With arguably some of the best Weight-For-Age form in the Group 2 MVRC Australia Stakes field, Inglis Classic graduate Mourinho surprisingly started one of the outsiders of the field, but was simply too good, securing his fourth black type victory.
Yearlings to be offered at the 2014 Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book are set to start arriving at Newmarket from next Tuesday, 14 January.
Out of the winners circle in five starts since winning at Moonee Valley last year, the Peter Gelagotis-trained Mourinho again showed a liking for the track by winning Friday’s Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m).
When Oratorio sires a stakes-winner in Western Australia we tend to assume it's Australian bred Oratorio, but in the case of Miss Solis it was Irish bred Oratorio (IRE).
Inglis will be providing vendors with a new way forward to market their yearlings in 2013, with the Sydney Classic Yearling Sale to be split into two books; a Summer Book and a Winter Book.
Might And Power’s relation Mosheen may have been the headline act, but other Inglis graduates purchased for as low as $1,250 also recorded valuable stakes wins around Australia today.
The 2012 edition of Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale, the source of recent Group One winners Manawanui, Secret Admirer and Hurtle Myrtle, will be held at Newmarket next January 22 to 24, with the 572-strong catalogue now online.
Derby favourite Manawanui and Australia’s darling Black Caviar made it all look so easy at Group 2 level at Moonee Valley today, scoring a race-to-race double for Inglis graduates in Mitchelton Wines Vase (2040m) and Schweppes Stakes (1200m).
Inglis three-year-olds Manawanui and Big Time were all the talk at Rosehill today, while the victory of Amaethon at Caulfield proved a small consolation for connections who sadly lost the galloper’s half-sister Crystal Lily yesterday.
Young Coolmore sire Oratorio (IRE) is running hot with the likes of Manawanui and Torio's Quest , the triple Group I winning son of Danehill adding a new stakes-winner to his tally overnight in South Africa.
With his first ever runner in a million dollar race trainer Ron Leemon struck gold today with Manawanui saluting in the Group 1 ATC Golden Rose at Rosehill.
Viscount gelding Happy Gladiator built on his outstanding record when taking the Macau Group 1 Chairman's Challenge Cup overnight in a great pointer for next month's Scone Yearling Sale.
With more than 90 vendors consigning horses to the 2011 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starting in Sydney next Sunday at Newmarket it’s easy for a brand new vendor to get lost in the crowd, but that won’t be happening to Mary Bray of Cinque Cavalli.
Fusaichi Pegasus youngster Okane let down in the style of a very good horse when dominating today’s $100,000 Inglis Challenge, highlighting a half-sister for sale on Sunday.
The Inglis Sydney Classic Sale, source of no less than 21 individual Australian stakes winners last season, will be held at Newmarket on January 24 and 25, 2010, with the 522-strong catalogue now online.