Darley stallions closed out Friday night’s Moonee Valley meeting with a running double in the final two races of the evening.

Anthony Freedman prepared both winners, who carried Darley’s famous maroon and white silks to victory. Sabres (Elusive Quality - Duel At Daybreak, by Dayjur) led all the way to claim a strong win in the NYE at Moonee Valley Handicap (1600m) before Tahitian Black (Lonhro - Perle, by Night Shift) proved too strong in the racingnetwork.com.au Handicap (1200m).

Tahitian Black is one of four city winners out of the consistent producer Perle (Night Shift - Pinctada, by Imposing). Perle is the dam of the stakes winner Falaise (Grand Lodge - Perle, by Night Shift).

Commands (Danehill - Cotehele House, by My Swanee) also contributed a winner on Friday when Pace Ace (Commands - Lansaracove, by Rory’s Jester) won the Pact And Bonaire Handicap (1008m).

Lyon made it four winners for Darley on Friday when the four-year-old gelding claimed the Key Employment Handicap (1309m) at Coffs Harbour.

Meanwhile, Blue Gum Farm resident Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) enjoyed a double success of his own with winners at the Sunshine Coast and Mount Gambier.

Two Timing (Elvstroem - Lap Dance, by Brief Truce) led home an Elvstroem quinella in the Gunnersens Maiden Plate (1550m) at Mount Gambier while Lomu (Elvstroem - Wellington Dreamer, by El Qahira) claimed the Hackney Insurance Group Maiden (1100m) at the Sunshine Coast.

Blue Gum Farm’s multiple Group 1 winner Elvstroem (Danehill) added two new winners to his record on Monday when Wild Rumours scored at Queanbeyan and Rock ‘N’ Roll King won at Warrnambool.

Rock ‘N’ Roll King (4 g Elvstroem - Miss Pirouette, by Woodman) defeated Theadmiralreturns (Bianconi) by one and a quarter lengths in the $12,000 Fresha Fruit Juices Maiden Plate (1700m) under Michelle Payne. Rock ‘N’ Roll King cost his trainer Niall Phillips $65,000 as a yearling at the 2009 Inglis Premier sale in Melbourne.

Wild Rumours (3 f Elvstroem - Little Rumours, by Vettori) comfortably defeated Milly De Vain (Bureaucracy) by two and a half lengths in winning the $10,000 John Cramp Bookmaker Maiden Plate (1100m) at Queanbeyan.

Making just her third start, Wild Rumours was bred by, and is part-owned, by Gary Moffitt, who also co-bred and part-owned Elvstroem. She is trained by Keith Dryden who also shares in the ownership of Wild Rumours.

Elvstroem now has 106 winners from 235 starters from four crops to race. His fee at Blue Gum Farm in 2011 is $8,800 incl GST.

Miss Rendina (Elvstroem - Miss Marion, by Success Express) outdid the debut performance of her well-performed half-sister with her win at Tuesday’s Echuca meeting.

Miss Rendina won the Border Inn Hotel Maiden Plate (1100m) on debut for the Steve McKinnon stable, eclipsing her Group 2-winning half-sister Pinker Pinker’s (Reset - Miss Marion, by Success Express) first run.

Pinker Pinker missed a place in a Geelong Synthetic maiden before winning twice on city tracks later in the year.

The Greg Eurell-trained daughter of Miss Marion (Success Express - Golden Deed, by Jevington) has developed into one of Australia’s most consistent mares. Pinker Pinker has won twice at Group 2 level in the 2011 Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) and Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m).

Pinker Pinker has also placed at Group 1 level when she finished third in the AJC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick in April.

McKinnon trained Miss Marion during her racing career. The mare won four of her 13 starts.

Blue Gum Farm stallion Elvstroem added two more winners to his record on Tuesday when Impala (4 g Elvstroem - Great Shack) and John’s Special (4 g Beauty Within) both scored at Mackay.

Impala won the $10,000 Bullivant Plate over 1050m in a 1,2 for his multiple Group 1 winning sire by defeating High Payoff (5 g Elvstroem - Nuts About Jugah) by three-quarters of a length. John’s Special bolted in by seven and a half lengths in winning the 1050m Maiden under 57.5kg and both winners trained by S Kenrick.

Elvstroem is standing for $8800 (incl. GST) at Blue Gum Farm in 2011.

Former shuttle stallion Anabaa also added two new winners to his record at Gosford when End Of Time (4 g Pilya) won the $16,000 Grange Hotel Maiden over 2100m. Trained by Grahame Begg, End Of Time defeated Yates Road (Stratum) by three-quarters of a length.

$160,000 Magic Million yearling Hannah Jane (3 f Anabaa - Fair Vanity) ran out the impressive winner of the Glason Group 3yo Maiden, sailing home two and three-quarter lengths clear of Pride Of China (Danzero) for trainer Anthony Cummings.

Champion racemare Let’s Elope was represented by her fifth and latest winner at Mildura on Monday when her three-year-old son Outback Joe broke his maiden status at Mildura. The Patrick Payne-trained gelding came with a determined run in the straight to get up in the final stride and win the Centrebet Membership Offer Maiden Plate (2000m).

The three-year-old son of Elvstroem, whose only two previous runs resulted in a dead heat for third at Echuca on debut and a Sale sixth,  joins Group 2 winner Ustinov, Caught Courting, Yes I Will and Over The Moon as Let’s Elope’s race-winning offspring.

Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) stands at Blue Gum Farm in Euroa where his fee in 2011 is advertised at $8,800 (incl GST)

Blue Gum Farm’s Elvstroem enjoyed a metropolitan double yesterday when his daughters Deliver The Dream and Il Sogno scored at Sandown Park.

Deliver The Dream revelled in the heavy going to take the $30,000 Le Pine Funerals Hcp over 1600 metres. Bred by trainer Doug Harrison, Deliver The Dream (4 m Elvstroem - Fayrouz, by Sovereign Red) sold for $160,000 as a yearling at the Melbourne Premier Sale and was originally trained by Brian Mayfield-Smith for whom she won in Melbourne.

The chestnut was switched to the care of  Moody when Mayfield-Smith retired two seasons ago and has now won six of her 16 starts.

The Bruce And Jean Purcell-trained Il Sogno (Elvstroem) completed the double for her sire when winning the $30,000 Aherns At Highways 3yo Fillies Handicap over 1300 metres. Il Sogno is out of the Group 3 winner Tickle My (Perugino).

Multiple Group 1 winner Elvstroem (Danehill) has been represented by five winners in the past week and is advertised at $8,800 at Blue Gum Farm, Euroa, in 2011.

Blue Gum Farm stallion Elvstroem is enjoying a fine run of success with several winners through the past two weeks.

Following his Perth winner The Other Harv won two Saturday’s ago, Elvstroem was represented by last Saturday’s Morphettville winner Go The Knuckle (2 c Zefta, by Zedative) for trainer Mark Minervini.

 A $40,000 Magic Millions Adelaide yearling purchase, Go The Knuckle had shown promise at his only other start and he went one better last Saturday.

Behind horses into the straight, Go The Knuckle came with a strong run in the straight to win the Hi-Tech 2yo Handicap over 1000 metres.

Elvstroem is standing at just $8,800 in 2011 and now has 59 winners from 189 runners this season and is in the top 10 by earnings on the third-crop sires list for the 2010/11 season.

Local breeders Chatswood Stud and Blue Gum Farm combined to take out both two-year-old races at Monday’s Echuca meeting in Victoria.

Blue Gum Farm’s flagship sire Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) enjoyed success when the Patrick Payne-trained Tale Of the Sea (Elvstroem - Literature, by Notebook) took out the Renew Your ERC Membership Maiden (1200m) by 4-1/2 lengths.

Chatswood Stud’s veteran stallion Racer’s Edge ( earned his first two-year-old success for the season when Racer’s Dream (Racer’s Edge - Dreamsville, by Palace Music) won the Betfair Maiden Plate (1200m), also by a big margin.

Glenlogan Park stallion Falvelon (Alannon - Devil’s Zephyr, by also enjoyed juvenile success when the Mick Price-trained two-year-old Churn And Burn (Falvelon - No Vice, by Marscay) handled his older rivals in the Moama Bowling Club Maiden Plate (1000m).

Australia’s new champion stallion Lonhro (Octagonal - Shadea, by Straight Strike) was also prominent at the Echuca meeting after producing a winning double. What A Treat (Lonhro - Modellista, by Redoute’s Choice) won the Optus Business Handicap (1000m) before Johnnydrama (Lonhro - Drama Of Life, by Royal Academy) won the Galvin Mondays Sprint (1200m).

New Zealand operation Waikato Stud had plenty to celebrate on Thursday after its stallions produced a Trans-Tasman trio of successes.

Savabeel (Zabeel - Savannah Success, by Success Express) has enjoyed a terrific run in Queensland during the Brisbane winter carnival. The sire’s form extended to Rockhampton when Hampden (Savabeel - Operavega, by Stravinsky) took out the Fine Wine Partners Class 1 Handicap (1200m).

Across the Tasman, Waikato Stud sires No Excuse Needed (Machiavellian - Nawaiet, by Zilzal) and O’Reilly (Last Tycoon - Courtza, by Pompeii Court) combined for a winning double. Three-year-old filly Zumba (No Excuse Needed - Nautical, by Yachtie) took out the Connors Family Maiden Plate (1200m) before A Real Prince (O’Reilly - Ceecee Princess, by Cape Cross) proved too strong fro his older opposition in the Lennox Clan Handicap (1340m).

Meanwhile, Blue Gum Farm stallion Elvstroem (Danehill - Circles Of Gold, by Marscay) proved hard to beat in home state with a double at Thursday’s Ballarat meeting.

Leading trainer Mark Kavanagh produced Instalment (Elvstroem - Brightcut, by Octagonal) to claim the James & Son 2YO Maiden (1000m) on debut before Thou Shall Conquer ploughed through the heavy track to win the James & Son Custom Feeds Maiden (1400m).

Blue Gum Farm in Euroa announced its 2011 fees yesterday. Astronomer Royal (USA), Turffontein, Churchill Downs and Elvstroem, will all stand at $8,800 with newcomer Red Arrow at $6,600.

“At Blue Gum Farm we believe we have a terrific selection of beautifully credentialed young stallions that are available to breeders at value fees.” said stud principal Philip Campbell.

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