Rip Van Winkle - New Winner

While it may be just shy of 12 months since her last victory, connections would surely be over-joyed to see the Michael Trotter trained 8yo Night Of Thunder (IRE) mare Rumbled Again win the $200,000 Group 3 MRC Summoned Stakes (1600m) for the second straight year.

A bargain buy from Windsor Park Stud’s Rugby, Racing and Beer yearling sale has now won six of her seven starts including a first black-type success in Saturday’s A$200,000 Gr.3 How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Three months after starting the season as a two-win horse with a rating of 70, Agera stepped on to the big stage at Tauranga on Saturday and became a weight-for-age winner in the Gr.2 Gartshore Construction Tauranga Stakes (1530m).

Fresh from siring exciting 2YO colt Revengeance to win the $1million ATC Golden Gift last week in Sydney, Hellbent produced another promising juvenile winner at Doomben on Saturday in Zip Lock.

A progressive five year-old gelding by Hellbent, Boston Rocks has been working quietly through his grades for Goulburn trainer Matt Dale, who saw an opportunity at Caulfield on Saturday in the $175,000 Listed MRC Village Stakes (1100m).

Owner-trainers Tim and Margaret Carter appear to have chosen an appropriate name for a filly they bought for just $700 on Gavelhouse.com.

Southern mare Inflamed used every inch of a sodden Riccarton racetrack to storm to victory in Saturday’s Listed Lindauer Stewards Stakes (1200m).

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The standalone Newcastle meeting on Saturday kicked off with the $160,000 Max Lees Classic (900m) for the juveniles and it had a short priced favourite in Russian Revolution colt Seeiaye, who got the job done in style.

John Stewart’s Resolute Racing has been active at yearling sales all over the world in recent years and a high profile acquisition in Australia was $3million Inglis Easter purchase Ernaux, who opened her account at Canterbury on Friday night.