Bivouac - New Winner

Group I Kiwi vendors Wentwood Grange came to Inglis Classic with a select draft of four including two youngsters from the same female family that were both offered on Tuesday and the first, an Anamoe filly from Valley Girl made $200,000, while the second was a colt by Ghaiyyath (IRE) that made $625,000.

Exciting Bivouac daughter Luana Miss upset raging favourite Yes Queen (Yes Yes Yes) to run out an impressive winner of the Listed WATC Supremacy Stakes (1000m) at Ascot yesterday becoming the third stakes-winner for her young sire.

Wootton Bassett (GB) had a couple of very good colts – Napoleonic and Wodeton - resume from a spell to run the placings behind gun filly Tempted in the Group III ATC Eskimo Prince Stakes last Saturday and we saw another come out and break his maiden at Wyong on Tuesday.

Tattersalls Online has announced a dedicated Southern Hemisphere Session within its Online February Sale, to be held on Tuesday 17th – Wednesday 18th February, in collaboration with leading Australian auction house Inglis Digital.

The ATC have released an order of entry for the Golden Slipper and with question marks on so many runners it’s going to be a bumpy ride to March 21 for punters and connections.

Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Flashy Trapeze Artist mare She’s an Artist is an eye-catcher, not just for her considerable talent, but also for her abundant bling and she was able to overcome difficulties to score a determined first up win at Caulfield on Monday.

Dean Hawkins of Wentwood Grange couldn’t believe what he was witnessing when their Ghaiyyath colt sold for a sale-high $625,000 on the third and final day of the Classic Yearling Sale at Riverside this afternoon.

Darley homebred first season sire Bivouac sired his first winner in New Zealand last month in Group winning filly Intention and has now broken the ice in Australia with the speedy filly Luana Miss making a winning debut at Ascot on Saturday.

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