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Gingerbread Man kicked off the festive season in style for Yarradale Stud when Enchanting Sound scored a first-up victory at Belmont Park last Thursday.

Yarradale Stud took a lead from Gold Front with a running double of its own on Day 5 of The Pinnacles at Ascot.

Perth gallopers Burnya To Survive and Gunmetal Grey are knocking on the door to win at black-type level for former Yarradale Stud sire Bradbury’s Luck.

A day after Ascot’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes celebrations, his trainer Fred Kersley went back to the grass roots with Pinjarra maiden winner Fruit Loops.

Winning awards and breaking records is nothing new to Yarradale Stud’s long-serving stallion War Chant (USA).

No horse deserved to break a run of outs more than Ginger Baker at Ascot on Saturday.

Steve Wolfe was pleased to welcome Ginger Green back to scale at Ascot on Saturday but he was far from happy to learn his Gingerbread Man star Red Can Man would miss an important gallop at Mount Barker on Sunday.

Pearce Racing trained its second grey winner by Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man when Charcoal Chaos was successful in the Great Western Insurance Brokers Maiden (1200m) at Geraldton last Thursday.

Denim Wars was balloted out of the $150,000 Grassroots Gallop (1400m) at Caulfield on Wednesday but that may be a blessing in disguise for part-owner and trainer Colin Scott.

Yarradale-bred graduate Bold Street made her debut a winning one after angling to the outskirts of York racecourse last Thursday.

Kalgoorlie honours one of its favourite sons with the inaugural running of the Ron Sayers Sprint (1100m) on Saturday.

Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man moved into second spot on the WA sires’ table after Axel ‘R’ Eight banked $43,840 at Ascot on Saturday.

David Harrison trained his 1200th winner on Saturday when Position of Power landed the Amelia Park Hcp (1600m) but he was in no mood to celebrate when interviewed after the milestone.

Yarradale Stud sires War Chant (USA) and Gingerbread Man combined for a Belmont brace on Saturday and they went one better with a treble on Wednesday.

Trainer Steve Wolfe was already a fan of Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man when he bought Ginger Green for $50,000 at the 2019 Perth Magic Millions.

Yarradale Stud is promoting Gingerbread Man as arguably the best-value stallion in Australia.

Gingerbread Man gelding Gin ‘N’ Swanic gave trainer Mack Hall his first winner since taking out a license at Belmont on Wednesday.

Gingerbread Man is suitably armed for a break-out season following a welter of winners at the back-end of 2021-22.

Belmont’s final midweek card of the season on Wednesday began with a benefit for Yarradale Stud and Redoute's Choice stallion Patronize.

Gingerbread Man has sparked a host of Belmont winners in the last week for Yarradale Stud stallions – both past and present.