Bel Esprit - New Winner

It’s been a while between drinks for the connections of Field Of Gold, but the talented galloper looked back to his impressive best when taking out the JR N Berkett 1400 at Trentham on Sunday.

In the lead up to Christmas there is a lot of racing and a winner at Newcastle on Saturday that would easily slip under the radar caught my eye as he became the eighth winner from 10 foals to race for a remarkable producer that is still active!

There were three heats for 2YO’s at Hawkesbury on Monday and also on show was Golden Slipper winner Lady of Camelot, who might be a fruit out of season as an elite three year-old tuning up for race day a week out from Christmas, but the lure of the $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race has enticed connections to curtail her post spring break.

High-class three-year-old Damask Rose has powered her way to the top of the markets for New Zealand’s biggest pots of gold.

The bloodstock world is in mourning following the sad news of the passing of Peter Heagney, a much loved and respected auctioneer and director with Inglis for many years.

There were three new Australasian bred winners at Sha Tin on Sunday, a French bred Zoustar bagging his first in HK and a promising one for Star Turn taking his record to two wins from three starts.

We got a timely reminder ahead of Magic Millions as to the merits of Arrowfield shuttler Maurice(Jpn) in Japan on Sunday when his two year-old colt Admire Zoom won the Group I Asai Hai Futurity Stakes (1600m) at Kyoto.

It’s early days for the current juvenile season with only a tiny percentage of the crop seen in action so far, but as we head into the Christmas holiday period three of the top five sires on the two year-old sires list are all first season horses and that’s good news for Kia Ora Stud, Yulong and Vinery Stud.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Saturday’s A$300,000 Group Three Grand Prix Stakes (1800m) at Eagle Farm marked a new peak performance for Karaka graduate Beau Dazzler (NZ) (Ardrossan), who has a full-brother in the catalogue for Book 1 of Karaka 2025.