The unheralded yearling handlers deserve all the praise
The energy of a thoroughbred horse sale is frenetic. Anxious vendors hope their hard work and investment pay off and cautious buyers try to find a future champion at the right price. Adding to the intensity is the constant sound of high-pitched whinnies of yearlings who have been launched from the quiet and calm of... Read More
Purton scores five-timer, trebles for Shum and Size
Zac Purton has delivered a resounding reminder that his quest for a fifth Hong Kong jockeys’ championship is very much intact with a Happy Valley five-timer yesterday as the Australian capitalised on Joao Moreira’s absence. With fellow four-time champion Moreira starting a six-meeting ban, Purton put on a clinic to slash the Brazilian’s lead to... Read More
Staphanos off and running
Burgeoning trainer Annabel Neasham was thrilled to yesterday snare the first yearling offered anywhere by the latest son of Deep Impact (Sunday Silence) to hit the sales ring, hoping she may have bought an Oaks filly for a bargain $140,000. Staphanos – a four time winner and triple Group 1 runner-up in Japan and Hong... Read More
Extreme Choice colt sets Classic record on strong first day
James Harron secures opening session top lot in what was a brilliant pinhook result for Bell River Thoroughbreds A colt by the brilliant yet sub-fertile stallion Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt) set a new record for an Inglis Classic Yearling Sale yesterday, selling for $775,000 during a stunning opening day of trade in which... Read More
Ryan keen to find a diamond in the rough at Classic as he mixes training and trading
Blake Ryan wants to make it as a trainer and, ten months after launching his fledgling stable at Hawkesbury, the son of Group 1-winning horseman Gerald was pounding the pavement at Riverside Stables yesterday inspecting Inglis Classic yearlings he hopes could become his flag bearers. While the Wallers, Waterhouses, Cummings’ and his father were at... Read More
Cythera a tribute to Highgrove’s Secret
Cythera’s impressive debut win in yesterday’s Lonhro Plate (Listed, 1000m) at Randwick was another feather in the cap for Highgrove Stud breeder Ron Gilbert, if perhaps tinged with sadness. Team Snowden’s two-year-old daughter of I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) extended an ultra-impressive record for the American-bred mare Gilbert bought from Keeneland in 2012, Helena’s Secret... Read More