Sires With Winners - Thursday November 28

With Magic Millions lead up races scheduled this week at Wyong and Caulfield, plus the Inglis Nursery there is opportunity aplenty for young stallions to put their name in lights and the trial scene has been busy to say the least, so if you want to know what first season sires have ammunition in the locker read on.

Danny Rolston may now be living in a different continent from his Group One performer Mehzebeen, but that hasn’t stopped the excitement of watching her perform to the highest level in New Zealand.

The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia is pleased to announce that Anthony Cavanagh has been recognised as an Honorary Life Fellow of the FBAA.

Vinery Stud’s young stallion Ole Kirk is off to a flyer and now has two winners and both are stakes-winners with ill-fated Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner King Kirk now joined by quality filly O’ Ole, who booked her ticket to the Gold Coast in January when leading home a fillies trifecta in the $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m).

Juveniles racing at Randwick on Saturday have the opportunity to run for a rich prize with Inglis offered youngsters showcased in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) with a big field of 15 including two debut winners in talented fillies Within the Law and Gobi Desert, one of them sold by Yulong and the other purchased by them.

There has been huge interest in the Tattersalls Online Sale (December 11 and 12) featuring eight mares in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) to Southern Hemisphere time, so we’re taking a closer look at these girls and with two of them by Zoustar and Savabeel I’m feeling like I’m looking at an Aussie catalogue!

A yearling whose sire was not the first choice and who then topped a sale run in monsoon conditions, plus a miracle baby make this a story you know you want to read.

With six winners in the past week highlighted by exciting three year-old filly Bauhinia, Hellbent is going great guns heading towards the sales season and posted an impressive maiden  winner at Kembla on Thursday.

He might be a nine year-old, but Dundeel gelding The Inevitable still has pep in his step and posted a 17th career win in the Listed Conquering Stakes (1400m) at Launceston on Wednesday evening.

There was an Aussie bred and sold winner at the Hong Kong International meeting on Sunday at Sha Tin, so we’re talking to special guest this week Mel Copelin from Torryburn Stud about the mighty Voyage Bubble and the miracle baby that has delighted the farm this spring.