Outstanding mare Foxy Frida (Foxwedge) made it two wins in the $350,000 Inglis Bracelet from the past three years with another tough victory at Flemington today.
Trained by Andrew Noblet, Foxy Frida has emerged into one of the nation’s most consistent mares whose earnings now sit at more than $1.3m, while her value as a broodmare prospect is even more significant.
"She's all class this mare," said @TheBeeegan after riding the #MillParkRaised & @ANobletRacing-trained Foxy Frida (Foxwedge) to victory in the @inglis_sales Bracelet, her second win in the race.@anz_news @TTRAusNZ @SAbreeders @breednet @Aushorse_TBA @Woodside_Park @vicbreeders pic.twitter.com/i6udYIGeav
— Mill Park Stud (@millparkstud) November 9, 2023
Today’s win was the 10th of her career.
Foxy Frida was backing up from a luckless performance in Saturday’s G1 Empire Rose Stakes – won by fellow Inglis graduate Pride of Jenni – where she never saw clear running down the long Flemington straight.
“After racing Saturday I was on a bit of a hiding to nothing coming here but I knew she pulled up that well and full credit to all the team at home, great job, she’s done it again,’’ Noblet said.
“After the Brisbane carnival there was talk of going to the broodmare side of it but we had a look at all the facts and figures and decided to give her one more season.
“This is huge, it’s the biggest stage we’ve got and it’s great to bring a class mare like her here to get the job done during Cup week.’’
Noblet also won a pair of Swarovski Optik binoculars for being the winning trainer of an Inglis Race Series event.
WATCH: Foxy Frida made it two wins in the Inglis Bracelet from the past three years today, to the delight of her trainer @ANobletRacing and connections@SkyRacingAU @Racing @millparkstud @7horseracing @FlemingtonVRC pic.twitter.com/nrJAWKVr3t
— Inglis (@inglis_sales) November 9, 2023
Foxy Frida’s immediate future will be on the racetrack – she could next contest the Cranbourne Cup in a fortnight – but the likelihood is she will be retired to breed next year.
Chris Watson of Mill Park Stud, who co-bred Foxy Frida (pictured) with Kellie McCarthy and offered her at the Premier Yearling Sale, said the mare would go through “some sort of sales process next year’’.
“Part of the ownership group are keen to race her so the breeders in her would have to buy them out but she’s very valuable now and possibly maybe one we can’t afford to keep,’’ Watson said.
“She always seems to go better in the autumn so we’ll hopefully get some more black type into her before she enters the breeding barn, however that may play out.
“This was a target race for her, we earmarked it early on with the prizemoney increase so it was a no-brainer really to back her up from Saturday and run in the Inglis Bracelet which is a fabulous race to win.’’
Foxy Frida was one of four Inglis graduates to prove successful at Flemington on Oaks Day.
Copy: Inglis Press Release
