Sires With Winners - Sunday September 21

North Island raids have delivered rich rewards this year for Canterbury mare Ears Back, who collected her second black-type prize in the Gr.3 Hunterville Vet Club Metric Mile (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday.

We’re looking at a broodmare sire punching above his weight, a mare that hit the target with her fifth foal and Melbourne Cup contender with a serious stallion pedigree.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Flemington meeting on Sunday was the scene of the VRC Derby and Oaks Previews run over 1800m to offer budding stayers a pathway forward to spring staying riches in coming months and both races were won by 3YO’s sired by The Autumn Sun.

While Monday’s official two year-old trials at Randwick are always interesting as a first look at the babies showing early talent, there’s been a number trial around Australia already this season.

Here is the full list of 102 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Fierce Flight kicked off what Te Akau Racing is hoping to be a lucrative weekend for the trans-Tasman operation when winning the Te Aroha Maiden Hurdle (3100m) on Friday with Saturday racing highlighted by the debut of their $2.1million Wootton Bassett (GB) filly from Avantage that topped the 2024 Magic Millions Yearling sale..

Australian Group I winning half-sisters Youngstar and Funstar are both at stud in Japan and the former has a very smart three year-old colt in Eri King, who won the Group II Kobe Shimbun Hai (2400m) at Hanshin on Sunday.

Many pre-race pundits had labelled Saturday’s Ellerslie’s feature, the Gr.3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (1400m) as a two-horse contest between Lollapalooza and Tajana, the two hottest three-year-old fillies of spring racing to date.

Is it possible to buy a yearling filly bred by a leading G1 producing farm, sired by a proven champion from the Dancing Show family for under $100,000? Yes it is!