Pride Of Dubai - New Winner

Trial watchers have been waiting with quite a bit of anticipation for the debut of two year-old Pride of Dubai filly Wings of Desire and the three-quarter sister to world champion Winx stepped out in a maiden at Hawkesbury on Sunday and duly returned a winner.

Entries were announced for the Group I ATC Flight Stakes(1600m) on Tuesday and among the 43 nominations is unbeaten filly Wings of Desire and the three-quarter sister to Winx is an acceptor for Randwick this afternoon as she works her way towards stakes class.

As a three-quarter sister to world champion Winx, three year-old Pride of Dubai filly Wings of Desire carries a heavy weight of expectation and she took another step forward at Newcastle on Thursday when scoring her second win in a Benchmark 64 event over 1250m.

Highlighted as a Brednet One To Watch when breaking her maiden in February, the David Vandyke trained Philia (All Too Hard) has added a further two wins including a facile two length victory in the Listed Princess Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

Here is the full list of 102 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Val Di Zoldo’s victory in the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday showed what a difference a year can make.

New Zealand-bred gelding Tenzing took his career to new heights with a first black-type win in Saturday’s A$300,000 Listed Jones & Co IGA Brisbane Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

Local trainer Anna Furlong played a starring role at Riccarton on Saturday with a winning treble, headlined by Betty Spaghetti’s first black-type success in the Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m).

Riviera Rebel has been a special horse for rookie trainer Brooke Kincaid, who had her first taste of black-type success in Saturday’s Gr.3 Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup (2000m) at Riccarton.

Australians have a bona fide love affair with slot racing and the $5million Quokka at Ascot on Saturday delivered one of the best fairytales of the turf.