Sessions - New Winner

Lib Petagna’s stayer Kalapour will be tasked with the topweight when attempting to add another Group One to his resume in Saturday’s A$5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) in Melbourne.

The breeding season is in full swing at Lovatsville and Sam White and his team are seeing all blue sky with new recruits Gold Trip (Fr) and Generation working well in the covering barn and achieving excellent fertility.

John Sargent loves his Oaks fillies and may have another in the pipeline with James McDonald travelling to Hawkesbury on Thursday to test out Kiwi bred Powers of Opal, who duly bolted in by five and a half lengths.

This Saturday we see the 12 best sprinters in Australia doing battle in The Everest and during it’s seven year history some special horses have won it and from a pedigree perspective at this elite level it takes more than speed on speed, there has to be an element of real toughness in the genetic mix and ALL past winners have had it.

Another day and another winner for Yes Yes Yes, who posted his tenth winner of the season at Hawkesbury on Thursday to put himself right in the picture on the leading sires of three year-old winners table.

How to find The Everest winner based on history is an interesting exercise given its short seven year run but given history has a habit of repeating itself, here’s the stats.

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

This three year-old son of Trapeze Artist was a popular winner at Ballarat on Thursday going two for two to the great delight of his trainer Charlotte Littlefield and his big group of happy owners.

The first 1,000,000 guineas yearling colt in the history of the sale provided a fitting climax to Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. The sale saw wide margin year-on-year increases across the board and records set for turnover, average and median. There were 42 lots that realised 300,000 guineas or more and 93 above 200,000 guineas at the three-day sale, figures that bettered all oth

Kiwi-bred sprinter I Wish I Win will be flying the New Zealand flag high when he heads to Randwick on Saturday where he will be seeking redemption in the A$20 million The Everest (1200m).