The first Australian two year-old race of the season was run and won on Saturday and while the winner was long odds, she was the best bred horse in the race.
Yarraman Park sold four year-old Sichuan Success provided leading young sire Fastnet Rock with an important winner at the big International Day meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Fastnet Rock was on fire at the weekend with a stakes double at Doomben in Brisbane thanks to class three year-olds Stryker and Rothesay, while in Hong Kong on Sunday at Sha Tin another potential star stepped up to the plate in scintillating debut winner Sichuan Success.
Today’s Melbourne March Thoroughbred Sale produced lively trade and strong competition on a high percentage of lots, as 278 horses sold for a gross just short of $1.6million.
Performers bred in Australia have achieved what must challenge as a world record in winning every one of the annual renewals of the Hong Kong International Sprint, the tenth edition of which was staged on Sunday and resulted in a trifecta for Australian sired contestants.