Top mares Mosheen and Hallowell Belle bounced back to strong wins at Group 2 level at Flemington on Saturday, with the duo on a path to clash in the Group 1 VRC Myer Classic in four weeks’ time.
All Too Hard and Hallowell Belle directed more attention on their younger siblings entered for next month’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale with quality stakes wins at Rosehill on Saturday.
Talented three year-old filly Hallowell Belle has been twice a runner-up in Group I races, so few could begrudge the filly her first Black Type success in the Listed ATC Darby Munro Quality at Rosehill on Saturday, the win providing a timely boost for her half-sister that will be offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by Widden Stud.
The $250,000 Inglis Premier (1200 metres) at Mornington on February 15 is back on the cards for the classy Fuddle Dee Duddle following her dogged win in the Advanced Hot Water & Air Plate (1100 metres) at Ascot on Saturday.
Sepoy was in a league of his own in today’s Blue Diamond Stakes, but the Oaklands graduates that filled the placings behind him added two very important Group 1 pedigree updates for next week’s Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.