Victoria Belle has fashioned a smart record as a broodmare and further success came the way of our daughter of Zabeel at New Plymouth.

All four of her foals to race have been successful, including multiple Singapore stakes winner Mr Clint and it was his half-sister Bellezor who is the latest member of the family to add to the honour roll.

The Paul Richards-trained mare enjoyed a successful trip to the Central Districts with a determined victory over 1400 metres against Rating 75 opposition.

A homebred daughter of Almanzor, she was slowly away before improving to settle three back near the fence.

Rider Courtney Barnes angled into the clear 300 metres from home and the five-year-old, purchased via the Gavelhouse platform for $14,500,finished determinedly to earn her third win from eight appearances.

We sold Bellezor’s half-sister by Hello Youmzain to Nigel Blackiston Thoroughbreds at Karaka earlier this year for $200,000 and Victoria Belle, who is from the family of two-time Group 1 winner Foxwood, is due to foal to Sword Of State.

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Well-performed Almanzor mare Qali Al Farrasha looks set for another lucrative campaign following her impressive return to racing at Ellerslie.The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson representative was resuming over a distance well short of her best, but in a fresh state she exploded clear to coast home at the end of 1400 metres.Qali Al Farrasha measured up well against the best fillies last season when she ran third in the G1 New Zealand Oaks, off the back of a runner-up finish in the G3 Sunline Vase, to earn a crack at another top-flight title at Morphettville.“She went to Adelaide for the Australasian Oaks, drew the outside and things didn’t work out, but she spelled brilliantly at the farm where Deane Lowcay, our bloodstock manager, and the team there had her looking really good for when she came back into training,” Walker said.“We’ve just brought her along nice and slowly and since she’s turned in the coat she started to really do well, and Nicole Shailer had her looking in great order at the stables.“I think she’s in for an exciting preparation as a middle-distance mare that can win like that over 1400 metres first-up. There was a lot to like about the way she won and how well she’s developed.”She is raced by breeders Te Akau Stud, Nearco Stud and Westonlea Bloodstock and is a sister to the unbeaten Listed Welcome Stakes winner Nucleozor, who is now in Hong Kong.Their dam is the Burgundy mare Nucleonic, who has produced a pair of colts by Hello Youmzain in the last two seasons.

Gezora has displayed an admirable mix of talent and versatility during her brief career, which has now been significantly complimented by a stakes-winning strike.Bred and raced by our friends at Haras d’Etreham, the daughter of Almanzor finished fourth on debut before breaking her maiden next time out over 1800 metres for trainer Nicolas Le Roch.The filly then finished runner-up on top of the ground in the G3 Prix de Conde over the same trip at Chantilly before going one better over a mile on heavy going in the G3 Prix des Reservoirs at Deauville.�The major question mark was how she would handle very soft ground because she only works on sand tracks at home, and she only ever gets on the grass when she goes to the races,� Le Roch said.�She has shown herself to be a very good filly on good going and ground with a little ease in it, so it's great that she handled this so well. “She just has a lot of quality, and she thoroughly deserves a break now.�Gezora is a daughter of the American-bred Silver Hawk mare Germance, whose record features a victory in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary and was second in the G1 French Oaks.