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First Inglis sale to be conducted at the company’s new venue next week is a genuine ‘first’ unlike its predecessors
The first Inglis-sold yearling, at that venue, was in 1994 at the Melbourne Premier sale. That was a year after Dalgety was acquired by William Inglis and Son. The first at Riverside Stables, at Warwick Farm in Sydney, will of course be at 6pm next Saturday night. Inglis director Jonathan D’Arcy and ‘specialist’ auctioneer and... Read More
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Nasaayim (AUS)
O: Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd T: David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig B: Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd S: Inglis Sydney Easter Yearling Sale 2017 V: Arrowfield Stud $650,000 P: Shadwell Stud Australasia Ltd W: 2YO Fillies’ Maiden Plate, Ballarat, 1200m, 30 January The Lindsay Park-trained and Shadwell-raced filly Nasaayim (Redoute’s Choice) put in... Read More
Siege Of Quebec runs deceptively quick sectionals in his reluctant Rosehill win
Starting $1.50 favourite, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained colt was under strong riding by Brenton Avdulla on passing the 600 metres, much to the dismay of his supporters, before recording a first-up win in the Wilkes Quality (1100m). The Godolphin-owned colt Kennedy (Exceed And Excel) ran a bold race in the lead and when... Read More
Work with horses has taken Chris Rutten from Lord Of The Rings to multiple Karaka Million race success
He doesn’t have to. His extraordinary success with a handful of yearling selections, exclusively from Karaka, in recent years says it all. The Te Horo-based horseman, to now, has never bought more than two or three yearlings per year; never spent ‘big’ money and never looked at a catalogue page before he’s looked at the... Read More
Avantage gives Ellis another Karaka Million winner
His loyalty and good judgement has been well rewarded by the success of his selections and he enjoyed another triumph last Saturday when unbeaten filly Avantage (Fastnet Rock) defeated stablemate Al Hasa (Exceed and Excel) in the NZ$1,000,000 Karaka Million 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) at Ellerslie. Earlier in the afternoon another Te Akau Racing buy,... Read More
Leading bloodstock agents give their predictions on the eve of Karaka 2018
And that’s not unreasonable given the general economy, the bullishness of the Magic Millions sale, the success of Savabeel (Zabeel) and what’s perceived to be a strong catalogue. There was also a unanimous degree of enthusiasm for first season sire Sacred Falls (O’Reilly) and solid endorsement of the offspring of another freshman Charm Spirit (Invincible... Read More