A $75,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the draft of Torryburn Stud, talented six year-old Rock of Gibraltar (IRE) mare Jessy Belle has taken her own good time to win her first Black Type event, but did it in style at Flemington on Saturday with a sweet victory in the Group II VRC Matriarch Stakes.
Following several months of turmoil and uncertainty, the equine influenza (horse flu) outbreak in Australia is under control and on track for early eradication, and will therefore have no impact on the conduct or quality of Australian yearling sales in March and April this year.