Fontiton's very impressive victory in the Blue Diamond Prelude for fillies at Caulfield last Saturday was an object lesson for buyers at one of Australia’s forthcoming most elite yearling markets, the Inglis Premier Sale to be conducted at Oaklands, Melbourne on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday March 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Out of the winner’s stall since winning a pair of two-year-old races at Cranbourne and Sandown in March, Artie Schiller (USA) filly Mezeray Miss opened her stakes account in Saturday’s Listed City Of Greater Dandenong Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.
Those following the Dubai Racing Carnival on Thursday got to witness a big Australian victory delivered by Flying Spur four year-old Mushreq in the Group II Al Fahadi Fort.
The highs and lows of racing were highlighted at Caulfield on Saturday when the Listed MRC Testa Rossa Stakes was won by five year-old gelding Amaethon, a half-brother to ill-fated Golden Slipper winner Crystal Lily, who died tragically on Friday morning.