All Too Hard - New Winner

The picture for this Saturday’s $2million Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) was given an injection of fresh blood last Saturday when super talented Hard Kick scored an impressive debut victory in the Listed VRC Talindert Stakes (1100m).

We had a taster of what's to come for Autumn Carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne and we're talking three year-olds - colts and fillies - , the Blue Diamond conundrum and whether it's better to protect a winning streak or chase greatness... or is it possible to do both!

Successful last time out in the Listed Princess Stakes when becoming the 30th stakes winner for her sire All Too Hard, the David Vandyke trained Philia went four from four this time in, leading through to win the Group 2 The Roses (2000m) at Doomben.

The popular?National Online Breeding Stock Sale?is due to take place again on?Gavelhouse Plus?this July with dates now confirmed for the stand-alone breeding sale. 

All Too Hard gave us an eye-catching maiden winner at Doomben on Wednesday with a big pedigree as this girl is a half-sister to triple Group I winning $4million earner Duais.

A $600,000 Proisir filly that is a half-sister to a Group I winner opened her account at Newcastle on Monday.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Four heats at the Warwick Farm trials this morning were won by juveniles that included a couple of fillies coming back after making their debut in the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes last spring.

A long and successful Waikato breeding partnership was to the fore again at Matamata on Saturday where My Lips Are Sealed doubled her stakes tally.