Hawke's Bay Racing wish to advise that the Group I Mudgway Partsworld Stakes, which will be run over 1400m on Saturday 1 September 2007, and the Group I Stoney Bridge Stakes, over 1600m on Saturday 22 September 2007 will this year both carry a stake of $2

Unbeaten Pasta Post injected the possible into his mission impossible when he produced a stylish Derby gallop at the carnival galloping session at Ellerslie yesterday morning.

The Murray Baker trained juvenile D'Elcatraz could provide his sire Postponed with another black type winner at Matamata tomorrow.

After a weekend which saw him gain his first male blacktype performer and also a confirmed NZ Derby contender, Stoney Bridge resident sire Postponed has leapt back to the top of the NZ Second Season Sire Premiership.

A start in the Mercedes Derby became a reality rather than a mere possibility for Te Awamutu gelding Past Post when he took his record to two wins from as many starts at New Plymouth yesterday.

Stoney Bridge was established in 2004 standing the Shadwell shuttle stallion Ekraar (a Gr1 winner by Red Ransom), and the proven Storm Cat sire Storm Creek. Two weeks ago the first yearling crops by both stallions offered at the NZB National Sales

Stoney Bridge's Postponed is currently top of the NZ Second Season Sire List (ahead of Black Minnaloushe and Magic Albert) while last week at the National Yearling Sales at Karaka, Postponed was responsible for the highest priced yearling by a 2nd Season

Otaki trainer Howie Mathews will be out to wrest back the lead in the NZ Bloodstock Filly of the Year series with his class filly Dorabella in Saturday's Gr.2 $100,000 Cambridge Stud Sir Tristram Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa.

Stoney Bridge sire Postponed heads into the Karaka Sales on the back of a strong fortnight with two new individual winners and trials performers. The Murray Baker trained two-year-old D'Elcatraz lived up to his reputation when he dead heated for first on

Stoney Bridge shuttle sire Ekraar has received a timely boost on the eve of the 2007 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka commencing January 29.