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A review of breeding results around Australia.

• BRISBANE sprinter I’m A Rippa became the second stakes winner for his sire Love Conquers All when he gave a strong speed display to win the G3 BRC Sprint over 1350m at Doomben.

Group winner Love Conquers All, by Mossman, started his stud career in Queensland but was transferred to Victoria last year.

I’m A Rippa is trained by leading Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan who purchased the 4YO for $55,000 from the Banchory Thoroughbreds draft at the 2015 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.

I'm A Rippa (Love Conquers All x Derippa by Seidnazar) has won six of his 24 career starts for prize money of $910,757, having won on the valuable Magic Millions raceday at the Gold Coast in January.

I’m A Rippa is the only foal to race from Derippa and is the only stakes winner in three generations of his family.

His third dam County Royale (County) had 10 foals to race for 10 winners. She is a half-sister G3 winner St Rory (Rory's Jester).

• SEPOY juvenile Marcel From Madrid won the G3 National Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday becoming the eighth stakes winner for his sire.

The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained gelding was a $58,000 yearling purchase by Pacific Bloodstock and he unbeaten in both starts accumulating $140,540 prizemoney.

Marcel From Madrid (Sepoy x Lipari by Redoute's Choice) is a half brother to G1 ATC Australian Derby winner Levendi (Pierro) and three time winner Wu Gok (Sebring).

Lipari is out of the G1 winning Thunder Gulch mare Tully Thunder and a three quarters sister to Listed winner Zamzam (Redoute’s Choice).

• THE Darren Weir-trained Land Of Plenty won the G3 RA Lee Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday to become the 40th stakes winner for his late sire Stratum.

The four-year-old entire Land Of Plenty (Stratum x Dancing by Spectrum) was bought by trainer Shane Nichols and current owner Northern Lodge Thoroughbreds for $80,000 at the 2015 Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

A 30% share in Land Of Plenty was offered at The Chairman’s Sale Racing Prospects last year by Grandlodge Thoroughbreds and was purchased by Northern Lodge’s Clive Smith.

* NZ-based sire Raise The Flag, a son of Sadler’s Wells, was provided with his sixth winner when the Darren Weir-trained Yogi won the Listed Port Adelaide Cup at Morphettville.

Yogi (Raise The Flag x Malozza by Grand Lodge) took his earnings past $300,000, an outstanding return on his $NZ1000 purchase price at the 2014 NZB South Island Sale.

Darren Weir is a fan of the progeny of Raise The Flag, having prepared fellow stakes winners Parthersia and Civil Disobedience and his stakes placed runners Unfurl and Chequered Flag.

Yogi has won six races from 21 starts to date for Weir and owners Australian Bloodstock.

Raise The Flag is out of the outstanding Kahyasi mare Hasili who died in March. He stands at White Robe Lodge in New Zealand.

• DOMESDAY mare Have Another Glass broke through at stakes level in the Listed Centaurea Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.

The Sue Jaensch-trained 5YO Have Another Glass (Domesday x Generous Tristana by Generous) became the 17th stakes winner for her sire.

Domesday now stands in Queensland at Aquis Farm.

• THE Darren Weir-trained Hard Spun filly Pleasuring(added a third stakes victory to her record in the G3 South Australia Fillies Classic at Morphettville.

Pleasuring (Hard Spun x Sleeplessinseattle by End Sweep) is one of 62 stakes winners by her sire, a son of Danzig who stands at Jonabell Farm in Kentucky.

• DENMAN mare Secret Trail became the ninth stakes winner for her sire when she won the Listed Bright Shadow Handicap at Doomben.

Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden for Triple Crown Syndications, Secret Trail (Denman x Trail Of Secrets by Secret Savings) will be retired to stud next season.

Denman’s sire Lonhro had his own winner at Rosehill where Epidemic, a younger sister to G1 Stradbroke Handicap winner and half-sister to G3 winner miler Forget (Exceed And Excel) recorded her fourth career win.

• SIR Percy gelding Sin To Win won the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington on Saturday to become the 19th stakes winner by former NZ-[based shuttle sire Sir Percy.

Sir Percy (Mark Of Esteem) shuttled to Rich Hill Farm in New Zealand between 2009 and 2011 and left 158 foals. The sire of the imported G1 winner Sir John Hawkwood currently stands at Lanwades Stud in the UK.

NZ-bred Sin To Win was purchased by Mark Pilkington privately for long term Lindsay Park clients after he won three of his first five starts in NZ. He has now won six of his 18 starts with his owner-breeder Jenny Grieve retaining 25 percent.

Pilkington also sourced another son of Sir Percy from New Zealand in last start Caulfield winner Our Peaky Blinders.

• I Am Invincible’s promising filly She’s So High ran out a convincing winner of the G3 Proud Miss Stakes at Morphettville.

The Mick Price-trained three-year-old She’s So High (3 f I Am Invincible - High Achiever by Exceed And Excel) also won the Listed Incognitus Stakes in March.

• THE David Vandyke-trained 6YO entire Gracida won the Listed Chief De Beers Handicap at Doomben to become the third stakes winner for his sire Conatus.

Gracida (Conatus x Cindy Kate by Mossman) was recording his ninth win in 25 starts.

• ZOUSTAR increased his tally of winners to seven when 2YO first starter Ronstar won on debut at Rosehill.

The Gary Portelli-trained Ronstar (Zoustar x Miss Essembee by Flying Spur) joins G2 winners Sunlight and Zousain among his 2YO winners this season.

The late Flying Spur also featured at Flemington where his Caulfield Cup winner Boom Time returned to winning form.

• THE Phillip Stokes-trained Eclair Calling added to his value with his third win in seven starts at Morphettville on Saturday.

Eclair Calling (Tartan Bearer x Pink Pier by Galileo) is raced by Macau Jockey Club supremo Thomas Li and is a half-brother to Hong Kong G1 winner Thunder Fantasy.

Bred by Power Bloodstock, he was sold for a record $NZ525,000 at the NZB Karaka Select Yearling Sale in 2015.