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New Zealand-based sire Redwood continues to spiral up the sire rankings with a Group 3 quinella at Caulfield on September 22 another notable result for the son of High Chaparral.

Redwood’s talented pair Night’s Watch and Rising Red, both 5YO members of his oldest crop, fought out the finish of the G3 Foundation Cup (2000m), a race that gave the winner a berth in the $5 million Caulfield Cup.

Redwood stands at Westbury Stud in NZ and has served more than 120 mares each season.

“His progeny have needed time to show what they can do. He’s becoming a very good all round stallion,” said Westbury Stud’s general manager Russell Warwick.

Redwood himself was a G1 winner in the US as a 4YO and had 16 of his 17 starts in black type company.

The Darren Weir-trained Night’s Watch was initially raced solely by Westbury Stud owner Gerry Harvey and was trained in NZ before OTI Racing bought into the gelding. He was then transferred to the Darren Weir stable.

Night’s Watch (High Chaparral x Glory Run by Exceed And Excel) is the third stakes winner by Redwood.

• Tasmanian breeding stood up when the Need Further filly Mystic Journey won the Listed Jim Moloney Stakes at Caulfield.

Mystic Journey, trained in Tasmania by former champion jumps rider Adam Trinder, is by leading Tasmanian sire Needs Further from White Gold (Columbia).

Mystic Journey was an $11,000 purchase by Trinder at the 2017 Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale and has now won two Listed races following her victory in the Elwick Stakes at Elwick earlier this year.

• The Darren Weir-trained sprinter Holy Blade became the 33rd stakes for I Am Invincible when he won the Listed WH Wylie Handicap at Morphettville.

The 4YO entire from Amphrotite (Statoblest) was a $180,000 purchase by Yulong Investments from the 2016 Sydney Classic Yearling Sale.