Last year's Tattersall's Tiara runner-up Prompt Response will be striving to go one better in the $500,000 Group One race in Brisbane.
Trainer Jessica Harrington broke her Royal Ascot maiden tag in style today, her Mastercraftsman filly Alpha Centauri, owned and bred by the Niarchos family, winning the G1 Coronation Stakes by six lengths and in a course record time of 1m 35.89s from the Mark Johnston-trained Threading.
Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell operation landed its second G1 Commonwealth Cup since the race's inception in 2015, when Eqtidaar won the latest edition for trainer Sir Michael Stoute.
A mare and a filly selling for $240,000 and $210,000 respectively highlighted the final day of the 2018 Great Southern Sale in Melbourne.
The broodmare section on day four of the 2018 Great Southern Sale saw eight mares reach $100,000 or more.
