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Xtravagant filly plays starring role in Inglis Millennium
Tony McEvoy creates history as Seymour Bloodstock-bred and owned two-year-old takes the $2 million feature at Randwick During his racing days, Xtravagant (Pentire) was affectionately nicknamed “sex on hooves” – a reference to his Calvin Klein model looks as well as his excitable pre-race nature – but perhaps the Newhaven Park stallion went some way... Read More
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Booming market set to flow on at Classic as buyers look for auction’s renowned ‘value’
Big numbers on the ground ahead of Inglis’ opening auction of the yearling sale season at Riverside Inglis is poised to maintain the momentum of a buoyant Australian bloodstock market when the Classic Yearling Sale gets underway tomorrow as a deep buying bench gathers in Sydney for the company’s opening auction of 2022. Speculation was... Read More
Marquee Stud’s Alati labels Millennium hope Paris Dior as a ‘special’ filly
Sister to classy Peter and Paul Snowden-trained juvenile to be offered at Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Bookmaker and breeder Mark Alati will be keeping Paris Dior (Pierro) on his side of the ledger when the promising two-year-old, a filly bred and raised at his Hunter Valley farm Marquee Stud, contests Saturday’s Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m).... Read More
Seymour Bloodstock’s Easter fillies out to capitalise on early talent
Weekend runners The Seven Seas and Equivocal a product of Thomas and Pilkington’s significant yearling investment Seymour Bloodstock’s Mark Pilkington and Darren Thomas will be hoping the weekend’s racing can bear further fruit of a dual strategy aimed at bolstering their bloodstock and on-track interests, with the duo’s silks featuring prominently among the two black–type... Read More
Inglis to offer $1 million Pink Bonus for female-owned horses in signature races
Inglis will significantly ramp up its pitch to female racehorse owners, as well as boost prize-money for its already lucrative sales-restricted races, in a sign it is actively engaging its Australian auction house rival, Magic Millions, in an apparent incentive scheme arms race. Inglis last night announced a massive overhaul to the prize-money structure for... Read More
The Chosen One reigns supreme in Thorndon Mile
A late nomination to contest the Group 1 feature at Trentham on Saturday paid dividends for the connections of The Chosen One (6 h ex The Glitzy One by Flying Spur) as the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained runner scored a stunning victory in the Harcourts Thorndon Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) and in doing so... Read More