Six year-old Pride of Dubai mares Pride of Jenni and Bella Nipotina have been racing up a storm this season, but for Splendiferous, another Group III winning Pride of Dubai mare from the same foal crop, motherhood has come calling with James Bester tweeting a picture of her first born foal earlier today.

The 2-year-old I Am Immortal filly I Am Velvet kept her record at a perfect three for three in Saturday’s $1750,000 Vobis Gold Ingot (1400m) at Caulfield, and if she learns to go straight, a stakes-winner in waiting.