Sensational sprinter Overpass (Vancouver) scored a deserved first G1 win in emphatic fashion in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot this evening, capping off a red-letter day for Inglis graduates who won seven Stakes races in four States across two countries.
Stakes mares, proven producers and broodmares covered by the likes of popular stallions including Proisir headline another bumper catalogue for the Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Sale.
Bjorn Baker’s clever targeting of Inglis Race Series events continued to pay dividends today when his athletic filly Rosaleisha (Testa Rossa x Galeisha) took out the Albury Guineas over 1400m, securing along with it a $50,000 Inglis Bonus, more than doubling the total prizemoney for the race.
$500,000 in Inglis Race Series prizemoney is set to be paid out in less than four weeks with the $250,000 Inglis Classic and $250,000 Inglis Premier races both to be conducted on Saturday 7 February 2015.
The popular Inglis Race Series comprising $5million in bonuses and select sale races has been enhanced for 2014 Yearling Sale graduates to include more valuable 3YO races.
The $5 million Inglis Race Series for graduates of Inglis’ 2012 Select Yearling Sales came to a joyous finish at Randwick today with Royal Jackpot taking home the last $100,000 Bonus.
Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse provided the trifecta in the $400,000 RL Inglis Guineas (1400m) at Scone on Saturday with Cosmic Endeavour defeating stable mates Liberty’s Choice and Ryker in the feature event.
$2.4 million Inglis Triple Crown Bonus aspirations go on the line this Saturday at the Scone Race Club with Twilight Royale set for the biggest winner’s cheque in New South Wales racing history if she can salute in the Inglis Guineas.
The four days of sales and races in Scone NSW are imminent with festivities kicking off this Thursday 15 May with the Inglis Scone Thoroughbred Sale at White Park.
The start of the famous two-day Scone Racing Carnival is just over a fortnight away and the catalogues of the Inglis Sales that border the race days are now available.
Twilight Royale, in line for one of the biggest pay days in Australian racing history at Scone next month, has come through her first lead up race perfectly according to her Warwick Farm based trainer Bjorn Baker.
Impeccable colt Zululand stamped himself as a serious Group 1 player for The Championships in Sydney with a barnstorming victory in the time-honoured Gr.2 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes over 1400m at Flemington on Saturday.
Debutant Mossfun (Mossman x Eye For Fun) took home the lion’s share of the $250,000 prizemoney on offer on the RL Inglis Nursery over 1000m at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker is shooting for back-to-back wins in Saturday's $250,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) at Kensington and he's given Racenet a full account of his trio of runners.
Big plans are afoot for promising three-year-old The Quarterback following his impressive victory in the valuable Inglis Trophy at Sale in Victoria on Sunday.
WHILE a multi-million dollar bonus dangles tantalisingly on the horizon, Bjorn Baker has more immediate goals for Twilight Royale, who’ll open her three-year-old account in Saturday’s Silver Shadow Stakes at Warwick Farm.