Arguably the rarest online offering the world has ever seen will be showcased through Inglis Digital next month when superstar G1 winner Funstar is offered for sale.
Last start Caulfield placegetter Palace Tycoon has topped the 2016 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale in Melbourne today selling for $90,000 from the draft of David Moodie’s Contract Racing.
Having won the Listed ATC The Rosebud last time out over 1200m at Randwick, Scissor Kick returned to the scene of the crime on Saturday, stepping up to the 1300m to snatch victory from his stablemate Panzer Division in the Group 3 ATC Up And Coming Stakes.
Lightly raced three-year-old Inglis graduate Scissor Kick came with a strong finishing burst to win the Listed ATC The Rosebud over 1200m at Randwick on Saturday.
Five sires, all Australian products who have captured the annual Champion Australian Sire title on earnings, will be among the mouthwatering collection of at least 70 which will be shown to invited disciples of breeding and racing when Hunter Valley studs conduct their pre season Stallion Parades in the period August 21-25.
The connections of Inglis graduates Samaready and Va Pensiero are set to aim higher at Group 1 events during the upcoming spring following victories at Group 3 level in Melbourne and Sydney respectively 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.
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.
LOGIC rather than expectation will determine the spring path for Blue Diamond winner Samaready as the dominant two-year-old filly of last season prepares to start her three-year-old year.
TVN’s Preview of the 2012 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale featuring yearlings from leading Victorian studs will be airing regularly on the dedicated thoroughbred station from 8:30pm tonight.
Sacred Choice’s Group 1 Doncaster Mile win last Saturday was the latest reminder of what the Inglis Great Southern Sale has to offer for shrewd buyers. Now a dual Group 1 winner, Sacred Choice’s dam Sacred Habit was plucked out of the 2009 Great Southern Sale for a mere $2000.
As has been the pattern throughout the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, today’s selling bettered the previous day, as Session 1 of the sale concluded with figures clearly up on those registered 12 months ago.
Supplementaries for next week’s Inglis Melbourne December Thoroughbred Sale close this Friday. With significant support from Eliza Park and Lindsay Park this catalogue already boasts in excess of 200 lots.
Ealing Park had the top selling yearling at last year's Inglis Melbourne Autumn Sale and the Euroa based farm is hoping for an even better result this year.