WHAT is the best way to record your 50th stakes winning offspring other than with a Group 1 winner? That was the case at the weekend when Shraaoh won the Group 1 Sydney Cup, crowing a great day for his trainer Chris Waller who earlier had seen the curtain come down on the racing career of the remarkable Winx.

Shraaoh is the milestone stakes winner for Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) who holds court at Gilltown Stud in Co Kildare.