Is there a more valuable broodmare at stud in Australia than Essaouira, the pride of the pack among the hundreds owned in this country by Sheikh Mohammed.

Stakes-performed entire Nikitas sold for $195,000 at yesterday’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Summer Racehorse Sale.

The powerful Godolphin stable has short listed three horses for feature races at next week’s Grafton Cup carnival.

Selections, best bets and blackbookers for Rosehill, Caulfield and the Sunshine Coast on Saturday July 1.

Randwick trainer Peter Snowden believes Brisbane jockey Jim Byrne can complete the Doomben Ten Thousand-Stradbroke Handicap double for his stable at Doomben on Saturday.