Talented filly Godspeed bounced back to her best at Chantilly with victory over 1600 metres in the G2 Prix de Sandringham.

The daughter of our shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain had been a sound third in the G3 Prix de la Grotte at Longchamp before returning there for a midfield finish in the G1 French 1000 Guineas over a mile.

She travelled easily near the pace under Christophe Soumillon and rounded off stylishly for her second win from just five outings.

"The filly did really well and gives me a lot of pleasure for her to run like that,” co-trainer Yann Lerner told Sky Sports Racing.

“We missed a bit of that luck at the beginning of the season with her, but we have plenty of confidence. We know she has a lot of talent.

"She has a nomination in the French Oaks (Prix de Diane, G1), but that's 15 days. I need to talk to all the partners, then we will see.

"She's a very easy filly. If she can show the same turn of foot over 2000 metres, she could be quite good."

An 80,000gns Arqana Deauville Yearling Sale graduate, Godspeed is out of the stakes-winning Stormin Home mare Mary’s Precedent and the family of international Group 1 winners Sottsass and Sister charlie.

Molveno provided Marco Botti with a memorable homecoming when he triumphed in the G2 Italian Derby.

The son of our resident stallion Almanzor claimed the Newmarket-based trainer’s premier event in his homeland with a thundering late finish in the Capannelle, Rome, classic.

Ridden by Botti’s fellow Italian Marco Ghianni, Molveno wound up powerfully in the run home for the fourth victory of his nine-start career.

He had put the writing on the way at his previous outing on his home track when runner-up over a mile.

“I said to his owner Mr Dainotto after Newmarket that you have to have the right horse for this race, a horse who wants really fast ground, and I wasn't concerned with the trip – he's stayed a mile and three (2200m) at home,” Botti told TDN Europe.

“My main concern was that it is a long way to come here so we tried to plan it so that he had two days in Milan. Everything worked out quite well.

“You never know until you run but basically, a horse rated 90 can be competitive. So that was my view, I knew he was going to be competitive.”

Purchased for 32,000gns at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Molveno is a son of the Dubawi mare Clotilde, who won three races and was stakes placed.

Our shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain continued his grand run of form when Cream Tart made a bold winning statement at Te Aroha.

He now has five individual New Zealand winners from his first Southern Hemisphere crop and a fast closing second in the race for Champion First Season Sires’ honours.

Cream Tart’s success over 1150 metres was widely anticipated as she had rounded off strongly to finish runner-up on debut at Matamata last month.

The Tony Pike-trained filly was rated by rider Craig Grylls as his best on the card and he was on the money as his mount improved wide out from the back of the field.

She careered away in the run home by seven and a-quarter lengths with a performance that augurs well for her three-year-old season.

Cream Tart was a $220,000 purchase by Pike out of breeder Windsor Park Stud’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.

She is a half-sister to the dual Group 1winner Mustang Valley with their dam the New Approach mare Cream Of The Crop and the family of former two-time Australian Horse of the Year Might And Power.

Chaldean covered a high-quality book of 173 mares in his first season at Juddmonte Farm in the UK and his first foals have been arriving this spring. The progeny of our mulitple Gr.1 winning son of Frankel are receiving rave reviews from European breeders and farm managers.

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"A quality colt, well balanced with size, scope and a mscular hip. Very much the sire." Simon Mockridge, Juddmonte. 2025 bay colt ex Hot Snap (Pivotal).

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"A very good-looking and athletic colt with a lot of quality. It's the best foal the mare has produced to date." Simon Weeting, Overbury Stud. 2025 bay colt ex Velma Valento (Dabirsim).

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"A strongly made foal with a big walk and lots of quality. A very pleasing result especially with the Frankel/Pivotal cross proving so successful with five Group One winners to date." Cathal Beale, CEO Irish National Stud. 2025 chestnut filly ex Aimhirgin Lass (Pivotal).

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"He is a cracking first foal. Strong, correct, fantastic muscle definition and a great mover, just like his sire." Stuart Thom, Galloway Stud. 2025 bay colt ex Desert Dreamer (Oasis Dream).

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"I'm really impressed with the Chaldean foals I've seen come through the breeding shed at Whitsbury and Juddmonte have some stunners I saw on a recent visit there. Strong, correct foals with good bone. They've got a great hip and shoulder like their sire and have a real presence about them." Ben Tappenden, Whitsbury Manor Stud

Lucy In The Sky executed her southern plan to perfection at Riccarton and in the process earned a slice of domestic racing history.

Our promising youngster became the first winner of a black-type race on a synthetic track in New Zealand when she romped to victory in the Listed Champagne Stakes.

Due to the fierce Canterbury weather, the 1200 metre feature was switched from the turf to the all-weather track and it didn’t faze the Tony Pike-trained representative in the slightest.

She also credited our promising young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain with his first Southern Hemisphere stakes winner.

“We came down here to get a stakes win on the board before the end of her two-year-old season and she had the class edge,” Pike said.

“It augurs well for next season and to be back here in November for the Guineas would be great.”

Lucy In The Sky crossed to lead from a wide gate and surged clear in the run home under the urging of Jasmine Fawcett to beat our homebred and sold King’s Legacy filly Queen’s Legacy.

“She’s a class horse and turning for home I was quite confident she would put them to bed,” Fawcett said.

Lucy In The Sky will now be spelled after an initial three-start campaign that has netted two wins and a gallant sixth, after being hounded in front, in the G1 Sistema Stakes.

She is a half-sister to the G2 Rich Hill Mile winner Ruud Not Too with their dam the unraced O’Reilly mare Too Many Diamonds, now retired from breeding.

Lucy In The Sky is out of a half-sister to the G3 Red Anchor Stakes winner Royal Asscher and a strong juvenile family that includes the G1 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes winner Diamond Shower.

Sword Of State's first crop were the talk of the sales ground at the major yearling sales this year. His first crop of youngsters averaged $172,000 with a top price of $540,000. He was the third leading first season sire by average across Magic Millions, Inglis and NZB Book 1 behind Home Affairs ($100,000 stud fee) and Stay Inside ($70,000 stud fee).

His progeny were bought by many of the best trainers and bloodstock agents in Australasia including:

Ballymore Racing NZ/Moroney/Bruggeman, Brendon McCullum & Richardson Racing (x2), Busuttin Young Racing, Cambridge Stud, Cameron Cooke B/stock, Ciaron Maher, Crawford Brothers Ltd, DC Ellis (x4), Go Racing / Blandford B/stock, Hamish Auret, Japanoz Equestrian, Kennewell Racing, Group One B/stock, KPW B/stock (x4), Lindsay Park Racing/Dean Hawthorne B/Stock, Malua B/stock, Matt Laurie Racing/ARJB Racing, Matt Vella B/stock/Riversley Park, Mick Price Racing, Mulberry Racing/Brad Widdup, Noble Racing/Robert & Luke Price, O'Brien T/breds, Pike Racing, Richard & Will Freedman, Richards Racing/Cameron Ring, Ridgmont/Bjorn Baker/S & J Gosling/Clarke B/stock, St Kilda Lodge, TAB Racing Club, VL B/stock, and Wexford Stables.