The Adam Durrant-trained mare Celebrity Dream recorded her fifth black type win but only her first at Group level in Saturday’s G3 La Trice Classic at Ascot in Perth.

The $100,000 NRM Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Pukekohe on Saturday turned into an all-Karaka affair as graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales finished first, second and third in the prestigious Group 2 event.

Auckland Cup favourite Vavasour is likely to head to the Ellerslie feature via the weight-for-age Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

Waikato Cup winner Vavasour might get two cracks at 3200m in the autumn.

Champion sire Redoute’s Choice has reached a new milestone with his first Group winner in Japan.