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Despite leading third-crop sire CAPITALIST having a winning double over the past few days, the leading sire is nervously looking over his shoulder as Arrowfield Stud’s boom sire SHALAA is coming after pole position in the hotly contested, Third Season Sires Premiership race just 5 weeks into the new racing season. SHALAA has now achieved 11 Individual Winners / 45 runners (24.4%) and Earnings of $457,803.

JUSTIFY is considered “too valuable” to risk being returned to Australia as a shuttle sire this spring, however there is tremendous interest in the undefeated USA Triple Crown winner JUSTIFY now as a first crop sire in the Northern Hemisphere. Keeping us here in Australia enthralled over the first 4 months of the season in the USA, JUSTIFY was at it again over the weekend, siring his twelfth (12th) Individual Winner Champions Dream who was highly impressive on debut on Saturday in the US and will have his first crop of Australian runners head to the track this season.

Congratulations to our Newcastle based trainer JASON DEAMER and his terrific team for presenting our Dynamic mare ZOU DE MOON to the races in such magnificent order. Also, a big thanks to our jet pilot Tim Clark as he was able to wave his wand to produce a magical ride, assisting ZOU DE MOON to hold off all challengers with a gutsy WIN in Race 4 at Warwick Farm on Wednesday afternoon.

Thoroughbred Industry "Guru" and Magic Millions Owner GERRY HARVEY has purchased a “leg” (25%) in a Colossal COLT to own and race with Team Dynamic. We have a New Season 2yo COLT that Gerry Harvey bred at his famous BARAMUL STUD which Dynamic Syndications purchased at this year’s MAGIC MILLIONS. By SHALAA ex Redoute's Choice Mare Darby's Bid. The Colt is going super in training.

Cinderella Days the daughter of ASTERN kept her record at a perfect two-for-two at Warwick Farm. Cinderella Days, ridden by Brenton Avdulla, led throughout over the 1200m Vinery Stallions benchmark 64. ASTERN has enjoyed a golden run to start the 2022-23 racing season as Cinderella Days was his 6th Ind winner in August joining Aft Cabin, Backrower, Arnaqueur, For Ari and Miss Tapestry plus five placegetters Golden Mile, Dangers, Hang Five, Not Bluffing & Va Via. Plus he has sired two Gr3 runners-up GOLDEN MILE and AFT CABIN.

A class 1 over 1400m at Newcastle on Tuesday was fought out by a pair of three-year-olds with stakes ambitions. The Freedman-trained ASTERN Colt BACKROWER went off a short-priced favourite and got the job done, against the willing and progressive Extreme Choice filly Wollombi. Backrower has now had 4 starts: 2 Wins, 1 Second, 1 Third. ASTERN is having a terrific run to start the new season. Backrower was the fifth (5th) Individual Winner for his sire in the first month of the new 2022-23 Racing Season and follows-on from ASTERN having two (2) Gr3 placed runners-up on Saturday with AFT CABIN and GOLDEN MILE plus a win by Miss Tapestry on Sunday and another placing of Astern’s Girl on Monday.

Saturday saw Darley based sire ASTERN – winner of the Gr1 Golden Rose, produce two (2) colts that faced the starter with both finishing runners-up in their respective Gr3 assignments. AFT CABIN added valuable black type to his pedigree when he was runner-up to Jacquinot in the H.D.F. McNeil Stakes Gr3 at Flemington. GOLDEN MILE was very impressive at Rosehill when resuming from a spell, finishing runner-up to Kibou in the Up and Coming Stakes Gr3. ASTERN is the third crop sire’s premiership “BP – the quiet achiever!”

Another weekend of sensational results for JUSTIFY - Coolmore Stud’s undefeated champion racehorse is the “Hottest” Leading First Crop Sire in North America and having racetrack success in the USA, Ireland and Japan. JUSTIFY added another Two (2) Individual Winners – his 10th Individual Winner was a Gr3 Winner in Ireland; and his 11th Individual Winner was in the USA; plus he recorded three (3) debutant "runners-up" (2 in the USA and 1 in Japan).

Undefeated two-year-old Oxymore was one of four (4) impressive winners for promising young sire ASTERN over the past few days. In the USA, Oxymore made his Stakes class debut a Winning one, as he out-toughed No Nay Hudson in the straight to win the Skidmore Stakes by over a length at Saratoga last week. Oxymore was one of four (4) who found the winners circle over the past few days her sire Astern, which saw the Saratoga win, two greet the judge at Del Mar and another juvenile at Canterbury.