Sires With Winners - Friday October 8

The release of third declarations for the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes next month has Widden Stud’s fairytale colt Unit Five still in the mix after his brilliant win in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic, but next week the focus for Team Widden turns to Inglis Classic.

The 2026 Aushorse Graduate Program officially commenced yesterday in Victoria, welcoming 10 outstanding university graduates from across Australia for the opening of the program’s two-week intensive learning block.

Four-time Group 1 winner Treasurethe Moment will be among the star attractions in next month’s $750,000 Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, with Mornington trainer Matt Laurie confirming her intended starting point.

Valiant Stud have topped the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale twice previously in recent years and Fergal Connolly and his team just might be able to do it again next week!

Unbeaten Group One-winning colt Return To Conquer has been retired.

The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) will host a comprehensive morning of official trials at Caulfield Heath on Thursday 29 January, with 15 trials scheduled to commence from 7.30am featuring stars such as Treasurethe Moment and Giga Kick.   

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Samantha and Francis Finnegan followed a successful pattern when going to $125,000 to purchase a sharp filly by Written By at the Summer Sale at Karaka on Thursday.

Third declarations have been confirmed for next month’s $2 million Group 1 Sportsbet Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m), with more than 60 two-year-olds still in the mix for Victoria’s premier juvenile feature.

Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have been putting in the hard yards over the past few weeks as they look to amass their next stable stars and they struck early at the Summer Sale session of the New Zealand National Yearling Sales at Karaka on Thursday.