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Tamworth, Albury previews: Trainer Sue Grills eager to see what bargain buys can deliver
Sue Grills will use Monday's hometown meeting at Tamworth to take the wrapping off two of her unraced brigade who could have both been bought for no more than $5,000. The duo – Pride Of Nations and Artie's Magic – were each offered at the HTBA Yearling Sale at Inglis' Riverside complex in April, 2023. Lot 113, now known as Artie's Magic, was knocked down for $3,000. Later on the same day, Lot 257, now called Pride Of Nations, fetched just $2,000 when she was put through the ring. Grills knows first-hand that (high) price doesn't always mean (high) performance, pointing to her own $2,000 purchase at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale in 2017 where she snapped up an Animal Kingdom close relation to Pride Of Dubai. Its name was My Benalla. 'He was a really good horse,'' Grills says. ' He could have potentially been the best horse I ever trained but I just couldn't keep him sound. 'He had a lot of issues. He was a really big horse who had crook pasterns but he still won four races from six starts.' MY BENALLA ðŸ'¥ returned with a bang @sconeraceclub after 20 months off recovering from a tendon injury, gives #Kosciusko slot holders something to think about @garyharleysky @garykliese @MickWallaceMail @daveystan1 @P_L_Looker @MelindaTurner_ — Andy Grills (@andy_8005) September 7, 2021 Grills' Tamworth debutante Pride Of Nations boasts a pedigree far in excess of her meagre price-tag. For starters, she is a daughter of Doncaster winner Kermadec who is credited with Group 1 winner Montefelia. Better still, Pride Of Nation's grand-dam, Tessamo, is a daughter of 2YO Triple Crown winner Tierce and is a half-sister to Guy Walter's four-times Group 1 winner, Streama. Alas, it seems it was not Pride Of Nation's pedigree that turned buyers off at the sale, it was her physique. 'When they bought her apparently she was very small,'' Grills explained. 'I didn't see her at the sale, I only got her six or seven months ago and I gave her a little prep and gave her six or seven weeks' break and back in again. 'I don't expect too much of her for her first start, trials are so different to races, but she's a nice little filly. 'It's no good putting her over 1000m, she is bred to run further, so 1200m looks a nice start for her on her home track with a good draw.' Artie's Magic, like Pride Of Nation's, will be handled by champion country jockey Kody Nestor when he steps out in the Concrete Industry Supplies Maiden Plate (1000m). 'He's a bit the same as Pride Of Nations,'' Grills says. 'I only got him this prep. 'He was well-educated. (Tamworth trainer) Mark Milton had done a great job with him, then I got him so I've only had him a couple a months. 'He trialled okay too (so) I think he'll run a nice race. 'He has drawn the outside barrier but it doesn't matter so much at the 1000m now at Tamworth because they've only got one turn and they're home.' Flying Artie boasts a fascinating pedigree owing to a rare 3 X 3 double-cross of champion racehorse and sire, Century. Grills' third runner on Monday's card is So Rosie who resumes after a short, sharp, successful last campaign that was not without drama. . @chelseahillier4 guides So Rosie to victory in Race 5 at Dubbo! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) September 29, 2024 'She's got her barrier issues so you're just better off giving her a couple of starts and putting her out,'' Grills said. 'She had to re-trial because she got scratched at Coonabarabran or somewhere. She hit her stifle bad coming out of the gates so I had to put her out again for a month. 'It is a good race for her but I wish she had the outside and not the inside barrier.' â– â– â– â– â– Travers does the Math at Albury The stars, or more precisely, the clouds, have aligned to boost the already bright prospects of a ninth victory for warrior queen Mathrin at Albury on Monday. The Michael Travers -trained mare has a 72.2 per cent win/place record on Heavy tracks throughout her long career. Better still, the Kitchwin Hills-bred mare has a 100 per cent record on the Albury Heavy, having knocked off a hot Class 1 that day which included subsequent Country Championship Final participant, Tap 'N' Run. 'She is a gun,'' Travers said. 'She loves it wet and she's going well, we are just going to need luck because she gets back in her races. 'She is our stable stalwart and we love her to death. We treat her like a queen here.' Understandably so, given Mathrin has won eight races for trainer Travers, two of which he steered her to himself in his days as a dual licence holder. Mathrin under a strong ride from @DanBeasley111 gets home in Race 6 at @mtcwagga. Bringing up a double for Dan this afternoon ðŸ'� — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2024 'She just keeps turning up,'' an admiring Travers says. 'She is just all heart and doesn't know how to not put in a good run.' Mathrin's tally of starts will tick over to 78 on Monday but she shows no signs of tapering off. In fact, she won the Cowra Cup at her 70th race day appearance, adding the Corowa Cup at her 73rd. A thrilling finish to the Cowra Cup ðŸ�† and it's Mathrin who gets the photo for @TraversRacing! @COWRAJOCKEYCLUB — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) January 19, 2025 Mathrin will have company in Monday's Boss Better Living Systems Benchmark 82 Handicap (1400m) from the former Leilani Lodge resident Kahawaty, who is one-for-one at Albury only it was on a Good 3. 'She's another one who races really well all the time but unfortunately the wet is not going to help her at all,'' Travers warned. Travers is also hoping a positive barrier will lead to a positive outcome for flashy chestnut filly, the hitherto unlucky Gioia River. 'She has been racing really well,'' Travers says. 'I thought she could win last start if she had drawn a gate but we have been forced to go back to the tail of the field all the time, so hopefully on Monday she can travel a little bit closer.' Born and raised at Arrowfield Stud, Gioia River was knocked down to Gai Waterhouse et al for $175,000 at the 2023 Magic Millions Sale. A daughter of The Autumn Sun, Travers' filly counts two champions in her family; namely our own Hartnell and the immortal Suave Dancer.
Mercury
12-06-2025
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Cricket 2025: Josh Inglis is ‘Australia's next Test captain', but he isn't in the team
Don't miss out on the headlines from Cricket. Followed categories will be added to My News. All eyes are on the World Test Championship (WTC) Final right now but Australia's Test team could look quite different when the squad heads to the West Indies later this month. Australia are aiming to win back-to-back WTC maces with victory in the final at Lord's against South Africa, which is set to be a quick match after 14 wickets fell on Day 1 as Steve Smith made history. Watch England vs India Test Series LIVE & EXCLUSIVE on Fox Cricket, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. The Aussies are boasting renewed depth in their Test squad, with Sam Konstas, Scott Boland and Josh Inglis unlucky to miss out on the WTC final given their strong recent form for the national side. Respected cricket commentator Adam Collins told SEN's Cricket podcast ahead of the WTC Final he believes Inglis will be Australia's next Test captain despite the fact he is currently not in the team. 'I've got to say for the record, I'm a huge Inglis guy,' Collins said. 'I think Josh Inglis will be Australia's next Test captain. I think, over time, there will be a case for him to be invested in across the board.' It's a bold call by Collins given the likes of Travis Head (age 31), Alex Carey (33) and Cameron Green (26) have been mentioned as future Test captains. Pat Cummins has captained Australia since the 2021-22 Ashes and the 32-year-old fast bowler has signalled he has no plans to give up the captaincy anytime soon as he continues to win trophies. Is Josh Inglis (left) Australia's next Test captain? (Photo by) Inglis was born in the UK but moved to Australia when he was 14, going on to win domestic titles in all three formats with Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. He was part of the Australian squads that won the 2021 T20 World Cup, the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2023 World Test Championship Final. Inglis, 30, already belongs to an exclusive club of just five Australian players who have scored Test, ODI and T20I centuries — along with Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, David Warner and Beth Mooney. His rapid fire century on Test debut in Sri Lanka earlier this year reinforced his credentials as a red ball player, as a wicketkeeper or batter only, after strong form in the Sheffield Shield. But with Alex Carey's near impeccable form with the gloves and the bat in recent years, it remains to be seen how Inglis fits into the Australian team, given the emergence of Beau Webster and Cam Green's return from injury. Inglis, Konstas and Boland are likely to feature in Australia's tour of the West Indies that begins later this month, featuring three Tests and five T20s. Australia's Josh Inglis celebrates after scoring his maiden Test century against Sri Lanka. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) The trio were overlooked for the WTC Final but Cummins has strongly hinted they will have a role to play against the West Indies, which serves as a key audition ahead of this summer's home Ashes. Collins added: 'Round 1 of the next cycle in the Windies, I'd be almost certain Konstas plays, but this is a bit different being a one-off final.' Pressure is mounting on Marnus Labuschagne's spot in the XI, with Konstas set to take his spot at the top of the order in the West Indies. The three-Test series, plus all five T20 Internationals, will be broadcast live on ESPN from June 26 to July 29. ESPN is available to all Kayo Sports subscribers as part of their existing subscription. Australia has not visited the Caribbean for a Test series in 10 years, while the last edition of the Frank Worrell Trophy in 2023-24 was drawn 1-1. The latest renewal of this historic rivalry begins in Barbados with the first Test from June 26-30, followed by the second Test in Grenada from July 4-8 and a day-night Test in Jamaica from July 13-17. Sam Konstas will get his chance to play in the West Indies. (Photo by) The series will be Australia's final Test match preparations before a massive home Ashes series this summer, broadcast on Kayo Sports. Following the Frank Worrell Trophy, the two nations will face off in five T20Is from July 21-29. The series will form a crucial part of both sides' preparation for the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup. WEST INDIES V AUSTRALIA Every ball LIVE on ESPN, available on Kayo Sports. Frank Worrell Trophy First Test, Barbados: June 26-30, 12:00am AEST Second Test, Grenada: July 4-8, 12:00am AEST Third Test, Jamaica: July 13-17, 4:30am AEST T20 International Series First T20I, Jamaica: July 21, 10:00am AEST Second T20I, Jamaica: July 23, 10:00am AEST Third T20I, St Kitts and Nevis: July 26, 8:00am AEST Fourth T20I, St Kitts and Nevis: July 27, 8:00am AEST Fifth T20I, St Kitts and Nevis: July 29, 8:00am AEST Australia's tour of the West Indies, live on ESPN, is also available on Foxtel. Originally published as Smokey for 'Australia's next Test captain' named, but he isn't in the team
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09-06-2025
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2025 LTA London Championships: Muchova [14th] vs. Inglis [152nd] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview
2025 LTA London Championships: Muchova [14th] vs. Inglis [152nd] Prediction, Odds and Match Preview In the LTA London Championships Round of 32 on Monday, No. 14-ranked Karolina Muchova faces No. 152 Maddison Inglis. Muchova is the favorite (-325) in this match against Inglis (+240). Tennis odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 10:35 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Karolina Muchova vs. Maddison Inglis matchup info Tournament: LTA London Championships LTA London Championships Round: Round of 32 Round of 32 Date: Monday, June 9 Monday, June 9 Court Surface: Grass Watch the Tennis Channel and more sports on Fubo! Muchova vs. Inglis Prediction Based on the implied probility from the moneyline, Muchova has a 76.5% to win. Muchova vs. Inglis Betting Odds Muchova vs. Inglis matchup performance & stats
News.com.au
08-06-2025
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Shayne O'Cass' Canterbury previews: Payne's prized pair primed to parlay his success
FRESH from his Saturday win at Royal Randwick, trainer David Payne aims to carry over his success into Monday's King's Birthday meeting at Canterbury via two of the stable's mid to long term prospects. Two-year-old duo Cosmonaut and Funky Tilda were both selected and purchased by Payne at the Inglis HTBA Yearling Sale in 2024. They were the only two lots which Payne signed off on the day. Whereas Cosmonaut was a bargain at $17,000, Funky Tilda was a much-admired filly at the sale. So much so that her $115,000 price-tag made her the third most expensive yearling of the 162 sold. 'She is quite well bred,'' Payne said. 'She's by Hellbent who is doing well out of a quite a nice damline.' Funky Tilda was the seventh foal of her Flemington-placed dam, Another Sunday, whose best performer to date is the Magic Night runner-up Blanc de Blanc who happens to be a daughter of Hellbent's famous father – I Am Invincible. Funky Tilda also boasts Flight Stakes winner Oohood as well as crack two-year-olds King's Legacy, Zizou and Not A Single Doubt as relatives. Despite the presence of so many precious horses on her family tree, Rory's Jester, Redoute's Choice, Canny Lad, Snippets and Rory's Jester among them, Payne is playing a longer-term game with his blueblood miss. Though quietly confident she will hold her own on debut in Monday's ATC Chase The Dream Maiden Plate (1250m), an awkward draw coupled with a lack of experience may hold her back for now. 'She will need a race,'' Payne said. 'She'll have that run then she'll most probably go to the paddock. 'She is still a bit of a baby but just from what she has shown me in work, she'll most probably run 1600m.' Payne is understandably more bullish on the winning prospects of Cosmonaut which lines-up in a must-see ATC Drinkwise Plate (1250m) to start the day. ðŸ'¸ Cashbook cashes the cheque and wins at Scone with Adam Hyeronimus in the saddle! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 16, 2025 Payne's colt will be the only one of the eight participants with race experience having two starts on his C.V ahead of today's third. The baldy-faced bay caught the eye in more ways than one when clocking in third at his debut in the $200,000 Inglis 2YO Challenge on Scone Cup Day. He followed up with another honourable effort, this time at Kembla, when making ground late on a testing heavy (8) surface. 'Both times he found the line well which is good,'' Payne said. 'He is still learning. He did a few things wrong both times but I think he'll be better with the step-up in distance (on Monday). 'Just looking at him as a type, he looks like he would get up to a mile (but) he has drawn well on Monday and if he can maybe box-seat, that would be ideal.' Cosmonaut is a member of Cosmic Force's second crop of foals that arrived during the spring of 2022. He is the second foal of his dam, Vodianova, who won twice at Moe over 1623m. His most famous relative is Handsome Ransom who collected the Black Opal Preview and Black Opal Stakes, beating Exceed And Excel, in his first two starts. Cosmonaut is rated a $23 chance in Monday's opening race at Canterbury which is assured a widespread audience given the presence of the much touted $1.4 million yearling Central Coast. The Chris Waller -trained colt is a son of the all-conquering Wootton Bassett and the second foal of the triple Group 1 winner Sunlight. Sunlight's first foal is Dawn Service who won the Listed VRC Exford Plate (1400m) on Makybe Diva Stakes Day at Flemington on September 14. â– â– â– â– â– SHOULD Dollar Magic finish runner-up, again, at Canterbury on Monday, she will have equalled racing's perennial placegetter Tom Melbourne's extraordinary tally of 14 seconds. Scott Singleton 's mare posted the 13th second of her career when beating all bar Zealously when she resumed at home on the same day as her stablemate Melody Again won the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic. Dollar Magic's numerous seconds have been as close as a nose and as far off the winner as 2-1/4 lengths. Sometimes it has been a better horse that has beaten her, sometimes not. 'There have been a few of them that have been quite cruel seconds,'' Singleton says. 'Definitely when Fire Star beat her last prep was a cruel one, but she always does her best so I can't begrudge her. 'If she wins on Monday she is getting towards $600,000 and she hasn't won one fancy race. She's won it from just keeping on turning up and trying hard so she's terrific.' Dollar Magic has finished on the podium at 20 of her 25 starts. One of her four wins was at Canterbury which was also the venue for her only taste of black-type racing on New Year's Day. 'She got caught a little bit with no cover in the Canterbury Sprint and I thought she toughed it out really well,'' Singleton said. 'She's come on a little bit from that first-up run and gets there in really, really good order so I expect her to run well. 'Whether she can beat Zealously is the thing. It went terrific at Scone the other day but if the track is going to be a bit softer than maybe it was at Scone, I think it will suit her more than him.' Dollar Magic will have company in the float from Scone to Sydney from her in-form stablemate Fiorsum Fred which could and perhaps even should be on a hat-trick leading into the ATC Ranvet Handicap (1550m). 'He was good the other day (in the Gunnedah Cup), he only needed another half a stride,' Singleton said. 'He has been going particularly well at home and pulling up well from his runs. He's in good shape.' For all his recent heroics Fiorsum Fred was allotted 62.5kg in Monday's mission. 'I know it sounds a lot when you say it but after the 3kg comes off and when you look at what everyone else has got comparative to you, I don't think he is that badly treated to be honest,'' Singleton said.
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04-06-2025
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'One who plays badly stays behind': Virender Sehwag singles out Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera while discussing Punjab Kings' defeat
Discussing Punjab Kings' defeat in the IPL 2025 final, legendary cricketer Virender Sehwag singled out the knocks of Josh Inglis and Nehal Wadhera as the key reason. read more Legendary Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag did not mince his words as he singled out Josh Inglis and Nehal Wadhera for Punjab Kings' (PBKS) narrow defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 final on Tuesday. The IPL 2025 points table leader, PBKS, agonisingly fell short by just six runs in the 191-run chase against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as their top-order failed to fire at the biggest stage. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Also Read | PBKS' strength turns into weakness as RCB brutally expose their batting in IPL final On a slightly slowish track, RCB did well to post 190 despite most of their batters failing to convert the starts into a fifty. Virat Kohli was the top run-getter with 43 while Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma scored in the 20s. PBKS faced the same issue as openers Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh scored 24 and 26 respectively, while Inglis made 39 and Wadhera struggled big time with a knock of 15 off 18 balls. Shreyas Iyer got out for 1. Also Read | IPL 2025 Award Winners List: Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Emerging Player and others winners While the Punjab openers did not stay in the middle for long, they set the foundation, but Inglis and the middle-order failed to capitalise. The 30-year-old Australian Inglis scored an attacking 39 off 23 but paid the price for playing one too many shots, while uncapped Indian batter Wadhera struggled to get going in the middle, which took away the momentum from PBKS. Also Read | Full list of Indian Premier League winners following Bengaluru's historic triumph in Ahmedabad Shashank Singh hit 61 not out off 30 balls from the No.6 slot, but the acceleration came very late as RCB won their maiden IPL title. Sehwag slams Inglis, underlines Wadhera's struggles under IPL final pressure Sehwag pointed out that someone from the top three needed to score a match-winning knock for PBSK to win the IPL final and he felt Inglis was the batter who should have done that. He also highlighted how the pressure of a final match made Wadhera completely ineffective in the chase. 'Every RCB batter got starts, but no one played a big innings. The same happened with PBKS,' Sehwag told Cricbuzz. 'If Inglis had scored 60-70, then the job was done. If what Shashank did at the end had been done earlier by Inglis, then there would have been no slowdown. He would not have been out and somebody from the other end would have also played, runs would have come, the pressure would not have come. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'The pressure comes when you lose wickets. Your hands start shaking, thinking if I get out. That's why you are not able to connect. That's why Nehal Wadera made 15 off 18 balls. If only he had made 26 off 18 balls, PBKS could have won. This is the pressure of the final, the pressure created by the fall of wickets. The one who plays well in such pressure blossoms and the one who plays badly stays behind. Maybe it was his first final, he doesn't have experience, first time such a situation came. It's different to bat in this situation in a normal match than in the final. I think that was what they lacked.' Sehwag also felt that a few runs from the openers could have also completed the job for PBKS. 'If they had at least one batter from the top three (playing good). The start wasn't poor, they scored 52 in powerplay, which was eight less than 60. If only they had got those eight runs at the start, then they would not have been required to chase that eight runs at the end.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
