With the third day of the Flemington Carnival over for another year, Inglis graduates were successful in four stakes races, highlighted by consecutive Inglis trifectas.
The EW Barker Trophy lived up to its wide-open race billing with a thrilling finish that saw forgotten giant Any Humour sneak up on the rails to bag his second Group success in the smart time of 1min 22.04secs for the 1400m trip on the Short Course.
The loss of accomplished shuttle sire Anabaa (USA) was highlighted at Caulfield on Saturday with a running stakes double for slick sprinter Avenue and Caulfield Guineas contender Anacheeva.
TRAINER Grahame Begg remained relaxed and confident despite race favourite All Silent being drawn to start from barrier 16 in the $2 million Emirates Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Buyers dipped into the fountain of youth at Newmarket today, with the William Inglis Australian Select Weanling Sale adding to a stunning week of auction action, selling 169 lots (85% clearance) for a gross of $3,899,350 at an average of $23,073.
Graham and Steve Brown’s Hunter Valley based Kitchwin Hills will head to the 2007 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Yearling Sale with their largest ever Easter yearling draft, a draft that has Stud Manager Michael Malone and the rest of the Kitchwin Hills ‘champing at the bit’ about the prospects of their draft.
With the 2007 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Yearling Sale due to commence in under a month, vendors are taking great interest in any relevant pedigree updates that may add an edge to their immaculately prepared yearlings.