"They’re kidding themselves” was what winning jockey Josh Parr said about his rivals after being handed the Sky Racing Benchmark 79 Handicap (1200m) aboard Inz’n’out at Randwick on Saturday.
An $840,000 Inglis Easter purchase for US agent John Moynihan from the Turangga Farm draft, Lonhro filly Kangarilla Joy is the most expensive filly by her sire ever sold and she’s also now a winner after saluting on debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Chris Waller made a clean sweep Queensland’s two-year-old triple crown in 2010 with Inglis graduate Pressday and he’ll try to do it again this year with another in Brazen Beau.
Up and coming trainer Bjorn Baker celebrated his first winner for high profile owner/breeder John Singleton when blue-blooded More Than Ready (USA) filly Killcareless broke the ice at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Macau Derby winner Elderly Paradise treated his opponents with contempt to win the final leg of the Macau Triple Crown, the Macau Gold Cup with an easy five and a half length victory in the $1 million dollar Group 1 event on Saturday.
Mighty three-year-old filly Mosheen has defied the extreme outside barrier and a deteriorating track at Flemington to win the Group One VRC Australian Guineas (1600m) in impressive style.
Triple Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Glen Boss's aggression has paved the way for Pinker Pinker to maintain her perfect second-up record in Saturday's Group II Let's Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
Port Macquarie trainer Neil Godbolt trained his first Randwick winner in more than 10 years when Never Doubt Me strolled home in the Bronte Handicap (1300m) on Saturday.
The Listed VRC Anzac Day Stakes at Flemington on Monday was won in good style by Raffles Pegasus, a $100,000 purchase from the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds draft at the 2010 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.
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