Arrowfield Stud is home to a great many outstanding broodmares, but few have produced four individual stakes-winners.
Halfway down the big Flemington straight in Saturday's $150,000 VRC C.S. Hayes S. 1400m G3 a brave placing seemed the most likely outcome for Dr Edmund & Belinda Bateman's 3YO Snitzel colt Wandjina.
Killua Castle has become the ninth Inglis graduate in four months to win at stakes level in South Africa. The four-year-old took out the Group 3 Jubilee Handicap over 1800m at Turffontein on Saturday.
Easter graduates raised the bar in a 24 hour period over the weekend snaring four stakes races thanks to three two-year-olds and one guineas winner; Zululand, Majmu, Banaadeer and Interspersed.
Improving four-year-old Admiration defeated a top class field in the Hong Kong Group Two Chairman’s Trophy over 1600m at Sha Tin on Sunday, continuing champion trainer John Moore’s outstanding record with gallopers purchased from Widden Stud at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
2010 Australian Inglis Easter Yearling sale topper Godspeed makes his race debut at Rosehill this Saturday where the $1.875million colt will likely take on a host of other well bred and highly priced debutants from leading stables.