ONE of the best younger sires in Australia at this time is Nicconi, a handsome former leading sprinter by the Danzig sire Bianconi (USA) who stands at the Widden Stud.
Coolmore Stud and Goodwood Farm have finished at the top of Inglis’ Group 1 Vendors List for the 2011/12 Australian racing season, having sold two individual Group 1 winners each.
The 2012 edition of the southern hemisphere’s premier breeding stock sale, the 2012 Inglis Australian Easter Broodmare Sale, came to a close in Sydney on Thursday, with positive results and feedback received for the new format implemented by Inglis.
Talented, yet unlucky galloper Metal Bender almost brought champion trainer Chris Waller to tears at Rosehill on Saturday, after the six-year-old took his earnings to $1.9million with victory in the Group One ATC George Ryder Stakes over 1500m.