Alabama Express - New Winner

The Group III ATC Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday was a muddling run affair and produced a blow out result when unheralded Shooting to Win gelding McHale enjoyed an inspired ride from Rachel King to snatch a last stride win.

After becoming the first filly to win the Group III Up And Coming Stakes, Autumn Glow remained undefeated when delivering a no-fuss win over a quality field of 3-year-old fillies in Saturday’s Group II Darley Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Alabama Express posted a new stakes-winner at Riccarton on Saturday with Discretion Rules winning the Listed Berkely Stud Champagne  Stakes (1200m) and he now registers as a first stakes-winner for his sire, whose previous first stakes-winner Karavas was disqualified from her win in the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes last spring due to a positive swab.

After a close and unlucky first up defeat last month when third in the Group I ATC Winx Stakes, six year-old Sebring mare Fangirl was back on her pedestal as the best mare in Sydney when scoring a soft last to first victory in the $1million ATC 7+Sports Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The striking Harry Angel (IRE) colt Angel Capital raised the hopes of a local victory in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas after overcoming difficulties to win Saturday’s Group III Sportsbet Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m).

Never further back than second in eleven starts, the exciting stayer Eliyass (FR) kept his Australian record at a perfect three for three in Saturday’s Group III James Squire Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Here is the full list of 117 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Retired from stud duties earlier this year to a life of luxury retirement at Coolmore Australia, champion sire Fastnet Rock added a new Group I winner to his tally when Buckaroo (GB) won the Group I MRC Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday in a canter.

The odd-on favourite Another Wil overcame a frightening moment when severely checked at the 250m before drawing clear for a well-deserved success in Saturday’s Listed Millennium Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible is renowned for his brilliant sprinting daughters and six year-old mare I Am Me has never raced better winning the $1million Group III ATC Concorde Stakes (1000m) first up from a spell and then adding the $1million ATC Yarraman Park The Shorts (1100m) to her tally at Randwick on Saturday.