A TRIO of Group 1 races ranging from 1,200 metres to 3,200 metres highlighted Saturday’s Ellerslie card.

The two-year-olds took the stage for the Group 1 Sistema Stakes and it was the Dundeel gelding Yourdeel that built from his win in the Group 3 Waikato Stud Slipper to improve his record to three wins from five starts. Trained by Jamie Richards and ridden by Opie Bosson, Yourdeel was a NZ$100,000 yearling who had previously been purchased for $30,000 as a weanling.