Kingfield is a work in progress and an early winning strike at Doomben emphasised his abundance of raw talent.At just his second start, the Chris Waller-trained son of Almanzor faced a steep rise in distance and rose to the challenge in tenacious fashion to break his maiden over 2030 metres.We bred and sold Kingfield who had finished in behind the placegetters in his debut earlier this month over 1400 metres and showed staying is his game with a hard-fought victory.“You can forget his first run at Beaudesert where he didn’t handle the tight track and we knew he would improve up in trip, although he’s still six months away,” stable representative Brett Killian said.“He still doesn’t have much idea but is a really nice staying type and we know the ability is all there.”Kingfield settled on the leader’s quarters and rider James Orman gave him a reminder before the turn and the three-year-old responded to stave off his rivals.“Going from 1400 metres to a middle distance at his second start was a really good effort and he’ll improve a lot,” Orman said.Kingfield was part of our draft to Inglis’ Australian Easter Yearling Sale draft in 2022 and sold to Waller and Mulcaster Bloodstock for A$240,000.He is the first winner for the Domesday mare Western Belle, a half-sister to the dual Group 1 winner Regal Power whose brother Action won the G2 Western Australian Derby.Three-time elite level winner Arcadia Queen is another member of this high-class family.Western Belle, who won on three occasions, has an unraced three-year-old Pierro filly named Rodeo Belle and a juvenile daughter of Savabeel called Belle Star.The mare had a daughter of Hello Youmzain last season and is back in foal to the multiple Group 1-winning son of Kodiac.

Quality filly Mary Shan was in a league of her own at Pukekohe where she thumped her age group rivals.The daughter of Almanzor strolled to victory over 1400 metres for her second win from 11 appearances with a host of minor placings in strong company.“She’s been all around it and got multiple bits of black type,” trainer Andrew Forsman said.“It’s a shame she hasn’t won one, but she’ll get there in time.”Mary Shan finished runner-up at Group 2 level in both the Eight Carat Classic and the Soliloquy Stakes and also ran fourth in the G1 Levin Classic and G3 Rotorua Stakes.The three-year-old dropped to the back of the small field at Pukekohe before improving wide on the turn and, under hands and heels riding from Craig Grylls, ploughed through the heavy going to score by five and a-half lengths.“She handled the conditions okay and was the class in the field,” Forsman said.“There are options now, there’s Brisbane or Melbourne or she could go to the paddock, she’s had a long season.”Forsman purchased Mary Shan out of Prima Park’s New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale draft for $180,000. She was bred by Tony Hatzopoulos, Denis and Margaret Frew, Hans and Chris Scheffer, Costa Charalambous and David and Judy Underhill.She is a daughter of the High Chaparral mare Shanzam, who is back in foal to Almanzor, and her dam Shanzero was successful in the G3 Wellington Stakes and was runner-up in the G1 NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes.

A step up in distance at Warwick proved a winning formula for Embellish’s son Ole Bazzle.

The three-year-old had finished in behind the major players in both of his previous sprint outings and he broke his maiden in style over the extra trip of 1500 metres for trainer Jack Duncan.We bred Ole Bazzle whose dam Fazzle was a talented mare by Johar and won on eight occasions, with her CV featuring success in the G2 Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes and ran third in the G1 Waikato Draught Sprint.Fazzle is the dam of four winners, including the stakes performer Leave It To Me, and is in foal to Almanzor.

A $22,000 New Zealand Bloodstock National Online Sale graduate, Ole Bazzle dropped back from a wide gate before improving near the home bend and produced a stirring finish to win in Micheal Hellyer’s hands.