Mainland trainers have provided five of the 13 entries for Sunday’s Listed Hobart Guineas (2100m) at the Elwick racetrack.

Victorian trainer Anthony Freedman has opened the door for Caravaggio (Al Maher - Montana Downs, by Bluebird) to post his first stakes success in the $90,000 race after three straight wins in Victoria.

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mark Kavanagh has nominated the exciting staying prospect Meshmaker (Testa Rossa - She’s Double Gold, by Golden Missile) for the race after the gelding easily accounted for older opposition in Adelaide last time out.

Neil Walsh will test Zuma Roc (Rock Of Gibraltar - Medium Swing, by Celtic Swing) as a candidate Group 3 Tasmanian Derby in the Hobart Guineas.

The Australian-bred Zac Influence (Rock Of Gibraltar - Kidman) circled the field into the straight to win the $175,000 Group 3 Proinn Construct Stakes (1700m) at Kranji in Singapore on Friday night. Zac Influence made his decisive move at the 700m to circle the field to claim the top prize with a one-length win from Flying Fulton (Flying Spur) with Parfumier (Belong To Me) third another 2 ¼ lengths away.

Zac Influence is also trained by Australian Cliff Brown, who is in England to purchase horses and was represented by hisstable supervisor Tim Fitzsimmons, who said Zac Influence deserved to land a feature race

“He has always run in good company. He ran second to Gingerbread Man in the second leg of the Three-Year-Old Challenge,” said Fitzsimmons. “But he probably had had enough in the (Singapore) Guineas. We gave him a break and he’s come back good.”

“I just told Shafiq to try and not get caught deep as he was jumping from a wide gate. He was caught a bit wide around the first turn but he was able to bring him back. He made an early move that paid off. He is a tough horse and I’m sure Cliff will be rapt to hear he won.”

“He’s in England buying more horses. This is a horse that Cliff actually bought himself.”

A four-year-old entire by Rock Of Gibraltar, Zac Influence was purchased by Brown from the 2009 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale for $60,000. Brown also bought Zac Influence’s younger sibling (a colt by Flying Spur) at this year’s Easter Yearling Sale for $140,000.

Zac Influence

Brighthill Farm has abandoned Eagle Mountain’s (Rock Of Gibraltar - Masskana, by Darshaan) stud career after fertility issues forced the operation to return the high-class international galloper to the racetrack.

The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum-owned stallion won the Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m) to crown a career that also include Group wins in Ireland and England. Eagle Mountain was also good enough to finish second in the Group 1 Group 1 Epsom Derby (12f) and the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf (12f) at Santa Anita.

Brighthill Farm studmaster Nick King told The Informant Eagle Mountain has only a handful of foals on the ground but “they are as good as any on the farm”.

King said the former Mike de Kock-trained galloper would resume his career in the care of New Zealand trainer Steve McKee.

“It’s obviously disappointing and the work we did with him in the off-season was encouraging but he regressed in the spring and wasn’t getting them in foal,” King said.

“We had a lot of outside help and advice and we even bred to him in northern hemisphere time in the autumn.

“We got to the point where we thought we might get 30 mares in foal but science and nature are two different things and you can’t beat nature.”

King said McKee would aim the eight-year-old at the Dubai World Cup meeting in March but conceded the idea was “a bit of a longshot”.

A pair of promising debutants sired by Coolmore Stud’s Irish-based sire Rock Of Gibraltar (Danehill - Offshore Boom, by Be My Guest) provided the bulk of a winning treble for the stallion on Wednesday.

The Tim Martin-trained Pampelonne (Rock Of Gibraltar - Jestajewel, by Rory’s Jester) settled just off the pace before sprinting impressively to claim the Free Entry Today Maiden Handicap (1100m) at Warwick Farm. Martin paid $140,000 for the gelding at the 2010 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

“I’ve always said he’s my best horse,” Martin said. “He’s the real deal.

“He wasn’t screwed down for a first-up kill so he’s going to take plenty of benefit from that.

“If he runs well at Rosehill on Saturday week we’ll take him down to Melbourne for a three-year-old race over the carnival.”

South Australian trainer Tony McEvoy took the wraps off the three-year-old filly Nassau (Rock Of Gibraltar - Islands High, by High Yield) at the Morphettville Parks meeting. Nassau coasted to a 1-3/4 length win in the Windsor Estate Wines Maiden Plate (1000m).

The former West Australian colt Pago Rock (Rock Of Gibraltar - Dancing Pago, by Thunder Gulch) completed Rock Of Gibraltar’s midweek treble with his win in the Le Pine Funerals Handicap (1600m).

Pago Rock had to pull out plenty in the straight to score by a short head. The win maintained Pago Rock’s unbeaten record from three starts as part of the Peter Moody outfit.

Consistent Lonhro (Octagonal - Shadea, by Straight Strike) gelding Pinwheel (Lonhro - Quilt, by Danehill) heads the weights for Saturday’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

The Group 2 Warwick Stakes (1400m) winner will carry 58kg if his trainer Peter Snowden decides to run the six-year-old in the $350,000 feature, half a kilo more than the Queensland gelding Woorim (Show A Heart - Wabble, by Canadian Silver).

Another son of Show A Heart (Brave Warrior - Miss Sandman, by Regal Advice), the Rick Hore-Lacy-trained Toorak Toff (Show A Heart - Orrong, by Grand Lodge), will carry 56.5kg for his attempt at a second Group 1 win.

The 2011 renewal of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes has attracted 28 nominations with six Group 1 winners among the entries.

Randwick trainer Anthony Cummings has provided the most interesting nomination after entering the Group 1 Golden Rose runner-up Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock - Comical Smile, by Comic Strip) for the race.

Smart Missile is one of a trio of three-year-olds entered for the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes along with Patinack Farm’s Kneeling (Encosta De Lago - Sunday Service, by Sunday Silence) and Golden Archer (Rock Of Gibraltar - Viennetta, by Pins).

Click here for the weights for Saturday’s Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield.

Trans-Tasman doubles to veterans Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr Prospector - Angel Fever, by Danzig) and Rock Of Gibraltar (Danehill - Offshore Boom, by Be My Guest) has provided the bulk of Coolmore Stud’s six-win Friday.

Rock Of Gibraltar’s double began when Coup Rocky Road (Rock Of Gibraltar - Little Tempest, by Thunder Gulch) won the Tas Answering Services Maiden (1200m) at Timaru before Lil Bit Musky (Rock Of Gibraltar - Musk Lime, by Private Account) claimed the Viatek Handicap (1100m) on the Geelong Synthetic track.

Monte Ichiban (Fusaichi Pegasus - Purling, by Tolomeo) began Fusaichi Pegasus’s double with his win in the Sky Race Callers Cup (1750m) on the Canberra Acton circuit before Classy Fashion (Fusaichi Pegasus - Elegant Fashion, by Danewin) won the Port FM Maiden (1200m) at Timaru.

Both of Fusaichi Pegasus’s winners came from impressive stock. Monte Ichiban is a three-quarter brother to Royal Purler (Hector Protector - Purling, by Tolomeo), the winner of the Group 1′Flught Stakes (1600m) in 2002 while Classy Fashion’s dam, Elegant Fashion (Danewin - Wily Trick, by Clever Trick) won the Group 1 Hong Kong Derby (2000m) in 2003.

Fastnet Rock (Danehill - Piccadilly Circus, by Royal Academy) got in on the act when Rock And Roll (Fastnet Rock - Wooden Melody, by Woodman) won the Globe Australia Handicap (1600m) at Wyong. Encosta De Lago (Fairy King - Shoal Creek, by Star Way) contributed to Coolmore’s sextet of wins when Sweetest Melody (Encosta De Lago - Ornamental Rose, by Catrail) won the Listed Mona Lisa Stakes (1350m) at Wyong.

Coolmore stallions enjoyed a stakes treble around Australia on Saturday. Smart Missile (Fastnet Rock) was brilliant in storming home to win the Run To The Rose (Gr 3) at Rosehill, Golden Archer was never in any danger of winning the McNeil Stakes (Gr 3) over 1200m at Caulfield and Atomic Force (Danehill Dancer) was untroubled to come home clear in the Slickpix Sprint (Listed) over 1100m at Caulfield.

“That was amazing really, it was very good, it was extraordinary really,” trainer Anthony Cummings said of Smart Missile’s victory.“When the filly went clear and he was virtually last I thought he was giving a too big a start and it was impossible, an amazing horse.”

“A very short list of horses can do that. He will take a fair bit of improvement from that, he looked nice here today and I was really pleased with the way he presented and he has improvement in him. With that improvement he goes into the Golden Rose and he will be pretty tough to beat I would say.”

“He is quite possibly one of the best horses I have ever thrown a leg over, unbelievable what he has done,” said Glen Boss. “The best three-year-old I ever rode was Fastnet Rock and this bloke is probably a bit better than him as he has more scope.

Golden Archer won his first Group race in the McNeil and trainer Peter Moody was full of praise for the son of Rock Of Gibraltar.  “You would love a stable full of him, he is just a professional racehorse. He is just a tremendous horse, he is a bloody good horse too. He has done very little wrong throughout his career.”

Atomic Force (Danehill Dancer) was similarly dominant in winning the Slickpix Sprint, racing in second place to the home turn and then coming away in the straight to score a comfortable win over Testa My Patience (Yesta Rossa) who charged home late when the race was over.

“She (Avenue) really hums along, we sat on her back and they were really going quickly and he really went past her quick so he showed a great turn of foot this horse,” winning jockey Damien Oliver said. “He has got good, genuine speed. He worked well on Tuesday and he switched on even more today on race day.”

Fastnet Rock

A new stakes winner for top sire High Chaparral (Sadler’s Wells - Kasora, by Darshaan) was the highlight of an 11-win Saturday enjoyed by Coolmore Stud stallions.

The Chris Gangemi-trained The Underworld (High Chaparral - Rune, by Star Way) became High Chaparral’s 27^th individual stakes winner when the gelding prevailed in the Listed Belmont Guineas (1600m) in Perth. The Underworld was a $50,000 purchase at the 2009 NZB Ready To Run Sale.

Gangemi said The Underworld should improve markedly with time, racing and extra distance.

“He’s won well over 1600m today,” Gangemi said. “But he should be even better from 2000m to 2400m. The horse is still learning and his future looks bright.

“He had a setback three weeks ago and seemed below his best for a while, but he was spot on again today.”

Coolmore stalwart Encosta De Lago (Fairy King - Shoal Creek, by Star Way) provided ample support to his younger colleague with a double of his own in Sydney and Brisbane. Mystical Grey (Encosta De Lago - Mysterieux, by Snaadee) took out the Hamilton Hotel Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm before Little Surfer Girl (Encosta De Lago - Special Harmony, by Spinning World) won the Riviana Foodservice Handicap (1350m) at Rosehill.

Footstepsinthesand (Giant’s Causeway - Gatisant, by Rainbow Quest) produced at double at Morphettville and Belmont while Galileo (Sadler’s Wells - Urban Sea, by Miswaki) provided two of Coolmore’s four wins at the Adelaide venue.

Rock Of Gibraltar (Danehill - Offshore Boom, by Be My Guest) produced a winner in Adelaide while Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr Prospector - Angel Fever, by Danzig) was successful at Ararat. Choisir (Danehill Dancer - Great Selection, by Lunchtime) completed Coolmore Stud’s cricket team of winners with a success at Newcastle.

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