Impulse buy Royal Destroyer has made a stunning debut at Otaki for trainer and part-owner John Bary.Our homebred son of resident stallion Embellish powered home from last into the straight to get in the deciding stride at the end of 1200 metres.

“He drew two and I just said to Sarah (O’Malley) to let him get back because I felt he would be looking at other horses and needed to get into his rhythm and come home,” Bary said.

“He blew the start a bit and that worked in our favour and she rode him quietly. I said if you’re up anywhere near the front he’ll probably blow out as he’s a big, solid sort.”

Bary was at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale in 2021 when he was urged by a member of our Sales and Nominations team to inspect Royal Destroyer.

“Cameron Ring said come and look at this horse and I just bought him on looks. He’s a lovely animal with a fantastic brain and a really nice horse in the making,” Bary said.

He went to $36,000 to secure the first foal of the Stratum mare Markle, who is from the family of the G1 VRC Oaks winner Bulla Borghese.

Markle also has an unraced Ocean Park two-year-old filly named Golden Lining and last season produced another colt by Embellish.

Applications loves to freewheel in front and the son of the late Tavistock again emphasised that point at Doomben.The Cambridge Stud graduate reveled in the soft conditions and impressively ran his rivals into the deck over 2000 metres.Trained by Glenn Thornton and ridden by his son Boris, the six-year-old bowled along at the head of affairs before was joined 700 metres from home and then surged clear again to win for the sixth time from 29 starts.“He felt the track a bit at the Sunshine Coast (when third), so we then had this race in mind for him,” Thornton senior said.“Boris rode him a treat and the horse is back now with his confidence up.”Applications was a $150,000 Karaka graduate who subsequently sold again for A$18,000 at an Inglis Digital Sale and is a son of the late Zabeel mare Vita Bella.The headline act on his pedigree page is the four-time Group 1 winner Racing To Win with Group 2 winners Classique Legend, Aethero, Chain Of Lightning, Mardi’s Magic and Glint Of Silver also well-performed family members.

Our bonny farm graduate Diss Is Dramatic collected her second Group 3 title when she proved superior in the Thompson Handicap at Trentham.Successful in the War Decree Stakes last season, the daughter of Dissident had been a sprint winner during the Hawke’s Bay spring carnival and she was again produced in fine fettle by trainer Lisa Latta.Diss Is Dramatic was given a cosy run in the trail by Tina Comignaghi and, once they shouldered into the clear in the straight, they put the issue beyond doubt.“That was a great performance. She drew the inside gate and was able to enjoy an economical run during the race,” Latta said.“It briefly looked like she might be a bit unlucky early in the straight, but Tina was able to get her into the open and she finished it off really strongly.“As long as she pulls up well from this, she’ll head down to Christchurch for the G2 Coupland’s Mile.”Our congratulations go to Albert Bosma’s Go Racing, who purchased Diss Is Dramatic out of our 2021 draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.She is a daughter of the Darci Brahma mare Our Drahma Queen, who is a half-sister to dual Group 1 winner Suavito and the G3 Swap Contractors Sprinter winner and G1 Windsor Park Plate runner-up Sultan Of Swing.Our Drahma Queen’s Almanzor colt was bought by DGR Thoroughbred Services and John Thompson Racing for $180,000 at Karaka earlier this year.