Winx colt withdrawn from Inglis Easter
On Saturday, Inglis announced that Lot 187, the Snitzel colt from Horse Of The Year Winx (Street Cry {Ire}) would be withdrawn from the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, after he sustained a setback in his preparation. “The welfare of our beautiful colt is of paramount importance to us and the veterinary advice is that he will need a period of time to recover appropriately from his setback,” part-owner Peter Tighe said.
“We will give him all the time that he needs and thus he will be unable to take his place in the sale. He is in great hands with the team at Coolmore and we look forward to his race career once he has made a full recovery.”
He is the second foal for Winx, whose first foal, unraced 3-year-old filly Quinceanera (Pierro), sold for $10 million at this sale in 2024. “It’s obviously disappointing for the industry as a whole that we won’t be seeing Winx’s Snitzel colt at Easter, based purely off the amazing scenes and theatre his big sister generated at Inglis Easter at Riverside Stables in 2024,” Inglis Bloodstock CEO Sebastian Hutch said.
“We wish the connections, with whom we have forged a fantastic relationship with over the past few years, all the very best with their beautiful colt and hopefully he goes on to have a successful race career.”
First winner for Tiger Of Malay
First season sire Tiger Of Malay celebrated his first winner on Friday night at Canterbury when 2-year-old gelding Forest King won on debut for trainers John O’Shea and Tom Charlton. He won by 1.2 lengths over Bjorn Baker-trained Euripedes (Street Boss {USA}) and Chris Waller-trained Affari (Home Affairs).
Tiger Of Malay, a son of Extreme Choice, won the G2 BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes, training on to win the G3 Up & Coming Stakes at three. He has also sired stakes placed Momentslikethese.
Forest King was sold by Glenlogan Park at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale to his trainers in partnership with James Bester Bloodstock and E Lucas for $140,000. His dam, four-time winner Tibrogargan Miss (Monashee Mountain {USA}) ran third in the G2 Sweet Embrace Stakes and has produced two other winners. Her yearling by North Pacific is Lot 465 in the upcoming Magic Millions March Yearling Sale.
The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton stable had a treble for the night with Bev’s Nine (Shalaa {Ire}) and 3-year-old gelding Cellarmaster (NZ) (Bivouac) who took his record to two wins from six starts.
Getta Good Feeling wins Inglis Sprint
G2 Wakeful Stakes winning 3-year-old filly Getta Good Feeling (So You Think {NZ}) has resumed with victory in Saturday’s $1 million Inglis Sprint at Flemington over 1200 metres for trainer Danny O’Brien and owner Pinecliff Racing. She takes her earnings over $1 million.
“She’s a high-calibre horse and we’ve always had a massive opinion of her. To be honest, if you stopped the Oaks at the 200 metre mark, she was probably the form filly of the spring,” stable representative Matt Harrington said.
“She’s always run well first-up over 1200. That is the hardest one she has been in. She was smothered up and she really let down strong. Probably won’t see her over 2500 metres again but the over a mile or 2000, the world is her oyster.”
She was a $400,000 weanling into a $525,000 yearling. TTR wrote about her pinhook journey, along with unbeaten Autumn Glow (The Autumn Sun) here.
Waller's Birdman set for Australian Cup
The G1 Australian Cup is on the agenda for Chris Waller-trained Birdman (Ire) (Free Eagle {Ire}) after he won Saturday’s G2 Blamey Stakes. “He arrived in Australia about a year-and-a-half or two years ago with good credentials and a couple of wins, including the Queen's Vase,” stable representative Darren Beadman said.
“The owners were hoping to aim for the Melbourne Cup. He's been very consistent. It was a great run in the Caulfield Cup last year, so I guess, without speaking to Chris, the Australian Cup will probably be the ideal type of race for him.”
Winner of his first two starts in Ireland including the Listed Yeats Stakes, Birdman has won twice more in Australia to take his lifetime record to four wins from 18 starts with earnings over $740,000.
Stakes double for Ghibellines
With Noble Knight (NZ) taking out the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup, one race prior to the G3 White Robe Lodge Stakes, it was White Robe Lodge’s recently deceased sire Ghibellines who sired a stakes race double with Joseph Waldron-trained Cluedo Lane (NZ).
“A big thanks to Michael Stokes (owner) who sent him our way as for a little stable like ours that is just getting going, having a horse like him is a huge thrill. Akshay (Balloo) is incredibly underrated, is great on horses that go forward and that suits ours well. It doesn’t get much better than this as it is a huge thrill,” said Waldron.
Bred and raced by Stokes, Cluedo Lane took his record to four wins from 23 starts. Noble Knight and Cluedo Lane became stakes winners number ten and eleven for Ghibellines. Ghibellines had a treble on the card with Trader (NZ).
Playing God filly wins WA Guineas
WA’s Listed Ascot One Thousand Guineas was won by 3-year-old filly Wonderfully Made (Playing God) for trainer Dan Morton and owners China Horse Club. She has won three in succession and it was her first black type victory. She becomes the 26th stakes winner for Playing God.
China Horse Club paid $250,000 for her from J Farms’ Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale draft. She’s the second foal and second winner for Precious Cargo (Trade Fair {GB}), a city winning full sister to Listed winner Cool Trade.
Stakes double for Morton stables
Trainer Dan Morton won both the stakes races on the card at Ascot with Wonderfully Made in the Guineas and later won the Listed Lex Piper Stakes with 3-year-old gelding The Crimson Pirate (Trapeze Artist). He took his record to two wins and six placings from nine starts and becomes the 12th stakes winner for Trapeze Artist, who also won the G2 Sweet Embrace Stakes with Spicy Miss over in the east.
The Crimson Pirate won by 2.6 lengths from Aberdeen Flyer (Astern) and Pure Mac (Maschino). With earnings over $150,000, The Crimson Pirate is a half-brother to Listed winner King Kapa (Capitalist) and stakes placed Churning (Lonhro). His dam, Emmalene (Jet Spur) was a Listed winner in Victoria and this is the family of Group 1 winner Uncommon James (Cable Bay {Ire}).
Emotional win for Pepper at Randwick
Trainer Luke Pepper had an emotional victory at Randwick with 3-year-old Brave Xena (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), only a day after his father Bruce died. Jockey Mollie Fitzgerald wore a black arm band as support.
Brave Xena took her record to three wins from as many starts and is the first foal of Warrior Woman (Declaration Of War {USA}) who is a wining half-sister to Listed-placed Tarnarack (NZ) (Redwood {GB}).
Miss Icelandic wins Listed Abell Stakes
Moonee Valley Race Club’s Listed Abell Stakes were run at Cranbourne on Friday night, won by Matt Laurie-trained Deep Field mare Miss Icelandic. It was her first black type victory, and took her record to eight wins from 27 starts and over $420,000. She becomes Deep Field’s 44th stakes winner.
She’s been through the sales ring three times in her life, beginning with Inglis Sydney Weanling Sales where Edinburgh Park Stud sold her for $100,000 to Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA) and Grant Bloodstock. Silverdale Farm sold her at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for $440,000 to Bahen Bloodstock and Matt Laurie Racing, and she was again sold via Inglis Digital in December 2024 to John Noblett for $50,000. Her dam is an unplaced half-sister to Listed winner Vinland (Sebring).
Expensive Snitzel filly wins juvenile race in Perth
Ridgeport and Yarradale Stud-owned 2-year-old filly Aurum Belle (Snitzel) won on debut at Ascot on Saturday for trainer Neville Parnham. Sold by The Chase at last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, she was purchased for $725,000 by Parnham Racing and Ridgeport.
The second foal of four-time Group 2 winner Dame Giselle (I Am Invincible) who won over $1.3 million, Aurum Belle’s yearling half-brother by Extreme Choice sold for $1.2 million at this year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. Waller Racing and Mulcaster Bloodstock were the buyers. G1 Coolmore Classic-placed Dame Giselle is out of Group 2 winner and G1 Thousand Guineas-placed Ballet Society (NZ) (Stravinsky {USA}).
The Autumn Affair debuts with Gold Coast win
Kelly Schweida-trained 2-year-old filly The Autumn Affair (The Autumn Sun) won the first at the Gold Coast on Saturday by a length. She is the first foal of Nailed It Nan (Real Saga), a winning full sister to Listed winner Secret Saga.
Pride Of Dubai juvenile wins on debut
Potomac River (Pride Of Dubai), a 2-year-old filly trained by David Atkins ran out a 1.8 length victor of the first at Newcastle on Saturday. She was on debut and beat home Home Affairs-sired pair of Barracks and Sprightly Affair.
A homebred for MR Chidgey, Potomac River is out of Contributing (Foxwedge) whose 3-year-old gelding Buffalo (Written By) placed in last season’s G1 Sires’ Produce Stakes.
Toronado filly wins at Morphettville
Phillip Stokes-trained 2-year-old filly Chica Astuta (Toronado {Ire}) won on debut at Morphettville on Saturday. Owned by Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock and partners, Chica Astuta is the second winner for Foxlago (Foxwedge).
Foxlago is a winning half-sister to stakes placed pair of Falago (Fastnet Rock) and High Lago (High Chaparral {Ire}) from the family of Rothesay.
New winner for Ole Kirk
Champion First Season Sire Ole Kirk added a new winner when Vincent Nolen-trained 3-year-old 3-year-old gelding Ole Daze won on debut at Wangaratta on debut on Saturday. T Nolen purchased him for $20,000 from Gilgai Farm’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
A half-brother to Group 3 winner Vegadaze (Lope De Vega {Ire}), his dam Rainy Daze (Commands) is an unraced full sister to Listed winner Deltona.
Hanseatic adds new winner
Second season sire Hanseatic added winner number 23 when Allan Chau-trained 3-year-old gelding Zhongxin Koala won at the Gold Coast. Sold by Cornerstone Stud for $18,000 at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale to Peter Kwan, he was taken to the Magic Millions Horses-In-Training Sale by GlenX Lodge where Jianzhong Wang purchased him for $13,000.
He is the second winner from two to race for Romantic Era (NZ) (Nadeem) who is an unraced half-sister to Group 2 winner The Justice League (NZ) (I Am Invincible).
Also in Queensland, Capitalist sired a double at Barcoo with Legolas and 3-year-old filly Scarlet Haze.
Southern triple crown on cards for Hello Youmzain filly
Trainer Sophie Price is eyeing the South Island triple crown with 3-year-old filly Hello Hayley (NZ) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}) after she added Saturday’s Listed Dunedin Guineas to her Listed Southland Guineas victory. The final leg is the Listed Gore Guineas on April 4.
“I think that (Gore Guineas) is possibly where we will head. We will give her a freshen-up and go to Riverton, which is pretty handy (from Winton base). If she goes well we might head to Riccarton a week after and then she will go out for a well-deserved break,” Price said.
With earnings over NZ$200,000 from her three wins, Hello Hayley was passed in at the sales and privately purchased by her ownership group. Her dam, Hayley Grace (NZ) (Thorn Park), is a winning half-sister to Group 2 winner Bak Da Chief (NZ) (Chief Bearhart {Can}).
Listed Dunedin Gold Cup won by Noble Knight
Sandy-Cunningham trained and part-owned 8-year-old gelding Noble Knight (NZ) (Ghibellines) won Saturday’s Listed Dunedin Gold Cup for his first black type win, and his ninth career victory. “I’m just overwhelmed really, although he deserves it as he is just such a consistent horse and never goes a bad race,” said Cunningham.
“We’ve placed him reasonably well and he has had a wee trip to Australia, where he ran second at Moonee Valley, which was really exciting.” White Robe Lodge sold him at the New Zealand Bloodstock South Island Sale in 2019 for NZ$22,500 where his trainer purchased him. He took his earnings over NZ$440,000.
Peltzer quinella in New Zealand
Second season sire Peltzer added a quinella in the opening race at Matamata in New Zealand on Saturday with Silent Spy and Fan The Hammers. Silent Spy, trained by Glenn Old, was on debut.
Peltzer now has nine winners. Silent Spy was sold by Twin Hills Stud for $60,000 at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale to Lyndhurst Farm, who sold him to A Fung at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale for NZ$55,000. He’s the third winner for Infinite Love (Fastnet Rock).
Coolmore buys Shadwell USA farm for US$50m
Coolmore has bought 1100 acres of land from Shadwell Farm in Kentucky for close to US$50 million (AU$70.3 million), according to a source. TDN understands the deal has been completed.
Shadwell was owned by the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, brother of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The farm lies close to Ashford Stud, Keeneland Racecourse and its sale grounds, Lexington Blue Grass Airport, and Calumet Farm.
Melham to lead Shergar Cup
The 25th running of the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup will break new ground when run as a World Pool fixture. The meeting, which will be staged at Ascot on Saturday, August 8, will also for the first time feature a team from the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Led by Vincent Ho, the rider of the legendary Golden Sixty, the team will consist of three riders licensed to ride in Hong Kong and will replace the Asia team.
Australian jockey Jamie Melham, who made history in 2025 when becoming the first female to complete the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double aboard Half Yours, will captain the Rest of the World team. She will also act as a global event ambassador for the Shergar Cup.
“This will be the 25th running of the Shergar Cup at Ascot and it's exciting to see another evolution of the event, with World Pool and Hong Kong Jockey Club involvement for the first time,” said Nick Smith, director of racing at Ascott. “As ever we are hugely grateful to Dubai Duty Free for their support of this event, and of British and Irish racing as a whole.”
Coolmore buy into Nysos
Coolmore and partners have acquired an interest in GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Nysos (Nyquist). Upon his retirement from racing, the colt will stand at Ashford Stud in 2027, the farm announced Friday.
After a 10.5 length Santa Anita romp in October 2023, Nysos then picked up two straight graded stakes wins before enduring a significant break in training from February 2024 through to May 2025. He returned in a thrilling edition of the GI Churchill Downs Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard, winding up dead-heating for second behind Mindframe (Constitution).
It would be his only defeat of the year as Nysos would finish the season on a four-race win streak that culminated in a win in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar in November and the GII Laffit Pincay, Jr. Stakes in December. He most recently ran second to globe-trotting superstar Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) in the G1 Saudi Cup.
Following the race, trainer Bob Baffert noted, “We'll take [Nysos] back home, and just freshen him up and point for the Breeders' Cup Classic. I've brought good horses here, and I think Nysos, hopefully, is the best one I've brought here.”
In addition to Nysos, Coolmore also owns his dam, Zetta Z (Bernardini), whom they acquired for a sales-topping US$2 million (AU$2.8 million) in foal to Cyberknife at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton February Mixed Sale.
South African Group 2 winner headlines Inglis Digital USA
South African-bred Group 2 winner Feather Boa (Saf) (Flower Alley) is among the highlights in the catalogue for the 2026 Inglis Digital USA March Sale which dropped Friday. The sale features a slate of 35 offerings that spans across regions and portions of the Thoroughbred marketplace.
Feather Boa (SAf) | Image courtesy of Inglis Digital
Bidding is currently open for the online auction which will run through Tuesday, March 3. “We're pleased with the appeal of this catalog,” said Inglis Digital CEO Kyle Wilson. “I think it stretches just beyond the domestic market and I look forward to some participation internationally.”
The sale features a draft of broodmare prospects led by Feather Boa (Saf) (hip 10), a South African-born daughter of Flower Alley who was a Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed in her home country prior to being brought stateside by Team Valor International, where she became Listed stakes-placed. She is located at Denali Stud.
Economics dies in India
Economics, a European Group 1 winner, has died in India, according to published reports. The G1 Irish Champion Stakes-winning son of Night Of Thunder was standing his first season at Poonawalla Stud.
Bred by Copgrove Hall Stud and a dual graduate of the Tattersalls sales, the blaze-faced chestnut won four of his seven starts for trainer William Haggas and regular rider Tom Marquand. Raced by Isa Salman Al Khalifa, he also landed the G2 Dante Stakes and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano during his seven-race career.
