The “colt of the year’’ from “the best family in the southern hemisphere’’ was the star of Day 3 of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale, which ended as the second-best Easter Sale ever.

AUSTRALIAN RACING BOARD chairman Bob Bentley yesterday issued a blistering attack on the country's governments, corporate bookmakers and betting exchanges while warning the $5 billion industry faces an annual loss of $126 million in betting-related revenue.

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.