A bright future has been tipped for lightly raced filly Luna Bay, who broke her maiden at Kembla Grange.

The daughter of our shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain finished runner-up on the course in her first appearance and a return visit was rewarded with victory over 1500 metres.

“We’re thrilled to get that result, she’s a filly going places,” co-trainer Will Freedman said.

Luna Bay settled in fourth place on the fence and angled into the clear at the top of the straight before finishing resolutely under rider Keegan Latham.

“She’s still raw and gangly and will only get better over further,” Freedman said.

The $150,000 Karaka graduate was bred and sold by Trelawney Stud and has a pedigree to back her progress through the grades.

She is a half-sister to the G2 James & Annie Sarten Memorial winner Pareanui Bay with their dam the Flying Spur mare Okahu Bay, who had a Sword Of State filly last season, successful in the G3 South Australia Fillies’ Classic.

Okahu Bay’s pedigree page also features the G1 Easter Handicap winner Calveen.

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Our high-flying young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain has produced another exciting stakes winner in Europe.

Two-year-old Dostoievsky has quickly graduated to rising star status following his latest victory in the Listed Prix Saraca at Chantilly.

Trained by Mauricio Delcher-Sanchez, the colt jumped well for rider Theo Bachelot and produced a commanding front-running performance to score by a length and a-quarter over 1400 metres.

The French-bred Dostoievsky had finished runner-up on debut at Deauville before he was successful at Saint-Cloud and has now impressively bridged the gap to black type company.

He is a son of the Dawn Approach mare Vlatka, whose three foals have all been successful, and is a half-sister to a pair of Group 3 winners in Fas and Silva.

The headline act on the pedigree page is the champion European sprinter Sole Power, whose 12 victories features two editions of both the G1 Royal Ascot King’s Stand Stakes and G1 Nunthorpe Stakes.

He also claimed an edition of the G1 Al Quoz Stakes and placed a further five times at the elite level.

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Bulb General continued his electric form in Hong Kong to bring loftier targets into play for our homebred son of resident sire Embellish.

Trained by Jamie Richards, he completed a hat-trick of victories when he put away his Class 3 rivals with ease over 1200 metres at Sha Tin in the hands of Zac Purton.

The four-year-old is taking winning strides toward the lucrative Four-Year-Old Classic Series – the Hong Kong Classic Mile, Hong Kong Classic Cup and Hong Kong Derby.

“We’ve got some nice targets for him if he keeps progressing. He doesn’t overtax himself, and I think most of the better ones are a little bit like that, so we’ve got plenty to look forward to,” Richards said.

“The plan would be to step him up (in trip) at some stage. The Classic Series would be the plan; we’ve got a long way to go but he’s progressing well and he’s winning with a bit of authority, so hopefully he can keep cracking on.”

Bulb General also had to overcome a wide barrier to continue his winning run of form.

“He had a pretty poor gate (12), I was hoping to get into a nice spot, and he moved into it and did the job nicely,” Purton said.

“It didn’t feel like he was getting away from them the way that he did, so that was good sign.

“He goes up in grade again and hopefully he can continue the path that he’s on.”

Bulb General was bought out of our Book 1 draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $175,000 by Richards and Andrew Williams Bloodstock and won a two-year-old trial at Te Rapa before relocating to Hong Kong.

He is the first winner for the Fastnet Rock mare Stylish Achiever who has since produced another son, Bellish Boy, and daughter of Embellish and is back in foal to our son of Savabeel.

Stylish Achiever is out of the G3 Irwin Stakes and G1 Robert Sangster Stakes third Flying Object.

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United Kingdom relished the improved underfoot conditions at Rosehill to further his record.

The Chris Waller-trained son of Almanzor lengthened stride impressively on top of the ground in the hands of James McDonald to score over 1800 metres.

United Kingdom has now delivered both of his career victories on good surfaces and a further six placings from 11 appearances emphasises the genuine nature of the five-year-old.

“James rode him back with cover and around the corner got him out and he’s won comfortably,” Waller said.

“He’s by Almanzor so another run over 1800 metres or further will suit him and hopefully he wins again.

“It’s good to see him back and first-up (at Canterbury) he just didn’t handle the heavy track.”

Bred by Christopher Grace, United Kingdom was offered through Bhima Thoroughbreds’ draft at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale and knocked down to Aramco Racing for A$260,000.

A half-brother to stakes winner Reputation, he is out of the Zabeel mare Tenacity whose half-brother Graphic won the G2 Wellington Cup.

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A lucrative three-year-old season beckons Happy Youmzain following a dominant performance to defeat his older opposition on the all-weather track at Cambridge.

Trained by Tony Pike, he was untroubled to post a first-up victory over 1300 metres in the hands of Opie Bosson.

The son of our reigning champion freshman sire Hello Youmzain settled back of midfield before picking up ground across the top and was in a league of his own in the straight

Happy Youmzain has been patiently handled and was put aside for a break following his debut fourth as a two-year-old at Ellerslie and returned for two trials to fit him for a triumphant return.

He was purchased by Hong Kong Bloodstock out of breeder Westbury Stud’s draft for $100,000 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.

Happy Youmzain is a son of the More Than Ready mare Waterfalls whose half-brother Centre Pivot was successful at stakes level and the family of the G1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner and sire Catbird.

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Sword Of State’s burgeoning stallion career took another significant step at the Te Rapa trials.

Our resident son of Snitzel was represented by his first winner when the homebred and raced State Of Valour coasted to victory in his two-year-old heat over 730 metres.

Prepared for us by Chad Ormsby, the youngster was quickly into stride to sit on the pace and lengthened stride in the run home under a minimum of urging by Tayla Mitchell to score by three and a-half lengths.

“I was very impressed by what he did with the little practice that he’s had,” his trainer said.

“He came to us to be broken in and we identified him as quite an early type, we got him going and everything from that time on has been really natural.

“I’ve been impressed by the stallion and have got a couple by him in the stable and this one is the more forward of the two.”

State Of Valour failed to meet his $60,000 reserve when offered at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale and is a son of the French-bred Lope De Vega mare Illadore, whose family boasts an abundance of international stakes winners.

“I’ll talk to the team and think we can go to the races with him now, he’s a half-brother to Sister Ping who we had later in her career, and she was very fast over a shorter distance and I think he’s in a similar mould,” Ormsby said.

Sword Of State won four times as a juvenile, with his career highlight a victory in the G1 Sistema Stakes to claim champion two-year-old honours.

He trained on the following season to claim two Group 3 prizes, including a defeat of ten-time top-flight winner Imperatriz in the Almanzor Trophy.

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