Trainer Rob Heathcote declared Inglis graduate Cosmo Centauraus the best young horse he’d had since the G1-winning Rothfire after he won on debut at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday, to reap his owners a $100,000 Inglis maidens bonus.
The sole progeny of Frankel in this year’s Great Southern Sale topped today’s Day 1 action at Oaklands, selling to New Zealander Gary Harding for $525,000.
She was the centre of attention in the lead-up and Burnewang North’s Frankel x Vedema filly didn’t disappoint, setting multiple new benchmarks on a record-breaking Day 1 of the Great Southern Sale at Oaklands.
Rushton Park's David Johnson admitted he’d “never done so many cards at any sale, anywhere, ever’’ than this week’s Great Southern Weanling Sale inspections so it came as little surprise when the Rushton Park-offered I Am Invincible x Private Dancer filly topped the Day 1 action at Oaklands when selling for $280,000.
A quartet of exciting Chris Waller-trained 3YOs will be offered in a rare buying opportunity as part of the Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Sale, which opens for bidding tomorrow.
The third-highest priced horse ever sold at Oaklands was the star attraction on another stunning day of trade as the 2022 Premier Sale continued its surge.
Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today.
A record individual days gross, a record individual price and a record sale average has seen the first of Inglis’ select yearling sales for the 2022 season start on a high as vendors enjoyed the bloodstock boom and buyers reaped the rewards of some outstanding stock.
An Everest slot for Inglis Easter star Wild Ruler (Snitzel) could be locked in as early as Monday following his win in last night’s G1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley.
An extraordinary opening day of Inglis Easter has resulted in a record individual days trade for a Southern Hemisphere yearling sale, with $64,470,000 grossed at Riverside.
An historic day of trade at Oaklands saw a yearling surpass the magical $1m mark for just the second time in Victoria’s history on a booming Day 1 of the Premier Yearling Sale.
Easter star Run Fox Run (Foxwedge) defeated what has been described as one of the strongest South African sprint fields of the past century with victory in the G1 Kenilworth Flying Championship overnight.
Dwayne Dunn produced a victorious rail-hugging ride aboard Defcon in Saturday's $150,000 Group 3 H.D.F. McNeil Stakes (1200m) giving Peter and Paul Snowden a feature race running double.
HEATHERLY is tipped to improve sharply on her classy but narrow first-up win at Moonee Valley on Saturday — and she’ll have to because life is about to become pretty tough.