Disappointment gave way to unbridled joy for Hermitage Thoroughbreds and Arrowfield Stud when Inglis Easter graduate Lady Shenandoah secured G1 glory in today’s Darley Flight Stakes over 1600m at Randwick.
Electric Charge – the dam of unbeaten Group-winning 2YO Libertad – topped an extraordinary Inglis Digital Online Sale tonight which grossed in excess of $5.6m.
The G1 Lightning Stakes at Flemington was billed as a race for the ages and so it transpired with the Chris Waller trained pair Home Affairs (I Am Invincible) and Nature Strip (Nicconi) engaging in a titanic duel down the 1000m straight. At the line, it was the 3YO Home Affairs who prevailed by the narrowest of margins to complete an Inglis quinella and confirm his standing as one of the most exciting colts in the world.
An impressive Inglis Digital catalogue of 570 lots headlined by Melbourne Gold yearlings and 41 Godolphin mares has opened for bidding this afternoon, presenting another extraordinary opportunity for buyers.
Sense Of Occasion’s Group 1 Doomben Cup victory was the highlight of a spectacular day of Stakes successes for Inglis graduates world-wide the past 24 hours.
Caulfield Cup Day, the first of the Melbourne Spring Carnival majors saw brilliant performances from Inglis graduates at both Caulfield and Royal Randwick, headlined by Mongolian Khan’s brilliant performance in the Group 1 feature.
Impressive two-year-old Look To The Stars has taken her career earnings past $220,000 today with a powerful win in the $250,000 Group 2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Doomben defeating Blueberry Hill and Cylinder Beach.
Inglis Easter graduate Able Friend cruised into favouritism for the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile in December with a dashing victory in the feature lead up today, the Group 2 Bochk Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile at Sha Tin.
Lumosty and Moonovermanhattan were sold just five minutes apart at the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Today they won Group 2 events at Moonee Valley 145 minutes apart.
Chris Waller made a clean sweep Queensland’s two-year-old triple crown in 2010 with Inglis graduate Pressday and he’ll try to do it again this year with another in Brazen Beau.
The first two-year-old race in Singapore for 2014 was conducted at Kranji on Sunday and in an ominous sign for his rivals Redoute’s Choice’s son Barnato ran away with the event in strong style.
The 2012 Inglis Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale concluded on Friday at Oaklands, where strong bidding from the wide range of buyers assembled led to a 55% increase in gross sales.
The two day 2012 Inglis Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale gets underway tomorrow, Thursday 16 August, after a number of the lots set to be sold received timely pedigree updates over the weekend.
The 2012 Inglis Melbourne August Thoroughbred Sale to be held next month at Oaklands (Thursday 16 and Friday 17 August) has been significantly boosted by the unreserved dispersal of the Wadham Park Racing Stable.
VICTORIA'S champion trainer Peter Moody has continued his dominance in the first four months of the new season and boasts a Melbourne strike-rate of better than one winner every five runners.
The Weekend Hussler shadow is looming ominously over his GI Lightning Stakes rivals after the superstar impressed onlookers with his workout at Caulfield on Thursday morning.