First Foal for Russian Revolution

Newgate has marked the arrival of the first foal by dual Group 1 winning stallion Russian Revolution.

The filly for Go Bloodstock was foaled this week at Newgate from Group 2 placed Encosta de Lago mare In The Vanguard.

Gallery: Russian Revolution x In The Vanguard filly

“It feels like we have a new arrival in the family. Russian Revolution has been with us since Henry & the team purchased him as a yearling, and he gave us so many thrills on the racetrack with seven wins from just 11 starts including his two Group 1s," Newgate General Manager Bruce Slade said.

"This filly has inherited all his quality, and she is just perfect in so many ways. We targeted Encosta de Lago mares for him, and we targeted speed. This filly’s mother, In The Vanguard, a Sydney city 2YO winner and second in the Group 2 Sweet Embrace, ticks both those boxes and Sir Owen Glenn has got the best result. We are delighted and excited."

The first foal of Yarraman Park stallion Hellbent also arrived earlier this week. The colt was co-bred between Segenhoe and Noorilim Park and is the fourth foal of stakes-winning Fastnet Rock mare Anatina.

Success for No Nay Never, American Pharoah and Cable Bay

Coolmore shuttlers No Nay Never (USA) and American Pharoah both tasted Northern Hemisphere success on Wednesday as did Woodside Park's Cable Bay (Ire).

Servalan (Ire), who is by No Nay Never, secured her second stakes win in the Listed Yeomanstown Stud S. at Naas in Ireland.

She claimed a narrow win for trainer Jessica Harrington and jockey Shane Foley and is one of 14 stakes winners for Nay Never, who stands for $44,000 (inc GST) in Australia this season ahead of his first 2-year-old runners here.

American Pharoah now has six winners from 18 starters in the USA after Another Miracle (USA) won comfortably in a race at Saratoga.

The Triple Crown winner returns this year for his third season in Australia and stands at $66,000. His first Australian crop will feature at the 2020 yearling sales.

Two-year-old filly Jouska (GB) became Cable Bay's 13th winner of the season with her 2.5l victory at Sandown.

Cable Bay's yearlings also hit the Australian sales ring in 2020 and he stands his third season at Woodside Park at $13.200 (inc GST).

Emergent salutes for Element Hill

Element Hill and the Hutchins family celebrated the maiden success of Domesday's half brother Emergent (Sebring) at Kembla Grange on Thursday.

The gelding, bred by the Hutchins family, was having his fifth start and proved too good over the final stages to win by 1.8l for jockey Brenton Avdulla and trainer John O'Shea.

"It’s been a while coming and he hasn’t had a lot of luck with what he's done but he's always shown plenty of ability," O'Shea said.

"Today it was good to get the win on the board and execute well and build a bit of confidence."

Emergent's dam, In The Past (GB) (Zafonic {USA}) produced a Group 2 winner with her first foal, Domesday (Red Ransom {USA}), who has gone on to become a successful stallion. Emergent becomes her fourth winner from seven foals to race.

Valley return for Lane

Jockey Damian Lane will return to Melbourne racing on the opening weekend of the new season.

Lane hasn’t ridden in Australia since April 20 after which he went to Japan for a two-month riding stint.

The 25-year-old rode 37 winners from 123 rides on the JRA circuit, including two Group 1 victories and he also won a Group 1 on the local NRA circuit.

"I couldn't have imagined the success I had. I had a really great time," he said.

Cummings trio face off

The Cummings family will create another piece of history at Rosehill on Saturday with three members of the family to train horses in the same race.

Anthony saddles up Honey Go Lightly (Wandjina) in the ASV Refinitiv Charity Foundation 2YO Hcp on Saturday, while sons Edward and James also have runners in the race.

James, the head trainer for Godolphin, has last-start winner Vivaro (Exceed And Excel), while Edward, who used to train with his father, sends out Gin Runner (Artie Schiller).

“It will be interesting but I am happy so long as I beat them,” Anthony Cummings told Racenet.

“It’s good and nice to see them achieving things. Obviously James’s record speaks for itself and Edward is just starting out.”

Dream season for Bishara

This season will live long in the memory of Ardmore trainer Nicholas Bishara.

Not only did he double his previous best tally of wins in a season, but he also experienced Group 1 glory as an owner through star filly Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed {NZ}).

“I’m extremely happy,” Bishara said. “I don’t have a big team, I have only got about seven or eight at the moment, so to get 10 wins from that pool of horses is great.

“It has pretty much been a dream season. The team has fired on the homefront and as an owner I get to keep a tail hair in Verry Elleegant. It has been terrific.”

Allpress seals trip to Japan

Lisa Allpress has achieved a major career goal with an invitation to ride in the World All-Stars Jockeys series in Japan.

The now three-time national premiership-winning jockey said she had always envied the likes of David Walsh and Lance O'Sullivan getting to ride in the Japanese event and desperately wanted to participate herself.

"When I started riding, I remember David Walsh, Lance O'Sullivan and Jim Collett getting to go to Japan for that series, then Leith Innes and Opie Bosson later on and I thought it would be so cool to win a premiership so I could compete on the world stage as an international rider," she said.

Allpress has an unassailable lead in the New Zealand Jockeys’ Premiership with 130 winners and 12 clear of Johnathan Parkes.