Scales of Justice scored a second career G1 on a day Inglis graduates dominated Stakes racing around Australia, winning seven black type races across three States.
Not A Single Doubt had one of his best days on Saturday with winners in four states, headlined by the Chris Waller-trained Good Project which was a dominant winners of the $1 million Group 1 James Boag’s Premium Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, Perth.
Champion racehorse and sire Lonhro wowed the crowds at the annual Darley stallion parade on Saturday and also provided us with two impressive debut winners at Cranbourne on Sunday with spring goals on their agenda.
For the fifth consecutive year the $50,000 Inglis Race Series Bonus placed on the open two-year-old event on the Murrumbidgee Turf Club’s Wagga Town Plate Day has gone off, this time to the Bede Murray trained filly Chosen Song.
Graduates of small Forbes NSW breeding operation Nerreman swept both the Group races at Caulfield in Melbourne on Saturday, with Sincero and Lady Of Harrods claiming the Group 2 Memsie Stakes and Group 3 H.D.F McNeil Stakes respectively.
Coolmore Stud and Goodwood Farm have finished at the top of Inglis’ Group 1 Vendors List for the 2011/12 Australian racing season, having sold two individual Group 1 winners each.
The final Group I event of the Australian racing season was run at Eagle Farm last Saturday with victory going to three year-old Dehere (USA) filly Pear Tart, who delivered a valuable result for her owner Patinack Farm, so we decided it was time to reflect and see just who dominated at the elite level in 2011/2012 and where our Group I stars were sourced.
Fairway Thoroughbreds were in the news last weekend for breeding and selling Group I SAJC Australasian Oaks winner Invest and were back in the winner's circle at the Gold Coast on Saturday with royally bred filly Florentina, who they elected to retain.
Sincero and Ilovethiscity have joined fellow Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale graduate Secret Admirer at the top of Epsom Handicap markets after running the quinella in the Group 1 ATC George Main Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill today.
Headed by quality trio Pinker Pinker, Littorio and Sincero, Inglis graduates marked the start of spring racing in style with Group success at both Flemington and Warwick Farm today.
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.
Black Caviar maintained her mesmerising unbeaten sequence to kickstart the Queensland carnival, as emerging three-year-old Sincero stitched up a Brisbane trip with his classy display in the $250,000 Inglis Guineas at Scone.
THE Inglis Melbourne Autumn Yearling sale might have been robbed of one of its highlight acts with the withdrawal of Cedarberg's sister, but as usual it provides a wide cross-section of sires and in particular this year there is a large representation by sons of Hussonet.
The Melbourne Premier Sale’s reputation as the source of the World’s best sprinters was further underlined as Black Caviar left onlookers searching for superlatives with her Lightning Stakes win today.
One of Australia’s most promising gallopers returned to work on Monday to prepare for an autumn and winter campaign. Wyong trainer Stephen Farley was speaking with a grin when telling Racenet that Sincero had returned to his stables.