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A multiple Group winner and G1 placed in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes, Bellatrix Star topped the Inglis Digital Sale on Wednesday selling for $900,000. The Mark Walker-trained Bellatrix Star was the target of some of the biggest bloodstock operations in the world and was eventually sold to Widden Stud and Julia Ritchie’s Bangaloe Stud.

http://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/widden_logo_white_v2.pngWidden Studhttps://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/anders-paddock-300mm-20240930-2211-scaled.jpg200px200px Sing Your Song was not the only filly to emerge from the Warwick Farm meeting on Wednesday with designs on the Darley Princess Series that leads to the Group I ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) next month with Matthew Smith confident his filly Queen’s Gamble is also on that trajectory.

http://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/widden_logo_white_v2.pngWidden Studhttps://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/russiancamelot-head-20211223-3590-scaled.jpg200px200px Widden Stud’s gorgeous stallion Russian Camelot (IRE) is a showstopper in the looks department and his lightly raced four year-old Veyepee is stamped very much in his image and posted his third win from four starts at Sandown on Wednesday.

The $250,000 Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday was a race well named as it turned out with up and comers filling the trifecta and it was the Waterhouse Bott trained Written By gelding Plagiarism leading the way. A maiden going into this race, albeit with some good form in competitive stakes races, Plagiarism was lit up from the gates by Regan Bayliss to lead at his second run back from a spell and it proved a winning move.

The $200,000 Group III MRC Heath Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday was chosen as the starting point for what could be a very big season for progressive sprinter Oliveanotherday and the son of Nicconi did not disappoint. First up from a spell after ending last season with a win in the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool, the Tom Dabernig trained four year-old was fit and ready to fire with punters sending him off as favourite.

http://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/widden_logo_white_v2.pngWidden Studhttps://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ws_stallions-zoustar-conformation_20-09-22-widden-sharon-lee-chapman_1629_hr3c-scaled.jpg200px200px An impressive debut win at Geelong for blueblood Zoustar filly Over Excited on Friday will have punters adding her to their Black Book.

Champion sire Zoustar has produced some outstanding fillies and mares with the Cambridge Stud owned Joliestar the best of them all and her achievements over the past 12 months were recognised on Thursday night when she was crowned both Australian Champion Sprinter and New South Wales Champion Sprinter at the 2025/26 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards.

http://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/widden_logo_white_v2.pngWidden Studhttps://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/doubtland-paddock-dt-20211101-8241-scaled.jpg200px200px Team Hawkes put the polish on $1.1million Not a Single Doubt colt Doubtland, who won the Group II VRC Danehill Stakes before retiring to Widden Stud and they produced an impressive debut winner by the young stallion at Newcastle on Tuesday.

http://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/widden_logo_white_v2.pngWidden Studhttps://widden.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/zoustar-headshot-scaled-e1749020152238.jpg200px200px King of Gosford won the Group I Santa Anita Shoemaker Mile last year and was back in the winning groove at Del Mar on Saturday night when taking out the $300,000 Group II Del Mar Mile (1m) in a thrilling finish.

Russian Camelot (IRE) had an interesting debut winner at Hastings in New Zealand on Saturday that is tipped as a staying star of the future. Kiwi breeder Mark Lupton has plenty of fond memories of his Group I -winning mare Etah James, and he is hoping to create a few more with her son, Makarov, following his convincing debut victory.