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Just a week after his much-loved flag-bearer Red Can Man was retired, Yarradale Stud stallion Gingerbread Man unearthed a debut winner who can develop into another black-type galloper of the future.

Ron Sayers was a mining industry leader in the Goldfields as the founder of Ausdrill and he was also a legend in the racing and breeding industries at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup.

Victorian syndicator First Light Racing has a readymade flag-bearer in Perth with its impressive 3yo filly Spicy Thang.

Yarradale Stud sires Gingerbread Man and Shooting To Win combined for an international double on Thursday and a Yarradale-bred graduate can put the icing on the cake at Ascot on Saturday.

Elite Beau has firmed into a $7 second favourite for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) next month on the back of a brilliant return in the Patten Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Wednesday.