An emotional Verna Metcalfe of Middlebrook Valley Lodge celebrated “an awesome result’’ as an Exceed And Excel colt she offered for long-time client Kate Gadsby topped Day 1 of the Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside.
The second and final 2YO eligible for the lucrative $3m Inglis Triple Crown will be known following the running of tomorrow’s $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick.
Shanghai Warrior, the promising four-year-old out to enhance his reputation in the Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington tomorrow, is getting the personal touch from Pat Hyland, 71 years young and still in the saddle.
An outstanding Swettenham Stud draft for unreserved dispersal headlines Sydney’s 2008 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Broodmare Sale catalogue which is now available online, complete with footage of the Swettenham mares.
Held on the cusp of the breeding season it was no surprise to see many buyers in attendance at the inaugural 2007 Inglis Scone Broodmare Sale at White Park.
As the 2007 William Inglis & Son Great Southern Sale is the one of the last opportunity buyers have to purchase quality bloodstock for the season, the lucrative section of over 400 well-bred mares in foal to leading commercial stallions, are sure to be highly sought after.
ABSOLUTELYFABULOUS (2005 Classic $45,000) danced home to grab an impressive victory in the $500,000 Inglis Classic at Rosehill Gardens yesterday with stablemate BONCOEUR (2005 Classic $30,000) close up in third.