Almanzor four-year-old Settat turned his fortunes around with a dashing performance at Hamilton.Our homebred had been under par in his previous two outings but bounced back in style for trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young with a cracking effort over 1400 metres.Settat settled back of midfield away from the fence and once into the clear at the top of the straight, he thundered home in the hands of Linda Meech to win for the second time in eight appearances.He was purchased out of our weanling draft at Karaka for $42,000 by John Corcoran and was then sold by Grangewilliam Stud at the Ready to Run Sale for $220,000 to Busuttin Racing and Andrew Campbell Bloodstock.He is a son of the Fastnet Rock mare Sure Enough and we sold Settat’s sister to Queensland’s KPW Bloodstock at Karaka earlier this year for $150,000.The dam has since produced a filly and a colt by Reliable Man and is due to foal to U S Navy Flag.

Keeneland boosted his Classic prospects when he produced a strong performance to triumph in the Listed Super Impose Plate over 1800 metres at Flemington.He is a son of Almanzor and will next month bid to give our resident sire a second victory in the G1 VRC Derby following the win in 2022 of Manzoice.Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Keeneland broke his maiden at Benalla at his third appearance late last month and he bridged the gap to stakes company with aplomb.“We just ticked him over at home and he’s got a good constitution,” Young said.“He was in great order and won really well, we’ve got a nice Derby contender going forward.”Rider John Allen had Keeneland travelling sweetly in second spot and, after striding to the 350 metres from home, he stayed on strongly to win by a length and a-quarter.“We had a nice run in behind the speed and he’s just improved with every run,” Allen said.“He’s got a good attitude and a clean-winded horse who appreciated the step up to 1800 metres so he’s heading in the right direction.”Bred by Kinsale Bloodstock, Keeneland was bought out of Kiltannon Stables draft at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale for $85,000 by Busuttin, Andrew Campbell Bloodstock and Tommy Heptinstall.He is a half-brother to six winners with their dam the Savabeel mare Savabeel Star, a half-sister to the G3 Hawke’s Bay Guineas winner Stardane.

What You Wish For faced two significant hurdles at Matamata and our homebred overcame them with aplomb on his home track.The son of Embellish was lumped with 60.5kg and the outside gate, but the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained representative took it all in his ample stride to post an impressive victory.What You Wish For was a $60,000 purchase by David Ellis out of our 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock Yearling Sale draft and the following year the Te Akau chief bought his half-sister by Savabeel, Wish Come True, for $190,000.They are out of the Smart Missile mare Grand Wish, who is a half-sister to the G1 Galaxy Handicap winner Griante and the family of the G1 WATC Derby winner Grand Journey.Grand Wish had a colt by Sword Of State last season and is due to foal again to Embellish.What You Wish For has now won four of his 14 starts and also placed last season in the Group 2 Waikato Guineas.In his latest success, rider Opie Bosson allowed him to drift back to last from the wide alley before picking up ground near the turn.They were into the clear 250 metres from home and What You Wish For let down strongly to carry favourite backers through.