The Great Southern Sale today concluded with fireworks in the ring, bringing an end to the Inglis Breeding Stock Sales Series which has been crowned “the best ever’’.
In a thrilling finish, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Serene Majesty edged out Gerald Ryan’s favoured Spill The Beans to win the $400,000 RL Inglis Guineas over 1400m at Scone Race Club’s stand-alone Saturday meeting.
The Inglis Guineas, Inglis Challenge and Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale will feature brightly among the Scone Horse Festival that peaks this weekend with the Scone Cup Carnival.
Few current performers in Australia are more blue blooded than Delectation, the four-year-old gelding who provided the Waller training colossus with a new Group 1 winner when he beat superstar sprinter Chautauqua in winning the million dollar Darley Classic (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday November 7.
Sent out a short priced favourite by Peter and Paul Snowden at Canterbury on Wednesday, promising Fastnet Rock filly Serene Majesty looked a stakes-winner in the making as she zoomed away to win by more than five lengths.
If there is a centre to the racing world surely Royal Ascot is it. In a sense it is the home of the sport of kings and Australia's best trainers are ready to annex it in the Diamond Jubilee on Saturday.
Black Caviar, the queen of Australian racing, saluted in front of Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Ascot in England on Saturday, adding the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes to her growing list of 22 victories from 22 starts.
Mark Webster, Managing Director of Australia's leading thoroughbred auctioneer Inglis, today announced that leading European luxury goods group Swarovski is partnering with the $2.6million Inglis Race Series.
Third time has proved lucky for Zenyatta as the brilliant mare was voted USA 2010 Horse of the Year on Monday eveing at the Fontainebluea Hotel in Miami Beach.
After almost 6 months of the season, ill-fated stallion Scenic continues to lead Redoute's Choice & Encosta de Lago on the 2008-09 Australian General Sires Table .