Sires With Winners - Sunday January 12

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.

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.

The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) has confirmed two major leadership appointments, naming Tanya Fullarton as Chief Executive Officer and leading business person, owner, and breeder Jonathan Munz as Vice Chairman.

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).

The Future Starsday of the Breeders’ Cup meeting at Del Mar on Friday always looked as though it could put the spotlight on Australian bred sire Starspangledbanner, who had key runners in both the Group I Breeders’ Cup Turf Juvenile Colts (1m) and Juvenile Fillies (1m) and he duly delivered with exciting colt Gstaad.

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.

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

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

New Zealand syndicator Go Racing will be out to plunder the riches on offer at Randwick on Saturday, with their silks to be represented in two of the meeting’s key races.