YELLOW BRICK STARS IN THE ARCHER

By Graham Potter | Tuesday, May 5, 2026

The Tony and Maddysen Sears trained Yellow Brick landed his second $1million plus race in the last four months when he triumphed in the $1 million The Archer at Rockhampton at a meeting that was rescheduled for Tuesday after Sunday’s postponement.

The postponement was always going to have a happy ending for somebody and Yellow Brick, the Sears training partnership, who still had the son of The Mission prepared to the minute, and jockey Tommy Berry, who had to make the trip to Rockhampton twice to help get the job done … all carried out their roles in a flawless fashion to claim a mighty victory.

Yellow Brick came into The Archer first-up after a three-and-a-half break from race action since his run in the Magic Millions Cup at the Gold Coast on January 17, which he tackled on the seven day back-up after winning the $1.5 million Magic Millions Open at the same track on January 10,

Two official trials in April had brought Yellow Brick along nicely enough … he won both … for his co-trainers to give the six-year-old a big thumbs-up with Tony Sears summing up the stable’s pre-race sentiment by stating simply that Yellow Brick was ‘ready to go.’

And ‘ready to go’ he was.

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