Sometimes, when it comes to winning out at yearling sales, it’s the quick and the … not quite as quick. Australia’s newest two-year-old elite winner Vinrock (I Am Invincible) – who made it three from three in Saturday’s ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) – was offered by breeders Rosemont at last year’s Inglis... Read More

Here, in lot order, is a guide to six yearlings likely to be among the top picks at next week’s Inglis Easter sale. Lot 70 b f I Am Invincible – Missile Mantra (Smart Missile) Yarraman Park DOB: 10-10-2023 This Yarraman Park filly has been turning heads at Riverside all week, and is widely tipped... Read More

Written Tycoon (Iglesia) is almost 23 years of age. He was born the year Damien Oliver won that tear-soaked Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) on Media Puzzle (Theatrical), when John Howard was only half–way through his prime ministership, and a full two years before there was such a thing as Facebook. But at a stage... Read More

Hobby breeder Terry Board had a retired three-year-old filly in his paddock in 2014 when he received a phone call from a friend, Melbourne trainer Clinton McDonald. The grapevine had been whispering. “Have you still got that Encosta De Lago filly?” McDonald said. “Yeah, why?” said Board. “Don’t do anything with her.” “OK”. “If anybody... Read More

Given his rapid accomplishments as a sire it was about time Super Seth (Dundeel) had a Group 1 winner. And that’s exactly what Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) hero Feroce (Super Seth) is: he’s all about time. Time in the pedigree, to let a couple of duplications “mature” – one way of saying they’ll be... Read More