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Yarradale Stud’s yearling sale this Sunday received another stamp of approval with a winning treble at Belmont Park on Wednesday.

Yarradale Stud will offer 8 yearlings by G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner War Chant at Sunday’s annual sale at the picturesque stud nestled in the rolling hills of Gidgegannup.

Woken and apprentice Ellie Cockram are always on the same wavelength and they combined for a fourth win in the TABTouch Hcp (1600m) at Belmont on Saturday.

Rosehill trainer David Payne will target suitable staying races in the coming months for his talented three year-old Rutherglen.

War Chant’s first Perth two year-olds will take catching if they’re anything like his Florida bred youngster I'm Venezuelan.

Frost Giant colt Loki's Vengeance captured his first stakes win as an odds-on favourite in LR Times Square Stakes (1300m) at Aqueduct on Sunday.

War Chant is up and running with his first Australian-bred winner after Hello Sayang bolted in by five lengths at Perak on Saturday.

Girl In Flight raced her way into favouritism for the G1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) in a fortnight after a dominant victory in the final lead-up to the classic at Morphettville on Saturday.

Wise Dan will start the defense of his USA Horse of the Year crown in the G1 Maker's Mile at Keeneland on Friday and his stablemate and younger half-sister Enchanting Lisa is due to resume on Saturday week, April 19.

Robbie Griffiths has re-routed Girl In Flight to the Adelaide carnival starting with the G3 Schweppervescence Stakes (1800m) at Morphettville this Saturday.

Soldier's Lass sustained the winning run for Yarradale Stud this week with a commanding victory in the TAB Touch Hcp (1100m) at Ascot.

Yarradale Stud owner Ron Sayers and his Danzig shuttler War Chant dominated the Perth Magic Millions yearling sale on February 18 and 19.

An impeccably bred daughter of War Chant topped Day 1 of the Perth Magic Millions at Belmont Park on Tuesday.

Sunspeed vendors are courting prospective buyers in the lead-up to the Perth Magic Millions amid a groundswell of support for War Chant.

Sheza Scandal has more upside than the majority of midweek winners at Ascot.

South Dakota impressed jockey Ryan Hill with a first-up win in the Chicken Treat Maiden (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.  And he was amazed to learn the Musket gelding drifted to start at $17 on debut.

Citidancer (Ire) was pensioned by Yarradale Stud two years ago but he’s still a force in the broodmare ranks.

Ron Sayers would have been walking on air when he returned to scale with Bippo No Bungus following the Listed Starstruck Classic at Ascot.

Musket filly Must Be Mink lived up to the hype that preceded her eye-catching debut in Launceston on Wednesday evening.

Ascot’s Kingston Town Classic card was a moving feast for Sunspeed breeders Ron Sayers (Yarradale Stud) and Eddie Rigg (Geisel Park).