Tenacious stayer Red Aces (Dundeel) firmed into a $7 second favourite with Ladbrokes for next Saturday’s G1 Victoria Derby following his tough victory in today’s traditional lead up, the G2 Vase at Moonee Valley.
Top-class 3YO filly Tutta La Vita (The Autumn Sun) is the latest star attraction confirmed for The Chairman’s Sale, where she will be offered as part of the supplementary catalogue.
The ‘story of the autumn’ Shelby Sixtysix (Toronado) secured his first G1 in The Galaxy as courageous mare Montefilia (Kermadec) secured her fourth in the Ranvet Stakes on a memorable Golden Slipper Day for Inglis graduates and clients.
Hobby breeder Paul Lanskey and Kitchwin Hills principal Mick Malone realised a life-long dream when the Inglis Classic graduate Vow And Declare won today’s G1 Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
Australian bred sprinters Not Listenin'tome and Lucky Bubbles filled the quinella in the Group II Bochk Wealth Mgmt Jockey Club Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday, the race also featuring the return of the great HK Champion Able Friend.
Swettenham Stud has jumped the blocks with its two year-olds this season, the Victorian nursery earning black-type twice in the first two juvenile events of the season in Melbourne.
Many champions of the turf have been auctioned by the respected William Inglis & Son, but it wasn’t until recently that the company was reminded of one of the greatest – Phar Lap.
The Victoria Derby winning trainer-jockey partnership will be reunited in the Inglis Classic when Hugh Bowman rides the Robbie Laing-trained Boomwaa in the $250,000 race.
Ric McMahon believes the BTC Cup is an ideal target for Better Than Ready after his impressive win in the Mick Dittman Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Stephen Theodore loves a road trip. And he's fairly keen on a sip. When he secured a yearling he thought could be a star last year, he had a ready-made name - Crack A Roadie.
2012 Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes winner Samaready continued her progress towards a return to the racetrack, with an impressive jumpout at Caulfield this morning.
Single may be the flagship galloper of Craig Carmody's stable but he will feel a different type of pressure if Everage gets a start in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.
Shanghai Warrior, the promising four-year-old out to enhance his reputation in the Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington tomorrow, is getting the personal touch from Pat Hyland, 71 years young and still in the saddle.
Wyong trainer Stephen Farley will stick to a Melbourne campaign for Sincero, starting in Saturday's Memsie Stakes, after not nominating his dual group 1 winner for the Epsom yesterday.