A record individual day of selling for the Classic Sale was one of many highlights of today’s action at Riverside that saw tears, near cyclonic weather conditions and fierce bidding across the session.

If there were any question marks regarding the star quality of Hong Kong sprinter Aethero, the 3YO extinguished those in emphatic fashion at Sha Tin on Sunday, demolishing a high-class field in in the G2 Jockey Club Sprint over 1200m.

Less than 24 hours before the Tooheys New Golden Rose (1400m), self-confessed "battling trainer” Ron Leemon knocked back $1 million for Manawanui, who took home the first Group I race of the season at Rosehill on Saturday.

Premier trainer Peter Moody became only the third horseman to train 100 winners in a Melbourne racing season when Testascana completed a double for the stable at Saturday's Flemington meeting.