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If results are anything to go by it is no surprise that champion trainer Gai Waterhouse is a stalwart of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Her Easter graduates came to the fore on Saturday, wining Group 1 races at Flemington and Randwick as well as a Listed race at Randwick.

Off the back of a convincing win in the G3 CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington, the Waterhouse-trained Wandjina joined fellow Easter graduates Shamus Award, Mosheeen, Rock Classic, Miss Finland, Al Maher and Reset on the G1 Australian Guineas honour roll.

A $1 million purchase for James Harron Bloodstock on behalf of Dr Edmund & Belinda Bateman, Wandjina (Snitzel x La Bamba) saluted ahead of Alpine Eagle and Stratum Star to become the second Australian Guineas winner in as many years to be an Easter graduate by champion sire Snitzel.

A half-brother to Wandjina by Manhattan Rain will be is offered as Lot 8 from the draft of Arrowfield Stud at the 2015 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale at Newmarket next month.

Fellow Inglis Easter graduate Cosmic Endeavour gave Waterhouse another Group 1 win in the Canterbury Stakes at Randwick, taking her earnings to over $1.4 million for owners Don and Judy Kelly.

A $230,000 purchase from the draft of Willow Park Stud for renowned breeder Catherine Remond, Cosmic Endeavour (Northern Meteor x Crevette) triumphed over Catkins and Criterion a week after finishing runner-up to Danesiri in the G3 Guy Walter Stakes at Warwick Farm.

A half-brother to Cosmic Endeavour by So You Think is being offered from the draft of Southern Cross Breeders as Lot 345 at the 2015 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

The third Gai Waterhouse-trained Easter graduate to win on Saturday was Nayeli in the Listed Fireball Stakes, beating Peeping and Kuro at Randwick.

Nayeli (More Than Ready x Wasimah), a $230,000 purchase by James Harron from the draft of Corrumbene Stud has now won three of her six starts for owners Greg and Donna Kolivos.

Other stakes wins by Inglis graduates on Saturday were Madam Gangster, Crafty Cruiser and Orient Line at Flemington.

The Lee and Shannon Hope trained Madam Gangster (Al Maher x Domino Effect) was reserved at $25,000 at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale.

The four-year-old increased her winnings to over $250,000 by winning the G3 Frances Tressady Stakes.

Crafty Cruiser (Good Journey x Sly One) sold at the Inglis Melbourne March Thoroughbred Sale for only $1500 from the draft of Ealing Park to trainer Bryce Stanaway.

He increased his lifetime earnings to $648,791 by winning the Listed Roy Higgins Quality.

Orient Line (Show A Heart x Zilzie) was an $80,000 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale purchase from the draft of Glenlogan Park for trainer John Moloney.

The three-year-old took out the Saintly Handicap, taking his winnings to over $100,000.

View the online catalogue for the 2015 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale at inglis.com.au