The wo legs of the Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Previews resulted in upset wins at Caulfield but there can be no doubting the ability of both winners. The Travelling Man (Mossman) led all the way to win the colts division with the favourite Cambiaso in fourth place and Malasun (Red Ransom) dashed clear in the straight to win the fillies division with the $1.70 favourite Sweet Little Lies weakening into fourth after leading to the turn.

The Travelling Man (2 c Mossman - Gypsy Jewels, by Jade Robbery) gave jockey Ben Melham an armchair ride. “He was a little bit lost out there in front today. I didn’t really want to lead but he began pretty brilliantly and got there under his own steam. He had it steady enough for the first 600 but he let rip with a good sectional.”

Mossman

Trainer Matt Laurie purchased the winner at last year’s New Zealand Select Sale at Karaka for $NZ80,000. “Some people have said to me, ‘why did you go to New Zealand and buy a Mossman?’ but at the end of the day, he was a cracking type,” Laurie said. ”He was $80,000 and it looks like money well spent.”

Malasun (2 f Red Ransom - Malapert, by Encosta de Lago) also sold for $80,000 as a yearling, the BC3-owned filly selling at the Inglis Premier Sale in Melbourne and she recouped $60,000 of that when proving too good for Members Joy (Hussonet) and Sabie (Exceed And Excel), sprinting clear in the straight.

“She’s very quick but there was good speed there today and a couple of quality fillies she was chasing,” jockey Damien Oliver said. “She did a good job to run them down. We didn’t know how she would go in behind them but today, it wasn’t a problem and she chased them well.”

Trainer Mick Price took a fancy to Malasun at the sale, as did BC3, but when advised by BC3’s Bill Vlahos they they strongly fancied the filly also, Price stepped back and allowed BC3 to purchase.

Price is in New Zealand for the Karaka Yearling Sale and stable representative Luke Wilkinson said Malasun was “90 percent” certain to progress to the Group I $1 million Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) without another run.

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller trialled more than $1 million worth of bloodstock at Tuesday’s set of heats held at Rosehill.

Waller’s charges took out seven of the dozen heats contested on Tuesday morning, including two of the three two-year-old trials with a pair of Ingham Racing-owned colts.

Fundido (Lonhro - Red Fever, by Red Ransom) posted an outstanding eight-length win in the third heat of the morning in the time of 53.98 seconds for the 900 metres.

Fundido was a $70,000 purchase at the 2011 Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale from the same family as the juvenile stakes winners Way West (Danehill - Prospect Fever, by Mr Prospector) and Jumlah (Catbird - Marlow Waters, by Marauding)

Fob Dubai (Charge Forward - Barsha, by Redoute’s Choice) cost Ingham Racing $150,000 at the 2011 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Fob Dubai showed he would go a long way to recouping his owners’ investment with a 2.8-length success in the fifth heat of the morning.

The colt’s stablemate Rastro (Mossman - Raise A Dane, by Danehill), a $120,000 2011  Gold Coast Magic Millions sale purchase, worked home nicely to finish second in the heat.

Access Code (Pins - Lilakyn, by Danehill) cost Ingham Racing $260,000 at the Inglis Easter sale. The three-year-old got home narrowly to claim the 11^th heat of the day. The $600,000 yearling purchase Valhussle (Hussonet - Ribe, by Danehill) finished fifth in the sixth trial as he prepared for his return to the track.

A quinella for Vinery Stud stallions in the Listed Dalrello Stakes (1200m) at Doomben has headlined a quartet of success for the Hunter Valley operation.

The Jason McLachlan-trained Absalon (Mossman - Danish Seaway, by Danehill) charged home late to upset the favourite Masihara (More Than Ready - Darsini, by Danehill) by a short half head. Absalon maintained his unbeaten record with his success in the $100,000 feature.

“He’s a really good horse. Not many can step up from a maiden to listed grade at their next run and win,” McLachlan said.

“He is a really good horse and I think he’s got a big future. He should really relish longer distances.”

Absalon’s win was the third for Vinery Stud sires at Doomben. The Reveller (Red Ransom - Leveller, by Redoute’s Choice) took out the Coca-Cola Maiden Plate (1350m) before Ready Steady Vetti (More Than Ready - C’yaontheotherside, by Hermitage) claimed the www.brc.com.au Handicap (1110m).

Vinery’s reliable stallion Testa Rossa (Perugino - Bo Dapper, by Sir Dapper) completed the stud quartet when his son Testate (Testa Rossa - Laura’s World, by King’s Theatre) won the Eckert Earthmoving Handicap (1206m) at Murray Bridge.

Another father and son pair involving a Vinery Stud has enjoyed a family double at Tuesday’s Bendigo and Penola fixtures.

Arrowfield Stud sire Charge Forward (Red Ransom - Sydney’s Dream, by Bletchingly) produced a two-year-old debut winner at Bendigo when the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained Red Rain (Charge Forward - Our Dizzy Raine, by Danehill) took out the Lest We Forget Maiden Plate (1000m). Red Rain finished strongly along the inside to deny Alinghi’s (Encosta De Lago - Oceanfast, by Monde Bleu) little brother Mega Rich (Exceed And Excel - Oceanfast, by Monde Bleu) a debut success.

Charge Forward’s sire, the late Vinery Stud champion Red Ransom (Roberto - Arabia, by Damascus), had a winner of his own when the Jarrod McLean-trained Hostage To Fortune (Red Ransom - Perfect Luck, by Danehill) took out the Must At Coonawarra Handicap (1400m) at Penola. The four-year-old mare started her career in the Danny O’Brien stable; the Flemington trainer paid $140,000 for her at the 2008 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

Another Vinery Stud father and son duo, Success Express (Hold Your Peace - Au Printemps, by Dancing Champ) and Mossman (Success Express - Lichen Lady, by Twig Moss) combined for a double on Monday.

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  The Arqana Sale, the first yearling sale on the European circuit gets under way today, Friday 14th August,  at Deauville and concludes on Monday 17th has introduced online bidding and personalised mini-catalogues for interested parties attending the sale.
   Arqana have continually pointed to the deeds of its graduates this year.  The outstanding winners, Le Havre was sold for €100,000 and won the French Derby (the Prix du Jockey Club).  While Silver Frost, a €95,000 purchase, took the Group I Poule d’Essai des Poulains, and Collection, who sold for €130,000, ran away with the Hong Kong Derby.
    The sale also features yearlings by Australia’s leading stallion Encosta de Lago and his runner-up Redoute’s Choice with yearlings on offer by them in the French sales ring.
   Redoute’s Choice will be represented by Lot 208, a bay colt out of a Kingmambo half-sister to USA Grade 1 winner Point Ashley and Grade 2 winner Raw Gold. 
   While, Encosta de Lago will be represented by three lots - two fillies and a colt.  Lot 164 is a chestnut filly with tremendous residual value, being a half-sister to Group 1 winner Atticus and her dam is a Group 2 winning daughter of Secretariat.  While his lone colt, lot 160, a bay is out of a half- sister to Sligo Bay (Group 1) from the family of Singspiel and Rahy so he will have stallion potential later on.  The other filly, a bay, is a half-sister to Heckie a Group 3 winner and from a mare by Unfuwain, will go under the hammer early in the sale as lot 42.
   Other stallions represented in the catalogue that stand down-under are Red Ransom (six lots), Exceed And Excel (two fillies), Danehill Dancer (11), Cape Cross (four), Galileo (20), Montjeu (16), More Than Ready (a lone colt) and Anabaa (five).  
    In a bid to keep upgrading its service to buyers, vendors and interested parties alike, Arqana have launched a personalised mini-catalogue.  This groundbreaking catalogue will save buyers precious time.  By allowing visitors to select their favorite lots, in pdf format, and organising pedigrees in optimal viewing order thus savinig time (and distance!).
   In line with William Inglis and Magic Millions, buyers who can not attend the sale, can also bid on-line via the Arqana website.  As in Australia, this service won’t replace the advice of a professional attending the sale, but it does act as a supplementary tool.
   Anyone who wishes to bid online does need to apply and they need to fill in the online registration form, which will enable him/her to receive his/her personal login and password  as well as to request a license to bid online from ARQANA.
  Find out more on www.arqana.com

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Group racing returned to Queensland on Saturday with the running of the Jacob’s Creek Sparkling Group I BTC Cup over 1200m - run under weight for age conditions. This in turn, attracted top class sprinters to the sunshine state including Apache Cat and home hero the Oakleigh Plate winner Swiss Ace and the group one placed Absolut Glam.

However, it was the young gun of the field Duporth who stole the lime light as he took the event out in thrilling fashion.

Swiss Ace and Bank Robber set a solid tempo while the three-year-old son of Red Ransom settled back in the field. Turning for home Bank Robber kicked strongly and appeared to have a winning break then Apache Cat issued his challenge. Although, Apache Cat didn’t get much room in the straight he couldn’t quicken up as he did last season - while Luke Nolen on Duporth played all the right cards. Coming out wide with plenty of room he gave the three-year-old with Hollywood looks room and the young gun gathered momentum to nail Bank Robber on the line to grab his third and most important win by the barest margin over the brown son of Dash For Cash. With Apache Cat doing his best work in the final few strides a neck away in third.

Bank Robber was having his first run this year and will improve one hundred and twenty percent as he heads towards his principal winter target the Group I Stradbroke Handicap (1400m), as will Apache Cat. Apache Cat will step up in distance in two weeks time in the Doomben 10,000 (1350m). While the stewards’ report on Sunday morning notes that Apache Cat appeared sore after the event and will need a clearance before his next run.

Duporth will again be well placed again under the weight-for-age conditions of the Group I 10,000 and he’s ideally placed in the handicap for a tilt at the Stradbroke, a race that is building a sensational field.

Duporth is by Roberto’s son Red Ransom and the win by him gave the Vinery based sire his third winner at the elite level this season following on from Typhoon Tracy (STC Coolmore Classic - ex Tracy’s Element by Last Tycoon) and Onemorenomore (AJC Champagne Stakes - ex Palia by Last Tycoon).

Red Ransom is having a great season turning out seven stakes winners so far including his daughters Portillo (ex Snowdrift by Polish Precedent), Romneya (ex Mannington by Danehill) and Yesterday (ex Donna Cara by Sir Tristram) along with another son Red Element (ex Tracy’s Element by Last Tycoon) with more than 70 winners and $6.3million in earnings this season Red Ransom has given breeders something more to ponder as they prepare matings for their mares.

Red Ransom has retired from shuttling duties giving breeders in the southern hemisphere exclusive access to him at his base Vinery Stud in New South Wales where his fee remains at $66,000 (inc gst).

Duporth is owned by Peter Moran and his wife Wendy. He is out of Moran’s Group 2 winning Success Express mare, Staging (10 wins and Doomben 10,000 runner-up) and is Stagings’ second winner at the elite level as she is also the dam of the AJC Sires’ Produce winner and young stallion, Excites (by Danewin - also at Vinery). Staging is also the dam of the Redoute’s Choice juvenile Tickets, winner of the Group 2 STC Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill this autumn.

Staging in turn is out of the Best Western mare Cinerama (a winner of two races at 900m!) and a half-sister to the Tasmanian Listed winner, River Don (by Nisku). Although a little further back in her female family the Group I Caulfield Cup winner Mannerism (by Amyntor) appears.

Nathan Tinkler’s Patinack Farm operation enjoyed its first stakes winner from last year’s yearling purchases when Onemorenomore took out the Listed TL Baillieu Handicap at Randwick on the Kensington circuit.

The win by Onemorenomore was a big result on two counts for Patinack Farm.  Not only do they race the colt, but it adds further black type to the family of the stud’s flagship stallion Casino Prince, the Group 1 winning son of Flying Spur.

Onemorenomore’s Group 3 winning dam Palia is a sister to Casino Prince’s stakes placed dam Lady Capel.

Onemorenomore is now likely to head to the second and third legs of the 2YO Triple Crown - the G1 AJC Sires Produce and Champagne Stakes.

Onemorenomore was the most expensive yearling by Red Ransom sold in Australia last year and the Vinery based stallion, who last month added a new Group 1 winner in the shape of Typhoon Tracy.