Tuna fisherman, come businessman, come horse breeder Tony Santic gained everlasting fame as the adoring owner of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, but it is his achievements as a breeder that are now starting to pay real dividends on the track.

’Bred by Makybe’, is a moniker carried by a host of recent smart performers including Group Two winner Musket, stakes-winning sprinter My Vegas, stakes-winning juvenile Corsaire, stakes-placed three year-olds Lucky Thunder and Silent But Deadly, as well promising maiden winners Contortion and Tinkling, who is a half-sister to highly rated juvenile Starspangledbanner, winner of the $250,000 Inglis Juvenile at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day.

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The Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes was run at Sandown last Saturday with impressive debut winner Corsaire earning a slot in the Top Ten with her dominant two length victory over Take the Rap, who also made it into the Top 20.

A homebred for Tony Santic’s Makybe breeding operation, the Mick Price trained Corsaire is bred to be more of a classic style of filly being by Anabaa (USA) from the Singspiel mare Crystal Choir (GB), but obviously has plenty of natural ability.

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QUIZ

1/ Evergreen shuttle sire Anabaa (USA) featured at Sandown last Saturday as the sire of one stakes-winner and sire of the dam of another, who were they?

2/ Last Saturday’s takes-winning Red Ransom (USA) filly Yesterday is from a grand-daughter of influential mare Donna Nook (GB), true or false?

3/ Which first season son of Danzig posted his first winner when Big Tony scored at Eagle Farm last Saturday?

4/ Talented mare Bernicia is a half-sister to which pair of Group One winners by Zabeel?

5/ Group Two MRC Sandown Classic winner Zipping has won that race two years running, true or false?

Answers are at the bottom of this page .