Blue Gum Farm and Oakland Park rise to top with $725,000 Snitzel colt
Aquis lands session-stealer as 2020 momentum continues at Inglis Premier Sale An emotional Philip Campbell admits his family’s Blue Gum Farm cannot compete on the stallion front against the international conglomerates but the Victorian stud has again demonstrated its capacity to prepare high-class stock at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. The long-time leading vendor... Read More
Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa to stand at Yulong
Yulong has won the race to secure Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Tagaloa, who is by Japan’s hottest young sire Lord Kanaloa (King Kamehameha), for stud duties just a week after the two-year-old’s breakthrough juvenile stakes victory. It was the second major stallion coup for the Yuesheng Zhang-owned breeding and racing empire after... Read More
‘Gator lands Guineas in milestone success for All Too Hard
Vinery Stud resident earns maiden Group 1 win as star three-year-olds fail to fire in Flemington feature David Vandyke opted not to label yesterday’s Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Alligator Blood (All Too Hard) a ‘champion’ despite a stirring victory, his tenth from just 11 starts, in Flemington’s $1 million feature for three-year-olds. However,... Read More
South African visitors set to enjoy another fruitful trip to the world’s sporting capital
There is something special about the Inglis Premier Sale in Melbourne which, of course, kicks off tomorrow morning. That may be slightly biased coming from a Melbournian who ironically has penned this from the North Sydney Hotel having just flown from Johannesburg en route to the mother city and notwithstanding that the best horse I’ve... Read More
Confidence high ahead of Melbourne Premier Sale
Victorian breeders get behind Inglis’ Victorian sale as buyers flock to Oaklands Junction A concerted push by Inglis to gain the support of Victoria’s biggest breeders to back the state’s major auction with some of their best-credentialed stock has industry stakeholders confident about an invigorated Melbourne market ahead of the Premier Yearling Sale, which gets... Read More
Kumasi (AUS)
2 c Snitzel – World Joy by Anabaa O: Aquis Hk G1 (Mgr: S J McGrath) T: Gerald Ryan S: Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale V: Baramul Stud P: Aquis Farm, $500,000 W: 2YO Maiden (1000m), February 26, Gosford Two promising juveniles fought out the finish to the 1000-metre maiden at Gosford on Wednesday,... Read More