Five year-old Zoustar gelding Regal Zeus is closing in on a million dollars in prizemoney after scoring a bold front running win in the Listed MRC Lord Stakes (1600m) at Sandown on Boxing Day.

The Waterhouse Bott stable have had plenty of success with juveniles by Widden Stud’s Written By claiming Group wins with the likes of Straight Charge, The Playwright and The Novelist and they unleashed a talented debut winner by the same sire at Randwick on Saturday in By Choice.