Catalogue Update - Lot 164 Classic Yearling Sale

It was a roller coaster ride at Royal Ascot on Day 1with an Aussie owned and ridden victory, a glorious grey, a high profile mare that refused to load and a G1 winner with no pedigree!

Bjorn Baker already has a ripping All Too Hard filly in the stable in dual Group I winner Stefi Magnetica and he may have another nice one in Horseshoe Hill.

Australian racing fans didn’t have to wait long at Royal Ascot to find something to cheer about with the first race of this year’s carnival, the Group I Queen Anne stakes (1m) won by the OTI Racing runner Docklands ridden by Mark Zahra.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Goffs London Sale was held overnight on the eve of Royal Ascot and while Starspangledbanner colt Rafale Design passed in shy of his £2million reserve, the same figure was paid for the top lot Ghostwriter and Aussie buyers were also active at the sale.

Star Rich Hill Stud resident sire Proisir continued his impressive rise from humbler beginnings with further black-type success from a weekend haul of five winners across Australasia.

The Queensland winter carnival reached a crescendo at Eagle Farm on Saturday with two newly minted Group I winners in War Machine (NZ) and Cool Archie, who had something very interesting in common that may well be a sign of the times and a pointer to the future.

Australia's leading breeze up style sale, the Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale, is ready to deliver again for vendors with entries for the 2025 auction now open.

Waikato Thoroughbred Racing will continue a proud tradition on the Cambridge Synthetic on Wednesday, with the fifth edition of their annual Cambridge RDA Raceday.

The first two year-old race at Royal Ascot this year was the Group II Coventry Stakes (6f) with the Aidan O’Brien trained Starspangledbanner colt Gstaad sent out favoruite and duly cruising clear for an impressive win.