Twin Hills, located 9km from Cootamundra and approximately 380km from Sydney and widely regarded as the finest thoroughbred stud in the region will be offered for sale this Spring by Inglis Rural Property.
Sydney based owner / breeders Paul Whelan and Wilf Mula have enjoyed much success over the years with horses they have bred at Luskin Park, but it was one that they bought in Flying Artie that had them in the winner's circle after he scored a brilliant win in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield on Saturday.
The story of Saturday's Group II Schweppes Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield is easily told, the Lonhro filly Heatherly went straight to the front under Katelyn Mallyon, increased her margin at every call and was throttled down to win by five and a half lengths.
A bountiful day of racing across the country saw four graduates of Inglis sales, and the siblings of seven which will walk through the ring in the coming months, adorn their pedigrees with a multitude of black type.
Trainer Robert Smerdon says that boom filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) will have to produce her best performance to date when she takes on a high class field of sprinters in Friday night's Gr1Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
High class filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) will resume against some of Australia's best sprinters after pleasing trainer Robert Smerdon in a 900m jump-out at Ballarat on Sunday, reports Racenet.
High class Melbourne filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) is likely to be kept to sprint distances in the spring with the Gr1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington a possible target, reports ANZ Bloodstock News.
Fontiton's very impressive victory in the Blue Diamond Prelude for fillies at Caulfield last Saturday was an object lesson for buyers at one of Australia’s forthcoming most elite yearling markets, the Inglis Premier Sale to be conducted at Oaklands, Melbourne on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday March 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Chautauqua, one of the world's highest-ranked sprinters, galloped into favouritism for the $1 million Newmarket Handicap next month when he resumed with a narrow but impressive win in the group 2 Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
When Vasko Ognenovski entered the Inglis and Herald Sun Win A Share In A Racehorse competition in 2014 he could never have imagined that less than a year later he would own a share in the Blue Diamond favourite. Ognenovski won a 10 per cent share in exciting two-year-old filly Fontiton, along with two years of training and insurance after she was sold at the 2014 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
The Robert Smerdon trained filly Fontiton was a dominant winner of the $250,000 RL Inglis Banner to the delight of her owners, which includes the winner of the Inglis / Herald Sun Win a Share in a Racehorse Competition.
A field of well-performed bluebloods contested Saturday's J Erskine & P Carroll Hcp (1400m) at Flemington but progressive filly Fontein Ruby saw them all off in style.
Shortly after the Denman gelding Pinch River scored in the Listed Dalrello Stakes at Doomben, Denman struck again with the promising Les Bridge-trained filly Shigeru Sendan in the Listed Pryde's Easifeed Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone.
Australian bred and Inglis sold speedster Amber Sky had a successful Australia Day on Sunday. The four-year-old bolted away with the Hong Kong Group 1 Kent & Curwen Centenary Cup over 1000m at Sha Tin.
Caulfield Guineas winner All Too Hard heads an impressive list of 11 nominations for Saturday’s $400,000 Sportingbet C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m), the first leg of the G1 middle-distance championship.
Rising Empire and Holy Empire fought out a tight finish to the Group 3 Juvenile Championship at Kranji in Singapore on Sunday, continuing the great run of Australian bred and Inglis sold juveniles in Asia.
Exceed and Excel is the leading sire in Australia this season by individual two year-old winners with 15 to his credit, but one of his youngsters that slipped through the net and went to Hong Kong could well be one of the best of them.