Heavens Above gave breeders and owners Reg and Greg Kemister their first Group 1 victory when she scored a thrilling win in today’s $600,000 Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.

A flood of entries in the last fortnight has further established the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale in the first week of May as the perfect opportunity for vendors. Farms wishing to offer their premium broodmares and weanlings alongside the quality reductions and dispersals confirmed for the Sydney sale must submit their entries before 5pm this Thursday 17 March.

A year ago Gerald Ryan went to the yearling sales determined to buy a large batch of juveniles, fearing his team was lacking, and now he’s the leading trainer of two-year-olds in the country.

Emerging star Holy Empire capped off a big weekend for Inglis graduates when winning the Group 3 Saas Fee Stakes at Kranji on Sunday, joining Fawkner and Diamond Earth as the winners of the weekend’s feature races in Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney respectively.