While Joe Pride prepares his star Al Maher gelding Private Eye for Saturday’s $1,000,000 The Newcastle Herald Hunter, his $5,000 Al Maher filly Brigidine Gal showed she has a bright future when overpowering Jolly Good Fellow and the $1,000,000 yearling Leconfield in the $100,000 Ranvet Super Maiden (1400m) at Rosehill on Wednesday.

Shamardal’s Group I winning son Lope de Vega started his stud career shuttling to Patinack Farm in Hunter Valley from 2011 to 2014 at fees of $27,500 and then $22,000, but has shot to fame in the years since then with Ballylinch Stud in Ireland announcing his 2025 fee at €175,000.