Inglis Classic and Ready2Race Sale star Libertad (Russian Revolution) put the seal on a future stud career and scored the first Group 1 success in the colours of Trilogy Racing with a stirring victory in Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes over 1200m at Ascot.
A capacity field of 16 is set to line up in the world’s richest juvenile race at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday and from Sheikhs to syndicates everyone has had the opportunity to buy into a runner in the $3.5 million ATC Golden Slipper Stakes.
THE huge books of mares that fashionable sires serve this century, astronomical in size compared to those looked after by champion sires of the past such as Star Kingdom, Better Boy, Wilkes and Showdown, means that their goodness can be enjoyed by far more in racing and breeding.