Waikato Stud stallion Banquo recorded his first stakes win as a sire on Saturday and fittingly achieved it with a son carrying the farm’s colours, on their home track for their private trainer Kris Shailer.

There’s a bit of expectation when champion trainer Ciaron Maher produces a filly called Ciaron’s Star, but the two year-old daughter of I Am Invincible might be well above average after opening her account at Randwick on Saturday in the $160,000 ATC Pierro Plate (1100m).