Video footage of Monday’s breeze ups at Seymour and Cambridge – in the lead up to the Inglis Ready2Race Sale on October 10 – is now available online.
A total of 63 2YOs breezed up at Seymour, with progeny by the likes of I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Dundeel, Deep Field, Harry Angel, Russian Revolution, Blue Point, Pierata and Microphone amongst those to clock quick times.
The Showtime x Damselle colt (lot 67, pictured) recorded the fastest time, stopping the clock at 10.14 seconds.
“Standouts today were probably the Showtime, he was obviously quickest, but also the Dundeel x Lipstick Lover colt (lot 130) which ran 10.47 and I really like the Blue Point x Copy colt (lot 61), he breezed in 10.53 and I think he’ll make a good 3YO. I was happy with all the others in my draft,” Tal Nolen of Nolen Racing said.
Tal Nolen has an impressive record with graduates of the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, notably with unbeaten 2YO colt Libertad (Russian Revolution), a winner of the G3 Kindergarten Stakes and G3 San Domenico and one of the leading fancies in this Saturday’s G1 Golden Rose, aswell as exciting 3YO Verdad (Justify), an eye-catching recent maiden winner.
“Libertad was a really nice horse, he wasn’t the quickest horse in his breeze, but he had a great attitude and has produced on the racetrack, Nolen said.
“The same goes for Verdad, who won at Bendigo last week, who again was not super quick in his breeze but had the right attitude and a lovely big stride.
“The quality of horse is definitely improving year on year, without a doubt, buyers can come to this sale now with a fair bit of confidence.''
Tal Nolen’s son and G1-winning jockey Luke was aboard the Showtime x Damselle colt and commented: “He’s a thorough professional, did everything right and he gave me a good feel underneath so he’s ready made, whoever purchases him is going to have some fun.”
Dean Harvey’s Baystone Farm, another leading consignor of quality stock through the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, will offer a draft of four horses in 2023.
The Trapeze Artist x Lady Marvel colt (lot 121) ran the quickest time of Baystone Farm’s four-strong draft, at 10.32, followed by the Deep Field x Nakataan colt (lot 160) which clocked 10.45.
“We’ve got a small, select draft going to the sale this year,” Harvey said.
“The Trapeze Artist colt is a very good looking horse and looks to have a lot of talent, plus Trapeze Artist had his first Stakes winner at Flemington on the weekend (Inglis Premier gradate Griff) so he looks set for a big Spring.
“The Deep Field x Nakataan colt was bought from Inglis Easter, he’s a very well bred colt being a half brother to Political Debate.
“Obviously Deep Field goes really well in Hong Kong so he’s going to be well supported I imagine, he has a beautiful action, he’s a lovely relaxed sort of horse.''
At Cambridge in New Zealand, Prima Park’s Zoustar x Strata Lady (lot 205) and Harry Angel x Cambage (lot 42) colts ran the fastest times of the day of 10.32 and 10.36 respectively.
“We are over the moon with how they performed today,” Kelly Van Dyk of Prima Park said.
“They have both been very impressive throughout their education and it’s just the icing on the cake to see them go out and perform the way they did.
“Both have shown they have a lot of ability and we are very proud of them.
“It was trying conditions out there today, it was a very windy day and for them to breeze up like that was great to see.”
Cheltenham Stables had four 2YOs breeze up at Cambridge, with John Malcolm particularly taken with his I Am Invincible x Bit of Cheek colt (lot 32).
“All the horses ran really nice times, we were really happy with our draft overall,” Malcolm said.
“The I Am Invincible colt was impressive, he clocked a time of 10.68 and shows plenty of ability.''
The breeze up action will continue this Friday, September 22 at Hawkesbury, with over 100 lots set to breeze.
The 226-strong catalogue for the sale is headlined by 2YOs by the likes of I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Zoustar, Extreme Choice and Written Tycoon.
This year’s catalogue includes juveniles by many of Australia and New Zealand’s leading stallions such as Deep Field, Toronado, Starspangledbanner, Capitalist, So You Think, Dundeel, Pierro, Justify, Russian Revolution, The Autumn Sun, Per Incanto, Shamus Award, Savabeel, Street Boss, Lonhro, Nicconi, Brazen Beau, Harry Angel, Ocean Park, All Too Hard, Trapeze Artist, Brave Smash, Almanzor etc.
There are also popular First Season Sires represented including Alabama Express, Blue Point, Brutal, Calyx, Castelvecchio, Cosmic Force, D’Argento, Dubious, Exceedance, I Am Immortal, Magna Grecia, Microphone, Pierata, Strasbourg, Tassort, Unite And Conquer, Yes Yes Yes, Zousain etc.
The Inglis Ready2Race is the only Australian 2YO sale to produce Group-winning graduates in the past four renewals.
Recent graduates include G1 stars such as Nettoyer, Group winners such as exciting 3YO Libertad, Forgot You, Allibor, Gunstock, Malkovich, Lightsaber, Prix De Turn etc, Hong Kong stars like Super Wealthy and Wishful Thinker and current Singapore star Golden Monkey.
It’s been an exciting start to the Spring for graduates of the Ready2Race Sale, with Libertad adding another G3 to his record and popular galloper Democracy Manifest surging into G1 Epsom Handicap calculations with a big win in the G3 Cameron Handicap at Newcastle last Friday.
All horses in the catalogue are eligible for the $12.55m Inglis Race Series, including the $2m Inglis Millennium, $1m Pink Bonus Series & 5m Xtra Bonus Series.
To view the catalogue, CLICK HERE.
