Positive Peace made it five wins in a row when winning the Gr.2 Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. She is the third stakes performer out of her dam, the Listed winner Warpath (Reset). The Bjorn Baker-trained four-year-old mare is the 45th stakes winner for Golden Slipper Stakes winner Stratum (Redoute’s Choice), who died of a
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Bendigo Guineas (1600m) winner Riddle Me That is the fourth stakes winner for Deep Field. The Matt Laurie-trained 3yo is one of nine winners out of the New Zealand Gr3 winner Justine Coup (Entrepreneur) and is inbred 4×3 to brothers Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King. Gr2 winner Deep Field has 13 stakes horses from 141
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Numerian is the 86th stakes winner for Holy Roman Emperor following his win in the Devoy Stakes at Naas. Now a gelding, the Joseph O’Brien-trained Numerian’s granddam Kantikoy (Alzao) is a half-sister to Gr3 St Simon Stakes winner Kithanga (Darshaan) and is bred on the same Sadler’s Wells cross as Holy Roman Emperor’s Gr1 winner
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Australia’s premier two-year-old race, the Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill, went the way of Farnan, the seventh win in the race for champion trainer Gai Waterhouse and her first in the partnership of Adrian Bott. Farnan did this the hard way, crossing to share the lead early and then staying on strongly in the
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I Am Excited finishing strongly along the inside to just edge longtime leader Miss Leonidas and Tofane in a driving finish to The Galaxy (1100m) at Randwick. It is the first Gr1 win for the five-year-old, whose previous best win was at Gr2 level at Flemington. I Am Excited in the 14th Gr.1 winner for
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Import Aktau became the 87th stakes winner for Teofilo when winning the Listed Mornington Cup (2000m) in Australia. Trained by Mike Moroney, Aktau (pictured) was purchased privately following his win at Goodwood for Roger Varian last year and has now won four of his eight starts. Bred by Hesmonds Stud, Aktau is inbred 4×4 to
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English visitor Addeybb became the 31st Group 1 winner for Pivotal when leading most of the way to win the Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill for William Haggas. Inbred 3×4 to Nureyev (Northern Dancer), Addeybb had previously finished runner-up in the Gr1 Champion Stakes at Ascot and has now won eight of his 16 starts.
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The victory of Missybeel in the Gr 3 Epona Stakes at Rosehill makes her the 99th stakes winner for Savabeel. Bred on the same O’Reilly (Last Tycoon) cross as Gr1 winners Costume, Diademe, Embellish and Savaria, Missybeel was winning for the sixth time. Missybeel sold for A$210,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter yearling sale and
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Larimer Street’s win in the Listed St Albans Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley makes him the seventh stakes winner for Brazen Beau. Previously runner-up in the Group 2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes at Flemington, Larimer Street is inbred 4×4 to Danzig (Northern Dancer) and Canny Lad (Bletchingly) with Brazen Beau already showing some success with
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Loving Gaby’s affinity with the tight Moonee Valley track was cemented when she added the Group 1 William Reid Stakes (1200m) to her win in the Group I Manikato Stakes at the same track last year. Jockey Craig Williams signalled his intent by driving the three-year-old out of the barriers to race on the quarters
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