Inglis graduate Diamond Drille came with a well-timed run to nab the $1 million Group 1 ATC Queen of the Turf Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The win ensured Inglis’ position as the leading sales source of Group 1 winners during The Championships in Sydney.
Drumbeats gave trainer Peter Snowden cause to seriously think about starting in next week’s Epsom when proving far too classy for a strong field in today’s Group 3 Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick.
The opening session of the 2010 Inglis Classic Sale has bucked the global downward trend to post a first day average 24% higher than last year’s overall figure.