From TTR AusNZ: Although there will be no juvenile events for the next few weeks, there was still plenty of action from the newly turned 3-year-old crop in Australia and New Zealand. Saturday at Flemington also saw the return of the superstar jockey Damian Lane after a globe-trotting adventure. Lane would partner the progressive Robrick (Invader) to success.
From Breednet: It doesn’t come much better than to shed the maiden tag by two and three-quarter lengths on a Saturday at Flemington in the manner of the three-year-old Invader gelding Robrick.
From ANZ Bloodstock: Having had Raf Attack score in the opening contest, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott sent out a quickfire double when Coincide (Invader) led home a quinella for the stable in the Drinkwise Plate (1100m) in the very next race.
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From TTR AusNZ: The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Coincide (Invader) finally shed his maiden tag, breaking through at Randwick-Kensington at his sixth start.
From Breednet: The most expensive yearling by Invader sold in 2022, Coincide opened his account at Randwick on Wednesday for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable.
From Breednet: A new season lies ahead and this stud have such faith in their young stallion coming off a weekend featuring two impressive debut winners that they are offering mare owners a deal that is hard to resist and you just know you want to run a Hypothetical mating to see if this deal is for you!
From ANZ Bloodstock: Aquis Farm’s Lean Mean Machine (Zoustar) added to his late season first-crop burst when The Longest Yard (2 g ex Launched by Smart Missile) made the perfect start to his racing career at Bairnsdale yesterday.
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From TTR AusNZ: Lean Mean Machine has doubled his number of first-crop winners with two impressive debut performances within a 24-hour period this weekend, and both of those victories came from talented 2-year-olds bred by Ponderosa Park in Nathalia, Victoria.
From Breednet: On Sunday, the 2yo gelding The Longest Yard made a winning debut against his elders over 1000m at Bairnsdale, completing an excellent weekend for Ponderosa Park and first-season stallion Lean Mean Machine.
From Breednet: While it was back to the drawing board for a few of his rivals, the Lean Mean Machine debutant Title Fighter looked the consummate professional in Saturday’s Ladbroke It! Hcp (1000m) at Moonee Valley.