Stakes-placed last season from just two starts, promising Deep Field filly Xilong resumed from a spell at Morphettville on Saturday to score a tenacious win in very fast time, while Deep Field’s quality colt Cosmic Force also returned from a spell to finish second in the Listed ATC Heritage Stakes at Rosehill.

The Tony McEvoy trained Xilong led all the way in the 1000 metre Benchmark 70 event to win by a long head in 56.68 seconds and will no doubt be headed to Victoria to chase more Black Type this spring.

A $360,000 Inglis Easter purchase for McEvoy Mitchell Racing from the Newgate Farm draft, Xilong was foaled and raised at Newgate Farm and is the third winner for Group III winner Pane in the Glass.

Newgate Farm sold a Snitzel filly from Pane in the Glass for $300,000 at Inglis Easter this year and she has a yearling filly to follow by Capitalist. Pane in the Glass is now in foal to another of the Newgate Farm young guns in Russian Revolution.

The Peter and Paul Snowden trained colt Cosmic Force was having his first run since the Golden Slipper and did a great job to finish second in the Listed ATC Heritage Stakes beaten half a neck by the fit and in form Standout.

Raced by Newgate Farm in partnership with China Horse Club and others, Cosmic Force will derive plenty of benefit from the run and will be one to follow going forward.

The leading Australian second season sire by winners with 13 on the board, Deep Field stands at a fee of $44,000 this spring.