Castelvecchio - New Winner

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The quality packed catalogues for two Magic Millions Yearling Sales next month have been further boosted with supplementary catalogues released.

John Sargent is a master trainer when it comes to three year-old fillies with some staying talent and he has a blueblood Pierro filly that is definitely going the right way.

The Inglis Digital February (late) Sale that concluded on Wednesday has a new top lot with Inglis announcing a breeding right to Anamoe has now been sold.

A winner of three of his first four starts before stepping up to black type racing the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Castelvecchio colt Shangri La Spring appreciated the step up to 2000m, to take out the Group 3 ATC Frank Packer Plate.

The $750,000 Group I ATC Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday brings together the best three year old fillies in Australia, so who are the top chances? 

Kingsclere Stables have an exciting week ahead of them, with promising mare She’s A Dealer shooting for black-type at Trentham on Sunday, while six days later the Cambridge barn will hold a strong hand in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m).

Thursday inspections at Inglis Melbourne Premier have ramped up with vendors reporting “run off our feet” and Maree McEwan has been around talking with the major players, including one farm that’s first-up from a 10 year spell.

When entries were taken for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale last year a colt by Star Witness from Zouper Star was hardly seen as a standout offering, but events of the last six months will have this youngster as one of the must inspect horses of the sale.

Castelvecchio has gone from nowhere to somewhere during the course of this spring with three stakes-winners putting his name in lights and he had a promising three year-old colt salute at Hawkesbury on Thursday that has now won two of three starts.