Inglis Easter graduate Chautauqua confirmed his position as the best sprinter in the world today, completing back-to-back wins of the Group 1 ATC TJ Smith Stakes over 1200m at Royal Randwick.
With three weeks until yearlings arrive at Newmarket, stakes wins on both sides of the Tasman Sea today highlighted the outstanding opportunities available for all buyers at the upcoming Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, to be held on 5, 6 and April.
Caulfield Cup Day, the first of the Melbourne Spring Carnival majors saw brilliant performances from Inglis graduates at both Caulfield and Royal Randwick, headlined by Mongolian Khan’s brilliant performance in the Group 1 feature.
With arguably some of the best Weight-For-Age form in the Group 2 MVRC Australia Stakes field, Inglis Classic graduate Mourinho surprisingly started one of the outsiders of the field, but was simply too good, securing his fourth black type victory.
A new mark of $320,000 was set during Session II as the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale concluded with all major indicators well up from last year’s figures.
Starspangledbanner is flying aloft in both the Cartier Sprinter and Cartier Older Horse divisions after a thrilling victory under Johnny Murtagh in one of Europe’s premier races, the Group One July Cup at Newmarket on Friday, July 9, and enters Cartier Horse Of The Year calculations.
Winner of the Group One AJC Doncaster Handicap in 2008, Triple Honour bounced back to top form to capture the Group Two QTC Eagle Farm Cup in Brisbane on Saturday continuing an outstanding recent run of success for horses sold by Widden Stud.
Glamour sprinter Apache Cat etched his name into turf history and earned another chance at a trip to Hong Kong after landing successive Doomben 10,000 wins.
A $625,000 More Than Ready filly from regally-related Danehill mare Milanova highlighted a strong opening day of selling at the Inglis Australian Select Weanling Sale in Sydney.