Brazen Beau - New Winner

Progressive sprinter Platinum Attack finally got the firm track conditions he thrives on at Riccarton on Saturday to serve up a stunning performance when winning the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m).

Progressive galloper Force Of Nature returned to racing with a vengeance as he took out the feature event at Pukekohe, the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m), courtesy of a rails-hugging ride from Triston Moodley.

World renowned Aussie DJ Fisher is at Flemington on Saturday to perform after the last race on Champions Day, but he was also on course earlier to watch the race named in his honour with victory in the Listed VRC Fisher Stakes (1200m) going to blueblood gelding Need Some Luck.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Under showery conditions, the opening race on the final day of the 2025 Melbourne Cup carnival, the $400,000 Restricted Listed VRC Inglis Banner (1000m), has been run and won, with Ciaron Maher’s Street Boss filly Calamari Ring impressing on debut.

Juddmonte Farms and Aga Khan Studs are home to a couple of the best stallions in Europe in Frankel and Sea the Stars, both of whom have enjoyed considerable G1 success in Australia.

Cambridge-based horseman Nick Kneebone tasted his first success in the training ranks when two-year-old gelding Speed Demon caused a minor upset in the Hallmark Stud 2YO (1100m) at Pukekohe.

A perfectly judged front-running victory on Just Charlie in the Listed Nautical Boat Insurance Metropolitan Trophy (2600m) capped a memorable New Zealand riding debut at Riccarton on Saturday for apprentice jockey Logan Bates.

What do you name a horse from a mare called Hot Pants - Progressive stayer Thebudgiesmugla showed his versatility when winning his second race at Rosehill in the space of a couple of weeks for trainer Bjorn Baker.

Off the back of a last start third in the Group 3 MVRC Tesio Stakes (2040m) when slightly unlucky, the Brad Widdup trained Sunset Park (GB) enjoyed the expansive Flemington circuit to find the lead and prove impossible to run down, winning the $300,000 Group 2 VRC Matriarch Stakes (2000m).