Hellbent - New Winner

The 2026 NZB National Yearling Sales (January 25-29) offers buyers the cream of the New Zealand crop and in the weeks leading up to the sale we’ll go looking for pedigrees of interest for a myriad of reasons.

Warwoven was not the only 2YO winner for Sword of State on Saturday and it will now be an anxious few weeks for the connections of State The Obvious as they wait to see if their filly makes the cut for the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 24.

The two and three year-old fillies maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday delivered a quinella for Hellbent with three year-old filly Red Hot Lizzie leading all the way to win, while two year-old Bauhinia was an eye catcher with a storming run from last into second placing.

The Listed Wellesley Stakes winner Lassified (Stay Inside) is the ninth individual Stakes-winning Inglis graduate across Australasia over the festive period.

Waikato Stud-bred filly La Dorada continues to add further honours to her richly decorated family.

Vinery Stud’s Ole Kirk looks sure to be a long term resident at the pointy end with early success and big books coming, so let’s have a look at what’s on offer at Magic Millions this year.

After four days of racing in 2026, Zoustar already has two stakes-winners on the board with his Northern Hemisphere bred son Stellar Express (FR) taking out the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Chris Rutten has a knack for selecting Karaka Millions 2YO contenders, and he looks to have struck again, this time with the Roydon Bergerson-trained Sweetest Thing.

The undulating terrain at Cootamundra in the south west of NSW is prime horse country with the Twin Hills Stud nursery producing some outstanding gallopers in 2025 and they offer a diverse draft of 16 for Magic Millions including five by Blue Diamond winner Daumier.