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The Lance Noble-trained Mollify drew serious attention to her future staying prospects at Pukekohe where she made a successful middle-distance debut.

Our lightly raced daughter of So You Think relished the step up to 2100 metres with a commanding performance to comfortably put away her Rating 75 rivals.

“There’s a lot of upside to her and I think she’ll go through the grades pretty quickly,” Noble said.

“She just keeps getting better and has lacked a bit of a turn of foot over a mile, so we wanted to get her up over the ground. The Dunstan Stayers’ will be a target for her.”

Mollify jumped well from a wide gate to coast along in fourth spot and let down strongly in the run home in the hands of Warren Kennedy.

“It worked out perfectly for us and from the one-one it was all plain sailing,” he said.

“Once into the straight, she kicked and is progressing really nicely.”

Mollify broke her maiden from a handful of starts in Victoria for Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman before she returned home and now has three wins and four placings from 11 starts.

She is out the winning Lawman mare Mitigate, who we purchased for 50,000gns at the 2018 Tattersalls December Mares’ Sale.

She is a half-sister to the multiple international stakes winners Kick On and Sabratah and they are out of the Marju mare Marika, also successful at black type level.

Mitigate’s first foal Hilary’s Boy won four times in England while her second is Group performer Investigate with Mollify her only other to the races.

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Qali Al Farrasha ended a frustrating run of feature race placings when the Almanzor five-year-old strode to an emphatic victory in the G2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Pukekohe Park.

The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained mare had been given a let-up following unplaced runs in the first two legs of the Group 1 Triple Crown Series and returned with a bounce in her step to coast home over 1400 metres.

“It’s fantastic to see her back and we weren’t quite happy with her before the Livamol, so we freshened her up,” Bergerson said.

“Hopefully, she is in for an exciting summer and the Cal Isuzu Stakes is probably the next logical step.

Qali Al Farrasha was a deserved winner after bagging three previous Group 1 placings, finishing runner-up in both the Otaki Maori WFA Classic and Thorndon Mile and was also third in the New Zealand Oaks during her Classic campaign.

At Pukekohe, she lobbed along in sixth spot under rider Wiremu Pinn before hitting the front 250 metres from home and surged clear to win impressively with our own Jaarffi doing her best work late from the back for third.

“I thought the 1400 metres would have been too short, but she proved me wrong and it was a very good training effort by Mark and Sam,” Pinn said. “The further she goes, the better she’ll be.”

Raced by co-breeders Te Akau Stud and Westonlea Bloodstock, Qali Al Farrasha is a sister to stakes winner Nucleozor.

Their dam is the Burgundy mare Nucleonic and she is a half-sister to the G2 Bill Stutt Stakes winner Tijuana, their mother being the champion Singapore two and three-year-old Mexican Rose.

Nucleonic’s colt by Hello Youmzain sold to Hong Kong’s Tartan Meadow Bloodstock for $375,000 at the 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale.

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Savabeel’s son Super Unicorn is loving life from his new quarters in Hong Kong.

Our homebred broke his maiden from Frankie Lor’s stable before his form tapered off and relocated to Mark Newnham’s stable.

The expatriate Australian trainer has turned the fortunes of the six-year-old around with consecutive 1650 metre victories in the hands of Italian rider Andreas Atzeni.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club purchased Super Unicorn for $720,000 out of our draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sal and subsequently topped $4 million at the International Sale.

He is a son of the late O’Reilly mare Lovetessa, twice successful and placed in the G3 Eulogy Stakes, and a brother to our mare Love Symbol, a winner this preparation for Lance Noble.

A member of the famed Eight Carat family, Lovetessa is a half-sister to the multiple Group winner and joint NZB Filly of the Year winner Queen Of Diamonds.

Their dam Love Diamonds is a sister to the G1 Spring Champion Stakes winner Viking Ruler, whose brother Kempinsky won the G2 AAMI Vase and finished runner-up in the G1 VRC Derby.

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A stunning filly by Chaldean attracted widespread interest during the Goffs November Foal Sale.

The well-related chestnut daughter of our new shuttle stallion was consigned by the Irish National Stud and was knocked down to Airlie Stud for €230,000 ($475,000).

She is out of the Pivotal mare Aimhirgin Lass, who has a 100 percent record at stud with all four of her foals to race successful and has also made her mark in this part of the world.

Her son Soul Of Spain broke his maiden in Ireland before relocating to Chris Waller’s powerful Sydney operation and has risen through the ranks to claim this season’s G3 Newcastle Gold Cup and finished runner-up in the G1 Metropolitan Handicap.

Aimhirgin Lass is a sister to the stakes winner Seeharn with the pedigree page also featuring the G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes winner and sire Malhub.

We partnered with Juddmonte Farms to shuttle Chaldean, a dual Group 1-winning son of the mighty Frankel, whose Northern Hemisphere home is at Banstead Mahor Stud in Newmarket

He emulated his sire when he became only the ninth colt in the last 50 years to complete the G1 Dewhurst-2000 Guineas double and the only father and son duo to triumph in both events.

Standing at $35,000 + GST, Chaldean has served high-class books of mares in his first two tours of duty to Cambridge Stud.

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Promising mare House Of Lords is bred to star over ground, and she ran true to her pedigree at Moe.

The daughter of Almanzor stepped up to a middle distance for the first time and ran the 2050 metre trip out strongly under rider Craig Newitt to score with authority.

“She’s done a great job and she’s well bred, there’s plenty of upside,” trainer Peter Gelagotis said.

“She’s definitely a stayer and we’ve been looking to get her out over a bit of ground, she’s such a big-striding girl.”

House Of Lords coasted along in fourth spot before improving around runners 600 metres from home and the five-year-old rounded off strongly for her third win from seven starts.

“She’s done a really good job since she came over from New Zealand. She’s a beautiful mare and it was a well-executed ride,” Gelagotis said.

Bred by Peter Gillespie and Bill Gleeson, House Of Lords was a trial winner for Awapuni trainer Peter Didham before she joined the Pakenham operation of Gelagotis.

She is a half-sister to Group winners and top-flight placegetters Sinarahma and House Of Cartier with their dam the four-time top-flight winner Shez Sinsational.

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Quality mare Mary Shan was untroubled to return to winning ways in the open 1400 metre handicap at Tauranga.

The multiple stakes placed daughter of Almanzor showed her class with an emphatic victory for trainer Andrew Forsman and rider Wiremu Pinn.

Mary Shan had successfully opened her campaign at Wanganui but was then unplaced on heavily rain-affected ground in the G3 Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes at Hawera.

“She was tripped up by there a very testing track there,” Forsman’s Racing Manager Joe Walker said.

In her Tauranga assignment, Mary Shan settled in fourth spot on the fence and took advantage of a rails run into the straight to easily forge clear for her fourth career victory.

“She has been going well and there was plenty of speed in the race, which suited her,” Walker said.

The four-year-old is a daughter of the High Chaparral mare Shanzam, who won three races in Australia up to 1400 metres.

Her dam Shanzero was a talented performer and claimed an edition of the G3 Wellington Stakes and finished runner-up in the G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes.

Mary Shan’s sister was sold to Te Akau at the 2024 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale for $150,000 and has been named Arrazola while Shanzam also a yearling colt by our resident sire.

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Our shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain hit new heights on the closing day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s successful Ready to Run Sale.

His son from BMD Bloodstock’s consignment drew an opening blow of $100,000 and spirited bidding followed before the hammer fell at $700,000 with Chinese owner Hongwei Chen securing the colt.

Presented as Lot 283, the youngster is the highest priced Hello Youmzain to be sold at auction in the Southern Hemisphere.

“We knew we were going into the sale with a really nice horse and we were expecting him to be popular,” BMD principal Barry Donoghue said

“We had a reserve of only $150,000 and whatever happened beyond that was a bonus. We couldn’t be happier.”

The two-year-old is out of the Zabeel mare Cool Tart who is a three-quarter sister to champion Australian stayer and G1 Melbourne Cup winner Efficient and a half-sister to G1 Herbie Dyke Stakes winner On The Rocks.

Another Hello Youmzain colt to sell well was KB Bloodstock’s Lot 401 who was secured by Hong Kong owner Yeung Kin Man for $240,000.

He is a brother to Lindsay Park’s two-time winner Hello Romeo with their dam the Shooting To Win mare Julieta who is a half-sister to the multiple Group 1 winner Humidor.

Sword Of State was in the thick of the action during the opening session of the auction with his son, Lot 9, selling for $500,000 to Laming Bloodstock and strong demand continued.

Hong Kong investor Tien Kay Chan went to $420,000 to land Lot 310 from the draft of Kiltannon Stables.

His dam is the unraced Iffraaj mare Duraaj whose family features the Australian Group winners Aliferous and Afraah, as well as the G1 Jim Dandy Stakes winner Scorpion.

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Touchdown continued the hot start he has made to his fledgling career with a runaway success on The Heath course at Caulfield.

The talented son of Almanzor owns the tidy record of two wins and a pair of runner-up finishes from four appearances for trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes.

Touchdown’s latest success over was over 1600 metres and the stable expects the four-year-old to continue to progress.

“It was a nice, easy watch and gave a great kick, he got a little bit lost when he hit the front, but it was an easy win,” Ben Hayes said.

“He’s a horse we’ve always liked and he had a trip to Adelaide when the races were called off due to lightning, so he’s done a good job to come back and win impressively.

“We’ll see how he pulls up, there’s a lot of improvement left in him and if he does tick all the boxes we’ll push on through the grades and win as many races as we can.”

Touchdown cruised along in fourth spot and peeled wide before the turn and then lengthened stride to romp home by three and a-quarter lengths.

“It was pretty painless, he jumped well and had an uninterrupted run,” rider Luke Nolen said.

“He had a bit of a think about things after he had put them away easily. He’s got good tactical speed and relaxes so he ticks the boxes.”

Touchdown failed to meet his A$100,000 reserve when offered at the Inglis Australian Yearling Sale and was subsequently purchased by clients of Lindsay Park after he won a trial at Taupo 12 months ago from Glenn Old’s stable.

He is a half-brother to the G3 Rough Habit late winner Shocking Luck with their dam Shamardal Luck from the family of the G1 Australian Cup winner Starstruck.

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A son of our rising stallion star Sword Of State had buyers’ hearts racing in the early stages of New Zealand Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale.

The handsome youngster was presented as Lot 9 by Chad Ormsby’s Riverrock Farm and Victoria’s Laming Bloodstock had the final say on the colt at $500,000.

“He’s an outstanding individual, he ticked all the boxes and I thought I may have had to pay a bit more, so I was very happy,” Richard Laming said.

“He’ll head down to Woburn Farm now for three or four weeks before we get him over to Melbourne. He looks a potential Guineas type of horse.”

He was bred by Brown Thoroughbreds and is a half-brother to the winners Group performers Sedaka and Suit Yourself.

Their dam is the Rip Van Winkle mare O’Carol, who was successful on three occasions up to 1600 metres, and she is a half-sister to the dual Listed winner Odeon.

The colt’s pedigree also boasts a strong international flavour through Group winners Tale Of A Champion, Bandua, Ilusora, Mr Roary and Olympic Fluke.

“He really stood out to me and if he can put a good win next to his name then he’s a potential stallion prospect,” Laming said.

Another Sword Of State heading across the Tasman is Lot 149 who was bought of BMD Bloodstock’s draft for $120,000 by Lindsay Park Racing and agent Dean Hawthorne.

He is a son of the Tavistock mare Tango Gold whose half-sister is the G1 Schweppes Oaks winner Princess Jenni, also victorious in the G2 Stocks Stakes and at Group 3 level inn the Alexandra Stakes and Bendigo Cup.

Meanwhile, we also enjoyed success from the other side of the fence with the $200,000 purchase of Lot 225, a well-related daughter of Savabeel from the Lilywhites Lodge consignment.

The filly is out of the English-bred Oasis Dream mare Arabian Night whose half-sister Olaya was a North American Group 3 winner.

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