Suman Hedge and Sheriff Iskander celebrated their first G1 success in their own right today when tenacious filly Socks Nation outstayed Our Gold Hope in an Inglis graduates quinella in the G1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm.
Untapped 2YO Hayasugi (Royal Meeting) has made a clean sweep of the Blue Diamond fillies lead-ups, adding today’s G2 Prelude to her win in the G3 Preview a fortnight ago.
There’s no two ways about it – Inglis stars Ole Kirk, Dirty Work, Wild Ruler and Ain’tnodeeldun are four of the most valuable colts and entires in Australian racing following big-race wins on another phenomenal day of G1 racing.
The first Godolphin draft to be offered online has highlighted another multi-million dollar Inglis Digital sale, with the 17-strong offering realising an incredible $909,000 gross at an average of $53,471.
Veteran sprinter Mr Stunning turned back the clock to secure a third career G1, while Southern Legend - the foundation ‘Legend’ horse for Mr Boniface Ho - dethroned the champion Beauty Generation as Inglis graduates dominated the big races on Champions Day at Sha Tin.
$32,000 purchase Malaguerra has already earned over $430,000 for his connections and will go for gold this Saturday when lining up in the Group 1 ATC All Aged Stakes at Royal Randwick.
Meanwhile, highly regarded Goulburn colt colt Hellbent (I Am Invincible-Volkaspray, by Volksraad) will bid to get his career back on track when he lines up in the Inglis Dash (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Names like Black Caviar or So You Think may not feature but this year’s contingent of Australian gallopers heading to Royal Ascot deserves to be respected.
WHILE a multi-million dollar bonus dangles tantalisingly on the horizon, Bjorn Baker has more immediate goals for Twilight Royale, who’ll open her three-year-old account in Saturday’s Silver Shadow Stakes at Warwick Farm.
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.
Mabsam had to wait a while before she notched her second win. An impressive two length winner on debut in August 2011 at Geelong Synthetic, her victory at Flemington on Saturday was her first win since – 13 starts later.
CHAMPION Black Caviar continues to fast-track her education galloping the Sydney way, with a strong workout at Caulfield yesterday. Trainer Peter Moody has schooled Black Caviar the Sydney race direction for the last two weeks to prepare her for Saturday's $1 million T J Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick.