Super Seth - New Winner

Linebacker is a pure product of the Jonathon Munz/ Dean Hawthorne academy, so it would be fitting if the John O'Shea-trained colt credits Super Seth with his first stakes-winner in Saturday's Group III Hyland Race Colours Baillieu Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill.

The $300,000 Group II ATC Tulloch Stakes (2000m) is traditionally a race for Australian Derby contenders, but a thrilling three way go to the line saw Yulong homebred gelding Pocketing snatch a narrow win at Rosehill on Tuesday, but he's no certainty to start on Saturday.

A milestone for Waikato Stud's Super Seth, as the highly promising Linebacker credited the son of Dundeel with his first stakes-winner in Saturday's Group III - Hyland Race Colours BaillieuStakes (1400m) at Rosehill.

The 2-year-old Super Seth colt Linebacker jumped straight to the front and led a competitive field of maidens a merry dance when making his career debut over 1300m on a heavy track at Hawkesbury on Wednesday.

Connections of top-class mare Joliestar will wait until later this week before making a call on her involvement at Randwick at the weekend.

In the same week Russian Revolution had his service fee halved by Newgate Farm, he came up with a new stakes-winner as smart sprinter General Salute overcame some hoof issues to post a barnstorming win in the $250,000 Group III ATC Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) bringing a super timely pedigree update for his yearling half-brother to be offered at Inglis Easter.

Waikato Stud’s rising star stallion Super Seth has sired his first two Group One winners within the space of seven days, with Linebacker capturing Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 The Agency Randwick Guineas (1600m) a week after Feroce’s heroics in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m).

Quality six-year-old mare Lekvarte recorded a hard-fought Group II victory when landing the Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Tuesday.

Well related Brutal colt Nepotism turned heads when charging to the line for a close third on debut to Tentyris in the Group II ATC Todman Stakes last month and he confirmed that potential when defying a betting drift to win the $250,000 Group III ATC Baillieu Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Tuesday.

William Haggas does not bring horses to Australia for fun and when Dubai Honour (IRE) was added to the raiding party for this year, you had to assume the seven year-old son of Pride of Dubai would be coming here in top form and he duly produced his A game to beat Caulfield Cup winner Duke de Sessa (IRE) in the $1.5million Group I ATC Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill on Tuesday.