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

Darley stallion Elusive Quality (Gone West - Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) has another Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes contender after Sweet Little Lies (Elusive Quality - Borobudor, by Strategic) made an outstanding debut at Caulfield on Saturday.

Elusive Quality sired last year’s champion two-year-old, the Blue Diamond Stakes and Golden Slipper winner Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) for the Darley operation. Another Golden Slipper-winning stable, the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra partnership, trains Sweet Little Lies.

The youngster began the Thomas North Plate extremely quickly to find the front with little effort before Sweet Little Lies produced a neat turn of foot under moderate pressure on the home turn.

Jockey Chris Symons gave the filly an easy time in the straight before Sweet Little Lies won the $70,000 race by 4-3/4 lengths. The margin could have been much greater if Symons allowed it.

“It was good to see her translate what she has been doing at home to today,” Ellerton said. “Today is the quickest we’ve asked her to go and she has done it well.”

Ellerton said the stable would give Sweet Little Lies a short break before the filly returns to Caulfield for the Listed Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) on January 26.

Owner and breeder Brian Agnew retained the filly to race after buyers passed her in at $45,000 at the 2011 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Patinack Farm filly Real Stolle (Elusive Quality - Lemon Ruski, by Desert King) became the 71^st individual stakes winner for Darley sire Elusive Quality (Gone West - Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) with her success in the Group 3 Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington.

Real Stolle started her career with a fifth to Jimando (Commands - Finko, by Caerleon) in the Listed Debutants Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield last month. The filly relished the Tony McEvoy-trained colt’s absence to record a solid win after racing down the centre of the Flemington straight track.

Real Stolle was a pinhook success story. The filly cost $4500 at the 2009 Inglis Select Weanling Sale before reaping a 400 percent return for her original purchasers when sold to Patinack Farm for $18,000 at the 2010 Inglis Select sale.

The filly is out of Lemon Ruski (Desert King - Lemon Spice, by Prince True), who is a half-sister to the Group 3 winner Chattanooga (Scenic - Lemon Spice, by Prince True).

Real Stolle provided Elusive Quality with his first two-year-old winner of the season. Elusive Quality sired last season’s Australian champion two-year-old Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill).

Real Stolle became the third juvenile stakes winner for Darley sires this season with her win.

Coolmore Stud sires will take a handy lead into the final day of Flemington’s famous four-day carnival at Saturday’s Emirates Stakes meeting.

Coolmore’s band of stallions has won five of the 28 races contested to date of the first three days of the Flemington carnival. The Fastnet Rock (Danehill - Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) filly Mosheen (Fastnet Rock - Sumehra, by Stravinsky) provided the stud’s highlight of the carnival to date with her win in the Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m).

Mosheen posted a nine-length success in the $1 million event. The ease of her win left the connections of Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock - Regard, by Zabeel) wondering what might have been after the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) had trounced Mosheen at their previous meetings.

Atlantic Jewel missed the VRC Oaks with a pulled hamstring.

Darley sires have won three races over the carnival. The outstanding Elusive Quality colt Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) won the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes while Exceed And Excel (Danehill - Patrona, by Lomond) produced his first two-year-old winner of the season when Applegate (Exceed And Excel - Klamath Falls, by Storm Cat).

Arrowfield’s gun sire Redoute’s Choice (Danehill - Shantha’s Choice, by Canny Lad) has carried the NSW operation during the Flemington carnival with two successes. Sister Madly (Redoute’s Choice - Jade Tiara, by Bureaucracy) claimed the Group 2 Salinger Stakes (1200m) while Galah (Redoute’s Choice - Rinky Dink, by Distorted Humor) won the Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) on the opening day of the four-day festival.

Sepoy proved too good again in Saturday’s $500,000 Gr 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington. Darley’s champion colt was always near the front and he was ridden into the lead by Kerrin McEvoy passing the 300m, Foxwedge (Fastnet Rock) ran on strongly to challenge but failed by a head with Satin Shoes (Flying Spur) finishing third.

“It was a satisfying win as he has had a really long campaign.” winning trainer Peter Snowden said. “For him to stay up as long as he has is a credit to the horse. He came back in May but for the first month he was just on the walker and I just wanted to get him out of the cold and keep him rugged up and keep him warm.”

“He has had five hard runs at the highest level you can get. He is still only a young horse and to stay up as long as he has is full credit to the horse, believe me it was a very good effort.”

“A big thank you to Peter Snowden and all the team. He has been fantastically well handled the whole way through and it’s just a pleasure to ride a quality little colt like this. He’s got a fantastic record now and it would be great to see him in Australia for a couple more runs in the autumn before he goes overseas but Sheikh Mohammed will make that decision.”

The Coolmore is the fourth Group 1 victory for Sepoy (3 c Elusive Quality – Watchful, by Danehill), who has won 10 of his 11 starts and has bankrolled $3,870,000.

Brothers-in-blood Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) and Induna (Elusive Quality - Camarena, by Danehill) are on the verge of on amazing Group 1 double at Saturday’s Victoria Derby meeting at Flemington.

Sepoy is a short-priced favourite to win his fourth Group 1 event of 2011 when the outstanding colt lines up in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m). Sepoy has tasted defeat once in 10 starts and returns to racing against his own age in the $500,000 race.

Induna will cover more than double the distance of his brother in blood when he attempts to become Darley’s first Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) winner. The gelding showed his staying capability with his decisive success in the Listed Geelong Classic (2200m) at his last start.

The duo’s trainer Peter Snowden said Induna has developed into a Victoria Derby contender rapidly but must still overcome the ruling favourite Manawanui (Oratorio (Ire) - Lady Remlap, by Filante) is he is to win the $1.5 million feature.

“He has really surprised me over the last month, the transformation in him has been enormous,” Snowden said. “He is a different horse and the blinkers have certainly helped him.

“Whether he has got the class to beat the good horse (Manawanui), only time will tell.”

The 2011 Group 1 Victoria Derby will start at 3pm on Saturday.

CReigning Champion Juvenile  Sepoy (3 c Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) has shot into the Top 50 of the World Thoughbred Rankings (WTR) that were released in Europe on Thursday evening. The Peter Snowden-trained star is the third highest rated sprinter in the world for the period from 1 April to 16 October 2011 behind current Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar and Singapore’s star sprinter Rocket Man.

The Darley-homebred sits 15th in the WTR with a rating of 123 achieved when he defeated older horses in both the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on 30 September and the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint (1200m) at Caulfield on 15 October. Sepoy, who is currently the highest rated three-year-old sprinter in the world, will look to better his rating when competes in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on 29 October.

Chairman of the ANZ Classifications Committee, Greg Carpenter, said, “The rating recognises the performances of Sepoy in winning both races as truly world class and announces him as the latest star in a rich galaxy of Australian-bred sprinters in the last decade.”

Black Caviar remains second in the rankings behind unbeaten UK three-year-old colt Frankel (135), but she now shares that honour with Germany’s runaway Arc de Triomphe winner Danedream, and France’s Champion Stakes winner Cirrus des Aigles.The unbeaten Black Caviar’s rating went down from 130 to 128, but as Carpenter explained, her standing will be reinstated in the year-end rankings.

“To explain, the WTR take into account performances in the last six months only and Black Caviar achieved her rating of 130 in the Newmarket Handicap in March,” Carpenter said. “This performance now falls out of the six month period covered by the ratings released overnight, but she will return to that figure when the full rankings for 2011 are released in January next year.”

The Australian horses in the Top 50 are (ratings in brackets);

· Black Caviar (128 – Equal 2nd)

· So You Think (126 – Equal 8th)

· Sepoy (123 – Equal 15th)

· Hay List (122 – Equal 18th)

· More Joyous (120 – Equal 45th)

European-based Darley stallion Kheleyf (Green Desert - Society Lady, by Mr Prospector) earned his first Australian winner when Praise Be (Kheleyf - Grateful Thanks, by Bering) won the Richmond Club Handicap (2000m) at Hawkesbury.

Praise Be started his career in Ireland before clients of the Chris Waller stable purchased the mare to race in Australia. The four-year-old recorded a comfortable 2-1/2 length win to record her first win from seven starts for the Rosehill stable.

Kheleyf won the Group 3 Jersey Stakes (7f) in the UK in 2004. The stallion has produced stakes winners in France, Britain, Ireland, Italy and the US.

The local Darley sires produced four winners of their own on a profitable day. Elusive Quality (Gone West - Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) sired the first winner for dual Group 1 winner Fashions Afield (Redoute’s Choice - Attire, by Wild Again) when Turn On Sixpence (Elusive Quality - Fashions Afield, by Redoute’s Choice) won the Aruze Gaming Maiden (1000m) at Hawkesbury.

Darley veteran Canny Lad (Bletchingly - Jesmond Lass, by Lunchtime) got on the board when Ever The Same (Canny Lad - Jamil, by Giant’s Causeway) won the Aristocrat Maiden (1300m). Bound To Blush (Strategic - Run For Roses, by Danehill) claimed the Hawkesbury Living Handicap (1200m) while Taxee (Street Cry - Helaura Miss, by Helissio) completed Darley’s winning day in the Harris Scarfe Maiden (1200m) at Ballarat.

Darley’s homebred Sepoy (3 c Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) continued on his winning ways with a comfortable win in yesterday’s Gr 2 Perri Cutten Sprint (1100m) at Caulfield. With Kerrin McEvoy electing to race in second place behind Platinum Skye to the turn into the straight.

Given some more rein, Sepoy sprinted clear and was then untroubled in the final stages, defeating Curtana (Exceed And Excel) with ease by a length and a quarter.

“He just ran 1.03.11, he is a very special horse,” said winning trainer Peter  Snowden. “He had everything against him, not a lot to gain, but for us he just showed the true qualities that he has. What he has done has not been done by very many horses, only champion horses and believe me, he is one of them.”

“I am pretty hard with who I claim is special but this fellow is still learning his trade. There is all the hype and vibe about him taking on Black Caviar, but to me he is 12 months away from looking at a race like that. He is getting better and better and learning more and more about what he has got to do.”

“He is just a very good horse. The times he is running and the way he copes with his racing and everything around the stable, he is just a credit to himself.”

“I will not say there is plenty (left). He is there, as good as you can get, as I said 1.03 that is absolutely outstanding time, that horse is in the zone and it is my job to keep him there for two more weeks.”

“Racing is a challenge.  I have learnt that over the years. Every day is a challenge but when you’ve got good horses like this it makes the job a lot easier.”

Stakes-placed Elusive Quality (Gone West - Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) three-year-old Induna (Elusive Quality - Camarena, by Danehill) continued a terrific week for his family with a resounding success at Gosford on Thursday.

Induna was placed in the Listed Dulcify Quality earlier this season before the gelding handed his older rivals a galloping lesson in the Terrigal Ice Creamery Maiden Plate (2100m). Induna is a brother to the Group 1-winning filly Camarilla (Elusive Quality - Camarena, by Danehill) out of another Group 1 winner, the Queensland Derby victor Camarena (Danehill - Canny Miss, by Marscay).

Camarena is a sister to Watchful (Danehill - Canny Miss, by Marscay). Watchful’s outstanding son Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) posted his third Group 1 win in last Friday night’s Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

Another of Canny Miss’s progeny, the former Godolphin racehorse Scandal Keeper (Danzig - Canny Miss, by Marscay) also enjoyed success at the Moonee Valley meeting. Scandal Keeper’s son Zamorar (Scandal Keeper - Chloris, by Scenic) recorded the sire’s first city success when a comfortable winner last Friday night.

Scandal Keeper stands at Yarradale Stud in WA for a fee of $4400 (inc GST).

Super three-year-old Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) has made the jump to open-age racing in fine style with a brilliant win in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

The Darley-owned three-year-old gave his connections, and jockey Kerrin McEvoy, a scare when he bounded in the air at the start but the colt’s blistering speed enabled him to recover to take an on-pace position soon after the start.

Sepoy proved far too good for his rivals in the Group 1 Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley

Sepoy travelled comfortably midrace before his outstanding turn of foot ended the $500,000 race as a contest soon after the field entered the straight. McEvoy kept the whip for another day as Sepoy cruised to his third Group 1 win with a 2-1/4 length margin in his favour.

Last season’s Australian champion two-year-old staked early claims for this season’s champion three-year-old colt crown with his third successive stakes win. However, his trainer Peter Snowden said a showdown with undefeated mare Black Caviar (Bel Esprit - Helsinge, by Desert Sun) would have to wait, possibly until 2012.

“For me the reason I’ve always said the Coolmore (Stud Stakes at Flemington) is the target because it’s his own age, three-year-olds, and hopefully the boss (Sheik Mohammed) is here on Derby Day,” Snowden said. “That would be the icing on the cake if we could win a Group 1 on the day that he’s there. For me that’s better than beating Black Caviar.”

The Manikato Stakes was Sepoy’s eighth from nine starts with the $300,000 winner’s taking the chestnut’s prizemoney to more than $3.4 million.

Glamour Sydney mare More Joyous (More Than Ready - Sunday Joy, by Sunday Silence) will need to overcome last season’s champion two-year-old Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) if she is to give her sire his first stakes win of the season in Friday’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

Vinery resident More Than Ready (Southern Halo - Woodman’s Girl, by Woodman) has sired the winners of 26 races this season but stakes success has eluded him so far.

Sepoy and More Joyous are the favoured runners in an eight-horse field. Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) gelding Buffering (Mossman - Action Annie, by Anabaa) will provide another opportunity for a Vinery sire to win the $500,000 race.

Kulgrinda (Exceed And Excel - River Crossing, by Bellotto) will give Darley sires their second shot at claiming the Manikato Stakes.

Former Hong Kong sprinter Happy Zero (Danzero - Have Love, by Canny Lad) will represent the new Rosemont Stud stallion Danzero (Danehill - Confidentially, by Kaoru Star).

Outstanding three-year-old Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) is one of 12 entries for Friday night’s Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

The Darley-owned colt had a look at the tight Moonee Valley circuit on Monday morning. Sepoy is one of three runners by Darley-based sires among the entries for the $500,000 sprint.

Peter Moody has nominated the Contract Racing-owned duo Curtana (Exceed And Excel - Razor Blade, by Blazing Sword) and Kulgrinda (Exceed And Excel - River Crossing, by Bellotto) for the Manikato Stakes.

The Manikato Stakes will be the first spring appearance for the high-quality Gai Waterhouse-trained mare More Joyous (More Than Ready - Sunday Joy, by Sunday Silence).

Robert Heathcote’s game sprinter Buffering (Mossman - Action Annie, by Anabaa) will also run in the Manikato Stakes after his gritty last-start win in the Group III McEwen Stakes (1000m).

Click here for the nominations for the Manikato Stakes, as well as the other seven races on Friday night’s Moonee Valley meeting.

Elusive Quality (Gone West - Touch Of Greatness, by Hero’s Honor) picked up his 15^th win of the season as part of a treble for Darley stallions on Sunday.

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller prepared Nocturnelle (Elusive Quality - Dama De Noche, by Snippets) to claim the Ashcroft Handicap (1300m) at Warwick Farm. Nocturnelle’s dam Dama De Noche (Snippets - Daisy Bates, By Danehill) was a stakes winner in the Group 3 Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) in 2002.

The John McNair-trained Shamus (Shamardal - Denia, by Thunder Gulch) completed a double for Darley sires at Warwick Farm when the five-year-old took out the Camden Handicap (1000m). The Dean Lawson stable produced Darley’s third winner of the day when California Valley (Reset - Edna Valley, by Rubiton) won the James & Son Horse Feed Handicap (2200m) at Ballarat.

California Valley’s dam Edna Valley (Rubiton - Sleepy Seymour, by Lord Seymour) won three of 13 starts in her racing days but the breeding phase of the mare’s career has yielded two stakes winners, Chitabe (Perugino - Edna Valley, by Rubiton) and Cornelia Marie (Reset - Edna Valley, by Rubiton).

Young Darley stallion Nadeem (Redoute’s Choice - Candide, by Sound Reason) earned his first winner in New Zealand as part of a successful Wednesday for the worldwide breeding operation.

Military Reign’s (Nadeem - Girl Like You, by Rory’s Jester) win in the Races B4 The Rugby Maiden (1100m) at Arawa Park was one of eight wins on either side of the Tasman Sea for current Darley sires.

Last season’s Australian champion sire Lonhro (Octagonal - Shadea, by Straight Strike) led the way with a double at Canterbury. The Chris Waller-trained Hoylonny (Lonhro - Roedean, by Flying Spur) scored in the Rosehill on Facebook Maiden (1200m) before Lohengrin (Lonhro - Suede, by Quest For Fame) claimed the Ascot Club Handicap (1100m).

Darley’s band of sires dominated the Sandown Lakeside meeting, winning four of the seven races contested. Zubbaya (Dubawi - Sabkha, by Green Desert) and Typeface (Elusive Quality - Lucida, by Danehill) carried Darley’s famous maroon and white colours to victory while The Kitkat Kid (Gonski - Sharna Cabarna, by Dolphin Street) remained unbeaten with his second win from as many starts.

Fantastic Light mare Princess Fontaine (Fantastic Light - Dandasila, by Danehill Dancer) completed Darley’s quartet of wins at Sandown. Oak Street (Commands - Restless Dream, by Rory’s Jester) provided a Brisbane leg to Darley’s wins when the gelding won the Sky Racing World Class 3 (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

A new stakes winner for young sire Nadeem (Redoute’s Choice - Candide, by Sound Reason) formed part of an outstanding day for Darley stallions, which yielded four stakes wins in Melbourne and Sydney.

Specter (Nadeem - Woman In White, by Daylami) provided Nadeem with his second stakes winner out of his first crop with his strong success in the Listed Henry Bucks Best Dressed Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Sepoy (Elusive Quality - Watchful, by Danehill) took his career earnings to more than $3 million with his decisive win in the Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m).

Sepoy cruised to his seventh win from eight starts with his one-length success in the $250,000 event but Peter Snowden said a decision must be made as to where the super three-year-old has his next run with the Manikato Stakes the option if the Darley trainer has his way.

“It is a Group I race, it is a magnificent race, it is a stallion-making race so we have got to certainly look at it in a big way,” Snowden said.

“It is a group decision both here in Australia and in Dubai. The boss has got to agree, it would be my call to go that way (the Manikato Stakes).”

Pinker Pinker (Reset - Miss Marion, by Success Express) completed a Darley stakes treble in the Group 2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m). The four-year-old sprinted quickly from the 300 metres to beat the unlucky Mid Summer Music (Oamaru Force - Samsara Lady, by Nassipour) and Parables (Lonhro - Fairytales, by Night Shift)

Commands (Danehill - Cotehele House, by My Swanee) colt Ambidexter (Commands - Dextrous, Quest For Fame) swept home down the middle of the track to provide Commands with his 40^th individual stakes winner in the Listed Ming Dynasty Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill.

Darley stallions continued their terrific run on the Geelong Synthetic circuit with another double at Friday’s meeting.

Hawkes Racing produced the promising three-year-old Eastward to win the Roderick Insurance Brokers Maiden (1000m) on debut in emphatic fashion. The filly posted a 4-1/2 length win over older opposition.

“She has always been a filly that has been immature and we have just given her the time,” co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said.

“If you have got a horse that has got some ability and you sit and wait, you always get a return.

“She is a better filly than a maiden here (Geelong) but it is nice to start off with her one-for-one.”

The Peter Snowden-trained Cambria (Elusive Quality - Rainbow Arch, by Rainbow Quest) was equally impressive with his win in the TAC Wipe Off 5 Maiden (1300m).

The Geelong Synthetic track has hosted 68 races to date in the 2011/12 season with Darley sires winning 13, or 19.1 percent, of those races. To put Darley’s run at Geelong into context, Darley stallions have won 102 (8.4 percent) of the 1208 races contested in Australia and New Zealand in the first 26 days of the season.

The worldwide breeding giant’s sires have record 12 percent of their season’s wins to date at one venue.

The Darley operation made its mark on Sunday’s Geelong Synthetic meeting after its stallions sired the winners of three of the first four races on the program.

Street Cry (Machiavellian - Helen Street, by Troy) four-year-old Cry In Awe (Street Cry - Irish Blessing, by Suave Dancer) started the day perfectly for Darley when the Robbie Griffiths-trained stallion won the Centrebet Best Price Maiden Plate (2000m).

Veteran sire Strategic (Zeditave - Sudden Impulse, by Luskin Star) was a winning sire at Geelong after Platelet (Strategic - Bloodline, by Dracula) the Centrebet Name Her To Win Maiden (1000m).

Riverbank (Elusive Quality - Violet Lane, by Danzero) finished Darley’s Geelong treble when the gelding took out the Centrebet Superbest Maiden Plate (1300m).

Yasir (Exceed And Excel - Bayyaan, by Dixieland Band) became the fourth winner of the day for Darley sires when the three-year-old claimed the Xmas Lights Maiden Plate (1200m) at Launceston.

Meanwhile, retired Coolmore champion Royal Academy (Nijinsky II - Crimson Saint, by Crimson Satan) continued to contribute to the success of the stud with a Sunday double.

Royal Society (Royal Academy - Kianben, by Jan Murray) started Royal Academy’s successful day with a win in the Rabobank Handicap (1000m) at Warren before Royal Capishe (Royal Capishe - Supersoft, by Snippets) claimed the Good Paddock Maiden (1000m) at Carnarvon.

The dual success took Royal Academy’s trans-Tasman win tally for the season to six.

The day after Sepoy (Elusive Quality) resumed in sparkling style at Caulfield, the Darley team look to have unearthed another potential star by Elusive Quality (USA) after its homebred three-year-old filly Caline (Elusive Quality – Daanet Al Dunya, by Rahy) ran out an impressive three length winner at Sandown Park on Sunday.

Racing in sixth place and cuddled away along the inside, Caline came with big strides in the straight before going away to comfortably defeat And Rock (Fastnet Rock) in the $30,000 Hyland 3yo Fillies Handicap over 1400 metres

“We were looking forward to today as it was definitely a progressional race for her considering she is definitely going to get a mile later on,” Paul Snowden said. “We’re definitely going to give her a chance at black type.”

“She showed a real good turn of foot,” jockey Mark Zahra said. “Peter (Snowden) said don’t touch her early just leave her alone. The further I went the more she travelled and showed a good turn of foot at the end. The way she won that I think she will get further and in better grade for sure.”