GOLDEN Slipper day 2026 will be remembered as one of Arrowfield Stud’s most spectacular days on the racecourse. In the space of about four hours, their stallions sired seven stakes winners, and took four of the five Group 1 races on offer at Rosehill.

It was a very special day in Australian turf history too as champion jockey James McDonald combined with champion trainer Chris Waller, and the offspring of two Arrowfield sires, to beat Damien Oliver’s Group 1 record, setting a new mark of 131. He did it with three consecutive Group 1 victories, firstly on Aeliana (Castelvecchio) in the A$1 million Ranvet Stakes, after which Autumn Boy (The Autumn Sun) added the A$750,000 Rosehill Guineas to his Group 1 Caulfield Guineas win last spring.