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As far as birthday presents go, winning a Group Two with a horse you bred and part-own is tough to top.

Settlers Creek completed a winning treble for Yarradale Stud on Easter Saturday when he returned to form in the Seacorp Hcp (1400m) at Ascot.

There’s more black-type in the horizon for Yarradale Stud’s rising stars Electric Light (Vital Equine) and Mizlecki (Lope De Vega).

War Chant (USA) sired his 500th individual winner world-wide when Flat Biccy broke through for an overdue victory at Ascot on Wednesday.

Gingerella completed a hat-trick at Kranji on Friday evening and the ease of her latest win has trainer Michael Clements contemplating some black-type goals this year.

A day after Yarradale champion War Chant (USA) sired La Belle Jude to win in Melbourne, his local filly Over There scored a remarkable first-up victory in the TAB Touch Better Your Bet Maiden (1000m) at Pinjarra.

War Chant (USA) mare La Belle Jude is a stable favourite of trainer Gemma Rielly and that made their first city win all the more heart-warming at Sandown.

Ascot winners Bella's Idol and Rockon Tommy banked a combined $82,600 for Yarradale Stud sire Vital Equine (Ire) on Saturday but that will look like small change if his son Material Man wins the $5 million All Star Mile at Flemington.

Gingerbread Man galloper Achernar Star has broken through for a well-deserved black-type first in the Listed Bunbury Stakes (1400m).

Yarradale Stud’s Irish-bred stallion Vital Equine will rocket up the WA sires’ premiership if his star galloper Material Man strikes winning form in Melbourne.

Skate To Paris was tagged a bridesmaid as a two and three year-old before coming of age for trainer Chris Munce this season.

Neurological posted his latest feature win with a minimum of fuss in the $100,000 Batavia Sprint (1300m) at Geraldton on Tuesday.

Trainer Paul Jordan thought Fire And Rain could win the 2018 Magic Millions 2YO Classic until the Oratorio colt was sidelined with a leg injury.

Frost Giant (USA) is siring winners tit-for-tat as Steve Wolfe and Roy Rogers continue their fight at the top of the Great Southern trainers’ premiership this season.

Yarradale Stud graduate Nimble maintained his unbeaten record in Singapore with a gutsy win in the Sharel Charity Cup (1200m) on Sunday.

War Chant (USA) sired another feature winner from his penultimate crop in Kentucky when Goldberry landed the $50,000 Holiday Inaugural Stakes (1200m) at Turfway Park on Saturday.

War Chant (USA) filly Dance Music filled the bridle from the start before scooting clear for a dominant victory in the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) at Ascot.

Ice Ghost relished the step up to 1550m and a perfect ride from Jason Holder in the James Boags Hcp at Morphettville on Saturday.

While War Chant (USA), the 2000 Breeders' Cup Mile winner, already has plenty of runs on the board, thanks largely to G1 William Reid Stakes winner Silent Sedition, the presence of a flagship horse during the peak period for Perth racing is always a bonus.

War Chant (USA) unveiled another filly with black-type potential when Dance Music outclassed her rivals in the Cystic Fibrosis Plate (1100m) on Saturday.