With a bevy of bluebloods and a last start stakes-winner engaged in the Group III VRC Emirates Airline Plate for two year-old fillies at Flemington on Cup Day, modest Nicconi filly Concealer got under the guard of punters to score a powerful win.
Reigning Champion Australian First Season Sire Hinchinbrook featured at Armidale on Tuesday when his speedy two year-old daughter Miss Amajardan scored an easy victory in the $17,000 Romantic Dream Plate, the first country race for two year-olds of the season.
Snitzel has been churning out the juvenile winners this season adding an 18th to the tally when well bred filly Parmalove scored a tenacious debut win at Seymour on Wednesday.
Hot on the hooves of Dead Or Alive’s dynamic stakes victory in the Oaklands Plate on Saturday, Wanted has fired another shot with first starter Dangerous Breeding scampering away with the VOBIS Gold Strike (1000m) at Warrnambool today.
The biggest buyer at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale last year was Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum's Shadwell Australia, which outlaid $8,2 million on 21 yearlings, one of which bolted in at Sandown on Wednesday.
Australia’s leading first season sire I Am Invincible added another new impressive winner to his tally when the Chris Waller trained colt Brazen Beau blazed to a dominant debut win at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Two year-old racing in Australia might still be a few more weeks away, but they are up and running in New Zealand and Australian bred I Am Invincible gelding Vinnie Eagle opened his account with a debut win at Ruakaka on Saturday.
A plan to target the progeny of Fastnet Rock broodmares may take trainer Pat Carey all the way to the Blue Diamond Stakes after a brilliant winning debut by Donna Madeira at Sandown on Wednesday spoilt a plunge on another Blue Diamond aspirant.
Sumakaray enhanced her reputation as one of Victoria's most promising sprinting fillies with an impressive win in today's $100,000 Chandler Macleod Handicap at Moonee Valley.
The trainer of the winner, All The Talk, believes his colt is a Golden Slipper horse. The trainer of the runner-up, Napayshini, believes his colt will win the Golden Slipper.
Exciting filly Samaready made the step to Group One winner in impressive style at Caulfield today, taking out the $1million Group One MRC Blue Diamond Stakes for ecstatic connections.
Zuckerberg, the colt named after the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, had the world of social media buzzing when he produced a brilliant debut win at Geelong today.