One of the rarest opportunities the Southern Hemisphere breeding industry has ever been afforded will arise at this year’s Chairman’s Sale when Juddmonte offers three outstanding mares.
Yearlings by the likes of Snitzel, Spirit of Boom, Written Tycoon, Zoustar and More Than Ready highlight a strong Supplementary catalogue for Sunday’s VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale at Oaklands.
Just a week after Darby Racing’s All American filly Yankee Rose made it two from two at Rosehill Gardens, the syndicator’s colours were carried to victory by the All American colt Rampage who was making his career debut in Saturday’s John Paraskevas Plate (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
Day Two of the 2015 Inglis Great Southern Sale saw a continuation of impressive results through to the completion of the Weanling Sessions, and a promising start to the Broodmare Session. A further 42 Platinum weanlings were sold today, taking the average for that session to $24,368 across a total of 192 Lots. 78 General weanlings were sold grossing $539,950, taking the average price for weanlings across both sessions to a record $19,329.
The 2014 racing year started to sizzle on Saturday and yearlings catalogued for the upcoming Inglis Melbourne Premier and Australian Easter Yearling Sales were huge beneficiaries through the deeds of their stakes winning siblings and exceptional sires.
Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker is shooting for back-to-back wins in Saturday's $250,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Kensington and he's given Racenet a full account of his trio of runners.
Doubt existed until the last minute over whether well-bred filly Ms Funovits would make her debut in the Better Beyond Plate at Flemington on Saturday – and the result of the race was similarly problematic until the last couple of strides.
Rick Hore-Lacy is hoping comeback galloper Chase The Rainbow could be Caulfield Cup bound after his brilliant win in the National Jockeys' Celebration Day Plate at Caulfield yesterday.
Graduates of small Forbes NSW breeding operation Nerreman swept both the Group races at Caulfield in Melbourne on Saturday, with Sincero and Lady Of Harrods claiming the Group 2 Memsie Stakes and Group 3 H.D.F McNeil Stakes respectively.
High profile Darley shuttler Shamardal (USA) has had a comparatively quiet start to the Australian racing season, siring his first stakes-winner for 2011/2012 at Ascot on Saturday when Premardal captured the Listed WATC Jungle Dawn Classic.
TAKING on monumental racetrack assignments has never bothered Caulfield horseman Rick Hore-Lacy. Not the way for a man with 80 per cent of a law degree to dodge headline-makers Helmet, Smart Missile and Manawanui in a cracking Caulfield Guineas tomorrow.
Rick Hore-Lacy trained Chase The Rainbow defied the pattern at Moonee Valley tonight, coming from the rear to score an impressive win in the Group 2 MVRC Bill Stutt Stakes in Melbourne.
King's Rose, Rekindled Interest and Master of Design delivered a stunning Group 2 treble and $420,000 prizemoney for champion sire Redoute's Choice at Moonee Valley and Rosehill on Saturday.
Headed by quality trio Pinker Pinker, Littorio and Sincero, Inglis graduates marked the start of spring racing in style with Group success at both Flemington and Warwick Farm today.
Rick Hore-Lacy will set his promising colt Chase The Rainbow on a Caulfield Guineas path after securing a $50,000 Inglis Race Series bonus at Geelong today.