Our promising homebred Almanzor filly Tietar capped the encouraging start she has made to her career when successful at Sale.The three-year-old had twice finished in the money from her previous four outings and while unplaced in the G2 Edward Manifold Stakes in the spring, was respectable in finishing seven lengths off Zardozi who subsequently claimed the G1 VRC Oaks.In her latest outing, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Tietar settled third last under rider Thomas Stockdale.She picked up ground across the top and, after cornering wide on the track, ran the 1700 metres out strongly to claim the thick end of the stake.Tietar is a daughter of the English-bred Zamindar mare Phenetic, a winner in France who we paid 38,000gns for at the 2014 Tattersalls December Mares’ Sale.She is a half-sister to G3 Prix de Fontainbleau winner Glaswegian and the family of the G1 Prix de la Floret winer Etoile Montante and Country Grammar, successful in editions of the G1 Dubai World Cup and the G1 Hollywood Gold Cup.Tietar was a A$220,000 purchase for Roll The Dice Racing and agent John Foote at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale where she was offered on our behalf by Bhima Thoroughbreds.Phenetic had a filly by Hello Youmzain last year and is now in foal to Sword Of State.

Promising three-year-old Navy King showcased his staying talent on the big stage when he streeted a competitive age group line-up over 2000 metres at Flemington.Our homebred son of U S Navy Flag had finished fourth at Caulfield in his first attempt over the distance and he showed the benefit of that experience with a hollow victory.Navy King is prepared at Warrnambool by Symon Wilde and is fashioning a tidy record with three successes and four minor placings from 10 starts.“This is my first winner at Flemington, so it was extremely exciting,” part-owner James Mahony said.“Symon has always had a really good opinion of this horse and to win as well as he did was a fantastic training performance.”Navy King was given a cosy run in the trail by Daniel Stackhouse before angling into the clear at the top of the straight.The gelding strode to the front 400 metres from home and cruised to the post with a length and a-half to spare.Out of the O’Reilly mare Eliza Blues, we sold Navy King to Wilde Racing for A$90,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Yearling Sale.The dam is a half-sister to the G3 Marton Metric Mile winner Old Belvedere and won two races and finished runner-up in the G1 Queensland Oaks. Their third dam is the multiple Group 1 winner Canterbury Belle.Leading trainer Ciaron Maher purchased Eliza Blues’ Almanzor colt, named Victory Blues, at Karaka last year for $65,000 and she is back in foal to U S Navy Flag.

Turn The Ace once again emphasised his love affair with Te Rapa when he successfully resumed over 1200 metres on the Hamilton course.Trainer Andrew Forsman had the five-year-old ready to rock and roll first-up and he put his open class rivals to the sword by three and a-half lengths.It was his sixth win on the track, including a two-year-old success in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes, and eighth overall from 22 appearances.“We thought he might be a run short, with only the one trial under his belt but we wanted to try to give him as many opportunities to race at that track as we could,” Forsman said.“If he was able to get his way out in front and then rail the way he does at Te Rapa, he might be hard to catch, and that’s how it turned out.“We don’t have too much planned for the rest of his campaign now – just racing at Te Rapa as much as we can.” Turn The Ace showed gate speed to make the running under rider Michael McNab and forged clear 250 metres from home to win easing down to set up another profitable campaign.Bred by The Sunlight Trust, he is raced by a large ownership group that includes Forsman’s parents Steve and Lynne and was purchased for $30,000 out of the Cambridge Stud draft during the Book 1 sale at Karaka in 2020.Turn The Ace is a son of the Lonhro mare Frescoes, also the dam of the G3 Victoria Handicap winner Here To Shock who went close to a family double when he finished runner-up at Caulfield.