First southern hemisphere winner for Vadamos as smart Art De Triomphe strikes

Art De Triomphe followed up an encouraging debut third with a gritty display at Riccarton on Saturday to provide Rich Hill Stud resident Vadamos with his first southern hemisphere winner, to the delight of trainer Andrew Carston.

“She's a filly with a lot of scope for development, so what she is doing now is just a bonus as I think you will see a pretty smart type as a three-year-old," he said.

"You wouldn’t think she would make a two-year-old, but I think it is the Captain Rio influence on her dam’s side that has an influence there.”

Black type looks to be next on the agenda for Art De Triomphe, with the Champagne Stakes back at Riccarton being nominated by Carston as the intended target.

Art De Triomphe is from the first New Zealand crop of European Group 1 winner Vadamos, who has shuttled to Rich Hill Stud since 2017.

Vadamos was the leading first-season sire at the 2020 Karaka New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale and stood for $NZ15,000 (approx £7,800/€8,900) in 2020.

Senor Toba strikes to continue Toronado's red-hot form

Flashy grey Senor Toba sprung a surprise in the Group 3 Frank Packer Plate at Randwick to continue the rampant run of his Swettenham sire Toronado, becoming the 12th stakes winner for the stallion, and his sixth this season.

Racing in the Hermitage Thoroughbreds silks, Senor Toba defeated High Supremacy by a length and a quarter, with runaway leader Achiever holding on for third, as the gelding gave trainer Chris Waller a third win over the last four years in the race.

Toronado: Swettenham Stud sire is enjoying a purple patchCredit: Edward Whitaker

Senor Toba was a $180,000 purchase from the Mill Park Stud draft at the 2019 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale, and is the first foal out of Teofilo mare Bahamas, a half-sister to last year’s Matriarch Stakes winner Affair To Remember.

The mare has a yearling colt by Territories and a weanling filly by Frosted, while she was covered by Harry Angel last year.

Toronado stood last season for A$27,500 (approx £15,300/€17,600) at Swettenham Stud, who have suggested his fee will be increased in 2021, having covered 210 mares in 2020.

Fourth southern hemisphere winner for Cable Bay

Hot on the heels of his third first-crop southern hemisphere-bred winner in Canberra on Friday, Cable Bay recorded his fourth winner on Saturday, as the Neville Parnham-trained Flying Missile won the RSLWA Trophy at Ascot.

The filly defeated stablemate Ultimate Command by three-quarters of a length, with Astrape third, two lengths behind the winner.

Flying Missile is the second foal out of Magnus Missile, a winner of five races from nine starts, with Magnus Missile out of a half-sister to Group 2 winner Scaredee Cat.

Cable Bay has shuttled to Woodside Park Stud since 2017, and last season stood for a fee of A$9,900.

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