The grand finale to a massive Scone Horse Festival will begin with Australia’s richest country carnival – the $2 million Scone Cup Carnival – being held across Friday 15 and Saturday 16 May, and will conclude with the Inglis Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Scone Yearling Sale on Sunday 17 May.

Snitzel colt Klammer made the trip to Canberra a very worthwhile one on Sunday, collecting a lot more than simply a maiden victory in the Lightning Ridge 2YO Plate over 1000m.

Super quick mare Snitzerland joined fellow Inglis graduate Black Caviar on the winners list of Australia’s premier speed test with victory in the Gr.1 VRC Lightning Stakes over 1000m at Flemington on Saturday.

From two-year-old brilliance in Melbourne to a tenacious middle-distance performance in Singapore, Inglis graduates got off to an auspicious start to the Year of The Horse with three stakes wins on Saturday.