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.
Zoutori won a deserved G1 in the Newmarket Handicap as the Easter Yearling Sale again showed why it’s globally considered the best auction in the southern hemisphere, producing four Stakes winners on a hallmark day for Inglis graduates.
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Names like Black Caviar or So You Think may not feature but this year’s contingent of Australian gallopers heading to Royal Ascot deserves to be respected.
Awapuni trainer Mike Breslin predicted even better to come in the spring from Leeds after the strapping two-year-old had dug deep to win the Listed John Turkington Forestry Castletown Stakes at Wanganui today.
A number of the quality Ready 2 Race offerings have received significant pedigree updates in recent weeks including the two-year-old half-brother to Rain Drum, which saluted at Group 2 level for Gai Waterhouse on Saturday.
348 yearlings were sold for $11,731,772 during the inaugural Summer Book of the Inglis Sydney Classic Yearling Sale at Newmarket over the past two days.
South Africa’s second richest race was held at Turffontein on Saturday and it was the Australian bred and sold gallopers that took the spoils, led by winner Rock Of Arts.
Moe trainer Peter Gelagotis goes into this Saturday's Victoria Derby brimming with confidence after his contender Hvasstan produced what the trainer described as "top quality" work in his final preparatory gallop this morning.
Mick Kent burst back into the Group 1 winning list with Absolutely in the AJC Oaks, while Bede Murray may have himself another Classic contender in the shape of impressive Fernhill winner Darci Be Good.
Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale graduates Sacred Kingdom and Starspangledbanner have been rated the two best sprinters across the globe in the latest list of World Rankings released by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.
Exciting Fastnet Rock colt Rothesay stamped himself as a potential globe-trotting star of the future when producing a scintillating win in the Group Two QTC Queensland Guineas over 1600 metres at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
The Great Southern Weanling Sale came to a conclusion this afternoon, with the sale building on the excellent start made yesterday to post a 22% increase in average and 61% growth in gross takings.
Today’s Group 1 Rosehill Guineas win by Zabeel gelding Zabrasive was a timely reminder of the success New Zealand breeders have had with horses sold out of the Easter Sale.