Five Inglis Graduates were named champions of the 2016-2017 Australian racing season at last night’s Australian Racehorse of the Year awards in Brisbane.
Mighty mare Jameka will take on the world later this year, but her trainer Ciaron Maher remains unsure exactly where and when that summit will be targeted.
Thunderstorms earlier in the day could not dampen the hopes for Jameka in the VRC Oaks (2500m) at Flemington and the favourite duly saluted, becoming the eighth Inglis graduate to win the Group 1 fillies Classic in the last 12 years.
Seven stakes races across Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong were won on the weekend by Inglis graduates, highlighted by the barnstorming win of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Able Friend first up over 1200m at Sha Tin.
The next outing for Inglis graduates Jameka and Lake Geneva will be to contest Group 1 races over the Melbourne Cup Carnival, after stakes wins at Moonee Valley today.
The start of Inglis’ Select Yearling Sales Season for 2015 is only a few days away, but for graduates of last year’s sales Saturday promises to be a great stepping stone in their racetrack careers with $500,000 in Inglis Race Series prizemoney on the line.