Sires With Winners - Wednesday February 14

Bjorn Baker is never afraid to start a nice horse off in the country and he did it with Group I winners Overpass and Steffi Magnetica, with progressive Extreme Choice three year-old Stallone making it back to back wins at Orange on Monday when bolting clear to win by daylight.

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.

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 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

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

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.

Plenty of yearling catalogue updates in the past week so here’s the list from stakes efforts, and maiden winners new to their families.

Black-type targets are in the offing for Cambridge mare Doddle after she took out the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) on Monday.

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.

Stakes performer Sugah Sweet showed she is back to her best when comfortably taking care of a handy line-up in the Poverty Bay Turf Club Cup (1400m) at Taupo on Monday.