The $50,000 Clan O’Sullivan 2YO (1000m) at Canberra on Friday attracted the attention of the big Sydney stables with the first three all trained in the city and the winner was a flashy chestnut Snitzel filly that has been catching our eye at the barrier trials in recent weeks and started a short priced favourite.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar will finish 2024 as the world’s leading sire of winners taking the title for the second year in a row and he’s not done yet with his Northern Hemisphere bred colt King of Gosford taking out the $200,000 Group II Mathis Mile (1m) on turf at Santa Anita on Boxing Day.