History was made at Randwick on Saturday when the new training partnership between Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott tasted their first success with exciting Snitzel colt Thronum carrying the Sun Stud colours to victory in the Listed ATC Rosebud.
The Unreserved Reduction of broodmares and race fillies from Think Big Stud to be offered at the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale next Monday offers a rare opportunity to tap into the bloodlines that have made Dato Tan Chin Nam’s famed colours some of the most well-known and successful in the country.
The 2016 Inglis Melbourne VOBIS Gold Yearling Sale starts this Sunday at Oaklands offering a wealth of opportunity for the canny investor looking to gain their slice of the sensational VOBIS incentive prizemoney on offer.
Few current performers in Australia are more blue blooded than Delectation, the four-year-old gelding who provided the Waller training colossus with a new Group 1 winner when he beat superstar sprinter Chautauqua in winning the million dollar Darley Classic (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday November 7.
Charging home from near last to win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday was nicely bred Shamardal (USA) mare Kind Heart, a $160,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Astute Bloodstock from the draft of Torryburn Stud.
Week after week horses bred in Australian and exported to Hong Kong adorn the winners’ stall after their high level races and last Sunday’s meeting at Sha Tin was no exception.
The opening race at Randwick on Wednesday was won by nicely bred Shamardal (USA) filly Kind Heart, a $160,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Astute Bloodstock from the draft of Torryburn Stud.
Australian bred South African Horse of the Year Igugu returned from a spell to score a resounding win in the Group II Ipi Tombe Challenge at Turffontein in South Africa on Sunday.
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.
Aussie bred Rocket Man was not the only Australian thoroughbred strutting his stuff on the world stage over the weekend with major successes in South Africa for star three year-old filly Igugu.
The Shamardal (USA) mare Premardal remains on track to snare a $100,000 bonus after another highly impressive victory in Saturday's $80,000 Starstruck Classic at Ascot.
Starspangledbanner’s runaway win in the Golden Jubilee Stakes (Gr 1) at Royal Ascot has propelled him to second top sprinter on the latest list of World Rankings as released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
All the major farms had something to cheer about at the end of the season with our two most expensive sires Encosta de Lago and Redoute’s Choice fighting out the Australian general sires championship, read on to check out all the division leaders.
The battle to be crowned Champion First Season Sire in Australia this season is an intriguing one with Charge Forward in front on earnings and three other rivals tied on seven individual winners each.
The 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has drawn to a conclusion with another two yearlings topping the million dollar mark at Newmarket today, as the overall clearance rate continues to rise.
THE 600-strong catalogue compiled by William Inglis and Son for the 2009 Australian Easter Yearling Sale from April 5-7 must rank as the best ever compiled by this historic company.
In addition to the good crowd assembled for Monday’s Autumn Thoroughbred Sale at Newmarket were 27 registered and credit approved online bidders from all over Australia.
The 2007 William Inglis & Son Great Southern Sale is set to play a major part in maintaining the upward spiral of Australia’s leading thoroughbred auctioneering company.