Circus Maximus - New Winner

A lookalike for his sire Star Turn, this Ciaron Maher trained colt made a winning debut at Seymour on Thursday as a hot favourite.

Fledgling Victorian stallion farm Lovatsville have continued their strategic partnership with the Australian Trainer’s Association (ATA) in an initiative that is designed to support trainers through a series of stallion nominations aligned to upcoming races in regional Victoria this Spring.

Bluebloods, boom youngsters and fairytales are among G1 Caulfield Guineas and G1 Thousand Guineas nominations with 119 colts and geldings, plus 106 fillies vying for victory in these iconic spring three year-old features.   

Handsome two-year-old Towering Vision broke his maiden status in the best possible fashion when he took out the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1400m) in a torrid finish at Te Rapa to become the first SW for his sire Circus Maximus (IRE) anywhere in the world.

Vinery Stud’s Star Turn was identified in a Breednet story earlier this year as a sire that is on the rise in Hong Kong and he started the new season with a winning double at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening.

There’s a burgeoning rivalry brewing between Te Akau Racing fillies Belle Du Monde and Cool Aza Rene, and that will continue at Riccarton Park on Saturday in the Listed NZB Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m).

On Wednesday’s third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, 13 horses sold for $1 million or more – led by a $1.9 million Gun Runner colt – to increase the total number of yearlings who have brought $1 million or more at the 2025 auction to a record 48. The number of seven-figure horses today broke the previous third-session record of eight from 2019, and the total top

At the recent stallion parades in Victoria one of the sires that really jumped out on type was Lovatsville based Fierce Impact (Jpn), a triple Group I winner in Australia that was seen at his very best winning the Group I VRC Makybe Diva Stakes in 2020.

Chris Waller Racing have today confirmed their slot for this year’s $20million Everest will be filled by five year-old Zoustar mare Joliestar, who is set to resume in the Group II ATC Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill this Saturday.

A week after the NZB Filly of the Year Series roared to life with the Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) in the North Island, the spotlight shifts south with the launch of the prestigious NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series.