Outstanding three-year-old Warwoven prompted elite level celebrations at Cambridge Stud after the colt demolished a top-class field of age group rivals at Rosehill.

Stallion dreams were realised when he credited our resident sire Sword Of State with his first Group 1 winner following his victory romp in the Golden Rose over 1400 metres at Rosehill.

It was a sublime performance that fuelled trainer Bjorn Baker’s desire to chase top targets further afield with his stable star.

"He’s so good-looking and fast, he’s so special and it was an awesome performance,” he said.

“He's a serious horse and we are looking at the Caulfield Guineas, even the Cox Plate.

“His mother was very good at 2000 metres and he relaxed beautifully but one step at a time. It is an amazing game, racing. It is the best game in the world, and I don't say that lightly."

Warwoven was sourced by Baker’s great friend and bloodstock agent Jim Clarke at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale where he was offered by breeder Kia Ora Stud and knocked down for A$380,000.

He is the first foal of the Makfi mare Needle And Thread, who won the G2 Royal Stakes and placed at Group 2 level in the Sir Tristram Fillies’ Classic and Eight Carat Classic and G3 Sunline Vase.

Now the winner of five of his eight starts, Warwoven settled three back on the fence and once into the clear, he exploded clear to win easing down by three lengths.

"He was dominant, he's very good, we know he's very good, and it was just very satisfying for him to go out there and do that,” regular rider Rachel King said.

“There was enough tempo on, there was enough pressure and he just put his head down and relaxed and was beautiful in the run.

"We know he's got an awesome turn of foot, and I was desperate to get him up over this kind of distance and probably even further. He's proven that he's the real deal."

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Sword Of State was represented by another impressive winner on Friday afternoon at Taupō, with his three-year-old filly Imperial Rose leading from pillar to post to record a stylish victory under Courtney Barnes.

Trained by Stephen Marsh for the MyRacehorse ownership group, Imperial Rose is a graduate of our 2025 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 draft, where she sold for $180,000 to the TAB Racing Club.

Imperial Rose is out of Sienna Rose, a five-time winning daughter of More Than Ready and a half-sister to stakes-winning two-year-old Ebhaar. She hails from an outstanding family that also includes champion sprinter Joliestar and Group 1-producing stallion Merchant Navy.

Sienna Rose’s Savabeel colt sold for $310,000 at Karaka earlier this year, purchased by Matt Laurie and De Burgh Equine. While she will not be represented in the yearling sales this season, Sienna Rose has a colt at foot by Hello Youmzain and is back in foal to the dual Group 1-winning sprinter.

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Chaldean made an impressive start at Tattersalls Book 1, with Europe’s premier yearling sale concluding on Thursday in Newmarket.

The dual Group 1-winning son of Frankel was represented by 11 yearlings, all of whom found buyers, achieving a 100% clearance rate at an average price of 162,000 guineas (NZ$401,000).

Chaldean’s top-priced yearling came on Day 2, when James Toller went to 325,000 guineas (NZ$805,000) to secure a filly who is a half-sister to Listed winner Primo Bacio. Offered by Ireland’s Kildaragh Stud, the filly is out of Survenna, a daughter of Arcano.

The final day of trading also delivered two notable results, with a pair of colts each selling for 200,000 guineas (NZ$495,000). Stroud Coleman Bloodstock was first to reach that mark, securing Lot 345, a half-brother to stakes-placed Inishnee out of Al Kirana, a winning daughter of Exceed And Excel. Shortly afterwards, Jeremy Brummitt went to the same price for Lot 366, a colt out of a winning Camelot mare.

Tattersalls’ yearling trade resumes on Monday with Book 2, where Chaldean will have a further 30 yearlings represented.

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