Few, if any, horses in Australian racing have clocked up more Frequent Flyer miles than mighty mare Bella Nipotina (Pride of Dubai) recently but it didn’t stop her from winning a second career G1 today in the Doomben 10,000.
Montefilia is set to be given the chance to achieve the rare feat of winning two G1 races in a week following her success in today’s Flight Stakes at Randwick.
A G2 quinella in South Africa overnight capped off a big weekend for Inglis graduates where Easter, Premier, Classic, Ready2Race and Inglis Digital sales all provided Stakes winners.
A mare Susan Keating purchased for just $19,000 at the Sydney Broodmare Sale back in 2009 today produced the winner of the $855,000 The Showdown as Khoekhoe (Turffontein) charged late to claim the 2YO feature.
Cosmic Force became Deep Field’s first Stakes winner and surged into Golden Slipper contention in the process with a breathtaking victory in today’s Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill.
She will Reign’s Golden Slipper victory on Saturday headlines a long and strong list of pedigree updates for the upcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
The largest selection of weanlings at any Southern Hemisphere sale in 2016 leads the Inglis Great Southern Sale catalogue, to be held on 19, 20, 21 and 22 June at Oaklands in Melbourne.
Buyer competition continued strongly on the third day of selling at the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale at Newmarket, building the clearance rate to an impressive 88% with local, interstate and overseas investors all adding to a diverse buying bench.
Stakes results in Australia and South Africa yesterday have thrown the spotlight on the Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale that features the dam of Group 2 South African Fillies Nursery winner Fursa.
An investment made in 2013 was destined to pay dividends from the fall of the hammer. Damon Gabbedy’s Belmont Bloodstock Agency purchased Magic Harmony on behalf of Woodside Park Stud at the 2013 Australian Easter Broodmare Sale for $120,000.
Trainer Robert Smerdon says that boom filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) will have to produce her best performance to date when she takes on a high class field of sprinters in Friday night's Gr1Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
High class filly Fontiton (Turffontein-Personal Ensign, by Rubiton) will resume against some of Australia's best sprinters after pleasing trainer Robert Smerdon in a 900m jump-out at Ballarat on Sunday, reports Racenet.
Following successful breeze up days at both Canterbury in New South Wales and Cranbourne in Victoria, and a further four three-year-olds completing their official barrier trials, video footage of each lot to be offered at The Star Ready2Race Sale is now available for viewing online and on the Inglis Sales iPad App.
Mike de Kock says that talented Australian-bred colt Mitraad (pictured as a yearling) is likely to take on stakes company again in the near future following his win at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday.
Australian bred and Inglis sold fillies Enitsaar and Alboran Sea received accolades at the 2015 South African Racing Association Equus Awards overnight, Champion Two-year-old Filly and Champion Three-year-old Filly titles respectively.
The catalogue for the 2015 Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale, to be held at Oakland’s Junction in Melbourne on 21 August, is now online featuring quality broodmares, racing prospects, stallion shares and stallion nominations.