2, while promising two year-old Admiration also opened his winning account.
The growing international influence of the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale was further underlined yesterday, with graduates running the quinella in the Group 1 Centenary Sprint Cup (1000m) in Hong Kong.
An outstanding Swettenham Stud draft for unreserved dispersal headlines Sydney’s 2008 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Broodmare Sale catalogue which is now available online, complete with footage of the Swettenham mares.