Siblings to Group 1 winners, progeny of Group 1-winning mares and 2YOs by some of Australia’s leading stallions headline a bumper Inglis Ready2Race catalogue.
As a brother to Group 1 Lightning Stakes heroine Snitzerland, much was expected of Sooboog, but the son of Snitzel has often been the bane of punters as well as owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum who shelled out $1.5 million to secure the chestnut as a yearling.
The Inglis VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale, to be held this Sunday and Monday, 19 and 20 April is renowned for its outstanding value, not to mention the $19 million in prizemoney and bonuses available for Super VOBIS and VOBIS Gold nominated horses in Victoria. Recently, the sale has produced two particularly impressive stories of racetrack success.
Golden Slipper winner Polar Success featured at Randwick on Wednesday with a smart winner when the John O’Shea trained Polarmore saluted at his second start.
The category finalists for the 2013 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards have been revealed today with a star-studded Champion Three-Year-Old Colt or Gelding category among the highlights.
Unbeaten champion Black Caviar’s place in the nation’s sporting history has been officially cemented with her induction this evening into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Be it a veteran Sydney Cup winner, Oaks heroine, middle distance star in the making or dashing juvenile stakes winner, the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale had every base covered around Australia today.
Back in February 2010 Monton looked to be among the best three-year olds in the nation after claiming the Group 2 Hobartville Stakes with the likes of Shoot Out, Manhattan Rain, Captain Sonadaor, Kidnapped and Gathering among the beaten division.
The domination of Black Caviar, her jockey Luke Nolen and trainer Peter Moody continued off the track at Sunday night's Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards presented by Tabcorp at Crown.
With eight winners in the past seven days including Group I Doomben 10,000 heroine Beaded, Darley based Lonhro has edged to the lead on the Australian Generals Sires List by earnings.
As Black Caviar once again routed a top-class field of sprinters in the time-honoured Newmarket Handicap (G1) at Flemington on Saturday it is clear that the hulking daughter of Bel Esprit is, quite scaringly, improving with every run.
The Shamardal (USA) mare Premardal remains on track to snare a $100,000 bonus after another highly impressive victory in Saturday's $80,000 Starstruck Classic at Ascot.
Starspangledbanner is flying aloft in both the Cartier Sprinter and Cartier Older Horse divisions after a thrilling victory under Johnny Murtagh in one of Europe’s premier races, the Group One July Cup at Newmarket on Friday, July 9, and enters Cartier Horse Of The Year calculations.
The catalogue for the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has now been released, as updates continue to roll in for the southern hemisphere’s premier yearling auction.
Next month’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale was highlighted by the Group wins of Wanted and Portillo, who headed another successful day of stakes success for Inglis graduates yesterday.
ROSTOVA ($80,000 2008 Premier, 2f Testa Rossa-Space Talk) continued a dominant start to the new season for Inglis two-year-old graduates when she made an exciting debut to claim the Listed Schiavello Stakes at Flemington yesterday.
Led by outstanding multiple Group 1 winning mare Forensics, Inglis graduates won half the races on the card of Australia’s most revered day of racing at Flemington today.
Part One of the Melbourne Premier Sale came to a record-breaking conclusion on Tuesday with a jaw-dropping 56 per cent increase in sale gross of over $39 million.