Fastnet Rock’s champion daughter Via Sistina (IRE) is the best racehorse in the country and she showed us exactly why at Flemington Saturday when overcoming a heavy track and testing conditions to win the $3million Group I VRC Champions Stakes (200m) for the second year in a row.
A showdown race featuring a galaxy of stars, the $3million Group I VRC Champions Mile (1600m) delivered a battle for the ages at Flemington on Saturday and with the NZB Ready to Run Sale next week there is no greater ambassador for that sale than the mighty Kiwi bred gelding Ceolwulf.