Ardrossan - New Winner

The $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race at the Gold Coast on Saturday will be watched very closely by the team at Yarraman Park with their homebred I Am Invincible filly Sylph seeking to break her maiden in the lucrative feature, while Hellbent is the sire of one of her archrivals Savvy Hallie.

With a six-week gap between two of summer’s major weight-for-age middle-distance features, trainers of leading candidates have taken a variety of approaches to their preparations.

Six years after landing a Group Three prize on Karaka Millions night with Ardrossan, trainer Stephen Marsh and jockey Michael McNab kept it in the family with his exciting daughter Ardalio winning Saturday’s Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie.

Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State might be the one that got away from Newgate Farm with the Group I winning son Snitzel currently sitting on top of the Australian First Season Sires List.

Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Kozzi Asano signed off his brief New Zealand homecoming with a winning treble at Pukekohe on Saturday, headed by black-type success aboard Ardalio in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m).

The South Island has made a massive contribution to the 100-year history of New Zealand’s National Yearling Sale, dating right back to the Timaru-bred champion Phar Lap (NZ) (Night Raid) and his trip through the Trentham sale ring in 1928.

The barriers and final field are out for the $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race to be run this Saturday at the Gold Coast over 1100m.

While trainer Stephen Marsh may be away in Hong Kong putting the finishing touches on El Vencedor in his bid to win the Gr.1 QE II Cup (2000m) on Sunday, he enjoyed a red-letter day at Te Rapa on Saturday as promising filly Ardalio claimed the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Cambridge Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) to bring up a winning treble for the stable.

Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.