Eliza Park stallion Bel Esprit (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) may have another Group 1 prospect after Bel Sprinter’s (Bel Esprit - Gavroche, by Snippets) brilliant win in Saturday’s Listed W J Adams Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield.

Bel Esprit is already the sire of the world’s best sprinter Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) and Group 1 winner Bel Mer (Bel Esprit - Drop Anchor, by At Talaq). However, the stallion has not sired a male Group 1 winner but Bel Sprinter could change that fact.

Bel Sprinter came from well back in the field to beat Kulgrinda (Exceed And Excel - River Crossing, by Bellotto) to post his fifth win from six starts. The victory also booked the gelding’s place in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on February 25.

“Options are everywhere, I think he gets into the Oakleigh Plate with no weight and that has been our plan all the way through,” Warren said.

“I think we are better placed now we have had that run.

“I spoke to the handicappers today and we get in with 53.5(kg) because today is only a Listed race and our plan was to give him three weeks between runs so we are right in it.”

Warren paid $140,000 for a brother to Bel Sprinter at last month’s Magic Millions yearling sale on the Gold Coast.

World Champion Sprinter Black Caviar (5 m Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) was untroubled to make it 17 straight wins in the $200,000 Gr 2 Essendon Mazda Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Starting the $1.05 favourite, Black Caviar gave Luke Nolen an armchair ride, racing in second place before sweeping up to Zedi Knight (Zeditave) on the home turn and then coming away to score by 4-3/4 lengths with her stablemate Doubtful Jack (Not A Single Doubt) a further 4-1/2 lengths away third in the time of 1:09.44 - 0.15 seconds outside the course record held by Miss Andretti.

“It’s great to see her back,” Moody said, confirming Black Caviar’s next start would be in the Group One C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield on February 11, her first attempt at 1400 metres. ”Her attitude is good, her action is terrific so hopefully it’s the start of a wonderful six months.”

Plans are to take the five-year-old daughter of Bel Esprit to England for the Golden Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot and the July Cup (1200m) at Newmarket, after the Orr, the Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield and maybe one other run here.

“There’s a race for her every Saturday on the eastern seaboard of Australia and most parts of the world for the next six months,” Moody said.”But we are going to sit down next Friday with the owners and have a meeting and that will tell us a bit more and get everyone’s gut feeling.

“But I’m just pleased to enjoy tonight and have her back on track.”

She is an unlikely runner but Caulfield trainer Peter Moody has entered unbeaten mare Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) for the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m).

Black Caviar would need to carry a minimum of 60kg if she was to win the $1 million event after posting a brilliant win in the 2011 edition of the race with 58kg.

Moody has taken the precaution of entering the daughter of Bel Esprit (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) in the Newmarket Handicap in case he makes the unlikely decision to bypass a trip to the UK for the famous Royal Ascot carnival.

Black Caviar’s major competitor, the John McNair-trained Hay List (Statue of Liberty - Sing Hallelujah, by Is It True) is also among the Newmarket Handicap entries, as is the 2011 Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) winner Eagle Falls.

Meanwhile, 53 stayers, 10 less than last year, have been nominated for the Group 1 Australian Cup (2000m).

The 2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain (Dynafomer - America, by Arazi) is among the entries, as is the former Luca Cumani-trained stayer Manighar (Linamix - Mintly Fresh, by Rubiano).

Both horses will resume for new stables in the autumn. David Hayes is the new trainer of Americain while Peter Moody has taken over the training of Manighar.

Flemington will host both the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup on March 10.

Click here to view the entries for the Newmarket Handicap and here for the Australian Cup.

A colt by leading Victorian based sire Bel Esprit topped the fifth session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale on Sunday. The colt, offered by Eliza Park as lot 670, sold to trainer Rick Hore-Lacy for $225,000.

Hore-Lacy, who has trained star Magic Millions graduates including Dash for Cash and Toorak Toff, was the successful buyer and the colt will head to his Caulfield stable.

Bel Esprit - Jezeera

Sunday’s session grossed $6.96 million on 176 lots sold at an average price of $39,588 with a clearance rate of 78 per cent.

A large crowd was on hand for the session which saw yearlings sold to buyers from most Australian states as well as overseas locations such as Macau, Malaysia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Korea, Ireland and Japan.

“It’s been a solid day’s selling,” Magic Millions Managing Director Vin Cox said. ”Like was the case with the first four sessions it is great to see the clearance rate strong.”

“The quality lots attracted strong interested with canny buyers chasing their next racetrack star,” Cox added.

The 2012 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale will conclude on Tuesday with the sixth session of the sale to be followed by a popular racehorse sale.

Black Caviar and Frankel dominated the headlines following the release of the 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings (WTR) by the International Federation of Horse Authorities in London overnight.

In a remarkable year where Black Caviar won all eight starts including six at Group One level and extended her career winning sequence to 16, the Peter Moody- trained mare was assigned a rating of 132 by the WTR Committee and for the second successive year is the Champion Sprinter in the World.

Black Caviar had been published with an interim rating of 130 after her brilliant win in the Newmarket Handicap in March and in the final listings has had that rating lifted to 132.

Australia’s representative on the WTR Committee, Greg Carpenter said “The rating assigned to Black Caviar reflects her absolute dominance in the Newmarket Handicap where she gave weight and trounced her rivals to win in the fastest time ever recorded in the 138 year history of Australia’s iconic sprint race.”

Australian-bred topped three categories on the Rankings with Sepoy (Elusive Quality) and Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock) heading their respective divisions.

Sepoy was assigned a rating of 123 for his victories against older horses in the Gr 1 Manikato Stakes at WFA and the Gr 2 Caulfield Sprint under handicap conditions against older horses. The Peter Snowden-trained colt was the Champion 3yo Sprinter in the World in 2011.

The son of Elusive Quality is set to contest the G1 Oakleigh Plate over 1100m at  Caulfield next month, before travelling to Dubai for the World Cup Carnival and then will be campaigned in Europe in the major short course sprints.

The Mark Kavanagh-trained Atlantic Jewel was the Champion 3yo Filly in the Intermediate distance category for her 7 length romp in the Gr 2 Wakeful Stakes at Flemington over 2000m. Atlantic Jewel was assigned a rating of 121 for that win, as she was for her brilliant victory over Mosheen in the Gr 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield over 1600m.

She shared the title of Champion Filly in the mile category with outstanding French trained filly Immortal Verse (121), who defeated Goldikova in winning the Gr 1 Jacques le Marois against older horses at Deauville in August.

“The 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings again confirmed Australia as a major player in World Racing and are a stunning advertisement for the quality of Australia’s racing and breeding industries,” Carpenter said

Bel Esprit added a new winner to his tally of winners on Tuesday when Milwaukee Belle (3 f Bel Esprit - Milwaukee Flyer, by Dehere) ran out the five-length winner of the $12,000 Join Theshark.Com.au Maiden (1125m) at Kyneton.

Milwaukee Belle was always travelling well and she came right away in the straight, her advantage growing at the line where she was being eased down by jockey Luke Londregan. In Spirit (Keep The Faith) finished second with the $4 favourite Sward (Strategic) third.

Milwakee Belle’s win was one of several for Bel Esprit, who stands at Eliza Park Stud in Victoria, in the past seven days.

Bel Esprit was also represented by the Port Lincoln winner Lady Reyane at Port Lincoln on Sunday, he had two winners on Saturday courtesy of To Be Honest, who won over 2000m at Colac, and Vigneron while last Friday night Bel Sir won the $50,000 Sistema Plastics Handicap (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Earlier on Friday Ballroom Dance scored at the Sunshine Coast and there was also a winner in Singapore where China Eagle scored at Kranji.

Game mare Mrs. Bently (Euclase - Truepenny, by True Statement) won six races at Moonee Valley during her 83-start career so it was no surprise to see her consistent son Bel Sir (Bel Esprit - Mrs. Bently, by Euclase) score at the same venue on Friday night.

Mrs. Bentley was a confirmed Moonee Valley specialist during her racing days, which yielded more than $380,000 in prizemoney. Bel Sir took his first steps in his mother’s footsteps with his win in the Sistema Plastics Handicap (2040m).

The son of Eliza Park resident Bel Esprit (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) led all the way to win the $50,000 race by 2-1/2 lengths at his first race at the tricky Melbourne venue.

Meanwhile, another Eliza Park Stud resident, God’s Own (Redoute’s Choice - Angel In Disguise, by Sky Chase) kept his outstanding run going when Godwilling (God’s Own - Millrich, by Rubiton won the Noble One Handicap (1100m) at Canterbury.

Godwilling’s success was the sire’s eighth individual victory in the first half of December. Godwilling is also a half-brother to the former handy sprinter, now emerging young sire, Danerich (Danehill - Millrich, by Rubiton).

Unbeaten mare Black Caviar (5 m Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert King) has pulled up sore from her win in last Saturday’s $1 million Gr 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) at Flemington and will be spelled according to trainer Peter Moody.

“She’s a little bit jarry, she’s got a little muscle tear up high behind, it’s nothing too dramatic, but just enough to suggest to us, after consultation with the owners, that we’ll have a little rest rather than go to Perth unfortunately,” Moody said when interviwed on Radio Sport National on Monday morning.

“These races look effortless, but they’re not. They’re Group 1 races, they run fast time and on Saturday the track was a bit firm, but we went there knowing that. I would not say she’s come out of it worse for wear, but she’s came out of it feeling the run.”

Moody said that the proposed trip to Perth for the Winterbottom Stakes was too difficult. “If she was racing here in two weeks, there’s a great chance she’d be going around, but the fact we’ve got to travel across the continent to do it in strange circumstances we’re not going to risk that. She’s done a good job, I don’t think anyone could begrudge her a few weeks off.”

The manner of Black Caviar’s (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) success proved little but the darling of the Australian turf scored her 16^th straight win in effortless fashion in Saturday’s Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) at Flemington.

Black Caviar has already monstered half of the field in previous meetings but faced three Peter Moody-trained stablemates for the first time in a race.

The daughter of Eliza Park sire (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) effectively ended the $1 million event as a contest when she jumped smartly to settle inside the early leader Buffering (Mossman - Action Annie, by Anabaa) .

 Jockey Luke Nolen merely changed his grip on the reins, allowing Black Caviar enough latitude to cruise four lengths clear of her opposition at the 200 metres before easing her down over the last 50 metres, letting Buffering remain within three lengths on the post.

“She’s got the job done again and it is a great relief to see her do it again,” Moody said. “She can only race what is there. They are all Group horses behind her but once again, she has toyed with them.

“She runs time doing it. She is just one hell of a horse.”

The Patinack Farm Classic was Black Caviar’s seventh Group 1 win and the five-year-old’s second successive win in the Flemington feature.

Hawkes Racing will produce a half-brother to Black Caviar by Patinack Farm sire Casino Prince (Flying Spur - Lady Capel, by Last Tycoon) later in the season while Helsinge (Desert Sun - Scandinavia, by Snippets) foaled a Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) filly in 2010 and a filly from the same sire earlier this year.

Flemington is expecting a huge crowd on Saturday as the people’s horse, champion mare Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) shoots for her 16th straight victory in the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Among her six rivals tomorrow, three of them are stable mates and the remaining three have at some stage in their careers tried to pit themselves against the champ only to have their hearts broken.

The confidence that the racing public has in her to continue her winning streak is unshakeable and and it is a level of confidence that is unreservedly shared by her jockey, Luke Nolen. “She’ll be peaking tomorrow and what we’ll see tomorrow is probably Black Caviar at her best in Melbourne this spring,” he said.

Nolen, who has a quiet Flemington Carnival so far said the first objective tomorrow will be to race well, not the clock. “As long as she’s winning, it doesn’t matter. They don’t pay any more for breaking track records.

“She can runs remarkable time on the bridle and she can run from the 800 metre to the 200 metre mark in 31 (secs) and change and not many horses around can go with her and do that and she can still possess a kick at the end of it. I’ll just ride her to win,”

A win tomorrow would provide her and her connections with a seventh Group 1 success, a sixth win at Flemington and prize money totalling in excess of $4 million.

Black Caviar is attempting to win back-to-back Patinack Classics tomorrow and ironically it was only one of the three victories that Luke Nolen has not been aboard.

Australia’s World Champion Sprinter Black Caviar (5 m Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) had little more than an exercise gallop to win Saturday’s Gr 2 Schweppes Stakes (1200m). With just three rivals, Black Caviar was untroubled to come home six lengths clear of stablemate Doubtful Jack (Not A Single Doubt) and make it 15 wins from 15 starts.

“We are very pleased with the result. Luke was very pleased with her action and her attitude and she seems to her pulled up super, so it tremendous,” said trainer Peter Moody. “Why tempt fate when we know how fast she can go? We saw her run down a superstar in Hay List twice at the end of her last campaign when we all wondered if she had that next gear, and she has.”

“Luke knows that she has got it if he needs it but let’s keep it until we need it. The fact that I have kept her lighter this time has probably allowed me to get away like she is doing and I do not think we will change a lot going into the Patinack. She will probably just have a couple of little bits of work and a few trips down to the beach, and hopefully we are there on final day in the same condition.”

Moody said that he would see on Black Caviar’s possible trip to Perth after the Patinack Farm Classic (Gr 1, 1200m) at Flemington on Emirates Stakes Day. “We want to keep her in Australia. I am as keen as anyone to see her race overseas and out all these naysayers that we have to travel overseas to get ourselves the best. Let’s enjoy her in Australia.”

“Look what she is doing for racing, why should we supplement every other racing around the world, let’s supplement our own, let’s enjoy her in Australia for as long as we can.”

Black Caviar (5 m Bel Esprit – Helsinge, by Desert Sun) has earned $3,777,550.

Champion sprinter Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) will face a small field of rivals again in Saturday’s Group 2 Schweppes Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

The champion mare has scared off most of her sprinting opposition with the $200,000 feature attracting just nine nominations. Black Caviar headed a field of six when she won last year’s Schweppes Stakes.

Black Caviar has comfortably handled six rivals at her past two starts. The five-year-old will face a new challenger on Saturday in the form of the former Australian Racehorse of the Year Scenic Blast (Scenic - Daughter’s Charm, by Delgado)

Scenic Blast has won Group 1 races in Australia and the UK. The gelding returned from a winless stint in the US racing on Lasix after a bleeding attack when unplaced in the 2009 Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint at Sha Tin.

Speedy three-year-old filly Karuta Queen (Not A Single Doubt - Card Queen, by Final Card) is also among the Schweppes Stakes entries but her trainer Neville Layt has left the option open of running the Magic Millions Classic (1200m) on the Gold Coast.

Click here for the full entries for the Schweppes Stakes as well as the rest of the Cox Plate day card. The Cox Plate field will be declared on Tuesday morning.

Saturday’s Group 2 Schillaci Stakes was a simple affair. Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Desert Sun, by Helsinge) arrived at Caulfield, took her place in the starting gates before blowing her rivals away in her usual fashion.

Few, if any, thought the outcome of the $200,000 race would be any different. The Canberra-trained three-year-old filly Karuta Queen (Not A Single Doubt - Card Queen, by Final Card) gave cheek for the first 700 metres before Black Caviar put her in her place by ambling past her early in the straight.

Black Caviar equalled Phar Lap’s feat of 14 straight city wins with her success. On the surface, it appeared the public learned little more about the wonderful mare but her trainer Peter Moody said the five-year-old would be better than ever during this racing season.

“It’s just relief to have her back in great shape,” Moody said.

“I think she is a fully mature horse, she’s developed into a very imposing horse and maybe the world is her oyster this racing season.

“You just always fear that something can go wrong. That’s really the only way they’ll beat her.”

Black Caviar will have her next run in the weight-for-age Group 2 Moir Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day.

The breeding career of Group 3 winner Dane Belltar (Danewin - Ameerat-Blaadi, by Kenmare) gained further momentum after the mare produced her second winning son in four days at Tuesday’s Kyneton meeting.

Dane Belltar was good enough to finish in the placings three times at Group 1 level in her racing days. The mare could earn her first stakes success as a broodmare during the upcoming spring season.

Dane Belltar’s oldest son Tanby (Galileo - Dane Belltar, by Danewin) showed himself to be a strong staying prospect with his comfortable win at Moonee Valley last Saturday.

Revitalise (Bel Esprit - Dane Belltar, by Danewin) became the mare’s third winner from three to race with his decisive success in Tuesday’s Hanging Rock Winery Maiden Plate (1112m) at Kyneton.

Prominent Melbourne businessman Lloyd Williams owns Tanby, Revitialise and Dane Belltar’s other son to race, the city winner Fawkner (Reset - Dane Belltar, by Danewin).

Williams’s son Nick paid $200,000 for Tanby at the 2008 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale while Fawkner fetched $70,000 at the 2009 Inglis Premier Sale. Graeme Rogerson purchased Revitalise on Williams’s behalf for $145,000 at last year’s Inglis Premier Sale.

Baltic Spirit (Bel Esprit - Curvaceous Miss, Anabaa) completed a double for Bel Esprit with his win in the Gordon Hassett Tribute Handicap (1000m) at Townsville.

Rich Hill Stud sire Pentire (Be My Guest - Gull Nook, by Mill Reef) continued his terrific week with yet another winner at Thursday’s Sunshine Coast meeting.

Pentire has sired seven winners in the past seven days, including Mufhasa (Pentire - Sheila Cheval, by Mi Preferido), who won the Group 1 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Hastings last Saturday.

Pentire’s hot form continued when Connacht (Pentire - Darine, by Dahar) scored a comfortable win in the Bundaberg Distilling Company Class 3 Handicap (2200m).

The sire’s big week has taken his win tally for the 2011/12 season to 14.

Meanwhile, Victorian operation Eliza Park Stud enjoyed a double success with winners at the Seymour and Wyong meetings.

Bel Esprit (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) three-year-old Sir Fernando (Bel Esprit - Ruby Doll, by Desert Style) scored a comfortable win in the Print Supply Management Maiden (1009m) at Seymour. The David Hayes-trained Spirited Addition (Bel Esprit - Ruby Doll, by Desert Style) finished second to complete a Bel Esprit quinella.

God’s Own (Redoute’s Choice - Angel In Disguise, by Sky Chase) completed Eliza Park’s double when Magnolia Lane (God’s Own - Stikumonice, by Umatilla) won the LA Interiors Handicap (1600m) at Wyong.

Connections of Black Caviar dominated Sunday night’s Victorian Thoroughbred Racing Awards in a glittering ceremony at Crown Palladium.

In the most anticipated showdown of the awards, the unbeaten Black Caviar (5 m Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) defeated middle distance champion So You Think (5 h High Chaparral - Triassic, by Tights)  to be named 2011 Staging Connections Victorian Racehorse of the Year.

Both horses won four Group 1 races on Victorian tracks during the 2010-11 season, but it was Black Caviar who was adjudged the standout performer by members of the Victorian racing media who lodged votes on a 3-2-1 basis. Black Caviar amassed 150 votes to So You Think’s 134 with Americain (28) and Sepoy (17), both of whom were unbeaten in Victoria, the only other horses to reach double figures.

Black Caviar’s trainer Peter Moody upstaged a star-studded field, including three-time winner Bart Cummings, to claim his first Fred Hoysted Medal in recognition of his efforts during the 2011 Melbourne Festival of Racing with Black Caviar, Typhoon Tracy, Do Ra Mi, Lights Of Heaven and Miss Gai Flyer.

The night’s headline award, the Scobie Breasley Medal presented by Tabcorp, was won for the first time by Blac Caviar’s regular rider Luke Nolen who amassed 64 votes – 19 more than second placed Craig Newitt.

Bel Sprinter (4 g Bel Esprit – Gavroche, by Snippets) retained his unbeaten record in dazzling style in the $100,500 Regal Roller Stakes (Listed), winning by three lengths in the 1200 metre sprint.

Bel Sprinter has won all four of his races for trainer Jason Warren. “That is a real relief, It’s a very big thrill,” he said. “I was hoping he wouldn’t have to lead today but he just found himself there and Ben (Melham) rated him and he couldn’t hold the horse any slower.”

“He probably didn’t meet these horses very well at the weights even though he only carried 53 and a half but he deserved to be here and we now have a pretty good line on him. We were looking at the Rupert Clarke but if we get there or not we will have to have a deep breath and have a look at it.”

“He is an exciting galloper and early days we thought he might be able to run 1400 metres but I think we will scrap that idea for the time being,” said  jockey Ben Melham “He has a mammoth cruising speed and he landed in front, I didn’t think it would hurt today and we had it our on way today. He was very strong to the line. I think he would be even better coming back to the five furlongs.”

Singapore’s champion sprinter Rocket Man (Viscount - Macrosa, by Mr McGinty) will miss a showdown with the unbeaten Australian superstar Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) in the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic (1200m) at Flemington in November.

Rocket Man’s trainer Patrick Shaw abandoned any hopes of a clash of the two Australian-bred sprint giants in 2011. Shaw blamed Australia’s tough quarantine requirements for the decision to bypass the Patinack Farm Classic.

“If he is to go to Australia, he would have to be there a month before the race,” Shaw told the Singapore Turf Club.

“Then he would have to go straight to Hong Kong from Melbourne, meaning he would have to be outstationed for his preparation towards the Hong Kong Sprint.

“All in all, he would spend more than 60 days overseas, which means he would have to return to Singapore as a newcomer and be quarantined for two weeks at the SEQS (Singapore Equine Quarantine Station) which has no training facilities.

“That would then affect his preparation towards his main target - the Golden Shaheen in March. This is a race he should have won twice already, but I still want him to become the first horse to win that race back-to-back.”

Shaw said the Group 1 Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama in Japan would become Rocket Man’s primary target before a tilt at the Group I Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin in December.

Eliza Park Stud stallions enjoyed another winning double around Australia on Thursday.  The Gai Waterhouse trained Crystal Empire (3 f Statue Of Liberty - My Little Girl, by Danehill) won the $16,000 PKP & Associates Maiden over 1350m at Wyong while the Robbie Griffiths trained Spirit Of Pompeii (4 m Bel Esprit - Pompeii Glory, by Pompeii Court) proved a length and a half too good for her rivals in the $15,000 Come To Life Maiden over 1200m at Ballarat.

Gooree-homebred Crystal Empire came away at the finish to defeat Alta Floresta (Testa Rossa) by three and a quarter lengths on her sixth start.

A half-sister to stakes performed Solar Antiquity (Desert Sun), Spirit Of Pompeii sold for $60,000 as a yearling from the draft of Fulmen Park at the 2008 Inglis Premier Sale

Eliza Park Stud stallions were in fine form in the southern areas of Australia on Sunday after they compiled a trio of winners at the Victorian and Tasmanian meetings.

Bel Esprit (Royal Academy - Bespoken, by Vain) led the way with a winning double. Navillus Superman (Bel Esprit - Sharna Cabarna, by Dolphin Street) finished strongly to claim the TAB Sportsbet $2 Million Bonus Handicap (1000m) at Cranbourne before Cleaver (Bel Esprit - Mill Lady, by Straight Strike) took out the $22,500 Jack Maher Classic (1200m) at Wodonga.

God’s Own (Redoute’s Choice - Angel In Disguise, by Sky Chase) earned a two-year-old success when Father Ned (God’s Own - Ornamented, by Gilded Time) posted his second win in the Oamps Handicap (1220m) at Launceston.

Father Ned is the fifth foal out of Ornamented (Gilded Time - Princess Carrie, by Lightning Orphan) to race; the gelding kept his dam’s perfect breeding record intact with his win earlier in the season.

Bel Esprit will stand for $27,500 for the 2011 breeding season.

Meanwhile, Arrowfield Stud sires produced an international double with wins in Australia and Singapore on Sunday.

The Patinack Farm-owned Renewed Vitality (Redoute’s Choice - Real Pzazz, by Green Desert) completed the local half of Arrowfield’s double with his success in the David Dwyer Bookmaker Maiden Plate (1000m).

Starcraft (Soviet Star - Flying Floozie, by Pompeii Court) three-year-old El Perigo (Starcraft - Patronella, by Mister C) posted his second win in a row in an 1800-metre Class 4 at Kranji.

El Perigo is a half-brother to stakes winners Stella Artois and Smytzer’s Trish (both Geiger Counter - Patronella, by Mister C).