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.
Bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills was “rapt with the prices’’ and grateful for the “phenomenal service’’ after selling two of the top three lots in the Inglis Digital June (Late) sale, the second biggest in the platform’s history.
Members Joy (Hussones) has become the most expensive pregnant mare sold online in the Southern Hemisphere, fetching an incredible $800,000 in the Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale, which concluded with three mares realising $300,000 or more and $5.25 million in turnover this evening.
John Messara hit the nail on the head when asked for his opinion in April last year of the Snitzel x Response filly that had just sold to Emirates Park for $1.7million at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Coolmore enjoyed further Group 1 success in New Zealand today when a colt they raised by their champion stallion Fastnet Rock won the Levin Classic at Trentham at just his sixth career start.
A day after retiring star colts Extreme Choice and Flying Artie, China Horse Club and partners welcomed another Group 1 winner into their team when Russian Revolution won The Galaxy at Rosehill.
Inglis graduates made their mark on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington, with thrilling quinellas in both the Group 1 VRC Darley Classic and the Group 3 VRC Maribyrnong Plate.
IF it hadn’t been for the confident words of trainer Robert Smerdon, Politeness’ part-owner Phil Sly might not have made it to Flemington yesterday to see his super mare break her Group 1 maiden.
57 Ready2Race two-year-olds completed their timed 200m breeze ups at Cranbourne today, with a colt from the first crop of Sidereus clocking the quickest time of 10.57 seconds.
Scissor Kick vindicated Paul Messara's decision not to hand in his training licence yet, but The Rosebud threw up more Golden Rose questions than answers as the midweek graduate conquered his more-fancied rivals.
Champion mare Better Life did not disappoint her legion of fans when recording a smashing victory in Sunday’s $1.15 million Group 1 Emirates Singapore Derby (2000m).
SINCERO defied a bog track and an alarming betting drift to demonstrate why he is regarded as one of the most exciting horses in training with an outstanding win in the Listed $250,000 Gosford Guineas (1600m) on Monday.
THE Federal Productivity Commission report yesterday challenged the turnover-based model being proposed by Racing NSW and also criticised the TAB's monopoly in the wagering market.
The overnight release of the 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings were not only a glowing endorsement of how highly regarded Australian horses now are, but also a great result for graduates of Inglis Sales
The run of success this season on the track by the William Inglis & Son Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale graduates serves to vindicate why it is Australasia's most progressive sale.