Confidence high that unprecedented demand will continue at Inglis Premier Yearling Sale
Victorian breeders and buyers to display their strength at local Oaklands Junction auction All signs suggest this year’s Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale is almost certain to set new records and follow on from what has already unfolded over the past seven weeks at Australian thoroughbred auctions, but just how far the market will climb... Read More
De Kocks and Singapore champion Brown return to Premier looking for next stable stars
Fillies make appeal for internationally recognised horsemen at Inglis’ Victorian auction Champion trainer Mike de Kock has returned to Australia for the first time in two years, a dual-purpose trip for the South African, while the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale also coincides with former top Singapore trainer Cliff Brown’s debut as a Mornington handler. The... Read More
Lickety Split (AUS)
Lickety Split (AUS) 2 f Turn Me Loose – She’s Slinky by Handsome Ransom O: M Delahunty, D & T Hawkins, Mrs C A & N D Hewson, J & M Kilkenny B: D Hawkins & N D Hewson T: Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman W: Thomsons Foodservice 1100, 1100m, February 18, Ellerslie Windsor Park... Read More
Fa Fa, Cheerful Days dead-heat in DBS x Manulife Million Challenge as Purton, Teetan post four-timers
Sharing the limelight with Zac Purton and Karis Teetan four-timers, Cheerful Days (Smart Missile) has crowned a season of stunning progress to share HK$1 million DBS x Manulife Million Challenge glory with Fa Fa (He’s Remarkable) after a stunning triumph in the Class 2 Shan Kwong Handicap (1650m) at Happy Valley on yesterday. Needing to... Read More
Corner Pocket
In snooker, it’s all about precision. And in the making of picket fence builder Corner Pocket, one of two new stakes winners for surging stallion Toronado (High Chaparral) last weekend, Swettenham Stud played all the angles with consummate skill before putting their queue in the rack. The mare Baize (Commands), from which the Lindsey Smith-trained... Read More
Merchant Navy colt tops Book 2 on the final day of record-breaking Perth Sale
Curtain comes down on two-day Magic Millions auction which has seen increases across the board Coolmore’s Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) claimed the highest price from Book 2 in another strong session at the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale yesterday, with an Amelia Park-bred colt by the stallion selling for $160,000. As the sale closed with... Read More