Rigoletto (AUS)

The $750,000 Group I VRC Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) is the first staying test for the three year-old fillies of the autumn and there is a raging hot favourite in VRC Oaks queen Treasurethe Moment, but with the track rated a heavy 9 this morning it does raise a slight question mark as there are only two fillies in the field that have won in the heavy and she’s not one of them.

It’s been a phenomenal start to the year for Anthony and Kristen Evans and their ‘hands on’ approach at Hunter Valley nursery HP Thoroughbreds having bred and sold their first Group I winner Skybird and for good measure they also sold their highest priced yearling so far.