Brian McKnight of Oakford Thoroughbred Farm – where today’s Inglis Dash winner Perpetual Crisis was raised – tells the galloper’s story better than anyone.
So, allow him.
With arguably some of the best Weight-For-Age form in the Group 2 MVRC Australia Stakes field, Inglis Classic graduate Mourinho surprisingly started one of the outsiders of the field, but was simply too good, securing his fourth black type victory.
Having to survive a protest from the runner-up, VOBIS Horse of the Year Trust In A Gust gave trainer Darren Weir his first Victorian Group 1 win with victory in the MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield.
Hawkesbury trainer Joan Pracey gave gun apprentice Josh Adams his start in racing and he repaid her yesterday by riding Upstacker to her biggest win in racing.
Moe trainer Tracey Templeton secured her first Inglis Race Series win today when Blue Beret scored an upset win in the $100,000 Inglis Autumn Plate (1200m).
Black Caviar’s anticipated 11th win in the Group 1 William Reid Stakes was complemented by fellow Premier purchase Nakaaya claiming the Group 2 Sunline Stakes on a memorable evening at Moonee Valley for Inglis graduates.
Speaking at the PAC public hearings held in Scone, John Messara advocated against the Bickham Coal Mine proposal and called on the NSW Government to make an early decision on the matter.
There have been suggestions that an Australia-wide industry tax of five per cent be placed on stallion fees. Graeme Kelly sourced industry opinion on this subject.
A newly formed alliance of racing industry participants has stepped up the fight for a better deal from wagering operators with detailed submissions to the Productivity Commission enquiry in Gambling.
More than $25 million will be spent on restoring Warwick Farm as a top class racing venue under a major initiative announced today by the Australian Jockey Club.