The first horse through the Riverside Stables sales ring tonight could hardly be more appropriate
However, Inglis managing director Mark Webster does admit to the tiniest hint of intervention that will see Torryburn’s bay colt by Shooting To Win be the first to go under the hammer on Saturday night. “I did ring John some time ago to make him aware that his colt could possibly be the first lot... Read More
Tangmere (NZ) 3 c Frankel – Our Echezeaux by Zabeel
The well-bred Frankel (Galileo) colt Tangmere opened his account at the third attempt with a decisive victory over 1400 metres at Randwick on Wednesday. The Chris Waller-trained colt settled nicely in third place on the rails from his inside barrier in the early stages for jockey Kerrin McEvoy behind a steady pace. He... Read More
Speedy juvenile filly Ennis Hill impresses with her dazzling pace
Having her first start since her debut fourth behind talented colt Ollivander (Charge Forward) in the Turf Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on 16 December, Ennis Hill returned brilliant early sectional times before scoring quite comfortably in a fast 57.20 for the 1000 metre journey. A comparison of the time recorded in the open sprint, the... Read More
Victorian owner-breeder Ralph Zito and his wife Peta, with racing partners, won last Sunday’s Sale Quality with Leodoro – a horse close to their hearts.
Perhaps in 1950 when his father Giuseppe emigrated from a troubled post-war Italy. Son Raffaele followed, with his mother Concetta, in September the following year. “We’ll call you Ralph,” his first Australian teacher told him. These days, ironically, there’s any number of Raff’s and Rafael’s enrolled at primary schools and not necessarily of European extraction.... Read More
Performer on track for Golden Slipper bid
The tall, rangy chestnut, carrying three kilograms more than his four rivals, was not fully wound up and unsuited in a slowly run race before showing great determination to score by a nose from the previously unraced Stratosphere (Snitzel) with another two and a half lengths to Exceltic (Excelebration), another previously unraced colt of real... Read More
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