The impressive win of Ocean Park three-year-old Star Of The Seas on Wednesday at Warwick Farm was particularly gratifying for Rosehill trainer Chris Waller and it was a case of history repeating.
The physical progression Group One-winning colt Grunt has made since the autumn has trainer Mick Price optimistic about the rising four-year-old's spring prospects.
Champion jockey Hugh Bowman showed why he was the best in the business when he got Jolly Honour home in a masterful display to take out the Theraces Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday
Champion trainer Chris Waller is expecting the New Zealand-bred and owned The Macallan to give a bold account of himself in his Australian debut at Rosehill on Saturday.
New Zealand-bred galloper Shock Alert recorded his fifth career win when successful over a mile on his home-track on Wednesday and in the process provided Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker with his 100thwinner in New South Wales for the season.
Having failed to make the cut for the Queensland Derby, Ombudsman (NZ) (Reliable Man) has shown he is a stayer of promise by beating older horses to win the Winter Racing Handicap at Randwick.
The Dean Binaisse-trained Triscilla, a half-sister to three-time Group One winner Lucia Valentina, recorded her maiden victory in her seventh start on the synthetic surface at Geelong on Tuesday.
Lloyd Williams' quest for a seventh Melbourne Cup victory this spring may not include two of his best gallopers with the owner indicating his quinella horses Rekindling and Johannes Vermeer are unlikely to again chase the race.
A solid pace over a distance short of his best has been the catalyst for Liapari's (NZ) (Nom Du Jeu) return to the winner's circle in the Listed Civic Stakes (1350m) at Rosehill.
Under-rated mare Jamaican Rain may have earned a Group 1 campaign in Melbourne during the spring following her classy victory in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.