Blue Gum Farm

One of the best two year-old colts last season, the Gary Portelli trained Sebring colt Sejardan produced his A game at Moonee Valley on Saturday to run down courageous Sweet Ride and win the Group III MVRC Red Anchor Stakes (1200m) by a long head.

Last November when the feature spring two year-old racing had come to an end we ran a story highlighting a colt that was doing the special things his pedigree had suggested and here we are in Golden Slipper week and he’s ready to rumble in the richest two year-old race in the world.

Last start Sale Cup winner Gold Fields gave popular jockey Stephen Baster a fitting finale to his riding career when battling on bravely to nose out Mr Exclusive in Saturday’s $160,000 Group III Ladbrokes Sandown Stakes at Sandown.

For the best part of eight months Princess Posh did not have a break longer than five weeks between starts, so the 14 weeks from her second to Cool Passion in the Group III Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington last November to her unplaced effort when resuming in the Group II Triscay Stakes at Randwick on February 16 was among the longest breaks in her 26-start career.

Champion trainer Darren Weir has better horses in his stable than Cliff’s Edge but few with a bigger heart.

Sixth in the race 12 months ago, Princess Posh made amends in Friday’s Group III Yarraman Park Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle.

A dominant winner of the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes, Flying Artie was the Champion 3YO Sprinter of 2016/2017 and has been a super popular addition at Newgate Farm with his first foals arriving this spring.

Canford Cliffs (IRE) three year-old Cliff’s Edge predictably made all the running to win Friday night’s Group II MVRC Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley.

The Group III Three Troikas Stakes at Turffontein in south Africa produced a quinella for Aussie breds with Canford Cliffs (IRE) filly Fish River leading home San Femin, a daughter of Charge Forward.

Top class mare Savanna Amour burst back to her best form at Caulfield on Saturday with a tenacious win in the Group III MRC Cockram Stakes, her dam Savanna La Mar a confirmed booking to visit Newgate Farm’s brilliant Group I winning sprinter Flying Artie this spring.