Exceed And Excel - New Winner

The late Wootton Basset was one of those stallions whose progeny can excel over all distances and he will have two runners in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday and in the meantime we saw a taste of his merit as a staying sire at Randwick on Saturday when his French bred five year-old Wootton Verni (Fr) won the $750,000 Group III ATC Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).

Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The field and barrier draw has been decided for the Group I Melbourne Cup on Tuesday with favourite, and sole Australian bred entrant, Half Yours drawing in barrier eight.

With those same tearaway tactics that have made her one of Australian racing’s fan favourites in recent years, Trelawney Stud-bred mare Pride Of Jenni ran her rivals off their feet again at Flemington on Saturday and became the first two-time winner of the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m).

After Ethical Diamond won the Ebor Handicap in August the obvious path was the Melbourne Cup but he did not meet strict veterinary requirements, so Irish trainer Willie Mullins bought a bell, and went to win the Group I Breeders Cup Turf with his seven time hurdler.

Japan claimed their first Group I Breeders Cup Classic when Forever Young proved too strong for last year’s winner, and close relation, Sierra Leone.

A luckless second at her previous start in the Group II Thousand Guineas Prelude, Zeitung enjoyed a trouble-free run to open her stakes account in the Group III The Tab Vanity (1400m) for 3-year-old fillies at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day.

The ever-consistent Watch Me Rock nabbed one of only two golden tickets remaining into the G1 Railway Stakes, with a typically gutsy performance to take out the 1400m G3 Asian Beau in an Ascot thriller!

It might not get the recognition of G1 status, but the $10million ATC Golden Eagle (1500m) at Randwick this Saturday has the form on the board and this year’s winner Autumn Glow is something seriously special.

Godolphin have an exceptional crop of three year-olds and two of their exceptional colts landed valuable G1 prizes at Flemingto on Saturday over distances of 1200m and 2500m.