Calyx - New Winner

Trainer Joe Pride is not afraid to travel his horses to where he feels they can win, and this was once again on display on Saturday with 5yo Shamus Award mare The Black Cloud having just her second start away from home, charging late to win the $160,000 Listed BRC Bribie Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

Boxers talk about “going the distance” and that was the million dollar question about Robbie Griffith’s tough Magnus gelding Rey Magnerio, who took his earnings to $2million on Saturday with victory in the $1.5million Group III WATC Gold Rush (1400m), the final feature race of The Pinnacles carnival at Ascot.

A winner two starts back in the Group 2 VRC Linlithgow Stakes (1400m) before fifth in the Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m), the drop back to 1400m for Saturday’s $1m Supernova at Pakenham returned a windfall for the Ciaron Maher trained Warnie (IRE).

A tick under two hours after stablemate The Black Cloud recorded her first black type victory in Queensland, trainer Joe Pride saddled up fellow 5yo mare Weeping Woman in the $200,000 Listed ATC Razor Sharp (1200m) at Randwick where the daughter of Lonhro impressed as the race favourite.

While it may have taken Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo 30 starts to record her first stakes victory, it only took until her very next start to record her second, winning the $160,000 Listed BRC Just Now (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday for Annabel and Rob Archibald.

Not a lot went right for Grinzinger Pod at her career debut in Wednesday’s Dunlop Pitson & Jenkins Civil Maiden Plate (1100m) at Bendigo, but the daughter of Calyx pulled it out of the fire and looks to have a bright future.

Trainer Liam Birchley has long earmarked the Listed TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) for highly promising juvenile Dream Roca, and the daughter of El Roca took another step in the direction of the Ellerslie feature with a dominant win at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 115 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With six previous black type placed performance, it was a fantastic result for the connections of the Philip Stokes trained Dansili (GB) gelding Taramansour (IRE) as the 9yo charged away to win the $300,000 Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) by three and a quarter lengths.

Placed in a G1 Queensland Oaks at three and winner of the $200,000 Listed BRC Tattersall’s Gold Crown at the end of last season, Russian Revolution mare Miss Jolene is primed for a lucrative summer campaign following a barnstorming win in the Listed BRC Tails Stakes (1500m) at Eagle Farm.