SPECIAL UPDATE: Metal Bender casts Gr.1 Spotlight on Sydney Easter draft

10 April 2012

Metal Bender’s gutsy win in the Gr.1 George Ryder Stakes on Saturday has cast a Gr.1 spotlight on WS’s draft being sold at the Australian Easter Yearling Sale today.

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Metal Bender casts Gr.1 spotlight on Sydney Easter draft

Strong female lines: the quiet architects of WS champions

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Ruska Roma gives Seth a double in Australia

From Munz’s silks to Finemore’s, Sunday was all about Super Seth – his progeny Ruska Roma and Strongside turning promise into polish, stamping another chapter in his fast-rising legacy.