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Queensland-based trainer Liam Birchley continued his remarkable record in the Karaka Millions 2YO (RL, 1200m) when Dream Roca took out the Ellerslie feature on Saturday, bringing up another stakes winner for her Westbury Stud sire El Roca (Fastnet Rock) in the process.
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Tayla Dyke
ANZ News
New Zealand Bloodstock is set to mark a significant milestone as the National Yearling Sale celebrates its 100th anniversary, offering a refined catalogue of quality yearlings across three days of selling, beginning on Sunday at Karaka.
The centenary edition follows a solid 2025 renewal, when five days of trade across Book 1 and Book 2 delivered encouraging results. Across the two books, 751 yearlings were sold for an aggregate NZ$86,321,500, with a combined clearance rate of 80 per cent. The average price was NZ$114,942 and the median NZ$80,000.
International buyers accounted for 54.5 per cent of turnover, while New Zealand purchasers also contributed significantly, purchasing 435 lots for a total spend of $39,242,500.
The sale topper was Lot 345, a Savabeel (Zabeel) filly out of Symphonic (O'Reilly), purchased for NZ$2.4 million by Guy Mulcaster and Chris Waller on behalf of New Zealand owner Glenn Ritchie. Offered by Haunui Farm, she became the most expensive filly ever sold at Karaka.
The second-highest lot was secured late in Book 1, when Kingsclere Stable trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood paid NZ$1.1 million for Lot 564, a Proisir (Choisir) filly out of Donna Marie (Don Eduardo), offered by Hallmark Stud.
David Ellis led the buying bench with 27 purchases totalling NZ$4,757,500, while Haunui Farm was the leading vendor by aggregate, selling 37 yearlings for NZ$7,343,000.
NZB managing director Andrew Seabrook believes the centenary edition is shaping up strongly, with a diverse mix of international and domestic buyers present at the Karaka complex.
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“We've been planning for the hundred year sale for a couple of years now,” Seabrook told ANZ News. “For the last few months, it's been the talk of the industry, not just in New Zealand, but overseas as well. I was over at the Gold Coast a couple of weeks ago and got a really good vibe there and about people wanting to come over and attend the sale. Our bookings are fantastic, and walking around the sales ground it is really busy and there is a nice atmosphere.”
Despite wet conditions early in the week, Seabrook said the resilience of the industry meant little could dampen enthusiasm.
“Everyone's in a positive frame of mind, despite the horrendous weather on Wednesday. This is our 100th continuous sale - we've survived World War II, COVID, and the flood three years ago - so the rain on Wednesday wasn't going to dent our enthusiasm for the next few days.”
Fresh from a successful Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, which recorded an increased clearance rate of 86.70 per cent across both books, up from 80.44 per cent in 2025, Seabrook is hopeful that momentum will flow into Karaka.
“The success of the Ready To Run Sale gives us confidence. The sales season seems to have started well in Queensland, and the fact that it's our 100-year celebration allows us to get more support from our vendors, resulting in a better catalogue.”
“Our bookings are fantastic, and walking around the sales ground it is really busy and there is a nice atmosphere
A key feature of the centenary edition is a slight adjustment to the sale format: with Book 1 reduced to two days of selling and Book 2 condensed to one, ensuring all yearlings were on the complex throughout the inspection period.
A total of 567 lots, down from 661 last year, have been catalogued for Book 1, with 281 in Book 2, down from 427, alongside 161 yearlings assembled for the Karaka Summer Sale.
“All the horses are here on the ground, so every horse has been given the same opportunity,” Seabrook said. “In the past, some horses transitioning from Book 1 to Book 2 weren’t able to be inspected by overseas buyers, so this has been particularly well received by Australian clients.
“We have lots of Australians here, some new faces, and some returning to lend support for the 100th anniversary. We are really happy with the bench we have been able to assemble. Although Hong Kong and the Hong Kong market seem to be more in tune with the Ready To Run Sale these days, there's quite a few Hong Kong and Chinese buyers here, so that's really heartening as well.”
Seabrook believes the catalogue offers depth across all levels of the market, buoyed by the strength of last November’s Ready to Run Sale.
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“A successful Ready To Run Sale will give the pinhookers the confidence to go again. Certainly a lot of pinhookers out there looking and when you combine that with the end users from New Zealand and Australia and further afar, that gives us a bit of confidence that the sale should at least hold up, but I'd be disappointed if we couldn't see an increase on last year.”
Among the vendors embracing the centenary edition is Little Avondale Stud, who will present a draft of 19 yearlings in Book 1, including seven by their star stallion Per Incanto (Street Cry).
Owner Sam Williams said the buzz around the complex had been evident throughout inspections.
“It has been busy, but we expect it to be busy,” Williams said. “NZB deserves applause for the new concept. The format has made it a true Book 1 and Book 2, and we're really getting behind it and supporting it too.”
Per Incanto continues to build an exceptional record on the track, particularly in Australia, headlined by Ciaron Maher’s sprinters Jimmysstar and Gringotts both striking at elite-level in 2025.
“He's [Per Incanto] had a wonderful last two or three years. He's fifth in the Australian premiership at the moment. The Australians really have just gravitated towards him
“Per Incanto is leading as far as the numbers in our draft,” Williams said. “He's had a wonderful last two or three years. He's fifth in the Australian premiership at the moment. The Australians really have just gravitated towards him.
“Obviously, he has Jimmysstar, Evaporate and Gringotts to the fore, but over the last couple of days, I've had a number of trainers telling me they've got a really exciting Per Incanto in their stable that hasn't even started yet. Now that is the most satisfying thing for me to hear from trainers.”
Williams is confident the stud’s draft will be well received and said they had been very selective about the type of yearlings they would offer at the sales.
“I think personally that we've got a really nice draft. We were fussy during the year with what we were going to be taking to the yearling sales. But also in saying that, I think we were very lucky too, with the foal crop that we had. We've worked on it over the last few years, the mares that we've got. With Per Incanto, the stallions we’re mating to, they're the sort of sires that leave a good style of horse.”
A potential highlight of the Little Avondale draft is Lot 270, a filly by Newgate stallion In The Congo (Snitzel) out of winning mare Anaween (More Than Ready).
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“She’s a very mature filly. In The Congo has sold extremely well in Australia, and I went to him two years ago when Per Incanto was injured and we didn’t know if he would cover that season.
“At the time, I was also undergoing cancer treatment, so I was a bit anxious about the type of mares I’d be able to breed and conscious of not wanting to spend heavily on service fees. I sent her to In The Congo on a foal share with David Wallace, a mate of mine who owns shares in him, and she’s turned out to be an absolute star filly.”
Another highlight is Lot 333, a Per Incanto filly out of winning Exceed And Excel (Danehill) mare Candy Bar. Her third dam is Group 1 winner Lovely Jubly (Lion Hunter), who in turn produced champion sprinter Chautauqua (Encosta De Lago).
“Lot 333 is an absolute star. She is from a very fast Australian family, Chatauqua's family. It's a family that doesn't often go on the market, so the Australians turn up here and see one of their star sprinting families here in New Zealand, but it's by Per Incanto, and he is, I guess you could say, the first stallion ever in New Zealand history to consistently leave top class sprinters in Australia, so it's an attraction for them.”
Lot 311 also holds special significance for Williams, being a half-brother to the Zoustar (Northern Meteor) colt sold by Little Avondale for $1.7 million at last year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, the highest price ever sold off the farm.
“We have a magnificent Russian Revolution colt. He is out of a Per Incanto Group-winning mare Belluci Babe. She was the mother of the first seven figure yearling we ever sold, last year for $1.7 million. He's a ripping type. And I think Per Incanto as a broodmare sire is really going to leave a legacy and trainers are really noting him as a broodmare sire.”
Milan Park owner Tony Rider was also confident that the positive atmosphere around the complex would translate to strong results in the ring.
“We've got 17 horses in the draft,” Rider told ANZ News. “I just had Bruce Slade over there, and he commented on the whole draft that it was probably the most consistent draft here at Karaka. We spend a lot of time working out the bloods, doing the pedigree, and Grant's [Bennett, stud manager] job is all about making sure they get here safely and they look good. Condition wise, not too fat, not too thin. So there's a real fine line in there, getting them right.
“You’ve got to take your hat off to NZB, Andrew Seabrook and the team,” he added. “There's a lot of faces here that I've never seen. They've really promoted it well. They've asked a lot of owners to keep their horses here. We do keep our horses here, but we've got fillies here that wouldn't normally be here, it's because it's the 100th year.”
Cambridge Stud will offer 70 yearlings across both books, with owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay once again committing their entire draft to the National Yearling Sale.
Scott Calder, sales and nominations at Cambridge, said the centenary edition was a fitting occasion to continue that support.
“Brendan and Jo made that decision quite early in the piece and I think it's fitting this year given it's the 100th year,” Calder said. “Brendan and Jo are very keen to support the sale and be a big part of it, but it means there's a lot of horses and it's been a lot of logistics to get it all come together. Alice Jeffries, our yearling manager, and everyone's done an amazing job. Thankfully, we've got a big number of horses, but it's a very good draft right through from the top, right through.”
Calder believes buyer appetite remains strong following the Gold Coast results.
He said: “I think we always watch Magics closely and I wasn't there, but looking at it and talking to people, it sounds like it was as buoyant as you could hope for. So naturally you have to be optimistic.
“Our inspections have been really solid. We had the one day with the rain that was a washout for us, but yesterday was as busy a day as we've had and today's really busy too. I’m not saying the sale is going to break records, but I think it'll hold up well.”
Meanwhile, Irish-born, New Zealand-based bloodstock agent Ed Stapleton said excitement had been building steadily in the lead-up to the centenary sale.
He said: “The general feeling on the ground is one of excitement, and appreciation for some very good stock. The 100-year celebration has been talked about for a while, but the momentum really started about four weeks ago, when we had the on-farm parades, and it has really followed onto here.
“We were privileged to see a lot of really good stock on the parades, and they have arrived here at Karaka, we are twice as excited to see them. I think, in general, stock quality is up everywhere is the general consensus.”
A regular on the international sales circuit, Stapleton praised the atmosphere created at Karaka despite challenging conditions.
“Despite the rain, there are plenty of people here and plenty of shows are happening,” he said. “Most vendors would say that they have bigger footfalls than other years and I think it's going to be a really good sale. I'm excited for it, there is plenty going on and the hospitality of every vendor is second to none.”
A frequent pinhooker, Stapleton said the sale continues to cater to a wide range of buyers, while underpinning NZB’s successful Ready To Run Sale.
He said: “On the back of the Ready To Run sale’s success last year, there's plenty of people who would be looking for trade horses. There's a lot of Australian trainers here, there's a lot of Hong Kong and Asian market interest, which don't typically come down, so that's great. I think most vendors are going to have a good time, so it is all positive.”
With selling set to get under way at 10am (NZT) on Sunday, Seabrook also highlighted the role of Ellerslie’s Karaka Millions twilight meeting as a powerful lead-in to the week.
He said: “It was our 19th Karaka Millions night last night. Sponsored by TAB now, and it's just under NZ$5 million. When we started 19 years ago, the 3-year-old race was only NZ$100,000 and that's gone to NZ$1.5 million, and then to have a Group 1 on the card and the four-year-old NZ$1 million race, and two other group races is huge.
“It's now the biggest night of the year, and it's the biggest race day of the year, punting wise. On turnover per race, there's no bigger race meeting in New Zealand for punting. So it's a great entrée into the week, and hopefully it's the launch of a successful week.”
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Trevor Marshallsea
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Queensland-based trainer Liam Birchley continued his remarkable record in the Karaka Millions 2YO (RL, 1200m) when Dream Roca took out the Ellerslie feature on Saturday, bringing up another stakes winner for her Westbury Stud sire El Roca (Fastnet Rock) in the process.
Sent out second favourite at $4.80 after breaking her maiden on her second start in a 1000-metre Eagle Farm juvenile handicap on December 13, Dream Roca jumped well from gate one of 14 under Ben Thompson, and travelled just behind the pace.
A huge upset threatened when leader Magill (Farnan) - the Hastings-trained longshot who started at $151 in some markets - maintained his advantage long after turning for home.
Dream Roca had trouble extricating herself from a pocket for the first half of the straight, but once clear at the 180 metres charged hard after Magill. The bolter was not to be easily denied, boxing on hard on the fence, but was finally overhauled late on as Dream Roca scored by 0.2 lengths.
Team Hayes’s Caulfield Debutant Stakes (Listed, 1000m) winner Torture (Sword Of State) took third at $5.50, while odds-on favourite Kinnaird (Home Affairs) came in last.
2yo: (27Aug23 b f)
Trainer: Liam Birchley
Owner: P N Watson, Mackellar Syndicate Et Al
Sire: El Roca
Dam: Petrachor
Dam's Sire: Redwood
Birchley - who has 35 named horses on his books at his Sunshine Coast stable - isn’t known as one of Queensland’s largest trainers, and counts three Group 2 victories as his career highlights on the black type scale.
Yet he has now crossed the Tasman to win New Zealand’s lucrative NZ$1 million feature three times, having also scored with Sister Havana (General Nediym) in 2010, and gelding Hardline (Showcasing) in 2015.
Dream Roca’s success also brought up a hat-trick for fillies in the race, with La Dorada (Super Seth) successful last year, and Velocious (Written Tycoon) taking the honours in 2024.
Asked for the secret of his success in the event, Birchley told Sky: “Just to get an athlete. That’s what you need here.
“It’s tremendous to get it three times. I know how hard it is. The standard of two-year-olds here has improved markedly over the last ten years.”
Dream Roca - one of 13 stakes winners from 315 runners (4.1 per cent) for El Roca (Fastnet Rock) - was bought for $75,000 last year at Karaka from Westbury’s draft by Bloodstock Solutions.
Raced by a large syndicate, she showed talent with a 0.9 length second on debut at Eagle Farm before her breakthrough win, and looked ultra impressive with her dogged finish when stepped up to the 1200 metres on Saturday.
“We were lucky enough to draw number one, which saves you a lot of work in the run. We could take it easy and save the best for the end,” Birchley said.
“From barrier one, you’re going to get the best run no matter what if you’ve got the right jock. He’s an emerging superstar this jock [Thompson].”
He added: “I’ve got a lot of really close friends in this horse, going back a long way. One of them has sadly just died in the last few weeks, so this means a lot.”
“I thought I’d need a bit of luck, but with the track playing so fair I’d just need to be patient and wait for a run, and she gave me a great kick
Thompson said the win in his first look at Ellerslie felt “very surreal”.
“This is a class filly,” he told Sky. “All credit to Liam Birchley. He’s a brilliant trainer and it just fills you with so much confidence riding any horse of his, especially a two-year-old.
“The barrier was just ideal. I settled for a trail. I was pretty much just guided by her [Dream Roca]. I’d ridden her in all three starts so I had a lot of confidence in her.
“I thought I’d need a bit of luck, but with the track playing so fair I’d just need to be patient and wait for a run, and she gave me a great kick.”
Bred by Westbury boss Gerry Harvey, Dream Roca is the first foal out of Petrachor (Redwood), a five-time winner in New Zealand.
Third dam Tanith (Chief’s Crown) ran third in Caulfield’s Thousand Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and was second at Group 2 level.
Fourth dam Bislotto (Bellotto) won a Flemington Listed and threw the Group 3 and Listed winning Bel Danoro (Danehill), as well as the dams of elite-level victors Mascarpone (Shooting To Win) and Sofia Rosa (Makfi).
Petrachor now has a yearling filly by another Westbury sire in Swiss Ace (Secret Savings) and was covered again by El Roca last spring.
“Bring on Australia” was the message from winning jockey Matt Cartwright after Well Written (Written Tycoon) lived up to her exciting reputation with a breathtaking fifth win from as many starts in Saturday’s Karaka Millions 3YO Classic (RL, 1600m).
The Stephen Marsh-trained sensation went into the NZ$1.5 million feature as a prohibitive odds-on favourite, having built an ultra-impressive CV through her first four starts.
That included a 2.5 length romp in her one elite-level attempt, the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in November, in her first start bearing Yulong’s colours after a 50 per cent buy-in from the stud that stands her sire, Written Tycoon (Iglesia).
Marsh admitted he’d been nervous before Well Written’s last start in the Auckland Guineas (Gr 2, 1400m), when a troublesome parade left her trainer “a shade of green” before his charge managed a 0.3 length success.
But there were no such misgivings on Saturday, and far less doubt about the verdict. Well Written settled in midfield from gate three of 13, found clear air at the 300 metres, and veritably exploded away from her rivals to score by six lengths.
Te Akau Racing pair He Who Dares (Snitzel) and La Dorada (Super Seth) took second and third.
The NZ$797,500 first prize took Well Written’s earnings to NZ$1.42 million, and had Cartwright almost lost for words as the expat Australian reflected on what fate had brought him since his brave decision to move from Melbourne to New Zealand for better opportunities in 2024.
“Wow - I think we’ve seen a very, very special win today,” Cartwright told Sky.
“The best horse I have ever ridden. This thing is an absolute weapon. It’s so exciting.
“We got the right run, I got through, and wow - I nearly fell off the back of her.
“The job was on today with her - she was very keen today. But I’ve always just wanted to ride her with a bit of cover. Every time I’ve ridden her, she drops her head and relaxes, just so she can show that great turn of foot.
“She’s a very, very good horse. I think she’s right up to it with Australia’s best.”
Marsh indicated he wouldn’t charge into an Australian mission with the filly without a good deal of consideration, saying her next major target would be the $4 million slot race, The Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie on March 7.
“We’ll just play around with her. You’ll see her in The Kiwi,” said Marsh, a mixture of relief and ecstasy.
“Everything went good early. We probably got a length further back than I thought, but then you see her come up underneath Matt, and gee.
“I just thought she paraded so much better today. I was a shade of green before her last start, but I was relatively relaxed today.
“What have we just seen? We’ve seen something very special. I’m absolutely over the moon.
“People have said, ‘How good is she? Is she the best we’ve had?’ I hope she keeps continuing this way and I hope we are saying she’s the best.
“But she’s awesome. She’s back, unbelievable, and she just keeps on improving, so it’s very, very exciting.”
Marsh said he was pleased to see Cartwright stay calm when Well Written was still several lengths off the leaders in the ruck on the turn.
“One thing I always say to them is, ‘Just don’t panic. If you get into a bit of trouble, just have faith in the horse and yourself, and it’ll happen’. He didn’t panic, and that’s what I like about Matt,” said Marsh, admitting it was a thrill to have a horse of this ability.
“It makes me feel bloody good actually. This is why we all do it. This helps us out of bed. I love seeing the owners, everyone’s so excited, she’s got a following and she hasn’t let them down yet.”
“She’s a very, very good horse. I think she’s right up to it with Australia’s best
Well Written has quickly become a star money-spinner for her connections, especially considering her modest origins.
She was initially offered as a weanling by breeder David Digney via Lemrac Lodge at Inglis’s Great Southern Sale. She was bought for $32,500 by Foxhill Thoroughbreds, which has Benji and Harry King behind it. The brothers are sons of Nick and Anne-Marie King of New Zealand’s Brighthill Farm, with Harry now best known as Yulong’s sales and nominations manager, through which he has a keen interest in Written Tycoon.
Well Written was then pinhooked through Brighthill’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale in 2024, bought by Marsh and Dylan Johnson Bloodstock for $80,000 - a figure she’s already recouped many times over, with many more times set to come.
The well proportioned chestnut is the first foal - and only one to race of three - from Mozzie Monster (Sebring), who was twice Listed placed in Victoria and is a daughter of Melbourne Group 3 victor Valentine Miss (Danetime).
Mozzie Monster now has a colt foal by Nicconi (Bianconi) but missed to Written Tycoon last month.
Well Written is one of 82 stakes winners from 1,354 runners (6.05 per cent) for Written Tycoon, the 23-year-old who covered 43 mares under fee-on-arrangement terms at Yulong last spring, according to latest studbook figures.
New Zealand has been a particularly fertile field for Written Tycoon. He has six black type victors there from 36 starters, at 16.66 per cent.
Having failed to score in two-and-a-half years before rattling off a hat-trick last spring, born-again seven-year-old Jigsaw (Manhattan Rain) is now an elite-level winner.
The gelding - trained by Cranbourne’s Cindy Alderson and bred by her mother Lynne - raised his most important triumph among 13 career victories in Saturday’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie.
His prior winning hat-trick had included Moonee Valley’s McEwen Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) followed by Cranbourne’s $1 million slot race The Meteorite (1200m), but the NZ$700,000 Railway was easily the most impressive of his now four-race streak.
Jumping from barrier ten of 13 under Logan Bates, the Kiwi apprentice now based in Melbourne, Jigsaw speared across to sit outside leader and short priced favourite Alabama Lass (Alabama Express) as a solid pace ensued.
Jigsaw went to the lead at the 250 metres as Alabama Lass weakened, and Bates braced for challenges from behind.
But while another well fancied Australian - the Hayes brothers’ Arkansaw Kid (Harry Angel) - emerged to threaten to his inside, Jigsaw kept finding towards the line and scored by 0.8 lengths. Sweynesday (Sweynesse) was the same distance away in third for the Roger James and Robert Wellwood team.
After Jigsaw’s Meteorite success, Alderson said she couldn’t point to any reason for his resurgence other than “a lovely spell” and the fact he’d regained his confidence.
He looked the very picture of confidence as he staved off Arkansaw Kid on Saturday, in a win which shot his earnings well past the AU$2 million mark.
He also set emotions flying for Alderson - the daughter of famed Cranbourne conditioner Colin - as she celebrated her first Group 1, and for the young rider she has so richly supported since his move across the Tasman.
“It means everything,” said Bates, also revelling in his first elite-level triumph.
“I remember before I even started riding, Cindy and I had a conversation and she said one of her greatest achievements would be to see me win a Group 1 and the comment at the end was that it would be even better if it was in her colours for the Alderson family, and we have done it.”
Bates, 24, has formed a dynamic partnership with Jigsaw, having ridden him in all four wins of his current streak after initially partnering him for the first-up fourth at Caulfield which preceded it.
“What a beautiful horse,” he said. “You wouldn’t think he was a seven-year-old gelding to come back like this and get better and better. Every day I rode him going this way [right-handed] and all the work that we have done with him I just grew in confidence.
“The plan was either to lead if it was there or if they were rolling along at a tempo where he was happy in his rhythm. When I gave him a squeeze and he ranged up to Alabama Lass, he grew with confidence and gave me an unbelievable kick.
“There are so many people to thank. I have got Mum and Dad here, my partner, my good mate Jake, and to do it for Cindy is just unreal.
“Coming here and racing on one of the best days here and taking out one of their bigger Group 1s in the Railway is just incredible
“It was like it was meant to be, to come back to where I grew up in New Zealand. Even his [Jigsaw] mother was from New Zealand. Coming here and racing on one of the best days here and taking out one of their bigger Group 1s in the Railway is just incredible.”
Six-time stakes winner Jigsaw is the third of four named foals for New Zealand-bred mare Demandz (Lonhro), a city winner on both sides of the Tasman, who was trained in Australia in partnership by Colin and Cindy Alderson.
Demandz’s second foal Queen Adele (Adelaide) was Listed placed, also for Cindy Alderson.
Cindy and mother Lynne now have Demandz’s yearling filly by Street Boss (Street Cry) who’s been named Labyrinth, and her filly foal by Cylinder (Exceed And Excel).
Jigsaw is among three stakes winners for Manhattan Rain this season, the other two being four-year-old gelding Sabaj, who took the Cranbourne Cup (Listed, 1600m), and the mare New York Lustre, who won the Begonia Belle Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Flemington on Derby Day.
The 19-year-old Manhattan Rain now has 21 stakes winners from 458 runners at 4.6 per cent, including three elite-level victors in Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) queen She Will Reign, Australasian Oaks (Gr 1, 2000m) heroine Benagil, and South African star Whisky Baron.
Manhattan Rain most recently stood for $6,050 at Geisel Park, where he’s covered 177 mares in the past four seasons since moving to WA, according to latest studbook figures.
Tuxedo (Tivaci) made up for a heartbreaking second on Ellerslie’s feature raceday last year and pushed his earnings into seven figures with a determined win in the NZ$1 million Aotearoa Classic (Gr 3, 1600m) on Saturday.
Ridden to perfection from a sticky gate nine of 16 by comeback jockey Opie Bosson, the Shaun Ritchie and Colin Murray-trained Tuxedo settled midfield one off the fence as the field strung out under a strong pace.
Bosson bided his time in the middle of the ruck, found clear air at the 300 metres, and his $8.50 chance settled into a beautiful rhythm to gradually mow down Andrew Forsman’s brave leader Hinekaha (Savabeel) and win by 0.3 lengths. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained visitor Knobelas (Belardo) took third, 0.7 lengths further away.
From humble beginnings, Tuxedo has now won five of his 12 starts including two Group 3s and a Group 2, the latter being last February’s Waikato Guineas (Gr 2, 2000m).
A son of former Waikato Stud stallion Tivaci (High Chaparral) - whose lack of success led to his exportation to China in September 2024 - Tuxedo was bought from Waikato’s draft for $70,000 at the Karaka sale in 2023 by co-owner Grant Barnett.
He now ranks second-best among Tivaci’s seven stakes winners from 277 runners, after Group 1 victor Never Been Kissed, and Saturday’s NZ$500,000 first prize took his earnings to NZ$1.04 million.
The win, which came with the benefit of newly added blinkers, also made up for Tuxedo’s one length second on the same day last year in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic behind the outstanding Damask Rose (Savabeel).
“He’s always shown us plenty of ability,” said co-trainer Ritchie. “I thought the blinkers would help a little bit.”
Ritchie paid tribute to Bosson, who returned to riding last August after only six months in retirement.
“You just don’t give Opie Bosson instructions on Karaka Million night,” he said. “I did just say one little thing - that when you go for him he’ll be a little reactive, because the blinkers will probably switch him on like they did in trackwork last week. But he’s one of the best, Opie, isn’t he?”
Tuxedo is named for his dam Ball Gown (O’Reilly), and has inspired his owners - and consequently his trainers - to stand out from the crowd in their formal dinner wear when he races.
“You just don’t give Opie Bosson instructions on Karaka Million night
“I’m delighted for my clients,” Richie said from behind his black bow tie. “They’ve been with us for years and years and they’ve put a lot of money in, and days like this is what it’s all about, so I’m thrilled for them all.
“They really get a kick out of it and they enjoy every moment of it. It’s a fantastic game to get people together and I’m glad to be a part of it myself.
“I just hope they don’t buy a filly and call it Mini Skirt, because I won’t look that flash.”
Ritchie said he’d “love to have a little crack at Australia” with Tuxedo, but was also considering running him in next month’s Otaki Mile (Gr 1, 1600m).
Bosson was full of praise for Tuxedo’s tenacity up the Ellerslie straight.
“All I needed was a split. Once we got out and balanced up he did the rest. When I came out, I thought I was a big chance and then he [Hinekaha] kicked again on the inside. To his [Tuxedo’s] credit, he stuck to his guns and kept going,” said Bosson, delighted with a major win to affirm his comeback decision.
“To get back in the saddle and to get another big one is great.”
Tuxedo is the first foal out of Ball Gown, whose Sydney city-winning dam Fancy Dress (Savabeel) is a half-sister to Group 2 winner Sports Illustrated (Fast ’N’ Famous).
Fourth dam Flying Floozie (Pompeii Court) is the dam of five-time, dual hemisphere Group 1 winner Starcraft (Soviet Star), and Forum Floozie (Danasinga), a Sydney Listed winner who was also three times placed at the top level.
Tuxedo is the only runner of three named foals for Ball Gown, whose son of Super Seth (Dundeel) will be offered by Waikato Stud as Lot 298 at the Karaka Yearling Sale on Monday.
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Coolmore first-season sire Acrobat (Fastnet Rock) registered his second individual winner when the Stephen Marsh-trained King Of The Air (2 g ex Lady Of The Falls by Sacred Falls) struck on debut over 1200 metres at New Plymouth on Saturday. Ridden by Jonathan Riddell, the gelding proved 2.7 lengths too strong for his four rivals, the closest of them being Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) filly In The Vineyard. Bred by his owners Arkle Bloodstock and Fethard Bloodstock, King Of The Air is the first foal out of Lady Of The Falls (Sacred Falls), who is a half-sister to 2021 Queensland Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) winner Kukeracha (Night Of Thunder) and Group 3 winner Cameo (Shamardal). The mare, a $55,000 purchase for Demi O’Byrne at the 2022 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, has since produced two full-siblings to King Of The Air. Acrobat stood for a fee of $11,000 (inc GST) in 2025.
Manhattan Rain (Encosta De Lago), Geisel Park Stud’s evergreen resident, scored his fourth individual top-flight winner when the Cindy Alderson-trained Jigsaw (7 g Manhattan Rain ex Demandz by Lonhro) took out Saturday’s Railway Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) at Ellerslie. Out of the three-time winner Demandz (Lonhro), Jigsaw is a half-brother to Listed-placed winner Queen Adele (Adelaide). Demandz herself is out of Listed winner Loaded Command (Commands) and this is the same family as Group 1-winning pair Mid Summer Music (Oamaru Force) and Stefi Magnetica (All Too Hard). Manhattan Rain covered 40 mares last season at a fee of $6,050 (inc GST).
Well-bred Belle Cheval (3 f ex Keepa Cheval by Keeper) advertised her credentials for the lucrative NZB Kiwi (1500m) when she landed Saturday’s Almanzor Trophy (Gr 3, 1200m) at Ellerslie and in the process provided Waikato’s marquee stallion Savabeel (Zabeel) with his 156th individual stakes winner. Trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, the three-year-old filly defeated Bulgari (Hello Youmzain) by 1.3 lengths. Drops Of God (Hello Youmzain) came home a further 0.2 lengths away in third. Bred by prominent racing identity David Archer, Belle Cheval is out of Keepa Cheval (Keeper), making her a half-sister to three-time Group 1 winner The Bostonian (Jimmy Choux) as well as Group 3 winner Cheval D’Or (Almanzor). Savabeel has 31 lots (after withdrawals) catalogued for Book 1 of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale.
In winning Saturday’s Almanzor Trophy at Ellerslie, Belle Cheval handed a timely update to her Almanzor (Wootton Bassett) half-brother who is set to be offered by Lansdowne Park at Book 1 of the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale on Monday. The colt is catalogued as Lot 500.
The victory would also have been welcomed by NZB Kiwi slot holder The King’s Men, who announced on Friday they had secured the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained filly as their representative for the $4 million Champions Day feature in March, and that choice was quickly vindicated.
“She is a very nice filly,” said winning jockey Craig Williams. “She was favourite for a reason and the fact that she was first-up over 1200 metres and she could utilise her barrier draw, she won untouched today.”
The lightly raced filly had three prior starts in the spring, culminating in her placing in the New Zealand 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Riccarton in November, and Walker believes that southern trip has proven to be the making of her.
“That’s why we love taking horses to Riccarton in the spring,” he said. “The trip down to Riccarton just made her. Mentally she was just a bit soft going down there but with that experience she has come back more mature, more experienced and she has got it all ahead of her.”
With the NZB Kiwi now firmly in their sights, Walker said Belle Cheval will likely be given one more start before the March 7 feature, before connections potentially look across the Tasman for further targets.
“The 1500 metres will be right up her alley,” Walker said. “Perhaps we will go to the Lisa Chittick at Matamata [on February 14] where she will have home track advantage.
“Lisa Chittick was a very special person to all the Te Akau crew and we would love to win that race.”
Westbury Stud-based sire El Roca (Fastnet Rock) sired his 13th individual stakes winner when the Australian raider Dream Roca (2 f ex Petrachor by Redwood) landed Saturday’s Karaka Millions 2YO (RL, 1200m) at Ellerslie. A NZ$75,000 pickup for Bloodstock Solutions from the draft of her breeder Westbury Stud at Book 2 of last year’s NZB Karaka Yearling Sale, Dream Roca is out of the five-time winning mare Petrachor (Redwood), who is half-sister to Listed-paced winner Niobe (Niello). El Roca stood the 2025 season for a fee of NZ$10,000 (plus GST).
The first leg of Savabeel’s Saturday stakes double was provided by the Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained Acer (3 f ex Sweet Treat by Ekraar) courtesy of her victory in the Oaks Prelude (Listed, 1800m) at New Plymouth. Providing the multiple champion stallion with his 155th individual stakes winner, the three-year-old filly bounced back from a ninth-placed finish in Listed Company earlier in the month to beat Te Akau’s She Suits Herself (Savile Row) by 0.1 lengths. Unbounded (Turn Me Loose) finished a further 4.1 lengths adrift in third. Passed in at the 2024 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale, Acer is out of Listed winner Sweet Treat (Ekraar), a half-sister to Listed-placed winner Ezra (Iffraaj), the dam of fellow stakes-placed scorer Ezdara (Scared Falls). Acer holds a nomination for the New Zealand Oaks (Gr 1, 2400m) at Ellerslie on February 21 and she is rated a $21 chance in the Classic.
In winning Saturday’s Taranaki Cup (Gr 3, 1800m) at New Plymouth, Knights Realm (6 g ex Qui Vivra Verra by Stravinsky) became the ninth individual stakes winner for Castledale (Peintre Celebre). The Clinton Isdale-trained six-year-old gelding stylishly pulled clear in the closing stages, crossing the line 7.1 lengths ahead of runner-up Enrico (El Roca), while Bridal Train (U S Navy Flag) finished a further 0.3 lengths further away in third. Knights Realm is out of placed mare Qui Vivra Verra (Stravinsky), making him a half-brother to three winners.
Telperion (Street Cry) was provided with his third individual stakes winner when the Barbara Kennedy-trained Pour The Wine (6 m ex Needlly by O’Reilly) landed Saturday’s Timaru Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Riccarton. The six-year-old mare defeated Betty Spaghetti (Stratum Star) by 2.2 lengths with Tomasina (Darci Brahma) finishing a further 0.2 lengths away in third. Pour The Wine is out of the stakes-placed winner Needlly (O’Reilly), making him a half-brother to Listed-placed winner Sorrento (Iffraaj). Needlly herself is a half-sister to stakes winner Tomorrowland (Fast ‘N’ Famous).
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Newgate Farm first-season stallion Profiteer sired his first winner when Star Of Jamaica (2 c ex Raziel by Per Incanto) broke his maiden over 1000 metres at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Ridden by Ryan Maloney for trainers Chris and Corey Munce, the colt struck at the second time of asking, scoring by 1.8 lengths over Cause She Can (Worthy Cause) with Harry’s Back (Bivouac) just 0.2 lengths further back in third. Bred by Spectrum Racing, Star Of Jamaica was a $85,000 purchase for his trainers out of the Alma Vale Thoroughbreds draft at the 2025 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale. He is the second foal and only one to race out of the Per Incanto (Street Cry) mare Raziel. Profiteer stood for $11,000 (inc GST) in 2025.
Darling View Thoroughbreds’ first-season sire Splintex (Snitzel) also got off the mark on Saturday courtesy of They'reallsisters (2 f ex River Hussy by Husson), who became the son of Snitzel’s (Redoute’s Choice) first winner when she broke her maiden in the Magic Millions Plate (1200m) at Ascot. Ridden by Lucy Fiore for David Harrison, the filly, who was defeated by Boy Crush (Manhattan Rain) on debut earlier this month, reversed the form with that colt to win by 0.4 lengths, with Sovereign Rock (Awesome Rock) another 3.9 lengths away in third. Bred by Ms M Ojapold, who retains an interest in the filly, They'reallsisters was a $90,000 purchase for Ryan Fuller at the 2025 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale. She is one of three winners out of the Husson (Hussonet) mare River Hussy, who herself is out of the Group 3-placed Mossriver (Mossman). Splintex stood for a fee of $7,700 (inc GST) in the spring.
Rubick (Encosta De Lago) notched his 16th individual stakes winner when Rubi’s Choice (2 f ex Redasun by Haradasun) lifted Saturday’s Blue Diamond Preview (F) (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield. Bred by Mr L Krongold, Rubi’s Choice is one of four winners out of the winning Haradasun (Fusaichi Pegasus) mare Redasun, also among them city winner Lincoln Square (Rubick). Having retired to Coolmore Stud and later transferred to Swettenham Stud, where he most recently stood for a fee of $27,500 in 2024, Rubick was sold to continue his stud career in China last year.
Yulong Stud sire Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) was supplied with his fifth individual stakes winner when Alibaba (2 c ex Rowsthorn by Written Tycoon) took out Saturday’s Blue Diamond Preview (C\&G) (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield. Bred by Yulong, Alibaba is out of the winning Written Tycoon (Iglesia) mare Rowsthorn and a brother to the stakes-placed Strideaway. Yulong will offer a yearling colt out of Rowsthorn by Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) at Inglis Easter as Lot 52. The mare produced another colt by Lucky Vega last spring and was then covered again by Alabama Express. The son of Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) covered 227 mares at Yulong Stud in the spring at a fee of $66,000 (inc GST).
Widden Stud’s reigning Australian champion sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) added a 76th individual stakes winner to his record with Space Rider’s (3 c ex Fuddle Dee Duddle by Red Ransom) bullish first-up victory in the Manfred Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Last seen finishing down the field in the Caulfield Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) in October, Space Rider overcame what co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr saw as a tricky barrier in ten to hold off challengers on either side in the Group 3, maintaining his perfect record fresh-up at three for three.
Sent out a $15 chance, the colt scored by a half-length over stablemate Job Done (Snitzel) who will now be spelled, with favourite Salty Pearl (Tagaloa) another half-length away in third.
The winner is set on a path towards the Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) at Flemington on February 28, for which he firmed into $15 (from $26) after Saturday’s win. Flemington’s CS Hayes Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) on February 14 looks the likely next target.
"Mick [Price, co-trainer] said not to get too far out of your ground because I wasn't to see him through the line," winning jockey Ethan Brown said.
"He bounced well and put himself there but he is a big colt who needs stimulation so I was happy to have him travelling with the tempo, even though we probably hit the front a bit soon.
"I just played around with him – one on the left, one on the right – just kept him thinking but when other horses got to him he pinned his ears back and wanted to win that race."
Price won the CS Hayes Stakes and the Australian Guineas with Grunt (O’Reilly) in 2016 before the partnership with Kent Jnr began.
Bred by Longwood Park, Space Rider is the second Group winner out of the Group 3-winning mare Fuddle Dee Duddle (Red Ransom) after his brother Brereton landed the Maribyrnong Plate (Gr 3, 1000m) in 2021. The mare is herself a half-sister to the Group 1-placed Gilgai Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) winner Hallowell Belle (Starcraft).
Space Rider was purchased by Mick Price Racing and Breeding Pty Ltd/TFI/Dermot Farrington Bloodstock for $500,000 at the 2024 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Zoustar, who enjoyed a race-to-race stakes double at Caulfield when Regal Zeus landed the John Dillon Stakes (Listed, 1400m), stood for an unchanged fee of $275,000 (inc GST) in 2025.
The John McArdle-trained Regal Zeus ((5 g Zoustar ex Quiet Kitten by Kitten's Joy)
added a third Listed win for the preparation with a determined display in the John Dillon
Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Winner of the Kilmore Cup (Listed, 1600m)
at the end of November and then the MRC Lord Stakes (Listed, 1600m) at Sandown-Lakeside on
Boxing Day, the five year-old led from the outset and was tenacious to the line, scoring by
0.2 lengths over Hughes (Russian Revolution) with Justadeel (Dundeel) another 0.8 lengths
away in third. A $150,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Regal Bloodstock, Blue Grass (FBAA) and
Redgum Racing from the Edinburgh Park draft, Regal Zeus was bred by Ian Smith and is the
best of two winners out of the Group 3-placed Quiet Kitten (Kitten's Joy), from the family
of Group 2 winner Glenfiddich (Fastnet Rock) and stakes winner Eleven Eleven (Fastnet Rock).
Quiet Kitten sold to Kingstar Farm for $120,000 out of the Edinburgh Park Dispersal at Magic
Millions National in 2023. Kingstar sold a Zoustar colt out of the mare at last year’s
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for $200,000 and after missing in 2023, she was then covered by
Zoustar’s Group 1-winning son Ozzmosis and produced a three-quarter brother to Regal Zeus
before going back to Ozzmosis last spring.
The Matt Smith-trained Way To The Stars (7 g Reward For Effort ex Writteninthestars by Written Tycoon) added a second stakes win to his record and thrust himself into the picture for next month’s Oakleigh Plate (Gr 1, 1000m) when he landed Saturday’s WJ Adams Stakes (Listed, 1000m) at Caulfield. Last seen finishing second in the Bribie Quality (Listed, 1000m) at Eagle Farm on December 13, the gelding defeated Oak Hill (Per Incanto) by 0.8 lengths with another 0.1 lengths back to Geegees Mistruth (Wordsmith) in third. “He ran a blinder last start in a strong race – the key to today was just getting him out the gates. Once he bounced, I was never going to hand up the lead,” winning jockey Ethan Brown said. “He’s a horse with sustained speed, we used that, that’s his main asset, and he pulled away late – it was a good win. He’s got the speed, and he’ll drop down in the weights, so he’ll be well-placed in an Oakleigh Plate.” Way To The Stars’s previous stakes win came in November’s Century Stakes (Listed, 1000m). The Oakleigh Plate will be contested at Caulfield on February 21.
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Taken (Ardrossan) recorded his sixth win from 12 career starts with another impressive performance in a Benchmark 1000 (1700m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred gelding made a big impression with his progress through the grades last year, stringing together five consecutive victories at Pakenham on April 24, Sandown on May 24, Flemington on June 7, Flemington on June 21 and Caulfield on November 15. That winning sequence came to an end when he was unplaced in the Supernova (1400m) at Pakenham on December 13, but Taken bounced back to form in style on Saturday, beating Merrigold (Gold Standard) by a length. “We were a bit perplexed after his performance in the Supernova,” Price and Kent’s racing manager Tom Sheahan said. “We ran over him with the vet and nothing was amiss. He’d run really well fresh before that, and it’s possible he was just a little bit dull second-up. We did also throw him in at the deep end. We just took stock after that, gave him a nice tick-over trial in between, and as you saw today, he’s back up and firing. The race worked out perfectly. We had him dual-accepted in Sydney as well, but this race came up light in numbers. The map looked super. We thought we’d be able to sit outside the lead, travel and win. The 1700 metres is a new box that he’s just ticked today, so that might open up a few more doors for him going forward.”
The Bjorn Baker-trained Sandpaper (6 g Snitzel - Smooth by Lonhro) snapped a losing streak that stretched back to April with an impressive score in Saturday’s Carrington Stakes (Listed, 1400m) at Randwick. Partnered by Nash Rawiller, the six-year-old defeated his stablemate Thunderlips (Zoustar) by 0.5 lengths with a further 0.4 lengths back to Matcha Latte (Maurice) in third. The winner was lining up off the back of a midfield effort in The Buffering (1400m) at Eagle Farm earlier in the month and Baker's racing manager, Luke Hilton, said connections had taken positives from that effort. "He was really tough in Brisbane. He never got any peace. They were three-wide attacking him the whole way and I thought he held his own and boxed on really well. Bjorn just gave him that bit of extra time between runs when he came back, and he looked fantastic in the yard. His work during the week was super and Nash gets on with him well."
Michael Freedman looks to have another star two-year-old in his arsenal in the shape of Satin Summer (Written Tycoon) who made a brilliant debut in a 1000-metre contest at Randwick on Saturday. The Belinda Bateman-homebred signalled she was a filly to follow with a comfortable trial win at Rosehill on January 2 and she delivered on that promise with a 1.4-length defeat of Zambales (Pinatubo). Ciaron’s Star (I Am Invincible) finished a further 0.7 lengths adrift in third. Freedman said Satin Summer would now be given the opportunity to add black type to her record. "I think she is a filly going places," the winning trainer said. "We'd be keen to try to get some black type somewhere. As long as she pulls up alright we'll have a think about it, but one of those fillies races [in Sydney] might be a nice option or going to Melbourne for one of the fillies' Diamond Preludes in two weeks' time." Satin Summer hails from a family stacked in juvenile precocity. She is out of Group 2-winning juvenile Satin Shoes (Flying Spur), the dam of Gimcrack Stakes (Listed, 1000m) winner Satin Slipper (Pierro), who in turn produced another stakes-winning two-year-old in I Am Unstoppable (I Am Invincible).
Gatsby’s (Snitzel), who had enough talent to win a Rosebud (Listed, 1100m) as a three-year-old, got his career back on track with a victory in a Benchmark 78 (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday. Having a second start for his new trainer Joe Pride, Gatsby’s began his career with Chris Waller and he pulled away to beat Bundeena (Spirit Of Boom) by 0.9 lengths with Uzziah (Outreach) finishing a close-up third. "I came here today reasonably confident because I thought the first-up run had a lot of merit from a wide gate," Pride said. "There is a decent amount of improvement to come. He's a horse who has got a pretty good record still. He has run around in some good races. It wasn't a matter of finding out if he had any ability, it was just a matter of recapturing that. It was a good result." The trainer said he would now look for another similar target. "It was just a matter of, has he got the desire anymore? And I liked the way he was challenged in that last hundred metres or so and he fought on really well," Pride continued. “I think he's a horse who hasn't fulfilled his potential yet, so hopefully we can get a few more wins."
The Shaun Dwyer-trained Anemacore (6 g ex Saintly Ripa by Rip Van Winkle) scored his first stakes win in Saturday’s Sunshine Coast Cup (Listed, 1400m) and in doing so provided Unusual Suspect (Unusual Heat) with his second individual stakes winner. The gelding stayed on strongly to beat Pereille (Fastnet Rock) by 1.2 lengths, while Chief Witness (Star Witness) finished a further 0.3 lengths away in third. Anemacore is out of the winning mare Saintly Ripa, who is a daughter of New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Saint Cecile (Pompeii Court). Unusual Suspect stood at Letham Stud and was withdrawn from public stud duties in 2024.
Sessions (Lonhro), a resident at Oakland Park Stud in Western Australia, chalked up his ninth individual stakes winner when the Justine Erkelens-trained Jaz Session (5 m ex Jaz Me Up by War Chant) won Saturday’s Scenic Blast Stakes (Listed, 1200m) at Ascot. The five-year-old mare was having her third consecutive start in stakes company and she finally added winning black type to her record with a length win over Ice Pick Nick (Frosted). Cut The Talk (Oratorio) finished third, another 0.4 lengths away. Sessions stood the 2025 season for $9,900 (inc GST) and covered 45 mares.
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The consistent Opera Ballo (4 c ex Dubai Opera by Invincible Spirit) proved to be too smart for his five rivals in Friday’s Jebal Hatta (Gr 1, 1800m) at Meydan, notching his sixth win in eight starts and in the process providing former Darley shuttler Ghaiyyath (Dubawi) with his second elite-level winner. Ridden by William Buick for Charlie Appleby, the Godolphin-raced colt ran out a two and a half length winner over Silawai (Dubawi) with Holloway Boy (Ulysses) another length and a quarter away in third. Bred by Ecurie De Cachene, Opera Ballo was a €600,000 purchase for connections at Arqana’s Deauville August Yearling Sale. He is the second foal out of Dubai Opera (Invincible Spirit), who herself is a sister to the Group 3 winner Lockwood. Ghaiyyath, who shuttled to Australia for four seasons, now resides full-time at Kildangan Stud in Ireland, where he will stand the upcoming northern hemisphere breeding season for a fee of €20,000 (approx. AU$34,300).
Taylor Made stallion Not This Time (Giant’s Causeway) sired his 69th individual stakes winner courtesy of the success by Six Speed (3 c ex Browse by Medaglia D’Oro) in Friday’s UAE 2,000 Guineas (Gr 3, 1600m) at Meydan. The Bhupat Seemar-trained colt made virtually all the running to beat favourite Devon Island (Practical Joke) by five lengths with Union Security (Maximum Security) another quarter of a length away in third. Bought by current connections for 220,000gns at last year’s Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up, Six Speed is out of the winning Medaglia D’Oro (El Prado) mare Browse, who herself is a half-sister to the Grade 1 winner Imagining (Giant’s Causeway). Not This Time will stand the upcoming northern hemisphere breeding season for a fee of US$250,000 (approx. AU$362,580).
Sunway (5 g Galiway - Kensea by Kendargent) snapped a losing run stretching back to his victory in the 2023 Criterium International (Gr 1, 1600m) when just doing enough to take out the Al Khail Trophy (Gr 3, 2800m) at Meydan on Friday. The David Menusier-trained gelding was sent into a clear lead over 200 metres from home and had just enough in reserve to see off Epic Poet (Lope De Vega) by a half-length. Favourite Meydaan (Frankel) finished a length and a quarter further away in third.
Alexis Badel is looking forward to being reunited with My Wish (Flying Artie) when he gets back on board the Mark Newnham-trained five-year-old in Sunday’s Stewards Cup (Gr 1, 1600m) at Sha Tin. Badel believes the gelding, drawn in gate two, has progressed since the last time he deputised – in October’s Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (Gr 2, 1600m) – and that last season’s Classic Mile (Listed 1600m) winner could bounce back to form after a disappointing effort when beaten favourite in the Hong Kong Mile (Gr 1, 1600m) over the same course and distance last month. “It’s a horse that we know is very talented, and is certainly a better, bigger horse than it used to be,” Badel said. “I rode him one time, and it was a victory, so he left me with a very good feeling. I’m excited to ride him again. His preparation seems good. He looks in very good shape. I would say he’s got a pretty good gate on the day, and it’s interesting to see how he’s gonna go. It’s the highest level of racing in Hong Kong. It is very competitive but I think everything is going smoothly for the horse, so it’ll have its chance.”
Sunday’s Centenary Sprint Cup (Gr 1, 1200m) at Sha Tin looms as a potential factor in deciding the future campaign of Fast Network (Wrote), who clashes again with the reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Ka Ying Rising (Shamexpress) in the first leg of the Hong Kong Speed Series. Third behind Ka Ying Rising in last month’s Hong Kong Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m), the Dennis Yip-trained Fast Network has been entered for the Al Quoz Sprint (Gr 1, 1200m) in Dubai on March 28. “We will decide after his run this Sunday,” Yip said. “In fact, we haven’t received an invitation yet and therefore our focus will be on the Centenary Sprint Cup first.” Yip expects Fast Network will have another forward showing this Sunday. After his third in the Hong Kong Sprint, the now five-year-old has spent most of his time in Conghua. “He likes Conghua a lot,” Yip said. “All along he had been taken care of very well by my assistant. This horse doesn’t need a lot of work. All I needed to do was give him an easy trial and he would be very happy. He has been kept fresh in Conghua and is ready for another challenge with Ka Ying Rising.”
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Mary-Jo Jackson
ANZ News
Rubi’s Choice (Rubick) delivered one of the more unexpected results among the juvenile ranks this season when she claimed the Blue Diamond Fillies’ Preview (Gr 3, 1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday, scoring on debut for Greg Eurell.
Sent out at $26 in a race dominated by more experienced fillies, the daughter of Rubick (Encosta De Lago) was quietly ridden by Beau Mertens, tracking the speed and travelling comfortably before being brought to the outside upon straightening.
2yo: (30Sep23 ch f)
Trainer: Greg Eurell
Owner: L M Krongold, P A C Schultz Et Al
Sire: Rubick
Dam: Redasun
Dam's Sire: Haradasun
The debutante showed a good turn of foot to reel in the leaders by the 100 metres and extended further to score by 0.8 lengths over fellow first-starter I Am Aria (I Am Invincible), with Gin Twist (Home Affairs) just another 0.1 lengths behind in third. The winning time of 58.38 seconds was faster than the colts’ preview run earlier on the card.
Eurell said that Rubi’s Choice – despite having entered the race off jump-outs and without a nomination for next month’s Blue Diamond Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) – had shown enough at home to warrant stepping her out at stakes level.
“She couldn’t have led into this better than she did – I felt she was super well and we were going to get a really good guide on where she sits,” Eurell said.
Connections now face a late entry fee should they elect to continue down the Blue Diamond path. The Blue Diamond Prelude (Gr 2, 1100m) for fillies comes up at Caulfield on February 7.
“She’s not nominated for the Diamond at this point, but if she pulls up well the natural progression will be the Prelude, and then we’ll take it from there,” Eurell said. “It’ll be something that will be very comfortable to sit down and have a good think about.”
“She’s not nominated for the Diamond at this point, but if she pulls up well the natural progression will be the Prelude
Out of the winning Haradasun (Fusaichi Pegasus) mare Redasun, Rubi’s Choice comes from a family Eurell knows well, having trained the mare and all of her progeny, including city winner Lincoln Square (Rubick).
“Oh, tremendous, mare,” he said. “I mean, everything out of her just keeps winning, no matter who she goes to and we had another two-year-old, Lincoln Square, who was a full-brother to this filly and that recipe worked. So it was the right decision to go back and it's worked again.”
For Mertens, the win continued a strong return to riding after a farm accident that sidelined him last weekend.
“It was a pretty serious wound to the face…they could’ve fixed me up a bit more than they did,” Mertens joked. “I didn’t want to be out too long knowing there were good horses around. It’s a pleasure to get straight back into it with some good winners.”
The race did not go to plan for heavy favourite Angel’s Fury (Harry Angel), who weakened sharply to finish last of the nine runners, beaten almost 17 lengths.
Jockey Ethan Brown said the Ciaron Maher-trained filly never regained her confidence after an early mishap.
“She may have lost a bit of confidence when she stumbled; she never regathered her action,” Brown said. “She’s much better than that, and hopefully she comes through the run okay.”
Veterinary examination later revealed Angel’s Fury to be lame in the left fore.
With Saturday’s win, Rubi’s Choice became the 16th individual stakes winner for her sire Rubick. The former Coolmore and later Swettenham Stud stallion was sold to continue his stud career in China last year.
Alibaba (Alabama Express) provided a further twist to the Blue Diamond picture when he claimed Saturday’s Blue Diamond Preview (Listed, 1000m) for colts and geldings at Caulfield, delivering another result that left connections weighing up their next move.
Prepared by father-and-daughter training team Ken and Kasey Keys, the Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) colt – like fillies’ Preview winner Rubi’s Choice – was not entered for the Blue Diamond Stakes prior to Saturday, meaning a $55,000 late nomination fee would be required should connections elect to stay on that path.
Sent out a $3.20 chance with race experience on his side after finishing third in the Merson Cooper Stakes (Listed, 1000m) in November, Alibaba travelled strongly into the race under Craig Newitt and hit the front at the 200 metres.
The colt laid in under pressure, causing interference to Invicto (I Am Invincible) and High Alert (Street Boss), but was strong enough through the line to prevail by 0.4 lengths over Milsons Point (Blue Point), whose Ciaron Maher-trained stablemate Invicto, finished a further 0.2 lengths back in third. The unlucky High Alert worked home into fourth, beaten 0.85 lengths by the winner.
Kasey Keys said the colt’s maturity has been evident throughout the preparation.
“He has really settled down this prep,” Keys said. “He wasn't the easiest early on but he has been gaining confidence every day. We've always known that he has the motor but it has just been a matter of him putting it together.”
“We've always known that he has the motor but it has just been a matter of him putting it together
Newitt said Alibaba handled the occasion well, while suggesting there is still improvement to come.
“He handled everything like an absolute professional,” the winning rider said. “He began well and once he got a half-length in front he wandered around a little bit but next time I think if we ride him a bit more conservative then you'll see his big finish.”
Purchased for $115,000 by his trainers at the 2025 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, the $2 million Inglis Millennium (RL, 1100m) at Randwick on February 7 presents a viable alternative for Alibaba should his connections decide not to pay the Blue Diamond late entry fee.
“We'll wait and see how he pulls up,” Keys said. “Obviously, with a two-year-old, you can't make too many plans ahead and it's one race at a time, but ideally there's the option of heading up to Sydney to the Millennium in a fortnight. So we'll just keep our options open and let him tell us.”
Bred by Yulong, Alibaba is out of the winning Written Tycoon (Iglesia) mare Rowsthorn and is a brother to the stakes-placed Strideaway. Yulong will offer the yearling colt out of Rowsthorn by Lucky Vega (Lope De Vega) at Inglis Easter as Lot 52.
Rowsthorn produced another colt by Lucky Vega last spring and was then covered again by Alabama Express, who notched his fifth individual stakes winner courtesy of Alibaba’s Caulfield success. The son of Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) covered 227 mares at Yulong Stud in the spring at a fee of $66,000 (inc GST).
Sale feature
Lloyd Jackson
ANZ News
The third and final installment of Lloyd Jackson’s series to mark a century of selling for New Zealand’s auction house
Through until 1990 the history of the National Yearling Sale, the leading sires, especially by average, had a profound influence on vendor statistics. Kotatanui Stud’s Limond (Desmond) was the most popular at the early sales and Beau Pere (Son-In-Law) was prominent in the late 1930s, but only stood in New Zealand for three seasons, yet made a huge impact as twice Champion Sire. He was sold to Australia where he was Champion Sire three times and later sold again to stand in California.
Trelawney Stud’s Foxbridge (Foxlaw) was the clear sales leader until 1950 as he racked up 11 successive New Zealand Champion Sire titles. As a broodmare sire he added a further 11 titles, such was his impact on the racing scene as well as the breeding scene.
In relation to the National Yearling Sales, Ra Ora Stud’s Gabador (Pharis) was the leading sire by average three times during the mid 1950s. The next sire to lead the averages multiple times was Kinross Stud’s Summertime (Precipitation) with four in succession. Between 1967 and 1976 Trelawney Stud was again prominent due to six titles by Alcimedes (Alycidon).
Te Parae Stud’s Oncidium (Alcide) led back-to-back in 1974 and 1975, then returned again in 1977 when his last crop averaged four times the overall sale average.
Phenomenal sire Zephyr Bay (Biscay) suffered fertility issues so his stock were rare meaning that buyers were extra keen to secure one his yearlings. With so few, this led to his topping the sire average in 1978, 1980 and 1982, his run interrupted by Zamazaan (Exbury) in 1979 and by Sovereign Edition (Sovereign Path) in 1981.
From 1983 through to 1995 saw the complete and utter domination by Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor). Within that period Imposing (Todman) headed him twice (1983 and 1984) while Australian-based Bletchingly (Biscay) was the leader in 1991 and 1993. From that point is when the sire industry changed dramatically as shuttle stallions and transporting yearlings from one country to another became commonplace.
Despite the fact that Sir Tristram’s son Zabeel sired ten lots that fetched $1 million or more, Zabeel topped the average just once, in 2011. Zabeel still holds the record as sire of the most expensive lot ever sold at the National Sale. Don Eduardo (Zabeel), the Group 1 Australian Derby winner, fetched $3.6 million at the 2000 sale. Zabeel had large numbers of yearlings through the ring making it practically impossible to match high-profile sires such as Danehill (Danzig) and Redoute’s Choice (Danehill) who may have been represented by as few as three lots.
Danehill led from 1997 until 2005 and he was superseded by his son Redoute’s Choice from 2006 until 2010. High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells) led in 2013 but since 2014, except for 2021, every average was led by Australian-based sires.
Fastnet Rock (Danehill) was successful from 2013 to 2015. Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice) and I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) took turns in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 followed by American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) in 2020.
Waikato Stud’s Savabeel (Zabeel) suffered a similar fate to Zabeel, scoring the leader by average title just once, in 2021. The last four years the topping of the averages went to The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice), Pierro (Lonhro), Snitzel and Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj).
One fantastic statistic deserves exposure. Sir Tristram sired 130 stakes winners in his astonishing career. Zabeel surpassed his sire with 166 individual stakes winners while Zabeel’s son Savabeel has reached a total of 154 stakes winners. New Zealand has never seen such a successful continuation of lineage. It is happening before our eyes.
Every yearling has a sire and a dam and a number of dams made significant contributions to the National Sale. From the Best Performers catalogue, three mares foaled two Best Performers each.
Expense (Paper Money) left the outstanding Defaulter (Defoe), the winner of 22 of his 28 starts. Defaulter was named due to a hitch in the bidding at the 1937 sale. The colt was knocked down for 170gns but the buyer reneged, suggesting to the auctioneer that his bid was 165gns. The auctioneer shook his head and put Defaulter back on the market. His premier wins were the Great Northern Derby and in the same season, the Wellington Cup. Defaulter was never beaten at weight-for-age. From the 1942 sale emerged Expanse (Bulanshar) who, like his half-brother landed the Great Northern Derby and later in his career, the Group 1 Auckland Cup.
Otetanui, like Expense, a daughter of Paper Money (Greenback), produced two Best Performers which were sold at consecutive sales in 1944 and 1945. Bruce (Royal Chief) won 11 times in his native New Zealand but saved his best effort for Sydney when taking out the Group 1 Cumberland Stakes, a race now run as the Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Also by Royal Chief (Chief Ruler), Bruce’s brother Royal Tan was successful in the Group 2 New Zealand Derby and as a five-year-old, the Group 1 Wellington Cup, two of his 11 career wins.
Nereid (Neptune), herself a graduate of the 1947 National Sale, produced the 1952 sale’s Best Performer, Fox Myth (Foxbridge) who caused a boilover in the Great Northern Derby at 50-1. As a five-year-old he added the Wellington Cup in a career of ten wins. His half-brother, Best Performer Sometime (Summertime), was the first purchase by Bart Cummings, from the 1960 National Sale. Cummings trained him to win 22 races including the Group 1 Caulfield Cup and the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes. In 1964 Cummings went back to the well and purchased the great Galilee (Alcimedes) whose dam Galston (Balloch) was a half-sister to Fox Myth and Sometime.
Thoroughbred families also made their mark throughout the National Sale’s history. Early sales saw highly sought-after yearlings from the great matriarch and New Zealand Hall of Fame inductee Eulogy (Cicero), The same was true of her daughters and granddaughters. The Bart Cummings-trained Red Handed (Le Filou), winner of the 1967 Melbourne Cup and a graduate of the 1964 sale, is a direct descendant of Eulogy. Hong Kong star Beauty Generation (Road To Rock) who is also a direct descendant of Eulogy.
Sunbride (Tai-Yang), the dam of three Group 1 winners, including 1954 Best Performer Straight Draw (Faux Tirage), also foaled high-class runners Ilumquh (Sabaean) and General Command (Agricola). As well as two New Zealand Broodmare of the Year titles, Sunbride was also inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. She was at the centre of high-profile sales including the sale-topper in 1963. Sunbride’s daughter Bridesmaid (Agricola) foaled Gold Pulse (Oncidium), the first lot to sell for $100,000 in New Zealand, at the 1974 sale.
However, more recently, combining champions on the track and some of the highest prices through the ring, the family that stands out is that of Eight Carat (Pieces Of Eight), another New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inductee and three times awarded the New Zealand Broodmare of the Year title. The only mares inducted in the New Racing Hall of Fame are Eulogy, Sunbride and Eight Carat.
Five lots to sell for at least $1 million are direct descendants of Eight Carat, of which four topped the sale. The Best Performer from the 1994 sale, Octagonal (Zabeel), is a son. The all-time sales record holder, sold for $3.6 million in 2000, Don Eduardo (Zabeel), is a grandson. Antwerp (Sir Tristram), who topped the sale in 1990, is also a grandson. Re track results, Eight Carat foaled five Group 1 winners, namely: Diamond Lover (Sticks and Stones), Kaapstad (Sir Tristram), Marquise (Gold and Ivory), Octagonal and Mouawad (Zabeel).
Another family to have a major impact on the sales is the “Belle” family, established by James and Annie Sarten during the late 1930s when they bred Belle Fox (Foxbridge). In the intervening years the family has produced 125 stakes winners, including 27 Group 1 winners. A recent headline-grabber is Anamoe (Street Boss), a nine-time Group 1 winner whose first crop wowed last week’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
Also quite recent is Melody Belle (Commands), the Best Performer from the 2016 National Sale. Bred by the Sartens’ daughter Marie Leicester, Melody Belle recorded an astonishing 14 Group 1s. Two Golden Slipper Stakes winners, Belle Du Jour (Dehere) and Dance Hero (Danzero), are members of the amazing Belle family.
The all-important sales catalogue has been presented in several formats. Until 1940 each lot was assigned its own page including a grid pedigree followed by a list of relatives and their brief race records. A paper shortage due to World War II rationing resulted in two lots per page, the pedigrees written in essay style, a format which remained in place until 1969.
Selling changed markedly in 1964 with the introduction of a system proposed by Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey Finney at the 1963 NZTBA annual general meeting. Instead of selling by drafts the catalogue order was determined alphabetically according to each lot’s dam. This solved the problem of one day being stronger than another as all lots were treated equally. The letter "F" was drawn for 1964 and would advance five letters to "K" for 1965, and so on.
Major changes were instituted in 1970 for the first truly select sale. A panel of five were responsible for the final catalogue comprising 443 of 678 lots nominated. Each catalogue page featured the American-style tabulated stakes (black type) system.
Before compilation could start for the new format Pat O’Brien had to research 50 years of race results to find the major or principal races which qualified as stakes or black-type races. It is believed that New Zealand was the first country outside of North America to adopt this now universal format which is largely unchanged except that in 1982 the page size grew with the inclusion of a seven-line sire reference.
2026 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Margins: 0.8 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:9.549 (last 600m)
Betting: $8.00, $7.00, $7.50
Then followed: Tardelli (AUS), Platinum Attack (AUS), Sterling Express (NZ), Alabama Lass (AUS), Ardalio (NZ), Sacred Satono (NZ), Espionage (AUS), Reward Smile (GB), Master Fay (AUS), Crocetti (NZ), last.
1st dam: DEMANDZ, by Lonhro. 3 wins at 1200m, 1400m, ARC Lindauer Spec H., MRC Bushnell Outdoor Products H., 2d ARC Coca-Cola H., 3d MRC (Mornington) Community Real Estate H. Dam of-
2016 g. Zee Hoarder, by Zebedee. Winner at 1200m in Aust.2017
Queen Adele (f by Adelaide). 2 wins at 1500m, 2050m,
A$102,490, 2d Tasmanian Oaks, L, 3d MRC Ladbrokes Money Back Odds H.,
Ladbrokes Blended Bets H.2018 JIGSAW (g by Manhattan Rain).
13 wins-2 at 2-to 1200m, NZ$402,500, A$1,805,000, to 2025-26, Auckland TR
Railway S., Gr.1, MVRC Australia S., Gr.2, Ian McEwen
S., Gr.2, MRC Christmas S., L, Doveton S.,
L, MRC (Mornington) Hareeba S., L, MRC Unleash Your Neds
Toolbox 2YO H., Southside Racing The Meteorite, Cranbourne TC Apache Cat Classic H., MRC
Take it to the Neds Level H., Southside Racing Apache Cat Classic, 2d MVRC Mitchell
McKenzie S., L, 3d BRC Moreton Cup, Gr.2, MRC Blue
Diamond Prelude (c&g), Gr.3, VOBIS Gold Sprint, MVRC Mia Kleer Hand
Sanitiser 2YO H.
2020 c. by Tosen Stardom. Died.
2021 f. Lumosity, by Foxwedge.
Placed at 3 in 2024-25 in Aust.
2022 foal by Brutal. Dead.
2024 f. Labyrinth, by
Street Boss.
2025 f. by Cylinder.
Margins: 1.3 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:10.79 (last 600m)
Betting: $4.80, $61.00, $4.50
Then followed: Places to Be (NZ), To Cap it All (AUS), Landlock (AUS), L'Aigle Noir (NZ), To Bravery Born (NZ), Lucy in the Sky (NZ), Confesara (AUS), Zorero (NZ), Cosmopolitan (NZ), King's English (AUS), Cream Tart (NZ), last.
1st dam: KEEPA CHEVAL, by Keeper. Winner at 1200m in NZ. Dam of-
2012 f. Vitesse, by Makfi. Winner at 1600m, 2d ARC Te Akau Racing H. Dam
of-KOVALICA (Ocean Park) 7 wins from 1600m to 2400m,
A$4,379,250, to 2024-25, BRC Queensland Derby, Gr.1, The Q22,
Gr.2, Queensland Guineas, Gr.2, Grand Prix S.,
Gr.3, R&W Ascot Eagle Way H., ATC Vinery Stallions H., 2d ATC Epsom
H., Gr.1, Hill S., Gr.2, 3d BRC Doomben Cup,
Gr.1-twice, ATC Tramway S., Gr.2, SCTC AD Hollindale S.,
Gr.2-twice, ATC Craven P., Gr.3, South Pacific Classic,
L, 4th ATC Epsom H., Gr.1, Hill S.,
Gr.2, Liverpool City Cup, Gr.3.Rapid Cheval.
2 wins at 1400m, 1800m, A$83,500, to 2025-26, BRC Gibson P., 2d MRC
Evergreen Turf H., 3d GCTC Amalgamated Group H.
2013 g. Chaussure, by Jimmy Choux.
2 wins at 1400m, 1550m, A$91,475, ATC Schweppes H., TAB P.2014
(THE) BOSTONIAN (g by Jimmy Choux). 10 wins-2 at 2-from
1100m to 1600m, NZ$162,625, A$1,687,786, ATC Canterbury S., Gr.1, BRC
Doomben Ten Thousand S., Gr.1, Kingsford-Smith Cup,
Gr.1, Sunshine Coast Guineas, Gr.3, Hawkes Bay El Roca
Sprint H., L, Counties Bowl H., L, SCTC Daybreak Lover
P., L, Qld Tatt's RC Singapore Airlines P., Hawkes Bay Fasttrack
Insurance 2YO S., 2d ATC George Ryder S., Gr.1, Waikato Sprint,
Gr.1, Hawke's Bay Guineas, Gr.2, 3d MRC Schillaci S.,
Gr.2.
2015 f. by Shamexpress. Died.
2016 g. Lake Tai, by Makfi.
5 wins from 1300m to 1600m, A$182,855, MRC Bert Bryant H.
2017 f.
Queen Sarabi, by Rip Van Winkle. 4 wins from 1600m to 2400m, NZ$100,060,
Waikato TR Ocean Park H., Marsh Racing H., Waikato RC John Young Family H., 3d Waikato TR
Dunstan Horsefeeds H.
2018 g. Keepa Raaj, by Iffraaj. Winner at
1500m in Aust.2019 CHEVAL D'OR (f by Almanzor).
Winner at 2100m, NZ$91,970, A$8,400, Auckland TR Championship S.,
Gr.3, 2d Waikato RC Tab NZ S., 3d Manawatu Classic,
Gr.3, Auckland TR Royal Descent S., 4th Waikato RC Sunline Vase,
Gr.3.
2020 f. Don't Tell Peggy, by Ocean Park. Raced 3 times.2022
BELLE CHEVAL (f by Savabeel). 2 wins at 1200m, 1400m,
NZ$216,665, in 2025-26, Auckland TR Almanzor Trophy, Gr.3, 3d New Zealand
One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1.
2023 f. by Tivaci.
2024 c. by
Almanzor.
Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.7 lens. Time: 1:36.06 (last 600m)
Betting: $8.50, $7.00, $4.00
Then followed: She's a Dealer (AUS), Checkmate (NZ), Moxie (AUS), Smart Love (NZ), Silver Wedding (AUS), Yaldi (NZ), Dealt With (NZ), Sneak Peek (NZ), Super Photon (NZ), Midnight Edition (NZ), Inside Out (NZ), Vegas Queen (NZ), Golden Wings (NZ), last.
1st dam: BALL GOWN, by O'Reilly. Placed in NZ. Dam of-2021 TUXEDO (g by Tivaci). 5 wins from 1400m to 2000m, NZ$1,037,235, to 2025-26, Waikato Guineas, Gr.2, Auckland TR Aotearoa Classic, Gr.3, Levin RC Wellington S., Gr.3, Whangarei RC Hello Youmzain H., 2d Waikato TR J Swap Sprint, Gr.3, Auckland TR Karaka Million 3YO Classic, RL, Horizon by Skycity S.
2022 f. Formal, by Tivaci. Unraced.
2023 f. Dressedfor Success, by Super Seth.
Unraced.
2024 c. by Super Seth.
Margins: 0.8 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 0:58.38 (last 600m)
Betting: $26.00, $17.00, $16.00
Then followed: Ghana's Akan (AUS), Streisand (AUS), Leopard Shark (AUS), Queen's English (AUS), Explosive Magic (AUS), Angels Fury (AUS), last.
1st dam: REDASUN, by Haradasun. 3 wins at 1300m, 1600m, A$90,870, MRC Sportius Global Events H., Schweppes H., Selangor Turf Club H., 2d MRC Premier Signs H., Pakenham RC P&K Visser Colourbond Fencing H. Dam of-
2017 f. Redadoo, by Toronado. Unraced.
2018 g. Teser, by Reset.
2 wins at 1200m, 1600m, A$130,550, 2d MRC Ive H., Sportsbet H., Tile
Importer H., 3d MRC Stow Storage Solutions H., Sportsbet H.
2019 g. Lincoln Square,
by Rubick. Winner at 2, A$110,175, MRC Thomas North 2YO H., 3d MVRC
Aspect Kitchens P., VRC Member James Matthies H., 4th MRC Gothic S.,
L.
2020 g. Red Galaxy, by Stratum Star. 3 wins to
1400m, A$133,500, to 2024-25, MRC Sportsbet Nobody Does it Easier P., 2d MRC Senet
Gambling Law Experts H., 3d VRC Rod Johnson H., Geelong RC Elegance Tiles H.
2021 g.
Redadel, by Adelaide. Placed to 2025-26 in Aust.2023 RUBI'S CHOICE (f by
Rubick). Winner at 2, A$150,750, in 2025-26, MRC Blue Diamond Preview
(f), Gr.3.
2024 f. by King's Legacy.
2025 f. by King's Legacy.
Margins: 7.1 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:55.87 (last 600m)
Betting: $5.50, $8.50, $2.40
Then followed: Nancy She Wrote (NZ), Herbert (NZ), Rusty Lane (NZ), Doddle (NZ), Semper Magico (NZ), last.
1st dam: QUI VIVRA VERRA, by Stravinsky. Placed in NZ. Dam of-
2011 f. Louisette's Dream, by Guillotine. Raced twice.
2012 g. Flash Suggestion, by
Any Suggestion. 3 wins at 1200m in NZ.
2013 f. Quetee Shoes, by
Jimmy Choux. Winner at 1300m in Aust. Dam of-Choux Shoe.
2 wins at 1400m, 1500m in 2024-25, WATC Schweppes H., 3d WATC Drummond
Golf H.Lunar Shoes. 2 wins-1 at 2-at 1200m, 1300m in Aust.
2015 f.
Miss Tavi, by Tavistock. 7 wins from 2000m to 2600m, NZ$131,987, CJC
Riccarton Park Function Centre Autumn H., Optimise Fertilisers H., Winter Fashions 13
August H., Amberley RC Taggart Earthmoving H., 3d CJC Heatstore H., Lindauer H., Hornby
Club Founders Cup.
2017 f. by Castledale. 2019 KNIGHTS REALM (g by
Castledale). 3 wins from 1300m to 1800m, NZ$208,500, to 2025-26, Taranaki
Cup, Gr.3, Waikato TR Litigation H., 2d Rangitikei Cup,
L, Waikato TR Prezzy Card H., Taupo Cup, Auckland TR Rich Hill Stud H.,
WRC Douro Cup, Jennian Homes H., Manawatu RC JR & N Berkett H., Taranaki RC New
Plymouth Cup, Matamata RC Stella Artois Qualifier, 3d WRC Porirua Club H.
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:10.09 (last 600m)
Betting: $15.00, $5.50, $5.00
Then followed: Custom (AUS), Naifah (AUS), Express Class (AUS), Miss Ole (AUS), Conscience (AUS), Romantic Encounter (NZ), last.
1st dam: FUDDLE DEE DUDDLE, by Red Ransom. 4 wins-3 at 2-from 1100m to 1600m, A$357,600, WATC Champion Fillies S., Gr.3, Buildex Climaseal 5 2YO P., Advanced Hot Water & Air 2YO P., Westspeed Nursery H., 2d WATC Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic, Gr.3, Westspeed 2YO P., Westspeed 3YO H., 3d WATC Sires' Produce S., Gr.3, Gimcrack S., L, Seacorp Ship Agency H., Westspeed 3YO H., 4th WATC Karrakatta P., Gr.2, Western Australian Guineas, Gr.2. Dam of-
2015 f. Boomps a Daisy, by Zoustar. 4 wins at 1000m, 1200m, R244,975,
Kenilworth Tellytrack.com H.
2016 f. Befuddled, by Sebring. Unraced.
2017 g.
Hard Ransom, by All Too Hard. 2 wins at 1100m, 1200m in Aust.
2018
f. Daisy Head Mayzie, by Sebring. Raced once.2019 BRERETON (g by
Zoustar). 3 wins-1 at 2-at 1000m, 1100m, A$499,450, to 2024-25, VRC
Maribyrnong P., Gr.3, BRC Gibson H., Celebrating Horses' Birthday H., 2d
MRC Debutant S., L, Stow Storage Solutions H., BRC Eva Air H., U&U
Recruitment H., Ladbrokes H., 3d BRC Sires' Produce S., Gr.2, Prodigy+
H., 4th MRC Merson Cooper S., L, BRC Dalrello S.,
L.
2020 g. Theodor, by Trapeze Artist. Winner at
1400m in Aust.
2021 f. Rambling, by Zoustar. Winner at 1350m in
2025-26 in Aust.2022 SPACE RIDER (c by Zoustar).
3 wins-1 at 2-at 1200m, A$294,900, to 2025-26, MRC Manfred S.,
Gr.3, MVRC Mick Gleeson P., BRC Portland Sky 2YO H., 4th MRC Caulfield
Guineas Prelude, Gr.3.
2023 c. Lorax, by Zoustar. Unraced.
2024
f. by Zoustar.
Margins: 0.4 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 0:58.7 (last 600m)
Betting: $3.30, $5.00, $4.00
Then followed: High Alert (AUS), Silent Grit (AUS), Good Feel (AUS), last.
1st dam: ROWSTHORN, by Written Tycoon. Winner at 2, SAJC Hit107 2YO P. Dam of-2022 Strideaway (f by Alabama Express). 2 wins at 2, A$137,680, in 2024-25, WATC MCA Polytrack 2YO P., St Patrick's Day 2YO P., 2d WATC Magic Millions 2YO P., 3d Pinjarra RC Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic, RL.2023 ALIBABA (c by Alabama Express). Winner at 2, A$167,500, in 2025-26, MRC Blue Diamond Preview (c&g), L, 3d MRC Merson Cooper S., L.
2024 c. by Lucky Vega.
2025 c. by Lucky Vega.
Margins: 0.2 lens, 2.4 lens. Time: 1:12.01 (last 600m)
Betting: $4.30, $101.00, $7.50
Then followed: De Armas (NZ), Butler Cabin (NZ), She's No Saint (AUS), Out of the Blue (NZ), Vanzadee (NZ), Dashing Dixie (NZ), Stromlinien (NZ), Zaharias (NZ), Ka Ron (NZ), Midnight Dart (NZ), Kinnaird (AUS), last.
1st dam: PETRACHOR, by Redwood. 5 wins to 1400m, Manawatu RC Power Farming H. Dam of-2023 DREAM ROCA (f by El Roca). 2 wins at 2, NZ$550,500, A$65,200, in 2025-26, Auckland TR Karaka 2YO Million, L, BRC Widden's Jacquinot First Yearlings 2YO H., 2d BRC U&U Recruitment 2YO P.
2024 f. by Swiss Ace.
Margins: 6 lens, 2.9 lens. Time: 1:35 (last 600m)
Betting: $1.20, $12.00, $10.00
Then followed: War Princess (NZ), Chilling Out (NZ), Sweet Ice (NZ), Lollapalooza (NZ), Romanoff (NZ), Fleeting Star (AUS), Argo (NZ), Miss Ziggy (NZ), Affirmative Action (AUS), Now Not Never (NZ), last.
1st dam: Mozzie Monster, by Sebring. 2 wins at 1200m, 1300m, A$123,200, 2d Bendigo Guineas, L, MRC Hylands Race Colours H., 3d MRC Jim Moloney S., L. Dam of-2022 WELL WRITTEN (f by Written Tycoon). 5 wins from 1200m to 1600m, NZ$1,415,625, in 2025-26, New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Auckland TR Soliloquy S., Gr.2, Auckland Guineas, Gr.2, Karaka Million 3YO Classic, L.
2023 c. by Shamus Award.
2025 c. by Nicconi.
Margins: 0.1 lens, 4.1 lens. Time: 1:58.23 (last 600m)
Betting: $12.00, $15.00, $17.00
Then followed: The Explosive (NZ), Oh Maimai (NZ), Stella Ma Bella (AUS), Autumn Glory (NZ), Ikan (NZ), Celebrate Now (NZ), Kingsbrook Diva (AUS), Singe (NZ), last.
1st dam: SWEET TREAT, by Ekraar. 5 wins from 1600m to 2200m, NZ$110,375, Rotorua Challenge P., L, Waikato RC Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre H., Rotorua RC Carters H., 2d ARC Vodafone Events Centre H., Waikato RC BGP Battlers Cup, Fosters Construction H., 3d Cambridge JC Think Water Cambridge H., Counties RC Dunstan 100% Nz Owned H. Dam of-
2021 c. by Epaulette. Died.2022 ACER (f by Savabeel).
Winner at 1800m in 2025-26, Taranaki RC Oaks Prelude,
L.
2023 f. by Armory.
Margins: 0.8 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 0:57.05 (last 600m)
Betting: $11.00, $2.90, $4.30
Then followed: Always Enuff (AUS), Midwest (AUS), Insurrection (AUS), Beast Mode (AUS), last.
1st dam: WRITTENINTHESTARS, by Written Tycoon. 3 wins at 1200m, 1250m, ATC McGrath Estate Neutral Bay H., Canterbury Park H., Pluck at Vinery P., 2d ATC Kogarah Tavern H., 3d ATC Twin Lakes Air Pty Ltd H. Dam of-
2015 f. Stella Veloce, by Mossman. Unplaced.
2016 g. Forged in Stone, by Stratum.
6 wins at 1400m, 1650m, A$84,530 in Aust.2018
WAY TO THE STARS (g by Reward for Effort). 8 wins to
1100m, A$669,120, to 2025-26, VRC Century S., L, MRC WJ Adams S.,
L, ATC Schweppes H., Star Turn at Vinery Stud H., Download the TAB App
H., BRC Seasons Greetings H., 2d BRC Bribie H., L, ATC Racing and Sports
H., 3d ATC Concorde S., Gr.3, James Squire H.
Margins: 2.2 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:9.590 (last 600m)
Betting: $26.00, $26.00, $26.00
Then followed: Candycane (NZ), Tikki (NZ), Inflamed (NZ), Candle (NZ), Toa Haka (NZ), Shoes (NZ), Trobriand (AUS), Victorian Charm (NZ), Texas Dolly (NZ), Tumuch (NZ), Third Decree (NZ), last.
1st dam: Needlly, by O'Reilly. 6 wins at 1200m, 1400m, NZ$94,045, BOP RC Sea Containers NZ H., ARC Tip Top Choc Bar H., Otakiri Reserve H., 2d Waikato RC Shaw's Wire Ropes Sprint H., L, Matamata RC Lowe Schollum & Jones H., 3d Matamata RC Waikato Stud H., ARC Express Data H., More FM H. Dam of-
2016 f. Button, by Ego. Placed at 3, 3d Southland RC Welcome Back Southern Racing S.2018
Sorrento (f by Iffraaj). Winner at 2, Otago RC
Loveracing.nz H., 2d CJC Canterbury Belle S., L, 4th CJC War Decree S.,
Gr.3.2019 POUR THE WINE (f by Telperion).
5 wins at 1200m, NZ$250,270, to 2025-26, CJC Timaru S.,
L, Auckland TR Bentleys Chartered Accountants H., Co-Op Taxis H., Dunstan
Horsefeeds H., 2d Auckland TR Barfoot & Thompson H., NZB Online Yearling Sale S., 3d
Auckland TR Rangitoto Classic, NHR Group H., Co-Op Taxis H., 4th Waikato TR Sprint H.,
L.
2020 f. Fiveoclocksumwhere, by Time Test. Unraced.
2021 g.
Top Time, by Time Test. Winner at 1650m in 2024-25, HKJC Chukyo H., 2d
HKJC Kwong Fuk H., Lei Yue Mun H., Caroline Hill H., 3d HKJC Hwamei H., Yan Oi Tong
Charity Show H.
2023 f. by Proisir.
2024 c. by Proisir. Died.
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:21.95 (last 600m 34.68)
Betting: $2.80, $13.00, $6.50
Then followed: Green Fly (GB), Fire Star (AUS), Step Aside (NZ), Nellie Leylax (IRE), Kadavar (NZ), War Eternal (NZ), last.
1st dam: SMOOTH, by Lonhro. Unraced. Dam of-2019 SANDPAPER (g by Snitzel). 7 wins-1 at 2-to 1400m, A$852,875, to 2025-26, Newcastle S., Gr.3, ATC Carrington S., L, MRC Gothic S., L, ATC 4 Pines Pace Setters H., Schweppes H., Drinkwise 2YO P., Wyong RC NBN News H., 2d ATC Pierro 2YO P., BRC Stradbroke Calcutta P., ATC Toyota Forklifts H., TAB H., Wellington Racing Club Trophy, MRC Sportsbet H., 3d ATC Captivant H., MRC Sportsbet H.
2021 g. Mellifluent, by Exceed and Excel. 3 wins-1 at 2-from 1100m to
1600m, A$101,300, to 2025-26, ATC Drinkwise 2YO P., 3d SAJC Fotobase Group H.2022
OBSERVER (c by Ghaiyyath). 3 wins-1 at 2-from 1400m to
2500m, A$1,805,600, to 2025-26, Victoria Derby, Gr.1, Moonee Valley Vase,
Gr.2, MRC Tile Importer 2YO H., 2d MRC Evergreen Turf H., 3d MRC
Caulfield Guineas, Gr.1.
2024 c. by Anamoe.
2025 c. by
Cylinder.
Then followed: Rockribbed (AUS), Oughton (AUS), Esjay (AUS), Our Magnus (AUS), El Morzillo (AUS), Redford (AUS), Lubrication (AUS), last.
1st dam: SAINTLY RIPA, by Rip Van Winkle. Winner at 1200m in NZ. Dam of-
2018 g. Unusual Saint - Wiseman (Mal.), by Unusual Suspect. 3 wins from
1500m to 2050m to
2025 in NZ and Malaysia.2019 ANEMACORE (g by
Unusual Suspect). 6 wins from 1350m to 1800m, A$364,760, to 2025-26,
Sunshine Coast Cup, L, BRC Romantic Warrior H., XXXX H., Ladbrokes H., 2d
BRC Become a Member H., Kilcoy Global Foods H., 3d BRC Lough Neagh S., L,
Ladbrokes Communities H., Gibson H., Season Greetings P., Ipswich TC Ipswich Cup June
H.
2021 f. Leica Ripa, by Per Incanto. Winner at 1400m in 2025-26 in
NZ.
Margins: 1 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:10.15 (last 600m 34.46)
Betting: $2.90, $8.50, $4.30
Then followed: Madhi Girl (AUS), Man Crush (AUS), Triple Jay (AUS), Wind and the Lion (AUS), Devoted (AUS), Sky Duke (AUS), Clemenceau (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.2 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:22.59 (last 600m)
Betting: $3.30, $9.00, $3.80
Then followed: Cafe Millenium (AUS), Contemporary (AUS), Extratwo (AUS), Arran Bay (AUS), Attrition (AUS), last.
1st dam: Quiet Kitten, by Kitten's Joy. 7 wins-1 at 2-from 7½f to 8½f, US$284,075, Gulfstream Park Claiming Crown Tiara S., 2d Gulfstream Park The Very One S., Gr.3, Gulfstream Park West Cellars Shiraz S., L, 3d Gulfstream Park Orchid S., Gr.3, 4th Gulfstream Park La Prevoyante H., Gr.3, Delaware Park Cape Henlopen S., L. Dam of-
2019 g. Slange Var, by Exceed and Excel. Unraced.2020 REGAL ZEUS (g by
Zoustar). 11 wins-1 at 2-from 1100m to 1700m, A$1,071,025, to 2025-26,
MRC Lord S., L, John Dillon S., L, Bendigo JC Golden
Mile, L, Kilmore Cup, L, MRC VOBIS Gold Sprint, MVRC
VOBIS Gold Star, MRC Living Legends H., Lockettled.Au H., Geelong RC Scaada Group H., 2d
MVRC Abell S., L, MRC JRA H., MVRC Dominant Home Products H., Ladbroke It
H., Powerflo Solutions H.
2021 f. Regal Tycoon, by Written Tycoon.
5 wins to 1300m, A$166,400, to 2025-26, MVRC Ladbrokes H.
2022 f.
Gangster Goddess, by Street Boss. Placed at 3 in 2025-26 in Aust.
2023 c. by Zoustar.
2025 c. by Ozzmosis.
Margins: 1.9 lens, 0.9 lens. Time: 0:58.02 (last 600m 34.24)
Betting: $9.00, $2.80, $3.80
Then followed: Eternal Wine (AUS), Major Flirt (AUS), Himizu (AUS), Champagne Victory (AUS), Bambino Chino (AUS), Shooters (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.4 lens, 3.9 lens. Time: 1:12.06 (last 600m 35.26)
Betting: $3.50, $1.90, $21.00
Then followed: Manhattan Squeeze (AUS), Optimus Prime (AUS), Shenton Road (AUS), Spirit of Belle (AUS), Luz del Sol (AUS), Kute as Kan Be (AUS), Nicaboom (AUS), London Rose (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.7 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:04.75 (last 600m 34.73)
Betting: $7.00, $5.00, $3.00
Then followed: Snippy Which (AUS), Cannykev (AUS), Leading Taddy (AUS), Amarlime (AUS), Marines Cry (AUS), Caporetto (AUS), Gift of the Heart (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:23.56 (last 600m 35.43)
Betting: $5.00, $6.50, $7.50
Then followed: Stylish Lord (AUS), All Grunt (AUS), Rally the Troops (AUS), Cherry Can Run (AUS), Doctor Jay (AUS), Kelvinater (AUS), Simply Thinkin' (AUS), last.
Betting: $3.80, $11.00, $6.00
Then followed: Pony Up (AUS), Mister Popcorn (AUS), Atlantis Beach (AUS), Candlelight Supper (AUS), Kisses From Kelly (AUS), Queen of Jerusalem (AUS), Sowar (AUS), Iraychoux (AUS), Iowa (IRE), last.
Margins: 1.3 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:10.53 (last 600m 35.03)
Betting: $6.50, $8.00, $21.00
Then followed: Objectify (AUS), Hell I Am (AUS), Let's Talk (AUS), Keep Reading (AUS), Heeza Phoenix (AUS), Richanco (AUS), last.
Margins: 1.5 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:10.84 (last 600m 34.90)
Betting: $2.90, $6.50, $12.00
Then followed: Vomo Island (AUS), Main Act (AUS), Sunbronzed (AUS), Manhattan Strip (AUS), Linden's Gold (AUS), Return of the Mach (AUS), Reginald (AUS), last.
Margins: 1 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:36.31 (last 600m 36.81)
Betting: $8.00, $7.00, $7.00
Then followed: Defending (AUS), Elegant Indi (AUS), Antique Queen (AUS), Triple the Chant (AUS), Cherokee Miss (AUS), Amamus (AUS), Uncle Gerard (AUS), Climb on Top (AUS), Impressive Jewel (AUS), last.
Margins: 1 lens, 1 lens. Time: 1:43.89 (last 600m)
Betting: $2.50, $2.40, $6.50
Then followed: Slane (AUS), Taramansour (IRE), Smokin' Princess (AUS), Milford (NZ), last.
Margins: 1 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:23.01 (last 600m)
Betting: $3.50, $4.80, $13.00
Then followed: Jacks on Ice (AUS), Supercilious (AUS), Quiseen (AUS), Le Ferrari (AUS), Nodachi (AUS), Shoeless (AUS), Arizona Activist (AUS), Delivering (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.2 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:03.60 (last 600m)
Betting: $7.50, $7.00, $3.50
Then followed: Salsa Fellow (AUS), Declared (AUS), Damehood (NZ), Mr Magnus (AUS), last.
Margins: 4.3 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 2:02.70 (last 600m)
Betting: $4.00, $4.00, $3.80
Then followed: Steel Run (AUS), Opening Address (NZ), Midnight Glow (AUS), Paradise Storm (FR), Dublin Journal (IRE), last.
Margins: 0.8 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:37.14 (last 600m)
Betting: $21.00, $16.00, $21.00
Then followed: Touchdown (NZ), Yes I Know (AUS), Morryl Moral (IRE), Crown Crusher (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:25.28 (last 600m)
Betting: $11.00, $17.00, $4.30
Then followed: Moving Melody (AUS), Power of Three (AUS), Frostfair (NZ), Romilly (AUS), Provence (NZ), Amazonia (NZ), Bak da Angel (NZ), last.
Margins: 1.4 lens, 0.7 lens. Time: 0:57.92 (last 600m 34.11)
Betting: $6.00, $3.50, $7.50
Then followed: Caloocan Beauty (USA), Gold Globe (AUS), La Stiava (AUS), Sequinned (AUS), Oh Yes She Did (AUS), Moncel (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.2 lens, 1.2 lens. Time: 1:35.86 (last 600m 35.09)
Betting: $8.00, $6.00, $7.00
Then followed: Tenbury Wells (AUS), Rathoran (AUS), Satness (NZ), Artful Persuasion (AUS), Zenmaster (AUS), Channelling (AUS), Justela (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.4 lens, 0.9 lens. Time: 1:10.54 (last 600m 35.04)
Betting: $4.30, $3.50, $17.00
Then followed: Atmospheric Rock (AUS), Bengal (AUS), Micro Mikki (AUS), Navy Steel (AUS), Crusader Kings (AUS), Beaumista (AUS), Athena's Treasure (AUS), Joiselle (AUS), Nova Centauri (AUS), Famoso (AUS), Show 'em Howl (AUS), last.
Margins: 1.2 lens, 1.1 lens. Time: 1:22.28 (last 600m 35.03)
Betting: $2.60, $31.00, $5.50
Then followed: Bella Corazon (AUS), She Within (AUS), Loving (AUS), Sister Daae (AUS), Royal Corporal (AUS), Saint Emilion (AUS), last.
Margins: 1.2 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 2:04.87 (last 600m 34.67)
Betting: $9.00, $4.80, $2.60
Then followed: Casino Bear (AUS), Fay's Angels (AUS), Trapalanda (IRE), Rogue Bear (IRE), last.
Margins: 0.9 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:9.430 (last 600m 34.73)
Betting: $6.00, $4.00, $12.00
Then followed: Highway Strip (AUS), Applaud (AUS), King of Dragons (AUS), Unstopabull (AUS), Zaragoza (AUS), Shall Be (AUS), Xtra Approval (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.7 lens. Time: 1:34.28 (last 600m 35.70)
Betting: $3.50, $16.00, $2.50
Then followed: Rolling Magic (NZ), Dances With Hooves (AUS), Roma Avenue (AUS), Jamberoo (AUS), last.
Betting: $6.00, $17.00, $4.00
Then followed: Useapin (AUS), Diddle Dumpling (AUS), Beside the Ocean (AUS), be Quiet (NZ), Heat Missile (AUS), Annie's Rose (AUS), Hellbent on You (AUS), Winning Proposal (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.9 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:22.06 (last 600m 35.40)
Betting: $3.50, $10.00, $5.00
Then followed: Interjection (AUS), Unique Ambition (NZ), Hellfire Express (AUS), Wrathful (GB), Miss Hades (AUS), Scalextrics (AUS), Puntin (NZ), Queues Likely (GB), last.
Margins: 0.5 lens, 2.6 lens. Time: 1:25.89 (last 600m)
Betting: $11.00, $12.00, $6.00
Then followed: Reservoir (NZ), Loose 'n' Vegas (NZ), Noivern (AUS), Our Sallyann (AUS), Leonard (NZ), Potentially (NZ), Decreed (NZ), Way Out (NZ), last.
Margins: 4.9 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:25.97 (last 600m)
Betting: $1.50, $101.00, $7.50
Then followed: Explode (NZ), Zavision (NZ), Unshackled (NZ), War Paint (NZ), Student of War (AUS), Dark Matter (NZ), El Tiempo (NZ), last.
Margins: 2.4 lens, 1.1 lens. Time: 0:46.48 (last 600m)
Betting: $4.00, $13.00, $7.50
Then followed: Elysienne (NZ), Tivanova (NZ), Cool as Bling (NZ), Toofan (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.7 lens. Time: 1:11.37 (last 600m)
Betting: $17.00, $10.00, $6.00
Then followed: Belle du Monde (AUS), Mystic Ocean (NZ), Giannis (NZ), Wren (NZ), Jetstream (NZ), Our Clarry (NZ), Sakurajima (NZ), Kaiseda (AUS), Good Craic (NZ), Modette (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.6 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:26.26 (last 600m)
Betting: $10.00, $26.00, $11.00
Then followed: Little But Fierce (NZ), On File (NZ), My Sharona (NZ), Pogacar (NZ), Girls Light Up (NZ), Devil in Disguise (NZ), Contemplation Bay (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.7 lens, 1 lens. Time: 1:25.56 (last 600m)
Betting: $6.00, $16.00, $4.00
Then followed: Cool 'n' Fast (NZ), Flat Stanley (NZ), Movie Girl (NZ), Elegant Explosive (NZ), Mister Fletcher (NZ), Daphne Dior (NZ), Let Me Loose (NZ), Flower Moon (NZ), Giussepe Ferrante (NZ), Fakeittillumakeit (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.7 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 2:06.40 (last 600m)
Betting: $4.30, $13.00, $6.50
Then followed: Royal Valour (NZ), Smooth Operator (NZ), Capo Dell Impero (NZ), Taimate Diva (NZ), Unleash the Beast (NZ), Ocean Light (NZ), California Gold (NZ), Ess Vee Are (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:40.23 (last 600m)
Betting: $5.00, $6.00, $31.00
Then followed: Jaffa (NZ), Akenehi (AUS), Cognoscenti (AUS), Court of Appeal (NZ), Sprocket Rocket (NZ), Dimaggio (NZ), Ugo (NZ), Iffin Doubt Dance (NZ), Proserve (NZ), Pequot (NZ), Kellanzor (NZ), last.
Margins: 2.5 lens, 1 lens. Time: 1:52.92 (last 600m)
Betting: $13.00, $5.00, $7.00
Then followed: Don Pauly (NZ), Beaver Fever (NZ), Morus (NZ), Kiwi Magic (NZ), Avoriaz (NZ), Sir Sigaro (NZ), Hereigoagain (NZ), Schedar (NZ), Reelrose (NZ), Stout (NZ), Freedom Reins (NZ), Foreign Affair (NZ), The Red Rhino (NZ), Letsbringthebling (NZ), Hey Mickey (NZ), last.
Margins: 1.8 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 0:57.98 (last 600m 33.81)
Betting: $1.40, $5.00, $21.00
Then followed: On the Clock (AUS), Dustee (AUS), Canya Zipit (AUS), Hot Image (AUS), Chayse 'n' Pop (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.4 lens, 1.4 lens. Time: 2:16.40 (last 600m 34.87)
Betting: $6.50, $3.30, $9.00
Then followed: Jenni Moreese (AUS), Texas Fireball (AUS), Archer's Game (AUS), Good Philly (AUS), Papal Miss (AUS), Farwest (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.8 lens, 2.8 lens. Time: 1:50.97 (last 600m 35.17)
Betting: $2.30, $3.80, $15.00
Then followed: Arizona Dreaming (AUS), Last Chance Saloon (AUS), Fire and Light (AUS), Guarded Optimist (NZ), Power Pack (AUS), Four Ace (AUS), Flying Rothe (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.9 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:11.03 (last 600m 34.42)
Betting: $5.50, $5.50, $12.00
Then followed: Dream Lantern (AUS), Surreal Ascot (AUS), Velozes (AUS), King Jester (AUS), Sizzling Gal (AUS), Stratified (AUS), Bravely (AUS), last.
Margins: 1.6 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:35.56 (last 600m 34.74)
Betting: $4.50, $17.00, $3.80
Then followed: Capital Asset (AUS), I Am Artie (AUS), Demon Darb (AUS), Kipling's Journey (AUS), Cunnamulla Fella (AUS), Beau Dazzler (NZ), last.
Margins: 0.6 lens, 1.7 lens. Time: 1:10.84 (last 600m 34.82)
Betting: $21.00, $7.00, $12.00
Then followed: Carbonara (AUS), Better Not Slip (AUS), Financially Famous (AUS), Cuddles for Kimmy (AUS), Brutal Miss (AUS), The Bear (AUS), Wax on Wax Off (AUS), Pronto Percy (AUS), Bang Stick (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:23.59 (last 600m 34.56)
Betting: $21.00, $4.00, $4.30
Then followed: Ruins of Rome (AUS), Pierata's Gem (AUS), Bengal Diamond (AUS), French Endeavour (AUS), Bohemian Lad (AUS), Bluepinot (AUS), All's Fair (AUS), Diana's Affair (AUS), Kickatinalong (AUS), Calico Jack (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.2 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:10.40 (last 600m 34.14)
Betting: $10.00, $2.80, $7.00
Then followed: Pocket Full (AUS), Mister Bianco (AUS), Zouperb (AUS), Millane (AUS), It'sourtime (AUS), Jonny da Wolf (NZ), Bews (AUS), Ned's Gully (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.5 lens, 1.7 lens. Time: 0:57.28 (last 600m 33.76)
Betting: $9.00, $1.80, $21.00
Then followed: Laydownlily (AUS), Moonhaven (AUS), Port Erin (AUS), Vindicta (AUS), Super Daisy (AUS), Smiling Zac (NZ), Krakarib (AUS), last.
Margins: 0.7 lens, 5 lens. Time: 1:11.21 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.5 lens, 0.7 lens. Time: 1:10.59 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:24.54 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.1 lens, 3.8 lens. Time: 1:22.61 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 2 lens. Time: 1:22.37 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.6 lens, 1.9 lens. Time: 1:35.05 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 2.2 lens. Time: 1:11.06 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.8 lens, 1.7 lens. Time: 1:11.68 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.8 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 1:39.8 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.2 lens, 2.3 lens. Time: 2:04.35 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.5 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 2:01.40 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:38.93 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.8 lens, 1.5 lens. Time: 1:11.15 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.6 lens, 2.1 lens. Time: 1:34.98 (last 600m 37.85)
Margins: 2.5 lens, 1.4 lens. Time: 1:11.87 (last 600m 36.90)
Margins: 0.1 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:00.20 (last 600m 35.73)
Margins: 0.7 lens, 2.2 lens. Time: 1:04.62 (last 600m 36.30)
Margins: 3.2 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:34.53 (last 600m 37.56)
Margins: 0.2 lens, 1 lens. Time: 1:11.40 (last 600m 36.70)
Margins: 1.3 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:29.33 (last 600m)
Margins: 2.7 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:16.70 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.8 lens, 10.1 lens. Time: 1:27.53 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.1 lens, 2.3 lens. Time: 1:42.19 (last 600m)
Margins: 4.9 lens, 1.1 lens. Time: 2:10.75 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:15.01 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.1 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 0:51.25 (last 600m 32.72)
Margins: 1 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:30.95 (last 600m 34.35)
Margins: 1.9 lens, 1 lens. Time: 1:18.98 (last 600m 33.47)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:54.2 (last 600m 34.02)
Margins: 1.6 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:54 (last 600m 34.72)
Margins: 4.2 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:13.87 (last 600m 32.79)
Margins: 1 lens, 1.3 lens. Time: 1:37.48 (last 600m 35.35)
Margins: 1 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:34.19 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.5 lens, 0.8 lens. Time: 1:36.5 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:22.04 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.3 lens, 1.2 lens. Time: 1:21.56 (last 600m)
Margins: 2.5 lens, 0.1 lens. Time: 1:10.26 (last 600m)
Margins: 3.2 lens, 2.2 lens. Time: 1:9.219 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.2 lens, 0.2 lens. Time: 0:57.8 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 2.6 lens. Time: 1:9.010 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 1.8 lens. Time: 1:03.03 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.4 lens, 2.1 lens. Time: 1:04.09 (last 600m 34.31)
Margins: 0.2 lens, 1.9 lens. Time: 0:58.39 (last 600m 34.98)
Margins: 8.8 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:22.09 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 1.2 lens. Time: 1:23 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.4 lens. Time: 1:11.01 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.2 lens, 3.7 lens. Time: 2:03.65 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.7 lens, 0.9 lens. Time: 1:17.79 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.2 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 1:22.76 (last 600m)
Margins: 2.5 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 0:56.13 (last 600m)
Margins: 1.6 lens, 3.5 lens. Time: 0:56.04 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.3 lens, 0.5 lens. Time: 0:55.84 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.7 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:10.48 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 0.6 lens. Time: 1:17.5 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 0.3 lens. Time: 1:18.87 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.4 lens, 1.5 lens. Time: 1:20.56 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.5 lens, 1.5 lens. Time: 1:19.12 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 5 lens. Time: 2:20.40 (last 600m)
Margins: 1 lens, 1.3 lens. Time: 2:13.21 (last 600m)
Margins: 0.4 lens, 1.7 lens. Time: 1:38.84 (last 600m)
Sunday, January 25, 2026
