Toronado - New Winner

A showdown race featuring a galaxy of stars, the $3million Group I VRC Champions Mile (1600m) delivered a battle for the ages at Flemington on Saturday and  with the NZB Ready to Run Sale next week there is no greater ambassador for that sale than the mighty Kiwi bred gelding Ceolwulf.

Frosted (USA) mare Arctic Glamour added a second black type victory to her record when the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trained 5yo mare surprised many on Saturday at Rosehill, winning the $500,000 Group 2 ATC Hot Danish Stakes (1400m) when resuming from a spell.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent had a red-letter day on Saturday surging into the Top 10 on the Australian General Sires List by earnings with a flurry of stakes horses including his super tough mare Vivy Air, who took out the $2million ATC Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill.

Calamari Ring (Street Boss) provided another delicious endorsement for Inglis weanling sales when she stormed to a debut victory in Saturday’s rich Inglis Banner (1000m) for two-year-olds at Flemington.

Second in the Group I ATC Flight Stakes last season and fourth in both the Group I VRC Oaks and ATC Spring Champion Stakes, four year-old Brutal mare Harlem Queen has always promised to win a stakes race and got the job done in the Listed Ladies Day Cup (1500m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday.

An Aussie bred filly by Written Tycoon purchasd originally for just $32,500 from the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale is the toast of New Zealand after keeping her unbeaten record intact with an explosive win in the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m).   

Manhattan Rain used to call Victoria home, but these days he’s based at Geisel Park in WA and the blueblood son of Encosta de Lago has been in rare form over the past week with six winners and two were at Flemington including a new stakes-winner in New York Lustre.

Trial watchers have had a good eye on this two year-old Toronado (IRE) filly for a while now and punters jumped out of trees to back her at Canterbury on Wednesday and she didn’t let them down.

Here is the full list of 101 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Surprisingly having never won an elite level race in his home state before, Clayton Douglas’ star sprinter Giga Kick added the $3m Group 1 VRC Champions Sprint (1200m) to his two previous Group 1 victories.