A sprinkling of first crop representatives of our young Snitzel stallion Sword Of State received a warm welcome at the Gold Coast.

Six youngsters by our Group 1-winning resident, who stands at $15,000 + GST, changed hands at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale for A$1,445,000 at an average of A$240,083 with a top price of A$380,000.

That was achieved by Lot 716, who was presented by Kia Ora Stud and the colt will join the leading Sydney stable of expatriate Kiwi trainer Bjorn Baker.

He is the first foal of the Maki mare Needle And Thread, winner of the G2 Royal Stakes and a sister to the stakes winner, Group 1 placegetter and sire Savile Row.

Congratulations also to Wentwood Grange on another top result, selling a Sword Of State colt, Lot 142, out of the Tavistock mare Alloro for A$340,000 to Queensland’s KPW Bloodstock.

From our own small draft, we were delighted with our handsome Sword Of State colt, Lot 769, claimed by Victorian trainer Matt Laurie for a bumper A$375,000.

He is the first foal of the Written Tycoon mare Pazienza, who was successful on two occasions including a 5.8-length two-year-old victory.

The pedigree features the G1 Underwood Stakes winner and G1 Caulfield Cup runner-up Buckaroo whose half-brother Middle Earth was also a multiple stakes winner.

Our Sword Of State colt, Lot 687, was another popular youngster and she was knocked down to New South Wales interests Noble Racing and Luke Price Racing for A$160,000.

The attractive filly is out of the More Than Ready mare More Jools whose half-brother Ninth Legion won the G2 Villiers Stakes and the family of the G1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas winner Tell A Tale.

Jockey Declan Bates tipped the Symon Wilde-trained Imamanzor as a three-year-old to follow after their success at Horsham.

He combined with our homebred son of resident sire Almanzor, who relished the good surface to win in fine style over 1400 metres.

“It looked a good race for him and he was too good,” Bates said. “He’s a big boy and he’ll improve again with that.”

Imamanzor was wide early before settling outside the leader and, after striding to the front on the turn, held a strong gallop for his second career victory from eight starts.

“I was happy to roll forward with him and he travelled well,” Bates said.

“He took me to the lead at the top of the straight and he felt like he had plenty left in the tank.”

Imamanzor is a son of the More Than Ready mare Imanana, whose dam Imananabaa was a quality sprinter whose five wins featured success in the G1 Railway Handicap.

Imanana has produced four winners with Imamanzor sold to Grand Syndicates for A$35,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale.

We sold her Sword Of State colt to Richard and Will Freedman for $100,000 at Karaka earlier this year and Imanana had a filly in 2024 by our Group 1-winning son of Snitzel.

Funfetti completed a Cambridge Stud double at Riccarton where the daughter of our resident sire Embellish romped to victory.

The four-year-old followed the earlier winning lead on the all-weather track of our homebred Avoriaz, who made an instant impression from her new quarters with a breakthrough success.

Trained by John and Karen Parsons, Funfetti has proved a versatile performer with four wins on the turn and now on the synthetic over 2200 metres.

She was given a perfect run in the trail by Tina Comignaghi before angling into the clear before the home bend and bolted clear to score by four lengths.

We originally purchased Funfetti out of HGT Bloodstock’s draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $12,000.

She is the first foal Alternative Fact, who won twice up to 2100 metres, and the Medaglia D’Oro mare is out of a half-sister to the G3 Doomben Roses winner and G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas placegetter Awesome Planet.

We subsequently sold Funfetti for $2000 via the Gavelhouse platform and is raced by Cambridge horseman Clinton Isdale.

We offered Avoriaz at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale where trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood signing the ticket at $240,000.

She posted a couple of minor placings before relocating to Lance Robinson’s Riccarton operation and made a winning debut for him over 1600 metres in Kate Hercock’s hands.

They settled well back in the field and stormed home from last with 600 metres to run to triumph in a driving finish.

Avoriaz is out of the winning High Chaparral mare Enjay, who is in foal to Hello Youmzain, and her half-sister Rolling Pin won the G2 Shannon Stakes and G3 Cameron Handicap and also placed in the G1 Epsom Handicap.

All five of Enjay’s foals to race are now winners and includes our multiple Group placegetter Familia and the Listed Champagne Stakes runner-up Queen’s Evidence.

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Gezora has earned a crack at a Classic title following her success in the G2 Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp.

The Francis Graffard-trained daughter of Almanzor claimed the 2000 metre title in style to book her berth in the G1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) to be run over 2100 metres at Chantilly on June 16.

Gezora was ridden by Mickael Barzalona and strode to the front 300 metres from home before drawing clear to score by a length and a-quarter.

“Gezora is a nice filly, very straightforward, she had a very good first run in the Vanteaux here and she came on a lot for the race,” Graffard told the Racing Post.

“She blossomed physically and mentally she was so happy and well in herself that I said to the owner we should give it a go.

“We had nothing to lose and she lengthened really nicely in the straight. I think she's earned her chance in the Prix de Diane.”

Gezora has won three of her six starts including the G2 Prix des Reservoirs and has placed at Group 3 level in the Prix Vanteaux and Prix de Conde.

She was raced by Haras d’Etreham before her purchase by Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm after her victory in the Prix des Reservoirs.

Gezora is a daughter of the Silver Hawk mare Germance, who won five races including the Saint-Alary in 2006 when it carried Group 1 status and then finished runner-up in the Oaks.

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Consistent four-year-old Roadcone never gave his rivals a look in at Pakenham to further his tidy record.

The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman-trained representative began like a bullet to make the running and was untouched to make it three wins and six placings from 11 appearances.

In romping to victory over 1400 metres, he also completed an inter-state double for our resident sire Almanzor whose daughter Undaunting had earlier saluted at Kyneton.

Roadcone cleared the gates quickly to lead for rider Blake Shinn and, despite wandering around in the straight, still had four and a-half lengths on his closest challenger at the post.

“He got a bit lost, but I was pleased to see Blake take bad luck out of the equation,” Moody said.

“He deserved that for his patient owners, we’ve always thought he was a city horse and maybe we’ll get him out to a mile being by Almanzor.”

Shinn said Roadcone travelled comfortably all the way and was more than willing in the run home.

“He hadn’t led in a lot of his races, so it was foreign territory, but he enjoyed being out there on his own.

“He had been knocking on the door, so it was nice to get the win for Peter and Katherine.”

Bred by Bob Emery, Roadcone was originally bought out of Woburn Farm’s draft at Karaka by former trainer Murray Baker for $120,000 and ran fourth in his Te Rapa debut for Andrew Forsman before relocating to Victoria.

Out of the So You Think mare On The Ball, he is a half-brother to the Listed Wellesley Stakes winner and G1 Sistema Stakes runner-up Archaic Smile.

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Fortune finally favoured Undaunting at Kyneton where the four-year-old produced a brave effort to hit top form over 1850 metres.

Our homebred daughter of Almanzor returned odds of nearly 40 to one, but co-trainer Levi Kavanagh had confidence in the mare’s prospects following a luckless run of outings.

“She has been a frustrating horse, she’s one of those that comes back every week with an excuse and the owners have been very patient,” Kavanagh said.

Undaunting drifted back in the field before improving wide across the top and responded to every call of jockey Fred Kersley in the run home to win for the third time in her career.

Kavanagh Racing purchased Undaunting out of our Inglis Premier Yearling Sale draft for A$250,000.

She is a half-sister to the four-time winner and multiple Group placegetter War Eternal with their dam the Fastnet Rock mare Aleria, whose brother Thorondor won four times and finished runner-up in the G2 Danehill Stakes.

Back in foal to Almanzor, Aleria has an unraced three-year-old filly by Reliable Man named Neednoman and her Per Incanto colt sold for $300,000 to Hong Kong interests at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2025 National Yearling Sale.

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