A three-quarter-sister to G1 winner Arcadia Queen has topped the first bi-monthly Online Sale for Inglis Digital, selling for $160,000 to Graham and Linda Huddy of Peachester Lodge.
The NSW Trainers Association in conjunction with Inglis will host a racing industry evening in support of the O’Shea Family on Tuesday 17 April at Inglis’ Newmarket Complex.
Talented, yet unlucky galloper Metal Bender almost brought champion trainer Chris Waller to tears at Rosehill on Saturday, after the six-year-old took his earnings to $1.9million with victory in the Group One ATC George Ryder Stakes over 1500m.
Vendors have until next Thursday to lodge late entries for this year’s Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling Sale, which is offering a supplementary catalogue for the very first time.
Leading trainer Peter Moody is set to test lightly raced filly Set For Fame against “suspect” colts in the Group I Australian Guineas after her comfortable win at Caulfield.
Three-year-old filly Irish Lights is the horse to beat in next month's Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) after another scintillating performance in the Group 3 Schweppes Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield.
THE Australian Jockey Club has embraced pursuing all avenues involved in merging with the Sydney Turf Club in a bid to secure the financial future and prosperity of metropolitan racing.
Figures released by Michael Ford, Keeper of the Australian Stud Book, show that Thoroughbred coverings for 2008 will be around 26,100 mares with Fastnet Rock (pictured) the busiest of all stallions last spring covering 248 mares at Coolmore in the Hunter Valley.