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.
A trio of untapped 3YOs and a three-time Stakes-winning 4YO showed they were all in for big spring preparations with impressive first-up victories around Australia today.
Exciting sprinters Doull (Snitzel) and Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel), as well as G1 VRC Derby prospect Sunsets (Dundeel) advanced their credential for future stud careers with stirring black type victories on a productive day for Inglis graduates at Caulfield.
The domination of Inglis 3YOs to start the new Australian racing season continued today with Veight and Tiz Invincible both scoring impressive Group victories.
A colossal week of trade at Riverside has come to a stunning end with today’s Australian Broodmare Sale enjoying extraordinary growth across all key financial indicators.
The G1 winner El Dorado Dreaming, G1 producer Scarletini, Group winners such as Sweet Deal and Savanna Amour (in foal to Fastnet Rock), blue-blooded Stakes winner Meuse (in foal to Dundeel) as well as siblings to the likes of Sunlight and Forbidden Love are among the latest entries confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
The dam of Saturday’s winner of the Listed The Amanda Elliott Shelby Cobra (Toronado), has become the most expensive broodmare ever sold on Inglis Digital and the second highest lot ever, following a three-way bidding duel in the November (Early) Online Sale.
A pair of Premier Yearling Sale 3YOs announced themselves as serious Spring contenders with dominant Group wins today as Inglis graduates won Stakes races in four States.
An Exceed and Excel colt from American mare Vicennalia (More Than Ready) has realised an online weanling record of $170,000 in the Great Southern Sale, which was held as part of the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale catalogue.
A $2000 yearling that reminded Rod Northam of former stable star Big Money provided the trainer with his fifth victory in today’s $100,000 Inglis Challenge at Scone.
Estijaab’s narrow but gritty win in today’s Group 2 Reisling Stakes at Randwick assured her a start in the $3.5m Golden Slipper in a fortnight, the race which her connections have been eying off ever since they paid $1.7m for her.
The 2017 sales season will be the last for Inglis at its iconic Newmarket complex, with confirmation the company’s new Warwick Farm base will be ready for use by early next year.