An impressive draft of breeding stock to be offered by Godolphin – 37 broodmares and 4 race fillies – headlines what is shaping as another extremely strong catalogue for the Inglis Digital July (Early) Online Auction.
Missing the start may have proved a blessing in disguise for promising Choisir colt Defcon, who cast off maiden status with a last to first win in the Group III Canberra Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.
Nothing is sacred in Australian racing anymore. Not even the colonial name of the winner could disguise how much things have changed over the past two decades.
Victorian galloper Sonntag delivered his up-and-coming young trainer Henry Dwyer his first Group 1 victory on Saturday when winning the BRC Queensland Derby over 2400m at Eagle Farm.