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.

Buzzwin made it two wins on end when landing the $30,000 Winter Stayers Series Final over 2100m at Echuca on Monday. Leading out of the straight the first time, Buzzwin was clear into the straight and he kept going under Michael Walker to score a strong win.

Buzzwin (5 g Danewin - From The Woods, by Touching Wood) defeated Riverina Highway (Tailings) by two and three-quarter lengths with Dublin Darlin (Savabeel) another four and a half lengths away third.

A $70,000 Premier Sale yearling, Buzzwin is a half-brother to Woodwin, who Nigel Blackiston trained to win a Winter Championship at Flemington. “That was a nice way to end the day.” Blackiston said on TVN. Blackiston and Walker won four races on the day with Buzzwin the last of the quartet.

“He’s deserved a nice race like this. he’s raced consistently this preparation and has shown he can stay a strong 2100m so there should be plenty of opportunities for him in the future.”

Multiple Group 1 winner Danewin (Danehill) stands at Emirates Park in Blandford, New South Wales.

The combination of Alan Tam and Jerome Lermyte continued on their winning ways with a treble in Macau at the weekend, with a double on the sand Friday night and a win on the turf Saturday, highlighted by the Australian import Elderly Paradise (Danewin – Kali Smytzer, by Zabeel) who got the combination off to a flying start in race two on Friday when he led throughout for a good win in the Class 3 & 4 over 1300 metres.

The gelding had displayed some talent in three trials prior to Friday night and looks above average judging by his win. Elderly Paradise had trailed smartly at Pakenham in Victoria running a nice second place as ‘Danewin Smytzer’ before being purchased by Alan Tam for Macau.

Group 1 winner and sire Damewin (Danehill) is advertised as standing for $22,000 at Emirates Park in the Hunter Valley in 2011. With 215 winners from 377 named foals at a strike rate of 57%, Danewin is the sire of 25 stakes winners to date, headed by five-time Group 1 winner Theseo.

Top South African stallion Fort Wood (Sadler’s Wells - Fall Aspen, by Pretense) had his first Australian success at Friday’s Geelong Synthetic meeting, joining his successful half-brother Bianconi (Danzig - Fall Aspen, by Pretense) on the winner’s list.

Fort Wood has sired 64 individual stakes winners in his homeland, including the outstanding galloper Horse Chestnut (Fort Wood - London Wall, by Col Pickering). Horse Chestnut suffered only one defeat in his short career, which included stakes wins in South Africa and the US.

The South African-bred Just Grand (Fort Wood - Special Parade, by Ellidor) notched her sire’s inaugural Australian success in the Market Square Shopping Centre Maiden (1900m). The rising five-year-old scored a comfortable two-length win at her ninth start.

Fort Wood’s Swettenham Stud-based half-brother Bianconi completed the family double two races later when Besant (Bianconi - Lost Horizons, by At Talaq) took out the Growlers Torquay Maiden Plate (1300m).

Meanwhile, Emirates Park Stud also enjoyed success at Geelong when Its No Myth (Al Samer - Limerick Lady, by Al Khawaneeg) took out the Geelong Cup Packages Handicap (1300m).

Danewin (Danehill - Cotehele House, by My Swanee) produced Emirates Park’s second win of the day when Amazing Dane (Danewin - Bundle Of Thanks, by County) took out the ATAC Handicap (1600m).

Former Emirates Park stallion Secret Savings (Seeking The Gold - Jurisdictional, by Damascus) completed a treble for the stud when Swiss banker (Secret Savings - Desert Tiger, by Green Desert) claimed the Food On The Run Maiden Plate at Canberra.

The Gai Waterhouse stable has called time on the outstanding career of the weight-for-age warhorse Theseo (Danewin - Ozone Sand, by L’Enjoleur).

Theseo finished out of the placings in Saturday’s Group 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. Waterhouse made the decision immediately after the gelding returned to the mounting enclosure.

Theseo (Danewin - Ozone Sand by L'Enjoleur)

“He has been a wonderful old fellow and just a joy to train,” Waterhouse said. “You dream about having a horse like this.

“As Nash (Rawiller) said when he got off ‘he’s just not the horse we used to have’ and they’re not machines. At some stage or another, athletes have to retire.

“I bet he ends up being a top eventer.”

Theseo won 11 of 40 starts, including five Group 1 races. The seven-year-old accumulated more than $3.2 million in prizemoney.

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