A revamped breeding stock sale series concluded at Riverside this afternoon, with the Australian Broodmare & Weanling Sale and the Chairman’s Sale deemed an overwhelming success.
Coolmore and partners invested heavily on a significant number of well-bred colts at the yearling sales in 2012 and one of them, War, had his first taste of Black Type on Saturday when scoring a bold front running win in the Group 3 ATC Up and Coming Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Sincero stamped himself as one of Australia’s best three-year-olds when coming with a well-timed run to gun down top mare Beaded in today’s $1Million Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm.
A beautiful spring day at Flemington saw more than 15,000 racegoers turn up for the Victoria Racing Clubs 150th Melbourne Cup Carnival ‘Preview Day’ where the Turnbull Stakes was the feature event on the nine race card.