Sires With Winners - Sunday July 4

Matamata horseman Benji King has a lifelong association with Henrietta, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and he was delighted to train his first winner for her at Taupo on Monday.

Foaled and raised at Coolmore for Debbie Kepitis and her family, the Woppitt Bloodstock bred Dundeel mare Konasana was a Group winner last season at three and showed her class at Wyong on New Year’s Eve when winning the $300,000 Group III Belle of the Turf Stakes (1625m) under the top weight of 59kg.

There is stakes racing on the last day of the year at Wyong with the running of the Group III Belle of the Turf Stakes (1625m) and Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m), which has the top weight Amazing Eagle, who is also high on the order of entry for the $3million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas on Saturday week.

Here is the full list of 59 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Ben and Ryan Foote will head to Ellerslie on New Year’s Day with a pair of in-form black-type chances whose longer-term feature race prospects are equally as strong.

Sunday’s RM300,000 Penang Gold Cup (2000m) was won in powerful come-from-behind style by Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), who was bought from the Karaka sale ring and also has a half-sister catalogued for Karaka 2025.

The NZB Filly of the Year Series begins to take a different look with the sixth leg, the $270,000 Group Two Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.

A busy period of holiday racing has led to a shake up of the Magic Millions order of entry for the 2YO Classic and 3YO Guineas with Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Gallo Nero zooming into contention, while unheralded three year-old Cosmic Force gelding Give Me Space put himself in the picture with a last to first win in the Group III BRC Vo Rogue Plate.

Valiant Stud are headed to the Gold Coast with a lovely draft of yearlings at one of them got a timely pedigree update when his half-sister by Written Tycoon broke her maiden for the Lindsay Park Racing team on New Year’s Eve.

Emirates Park have already had plenty of success with a couple of homebred fillies by Tassort in Manaal and Ameena and a debut winner by the same sire at Wyong on New Year’ Eve looks like she has a lot more to offer.