Racing heads to&nbsp;Sandown&nbsp;this Saturday, and our key contender is the ultra-consistent&nbsp;Arran&nbsp;Bay, who is knocking on the door for a well-earned win this campaign.&nbsp;
He&rsquo;s been brave in back-to-back runner-up finishes at his past two starts, both times finishing behind airborne stablemate,&nbsp;Regal Azmon.&nbsp;
While he&rsquo;ll carry a testing&nbsp;60.5kg&nbsp;over the&nbsp;1800m, his toughness and will to win have never been in question and we're confident he&rsquo;ll once again give his all in the sixth event on the card.

Phillip Stokes Racing

Stoked! Arran's Day

Phillip Stokes

Race a powerful, athletic half-brother to&nbsp;Stretan Angel&nbsp;by Group 1-winning sprinter&nbsp;Wild Ruler!
This colt combines elite genetics with physical presence, boasting the speed and precocity of his sire and the proven black-type-producing ability of his dam,&nbsp;Sretan. 
In this latest discussion, Racing Manager's&nbsp;Nick Pinkerton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jackson Frantz&nbsp;unpack everything from the colt&rsquo;s impressive physical type and balanced conformation to his pedigree and the quality farm he hails from.
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She&rsquo;s a three-quarter sister to&nbsp;Ingratiating, the brilliant juvenile who placed in both the&nbsp;G1 Golden Slipper&nbsp;and&nbsp;G1 Blue Diamond Stakes, before training on to Group 1 level as an older horse - placing in the&nbsp;G1 Manikato Stakes&nbsp;and winning the&nbsp;G3 Vain&nbsp;and&nbsp;G3 Bletchingly Stakes&nbsp;at&nbsp;Caulfield.
Like Ingratiating, this filly is by&nbsp;Frosted, a stallion who continues to make his mark - most recently as the sire of&nbsp;Bustling, a dominant winner of the&nbsp;G2 Karrakatta Plate&nbsp;and&nbsp;G3 WA Sires&rsquo; Produce Stakes, before being acquired for over seven figures by a powerhouse syndicate featuring&nbsp;Neil Werrett,&nbsp;Max Whitby&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ozzie Kheir.
On the dam&rsquo;s side, she boasts further black type. Her dam&nbsp;Behaviourism&nbsp;is a half-sister to&nbsp;Obsequious, a Group-winning sprinter who took out the&nbsp;G2 Light Fingers Stakes&nbsp;and&nbsp;G3 San Domenico Stakes.
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Lease a Three-Quarter Sister to G1 star Ingratiating

While we didn&rsquo;t walk away with&nbsp;G1 Goodwood&nbsp;glory, last Saturday&rsquo;s&nbsp;Morphettville&nbsp;meeting still proved fruitful, thanks to&nbsp;Regal Azmon&rsquo;s&nbsp;breathtaking&nbsp;G3 Cummings Stakes&nbsp;success.
Owned by great supporters of the stable in&nbsp;Regal Bloodstock,&nbsp;Regal Azmon&nbsp;is now bound for the&nbsp;Queensland Carnival, and will contest the&nbsp;G3 Lord Mayor&rsquo;s Cup&nbsp;with&nbsp;Blake Shinn&nbsp;in the saddle.
Prancing Spirt&nbsp;secured a well-deserved victory for the team at&nbsp;Fulmen Park&nbsp;in the final event at&nbsp;Caufield&nbsp;with hard-working apprentice&nbsp;Hannah Edgley&nbsp;in the saddle. 
In this week&rsquo;s&nbsp;Stoked!&nbsp;preview podcast Racing Manager&rsquo;s&nbsp;Nick Pinkerton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jackson Frantz&nbsp;dive a little deeper into our contingent of runners set for next fortnight&rsquo;s&nbsp;Eagle Farm&nbsp;meeting and preview this Saturday's runners at&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;and&nbsp;Morphettville.
Those destined for the&nbsp;Sunshine State&nbsp;include the aforementioned&nbsp;Regal Azmon, Bennett Racing duo&nbsp;Stay Focused&nbsp;and&nbsp;Zaszou, who are bound for the&nbsp;G3 Fred Best Classic&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes&nbsp;respectively.
OTI Racing&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aralet&rsquo;s Femminile, who is also entered for the&nbsp;Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale,&nbsp;will line up in the&nbsp;G1 Queensland Derby.
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Zebella&nbsp;is our sole runner at&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;on Saturday and will be partnered by&nbsp;Hannah Edgley&nbsp;when she steps out over&nbsp;1200m&nbsp;in&nbsp;Race 3, while&nbsp;Cheval Chic, who was slated to tackle the same race, will head to&nbsp;Adelaide&nbsp;to contest a&nbsp;1400m&nbsp;event&nbsp;(Race 5)&nbsp;that she looks superbly placed in.
Other notable runners at&nbsp;Morphettville&nbsp;on Saturday include the talented but enigmatic&nbsp;I Am Velvet&nbsp;and ever-consistent&nbsp;Prinzerro&nbsp;in&nbsp;Race 7.

Stoked! Regal Results

Stokes Racing heads into this Saturday&rsquo;s Goodwood Handicap meeting attempting to secure the &lsquo;South Australian Group 1 Grand Slam&rsquo; after OTI Racing and Simon Delzoppo&rsquo;s Femminile took out the G1 SA Derby.
The daughter of Dundeel&nbsp;brought up the stables eighth Group 1 victory and fifth since Mr Quickie's triumph in the 2019 Queensland Derby.&nbsp;
With a Sangster Stakes, the Australasian Oaks and now the SA Derby sitting in the trophy cabinet our attention turns to the time-honoured Goodwood Handicap after Stretan Angel came agonisingly close in last year&rsquo;s edition.
Again, we will saddle up Stretan Angel, and Climbing Star, last year&rsquo;s third placegetter. However, the well-weighted 2023 Everest hero Giga Kick stands in our way. While the ever-consistent Stretan Angel is yet to see the winner&rsquo;s stall since the 2023 G2 Danehill Stakes we are confident our three-time Group 1-placed daughter of Harry Angel can give Saturday&rsquo;s race a real shake with the right luck in running from the inside peg. &nbsp;&nbsp;
Lachy Neindorf will jump back aboard Stretan Angel while Tom Stockdale is set for his first raceday ride on Climbing Star in what will be her final start for the stable before being offered at the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. We believe Climbing Star can bounce back here third up from the soft draw, barrier three, after running below expectations at her last start in G1 Sangster Stakes.
Racing Manager&rsquo;s Nick Pinkerton and Jackson Frantz reflect on the G1 SA Derby success of Femminile and outline what the next month could look like for her before taking an in-depth look at the G1 Goodwood Handicap and the rest of the stable&rsquo;s runners on Saturday. ➡️ <a href="https://stokesracing.acemlna.com/lt.php?x=3TZy~GDDKXea5sF._Ay9VBWg~XAguN-jjetjZKQ5J6XM55z90Uy.z.d05X2gie~vnukwXuU4YInNU53.ydLL">Click here to listen to the full podcast</a>
Pelevecchio is primed to run another big race when she steps out in trip to contest the G3 SA Fillies Classic after powering through the line to finish within 3L of Benagil in a brutally run edition of the G1 Australasian Oaks. &nbsp;
The daughter of Arrowfield&rsquo;s Castelvecchio, who is bred to see out the 2500m journey, has worked up nicely at home leading into Saturday&rsquo;s race and can certainly get the job done if Lachy Neindorf produces another peach from the inside draw.
We are hoping Regal Azmon and Arran Bay can fight out the finish once again, this time at Group 3 level, after running the quinella when they clashed under handicap conditions on Sangster Stakes Day.
Both horses haven&rsquo;t missed a beat since their last start efforts and map to get superb runs from barriers six and seven respectively. Capitalist filly Shocap is ready to make her debut for Neil and Sue Dunn in the G3 David Coles Stakes off the back of some pleasing trial performances, which most recently saw her finish in behind older horses, including Singapore stakes performer Lim&rsquo;s Saltoro at Moe last Monday.
While Steel Trap, from the Clarken and Macgillivray yard, looks extremely hard to beat we believe Shocap can measure up to this grade from the good draw, barrier three. Last start winner Beauty Rising will need to overcome a very sticky gate if she&rsquo;s to take out the last race on Goodwood Day, as will Fulmen Park&rsquo;s Prancing Spirit, who himself has drawn the far outside barrier in the final event at Caulfield.

Stoked! Group 1 Grand Slam

Supersire Dundeel has his second G1 South Australian Derby winner and his first female G1 winner after his courageous daughter Femminile was too good for the boys at Morphettville on Saturday in the time honoured 2500m Classic.
Femminile becomes the ninth G1 winner for Dundeel &ndash; her Derby triumph coming at her tenth lifetime start and is her first ever win on a good track, though she had turned in two strong performances in the G3 Auraria Stakes and G1 Australasian Oaks that said the &ldquo;mudlark&rdquo; tag did her talents a disservice.
Femminile never went around a horse tailing Statuario all the way. At the 600 Goldrush Guru had made a midrace move to lead and Allen moved Statuario out to commence his run while Femminile darted through beneath him and burst to the front, as a brave Goldrush Guru finally tired and Lavalier went past him.
Statuario was winding up with a vengeance but he was too far out of his ground to catch Femminile who was just as strong to the line.
In the last 100m Lavalier was all out of gas but hung on gallantly for third as Femminile passed the post three quarters of a length clear from Statuario, who lost no fans with his mighty effort. Scintillante (Savabeel) put in a very honest run for fourth.
Femminile&rsquo;s career earnings now advance to $660,185 and she has fulfilled a long held dream for her fine trainer Phillip Stokes becoming his first SA Derby winner, although he was not on track with son Tommy Stokes on hand to savour the win.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just so proud. This horse has been prepped up an absolute treat leading into today. Full credit to the team at Pakenham and Morphettville, it&rsquo;s a big operation now. The team puts in a lot of work, mum and dad, she spends a lot of time on the farm there,&rdquo; Tommy Stokes said.
&ldquo;She&rsquo;s just been prepped up to a tee, and the back up really suited, stepping up in trip. We were doing a bit of a rain dance before today, but she didn&rsquo;t need it. Lachie gave her an absolute peach. It was quite an effortless watch in the end. I&rsquo;m just very proud, especially another winner for OTI being a Group One, it&rsquo;s really special.
&ldquo;We just can&rsquo;t wait to celebrate. It&rsquo;s a shame Dad&rsquo;s not here, but I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;s super proud.&rdquo;
Femminile signalled her talent with a devastating win at two years in the Listed Oaklands Plate 1400m. That race was also won by last year&rsquo;s SA Derby winning filly Coco Sun &ndash; something to keep in mind for the future!
At three she showed staying ability from day one and raced competitively against the best of her age in the Melbourne Spring.
A third in the G3 Ethereal Stakes 2000m at Caulfield saw her attract supporters in the VRC Oaks, but that proved a bridge too far for the filly in her first real preparation.
This time around Stokes had her peaked to perfection for the Derby assignment at her fourth run in.

Femminile upstages boys in the G1 SA Derby

While it&rsquo;s a quieter Saturday from a runners perspective we will still have&nbsp;Group 1&nbsp;representation with&nbsp;Femminile&nbsp;set to contest the&nbsp;SA Derby&nbsp;at&nbsp;Morphettville.
The&nbsp;OTI Racing-owned filly will back up into the&nbsp;2500m&nbsp;feature after staying on to finish only three lengths behind high-quality galloper&nbsp;Benagil&nbsp;in the&nbsp;G1 Australasian Oaks.
Lachy Neindorf&nbsp;has been booked to ride and will partner the daughter of&nbsp;Dundeel&nbsp;from barrier four.
We will saddle up a further six runners across the card at Morphettville on Saturday. Our ever-consistent sprinter&nbsp;Shirshov&nbsp;heads to&nbsp;Caulfield&nbsp;in superb form after a tough third placing against quality opposition in the&nbsp;Discovery&nbsp;at&nbsp;Echuca.
Shirshov maps to get a lovely run up on speed from barrier three and is well weighted relative to race favourite&nbsp;Oak Hill, who has only just had his measure in their last two outings against each other.
Regal Bloodstock&rsquo;s Twin Perfection&nbsp;resumes in the same race after two nice trials and will be partnered by&nbsp;Tom Stockdale&nbsp;from barrier seven.
Racing Manager's&nbsp;Nick Pinkerton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jackson Frantz&nbsp;preview the&nbsp;G1 SA Derby&nbsp;and the chances of&nbsp;Shirshov&nbsp;and&nbsp;Twin Perfection&nbsp;at&nbsp;Caulfield.
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Stoked! SA Derby Day

Saturday is shaping up to be massive day for the stable in&nbsp;South Australia, with a total of&nbsp;13 runners&nbsp;at&nbsp;Morphettville, headlined by our sprinting stars&nbsp;Stretan Angel&nbsp;and&nbsp;Climbing Star&nbsp;in the&nbsp;G1 Robert Sangster Stakes.
While both horses have had very different campaigns this time in the team couldn&rsquo;t be happier with their condition leading into the&nbsp;1200m&nbsp;feature.
Stretan Angel, who was last seen finishing a brave fourth in the&nbsp;G1 William Reid Stakes, had a tick over trial last Tuesday and will be partnered by&nbsp;Tom Stockdale, with the pair both in pursuit of maiden Group 1 glory.
Lachie Neindorf&nbsp;will stick with&nbsp;Qatar Bloodstock&rsquo;s Climbing Star&nbsp;after our reigning Sangster winner resumed with an eye-catching placing behind&nbsp;Asfoora&nbsp;in the&nbsp;G3 Irwin Stakes.
Our staying fillies are all on track for the&nbsp;G1 Australasian Oaks&nbsp;after training on since their lead up runs in the&nbsp;G3 Auraria Stakes.
Arrowfield&rsquo;s Comanche Miss, a second-up winner of the&nbsp;Listed Clare Lindop Stakes, was forced to settle a long way back in the&nbsp;Auraria&nbsp;after drawing the carpark, and is set for an improved showing from a softer alley.
Pelevecchio&nbsp;couldn&rsquo;t have been more impressive in the&nbsp;Auraria&nbsp;working through the line with intent after flopping out of the gates.
If she can step quicker into stride, she&rsquo;s sure to figure prominently over the concluding stages.&nbsp;OTI Racing&rsquo;s Femminile&nbsp;is another we&nbsp;expect to improve again out in trip. The&nbsp;Stoked! Podcast&nbsp;is back, with our racing manager&rsquo;s&nbsp;Nick Pinkerton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jackson Frantz&nbsp;taking an in-depth look at the&nbsp;Sangster&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Oaks&nbsp;before discussing the chances of our other key runners on the card.
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Sweethearted, another exciting sprinter who dons the lime and navy&nbsp;Maclean&nbsp;silks, presents third-up over&nbsp;1200m&nbsp;in a high-quality edition of the&nbsp;G2 Tobin Bronze Stakes.
The son of&nbsp;Brave Smash, who had nothing go right at&nbsp;Bendigo&nbsp;last start, has the turn of foot and natural ability required to run over the top of his rivals given he is within striking distance on straightening.
The ever-consistent&nbsp;Athanatos&nbsp;rises in trip again after a brave placing in last fortnight&rsquo;s&nbsp;Listed Port Adelaide Guineas.
While he is yet to step out to the&nbsp;2000m&nbsp;we are confident Athanatos can put in another bold showing for&nbsp;ATB&nbsp;and their fellow connections when he contests the&nbsp;G3 Chairman&rsquo;s Stakes&nbsp;against a quality field of stayers, headed by&nbsp;Goldrush Guru.
We will saddle up debutant&nbsp;Obucci, an impressive&nbsp;Balaklava&nbsp;trial winner, and the&nbsp;Brook&nbsp;family-owned&nbsp;Damelli&nbsp;in the&nbsp;G3 Breeders&rsquo; Stakes&nbsp;for the juvenile fillies.
Damelli made late ground in the&nbsp;Dequettiville&nbsp;to finish sixth and will appreciate the extra furlong on offer while Obucci&rsquo;s natural speed can hopefully see her offset the sticky gate,&nbsp;barrier 10.
Stable stalwart&nbsp;Arran Bay&nbsp;and the talented&nbsp;Regal Azmon&nbsp;are both more than capable of kicking the day off in style when they contest the opening event on the program.
Regal Bloodstock, who we have had great success training for in recent years, have a red-hot chance in Regal Azmon, a galloper who has an affinity for the mile with four wins from seven attempts.
He gets in superbly at the weights,&nbsp;54kgs, and from the gun draw,&nbsp;barrier 6, should get every chance at success third up.&nbsp;Arran Bay, another distance specialist presents third-up but will be required to lump&nbsp;62.5kgs.
The Mansman&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bennett Racing&rsquo;s Beauty Rising&nbsp;round out the Morphettville card over 1200m while we take a small team to&nbsp;The Valley&nbsp;on Saturday, which features&nbsp;Prinzerro,&nbsp;Zebella&nbsp;and&nbsp;Fagin.

Stoked! Bound for Glory

On Friday, as&nbsp;we&nbsp;pause to reflect and honour the service and sacrifice of our&nbsp;ANZACs,&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;plays host to a fittingly competitive raceday.&nbsp;
Stay Cosmic, our progressive son of&nbsp;Cosmic Force, will be out to add black type to his resume when he steps out in the&nbsp;Listed ANZAC Day Stakes.
The&nbsp;Bennett Racing-owned rig looks well-placed rising to&nbsp;1400m&nbsp;after being narrowly denied at&nbsp;Sandown&nbsp;last start. He&rsquo;s drawn to get every chance from&nbsp;Barrier 3, and with&nbsp;Tom Stockdale&nbsp;aboard&nbsp;we&rsquo;re confident he can put his best foot forward.
Bennett Racing will also be represented by&nbsp;Cheval Chic&nbsp;in&nbsp;Race 7, an&nbsp;1100m Bm78.
The daughter of&nbsp;Written Tycoon&nbsp;has pleased since her last start performance and should prove competitive dropping back to a distance where she boasts three wins and a second from four attempts.
The enigmatic yet ultra talented&nbsp;I Am Velvet, Race 4, rises in grade and distance in search of back-to-back victories after a strong first up success at&nbsp;Sandown&nbsp;over&nbsp;1200m.
Our&nbsp;ATB-owned daughter of&nbsp;I Am Immortal&nbsp;is thriving this campaign and has come through that last run in top order. Drawn well in&nbsp;Barrier 6&nbsp;she finds herself in a very winnable&nbsp;F&amp;M Bm78. We&rsquo;re looking forward to unleashing another&nbsp;OTI Racing-owned import in&nbsp;Highland Bling&nbsp;&ndash; a lightly raced gelding who makes his first start for the stable over&nbsp;1800m&nbsp;in&nbsp;Race 3.
Highland Bling has impressed in his work at home and trialled up professionally since arriving in&nbsp;Australia. Still lightly raced with clear upside, he&rsquo;s an exciting staying prospect for the future. There are limited shares still available in Highland Bling, so if&nbsp;you&rsquo;re looking to get involved with a well-prepared European import this is your chance.
<a href="https://www.phillipstokesracing.com.au/horse-available/10851/highland-bling" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.phillipstokesracing.com.au/horse-available/10851/highland-bling&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1745625864483000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34Jp3Wknf4cpPk0ZtwrjC9">Click here for more info</a> On a day where&nbsp;we&nbsp;reflect on courage and sacrifice,&nbsp;we&nbsp;hope our runners can deliver a performance worthy of the occasion.
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Stoked! Lest we Forget

We&rsquo;re set for another big Saturday at&nbsp;Stokes Racing&nbsp;with feature runners across three states, headlined by the return of our&nbsp;Group 1-winning sprinter&nbsp;Climbing Star.
With the&nbsp;Adelaide&nbsp;carnival ramping up it's only fitting that some of our stars are on display at&nbsp;Morphettville&nbsp;this Saturday, and few in the stable rival that of Climbing Star, who will resume in the&nbsp;G3 Irwin Stakes&nbsp;off the back of a pleasing trial at&nbsp;Pakenham&nbsp;on&nbsp;March 25th. 
Despite Climbing Star drawing awkwardly, barrier 10 of 11, we are confident she will return in good order and set herself up for a crack at more top-tier glory in the&nbsp;G1 Sangster Stakes&nbsp;and the&nbsp;G1 Goodwood Handicap. 
Stretan Angel,&nbsp;who has been freshened at&nbsp;Phillip&rsquo;s&nbsp;farm since her brave fourth placing in the&nbsp;G1 William Reid Stakes, will jump out at&nbsp;Pakenham&nbsp;on&nbsp;Tuesday&nbsp;morning before taking her place alongside Climbing Star in the&nbsp;G1 Sangster Stakes&nbsp;on&nbsp;April 26th. 
Other key runners on Saturday at Morphettville, include&nbsp;Arrowfield&rsquo;s&nbsp;last start&nbsp;Listed Clare Lindop Stakes&nbsp;winner&nbsp;Comanche Miss&nbsp;in the&nbsp;G3 Auraria Stakes, her final lead up into next fortnight&rsquo;s&nbsp;G1 Australasian Oaks. We will also be represented by&nbsp;OTI Racing&nbsp;and&nbsp;Aralet's Femminile, along with&nbsp;Pelevecchio&nbsp;in the 3YO fillies feature. 
Athanatos, who broke through for a well-deserved victory at&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;last start, is another of our key runners drawn wide. Despite the gate,&nbsp;barrier 11, Athanatos looks to be very well-placed stepping out to the&nbsp;1800m&nbsp;journey of the&nbsp;Listed Port Adelaide Guineas. 
Feature racing in&nbsp;Victoria&nbsp;heads to&nbsp;Bendigo&nbsp;on Saturday for&nbsp;Golden Mile Day&nbsp;and we will be represented by stable stalwart&nbsp;Arran Bay&nbsp;in the main event. 
While he boasts a superb second-up record, four wins from six starts, there is still plenty of improvement to come this campaign after he cruised around first-up in horrendous conditions at&nbsp;The Valley. 
A horse we are extremely excited to see step out at the &ldquo;Nursery of Champions&rdquo; is&nbsp;Sweethearted, who lines up in a competitive&nbsp;3YO Handicap, Race 5. 
Sweethearted attacked the line strongly first-up at Flemington to finish just 2.2L off&nbsp;Kiwi&nbsp;sprint sensation&nbsp;Alabama Lass. So, from the good draw, barrier five, we are confident he can prove hard to beat under multiple Group 1-winning hoop&nbsp;Joe Bowditch. We will also saddle up&nbsp;Prinzerro&nbsp;in&nbsp;Race 3&nbsp;and&nbsp;Street Of Dreams&nbsp;in the lucky last. 
Ever consistent&nbsp;Bennett Racing&nbsp;mare&nbsp;Zaszou&nbsp;will get her chance at Group glory in the&nbsp;G2 Sapphire Stakes&nbsp;at&nbsp;Randwick&nbsp;on Saturday after a super first-up showing at&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;last month. 
While it&rsquo;s a field of class mares Zaszou hasn&rsquo;t missed a beat since her last start and the red-hot&nbsp;Craig Williams&nbsp;should give her every chance from the 1200m chute start. 
Our other Bennett Racing galloper in&nbsp;Stay Focused&nbsp;is now set for next month&rsquo;s&nbsp;G3 Fred Best Classic&nbsp;at&nbsp;Eagle Farm&nbsp;after blowing his rivals away in last Saturday&rsquo;s&nbsp;Listed Nitschke Stakes&nbsp;at&nbsp;Morphettville. 
Our bold front running son of&nbsp;Cosmic Force&nbsp;has been a force to be reckoned with in recent starts and with his confidence high we are looking forward to seeing what he can produce during the&nbsp;Queensland&nbsp;winter carnival. 
Stay Focused's full-brother&nbsp;Stay Cosmic&nbsp;will head to&nbsp;Flemington&nbsp;for the 1400m&nbsp;Listed ANZAC Day Stakes&nbsp;after a narrow defeat at Sandown on Wednesday.Our talented but enigmatic filly&nbsp;I Am Velvet&nbsp;got it right on raceday at&nbsp;Sandown&nbsp;on&nbsp;Wednesday, running away with a well-deserved first-up victory under&nbsp;Craig Williams. 
I Am Velvet is owned by great supporters of the stable in&nbsp;Darren&nbsp;and&nbsp;Liz Dance&nbsp;of&nbsp;Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock, and we are now hopeful she can progress through the grades and realise her true potential.&nbsp; Racing Manager's&nbsp;Nick Pinkerton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Jackson Frantz&nbsp;are back with their in-depth preview of the stables key chances on Saturday.&nbsp; 
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 Phillip,&nbsp;Tommy,&nbsp;Nick&nbsp;and our bloodstock agent&nbsp;Suman Hedge&nbsp;put in the work on the ground at the&nbsp;Inglis Easter Sale&nbsp;and managed to walk away with three quality yearlings for the stable. 
Our haul included&nbsp;Lot 185, a half-brother to&nbsp;Stretan Angel,&nbsp;Lot 207&nbsp;a&nbsp;North Pacific&nbsp;half-sister to&nbsp;G1 Queensland Oaks&nbsp;winner&nbsp;Socks Nation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lot 212, a well-related&nbsp;Maurice&nbsp;x&nbsp;Teaspoon&nbsp;colt from the draft of&nbsp;Arrowfield Stud,&nbsp;who have opted to stay in for half. 
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