The New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale at Karaka is where it all began for this season’s NZ Filly of the Year Dijon Bleu and the same connections struck black type gold for a second time when Secret Allure won Saturday’s Listed Champagne Stakes at Riccarton.

Genuine mare Fascinate produced a career-best performance at Riccarton to break through at black type level.

Coulee wins 2017 Valachi Downs Breeders Stakes Group 3 NZ$80,000 at Riccarton Park (NZ) Fillies & Mares, 1600m.