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Our CIARON MAHER trained staying prospect NAVAL COMMISSION has made it 3 WINS in a ROW, coming off a Randwick-Kensington win over 1800m last time out when ridden by NASH RAWILLER, our Dynamic Duo were again back in the winner’s circle on Wednesday as they proved far too strong for their peers over 2200m at Warwick Farm.

The Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club (2100m) (French Derby) was run at Longchamp overnight with a dominant win for unbeaten Lope de Vega colt LOOK DE VEGA, who was having his first start in a stakes race. LOOK DE VEGA pulled clear in the final furlong to add his name to the roll of honour. LOOK DE VEGA put a gap on the field in a race run in the heaviest ground since 2000, to win by two lengths from FIRST LOOK who is also a son of LOPE DE VEGA.​

Highly successful Champion Europe based Super Sire LOPE DE VEGA (by Shamardal) shuttled to Australia for four seasons between 2011 to 2014 with good success. In 2023, he was Leading Sire in Europe by Winners. The latest figures out of Europe on 27 May reveals the current 2024 season LOPE DE VEGA has jumped to the Premiership Lead by Earnings and Winners; equal Leader by Stakes Winners and equal Leader by Group Winners. By Earnings he Leads the way over KINGMAN, DARK ANGEL, FRANKEL and SIYOUNI.

Arrowfield Stud believe its s “Queensland Derby here I come” for DUNDEEL'S 29th Stakes Winner TANNHAUSER after his victory in Saturday’s Gr3 BRC Rough Habit Plate 2000m at Doomben. Dundeel maintains his lead on Australia’s current 3YO Sires’ table with $8.2 million prizemoney and 5 stakes winners headed by two Group 1 winners Celestial Legend & Militarize. 36% of Dundeel's 54 stakes performers have won or placed at Group 1 level, including his 8 individual Gr1 Winners among his 29 Stakes Winners and 25 Stakes Placegetters.

It was a Heavy 9 track on the Kensington circuit at Randwick on Wednesday afternoon and our promising Dynamic staying prospect NAVAL COMMISSION (4yo g Merchant Navy ex Parfaits) was lining up in Race 7, the TAB Handicap Bm64 1800m in a field of 10 starters from barrier 10 with Nash Rawiller in the saddle. Our BOBS EXTRA Bonus monies eligible galloper is trained out of the brilliant Ciaron Maher Stable. Despite being the race top-weight, lumping 60.5kgs from the visitors draw, he was smashed in the betting from $6.00 into a $3.70 clear favourite and won accordingly, scoring by 0.87 length over runner-up with a massive gap of 7.62 lengths to third.

CORNICHE by Fastnet Rock is a homebred colt for Godolphin, whose previous win was last season when defeating Golden Slipper winner Shinzo in the Gr2 ATC Skyline Stakes. He was well in commission on Saturday in the in the Gr3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) and scored decisively under an expert ride from James McDonald. Corniche’s sire Fastnet Rock has recently been retired from stud duty at Coolmore and is about to be crowned Australia’s Champion Broodmare Sire for the first time this season.

High-class staying filly Positivity headlined another successful day for Almanzor when she triumphed in the Gr3 SA Fillies’ Classic at Morphettville. The filly produced a sterling performance to overwhelm her rivals in the 2500 metre feature. Positivity is now a dual Gr3 Winner and Gr1 placed having won the Gr3 Sunline Vase and finishing runner-up in the Gr1 New Zealand Oaks, before coming to Australia.

The Gr1 I Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (1600m) for the fillies (French 1000 Guineas) was won by an Aga Khan homebred, the LOPE DE VEGA filly named ROUHIYA, who was having her first try in a Black Type race. ​Rouhiya's victory in the Gr1 Emirates Poule d'Essai des Pouliches provided a perfect illustration of the Aga Khan's maxim that “racing and breeding racehorses is a game of chess with nature.”

FARNAN was the most credentialed Champion 2YO Golden Slipper-winning colt in over a decade. FARNAN was the Leading Australian First Season Sire at the Magic Millions and Inglis Easter in 2024, with yearlings selling for up to $1.2m. Inglis Weanling results on Sires with 3 or more weanlings Sold, saw FARNAN (7) finish third highest sire by averages only to Zoustar (3) $210,000 (Service Fee $275,000), and first Crop Sire Home Affairs (3) $126,667 (Service Fee $110,000). FARNAN saw his babies sell here for $190,000, $180,000 (2), $140,000, etc.