Beautifully bred colt Switzerland showed he was emphatically back on the path toward becoming another G1-winning Inglis graduate by scoring a blistering victory in today’s G2 Roman Consul Stakes over 1200m at Rosehill.
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.
Inglis is once again making available the opportunity to work with one of Australia’s most respected companies - and one of the most prestigious names in the world of bloodstock - through its renowned Inglis Internship program.
It was a case of deja vu in the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin, with Inglis Premier Yearling Sale graduate Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook x Flion Fenena) triumphing for the second consecutive year in the 1200m feature.
Powerful Easter colt Wild Ruler – a juvenile which Newgate Farm’s Henry Field believes can be “the next Russian Revolution’’ – scored a dominant debut win in today’s $500,000 Listed Inglis Nursery at Randwick.
Matt Dale’s Fell Swoop (Not A Single Doubt x Touched In Flight) has the headline races of the Brisbane Winter Carnival firmly in his sights after a convincing victory in today’s $200,000 Group 2 BRC Victory Stakes over 1200m, in which he took his earnings past $1 million.
The astute eye of James Harron paid dividends again today when his flashy two-year-old colt Attention (Stratum x Flamboyance), took out the Group 3 ATC Schweppervescence Stakes over 1400m at Rosehill. Under the expert guidance of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden, a confident ride by Blake Shinn saw the colt stay well on the speed and hit the line strongly.
The next outing for Inglis graduates Jameka and Lake Geneva will be to contest Group 1 races over the Melbourne Cup Carnival, after stakes wins at Moonee Valley today.
In-form gelding Magnapal headlined a great day of racing at Caulfield today taking out the day’s feature race, while another three Inglis graduates saluted in stakes races.
Four Inglis graduates added black-type to their records at Caulfield today, with Group 1 winning mare Bounding (Lonhro x Believe’n’Succeed) delivering the most impressive victory, kicking off her spring campaign in style with an impressive four-length win in the Group 3 MRC Heath Stakes over 1100m under the guidance of Kerrin McEvoy.
Shanghai Warrior, the promising four-year-old out to enhance his reputation in the Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington tomorrow, is getting the personal touch from Pat Hyland, 71 years young and still in the saddle.
Globe-trotting sprinter Ortensia claimed her second international Group 1 event for 2012 in England overnight, taking out a thrilling Nunthorpe Stakes over 1000m at York.
Easter purchase Viva Ocho maintained his unbeaten status on the all weather surface with a dominant win over 1500 metres at Taipa on Saturday, and will now be set for $1 million Dollar Group 1 Macau Guineas, the first leg of the Triple Crown to be run on February 13.
Australia's champion racehorse So You Think is unlikely to race in this country again following confirmation that global racing and breeding giant Coolmore Stud has purchased a majority share of the four-year-old.
THE Australian Jockey Club yesterday announced prizemoney increases worth $3.6 million for the new racing season, with the Doncaster Mile and Australian Derby boosted by a total of $700,000.