Saturday February 11
The least experienced of the thirteen fillies in the Group III Senet Kevin Hayes Stakes at Sandown Hillside, Rich Enuff’s daughter Rich Fortune scythed between runners to earn her first black-type success with the promise of many more to come.
Saturday February 11
In a field that oozed quality from top to bottom with half of the twelve runners boasting wins at Group I level it was flying four-year-old Imperatriz who proved best on the day when she took out the Group I BCD Group Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa.
Saturday February 11
First up from a lengthy spell, the John O’Shea trained I Am Invincible gelding Quantico rewarded connections for their patience when scoring a determined win in the Group III ATC Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday February 11
Godolphin claimed both divisions of the Blue Diamond Preludes after the Brazen Beau filly Exploring went coast to coast in the Group II Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude for fillies at Sandown-Hillside on Saturday.
Saturday February 11
Outstanding three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart overcame a wide run in transit against a quality field of middle distance performers to capture the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa in a performance that had to be seen to be believed.
Saturday February 11
Godolphin's Exceed And Excel colt Barber kept his record at a perfect three for three in Saturday's Group III Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) at Sandown-Hillside.
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Saturday February 11
A $130,000 Inglis Classic purchase, dashing grey Rubick gelding Glint of Silver rose to the challenge at his first attempt at Black Type company, holding off a wall of pursuers to win the Group II MRC Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Sandown on Saturday.
Saturday February 11
Prowess, who stared the hottest favourite of the day at Te Rapa on Saturday, justified her $1.20 quote when she gave her three-year-old counterparts a complete shellacking in the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m).
Saturday February 11
There will be few more impressive debuts this season than that produced by the hulking Not A Single Doubt colt Cafe Millenium in the Pierro Plate at Randwick.
Saturday February 11
Trained by Michael Freedman, speedy Trapeze Artist filly Allaboutella made a winning debut at Newcastle on Saturday.
Saturday February 11
Zoustar filly Kazou was a short priced favourite when resuming from a spell at Canterbury on Friday night, but things went pear shaped when she missed the start and found herself cluttered up back in the field and it was another Zoustar filly that got the cash.
Friday February 10
Here is the full list of 58 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday February 10
The most competitive of the features on Tasmanian Derby Day at Hobart, the Group III Kevin Sharkie Bow Mistress proved a triumph for local hero Craig Newitt.
Friday February 10
The full brother to Group I VRC Oaks winner Miami Bound made a winning  debut at Colac on Friday for her trainer Danny O’Brien.
Friday February 10
Supporters of Dunkel went straight to the bar after the odds-on favourite threaded the needle in the straight to claim the $150,000 Listed Schweppes Tasmanian Derby (2200m) at Hobart on Friday.
Friday February 10
Dunkel defeated Soul Choice at her last two starts, but with the son of Dundeel running in the Tasmanian Derby later in the day, the Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m) proved easy pickings for the Redoute’s Choice filly.
Friday February 10
The burgeoning career of immaculately bred Boulder City has received a major boost with the recent Moonee Valley win from Pat Carey’s exciting 3YO Cobblestone Way.
Friday February 10
The Breednet nicks page for Inglis Classic puts the spotlight on some interesting yearlings so let’s take a look at a few that caught our eye.
Friday February 10
Trainer Mark Walker is looking forward to Saturday’s bumper meeting at Te Rapa where he has strong chances in both Group One races – the BCD Group Sprint (1400m) and the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m).
Friday February 10
The half-brother to a Group I winner by one of the most popular young sires in the country is a colt that has everyone stopping in to see the Inglis Classic draft offered by Kitchwin Hills.
Friday February 10
Ruby Racing & Breeding has catalogued 14 yearlings for the Perth Magic Millions on February 23 & 24 and one of the standouts is the half-brother to Wednesday’s promising Warwick Farm winner Wollombi.
Friday February 10
What a great weekend of racing, with three stakes races at Hobart on Friday and two on Sunday, sandwiching a Saturday of nonstop stakes action in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Friday February 10
The success of champion European sprinter Harry Angel (IRE), who is currently leading the Australian first season sires list, will have many investors looking closely at another Darley shuttler in Blue Point (IRE), who was last week installed favourite to be leading first season flat sire in GB and Ireland by winners.
Thursday February 9
Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Thursday with winners and result details.
Thursday February 9
The roll of honour for the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame is set to be enhanced by champion racemare Verry Elleegant, who will be on the list of 2023 inductees at the Hall of Fame Dinner in Hamilton on May 7.
Thursday February 9
The fortunes of stallions whose oldest progeny are two year-olds can change rapidly at this time of year and if you are considering their offspring at Inglis Classic a look at the unraced first season sires triallers report might give you an insight into what’s to come.
Thursday February 9
With international travel back on the agenda after a COVID-19 enforced hiatus, this year’s Sunline Trust International Scholarship recipient will be heading offshore to learn from some of the best in the industry.
Thursday February 9
Trainer Ben Hayes believes his Group One winner Mr Brightside has turned from a boy into a man over summer.
Thursday February 9
The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is always a great showcase for first season sires and our gallery pages offer a great quick comparison of these sires on type.
Thursday February 9
Triple Group One Winner Forbidden Love (All Too Hard - Juliet’s Princess) was named SA Thoroughbred Breeders horse of the year last Saturday night at Glenelg’s Grand Hotel.
Thursday February 9
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar clocked up his 100th Australian winner of the season on Wednesday and has a small selection of quality yearlings to be offered at Inglis Classic.
Wednesday February 8
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday February 8
The most expensive yearling by champion sire I Am Invincible in 2021 made a winning debut at Moe on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 8
The stars continue to align for May's 2023 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with confirmation that triple Group One winner Forbidden Love will go under the hammer on the Gold Coast.
Wednesday February 8
The Inglis Digital tried horse market continued its surge today when talented gallopers Operative ($230,000) and Bend The Knee ($165,000) – as well as a 5% share in G2 winner Old Flame - sold strongly in the February (Early) Sale.
Wednesday February 8
The familiar MVL brand of Middlebrook Valley Lodge is seen regularly in the winner’s circle at tracks all over the country making their Inglis Classic draft a must inspect for investors that like a proven record of success.
Wednesday February 8
Godolphin’s Tom Kitten gave first-season sire Harry Angel (IRE) his third winner and franked the Melbourne form when breaking his maiden in the Yes Yes Yes 1st Yearlings Maiden (1300m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 8
The $2million Inglis Millennium (1200m) last year produced a stirring battle with the cream rising to the top and a full field engaged for this year’s edition is sure to unearth some juvenile stars of the future.
Wednesday February 8
The irony of Aegon running at the highest level in Australia in what may arguably be a lesser challenge for more than double the prizemoney of a feature event at home hasn’t been lost on Andrew Forsman.
Wednesday February 8
The $500,000 Inglis Nursery in December was won by brilliant Star Turn filly Saltaire, who will take her place in the $2million Inglis Millennium on Saturday at Randwick.
Tuesday February 7
The sale with a proud history of producing star juveniles, Group One sprinters and future sire champions will be out to do it again with the online release of the catalogue for the 2023 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.
Tuesday February 7
Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday February 7
Bryce Heys is taking a softly softly approach with talented I Am Invincible filly Dancing Alone, who made it two wins in as many starts when scorching the turf at Kembla on Tuesday in a Class 1 sprint over 1000m.
Tuesday February 7
Mark Walker’s rip-roaring season produced another milestone victory at Taupo on Tuesday when the Te Akau head trainer unveiled a highly regarded juvenile to deliver on debut.
Tuesday February 7
The final field for Saturday’s $2m Inglis Millennium at Randwick has been declared, with 16 runners plus four emergencies ensuring a full field of acceptances.
Tuesday February 7
Foxton horsewoman Chrissy Bambry doesn’t plan to die wondering this season with her exciting three-year-old Opawa Jack.
Tuesday February 7
Gold Front Thoroughbreds and its Group 1 stallion Awesome Rock received a timely update ahead of the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale when Perfetto opened his account in Hong Kong on Sunday.
Tuesday February 7
The field for the $2million Inglis Millennium (1200m) at Randwick this Saturday has been decided with race favourite Learning to Fly set a task when drawing barrier 19!
Tuesday February 7
The latest opportunity to celebrate the work of a colleague, to motivate an employee or simply to appreciate the work done by all those who work in the back rooms, offices and stable blocks of the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry has arrived with the opening of nominations for the 2023 Australian Stud and Stable Staff Awards.
Tuesday February 7
Singapore’s superstar racehorse Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) bounced back from a Hong Kong disappointment and made a triumphant return to home soil in Saturday’s Group Three S$110,000 Merlion Trophy (1200m) at Kranji.
Tuesday February 7
At the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale last year, Valiant Stud had the honour of selling the highest priced filly of the sale and on Monday, Tulsi made a winning debut in New Zealand.
Tuesday February 7
Gooree Park Stud have a long history for producing Group I success with the latest star to emerge from their carefully cultivated bloodlines being exciting two year-old colt King’s Gambit.
Monday February 6
Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday February 6
Dual Group 1-winning mare Snapdancer will be offered for sale as an elite breeding prospect at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, May 23rd to 25th.
Monday February 6
Five heats for the juveniles at Randwick on Monday morning and all won by unraced youngsters with two in particular catching the eye as they matched motors with a couple of proven stakes class two year-olds.
Monday February 6
There was plenty of interest at Cranbourne on Monday morning with an intriguing barrier trial featuring Everest winner Giga Kick, Golden Eagle winner I Wish I Win and speed queen Coolangatta.
Monday February 6
A piece of Michael McNab magic paved the way for underrated mare Belclare to take out the Listed Clubs NZ Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) on Monday.
Monday February 6
Luigi Muollo has gone all-in to make sure he benefits from the success of the outstanding sprinter Lucky Sweynesse in Hong Kong.
Monday February 6
Arrowfield Stud’s promising young sire The Autumn Sun is on the board with his first winner and interestingly Tulsi was also the most expensive filly purchased from the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale last year when snapped up by Glenn Burrows Bloodstock for $550,000.
Monday February 6
Promising three-year-old Sacred Satono will join the team of Kiwis planning a raid on the riches of the Sydney Autumn Carnival when he returns to racing after a recent break.
Monday February 6
Twin Hills Stud head to Inglis Classic this week fresh from a super successful Magic Millions where they sold yearlings for up to $500,000, so Ollie and Amber Tait and their team expect to be kept busy this week with a big draft of 17 to be offered at Riverside Stables.
Monday February 6
The Group III Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday delivered another stakes success for quality Toronado (IRE) gelding Senor Toba, who has a half-brother to be offered at Inglis Premier.
Monday February 6
Flying Kiwi bred sprinter Lucky Sweynesse claimed another feature Hong Kong sprint when taking out the $HK12million Group I Centenary Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday at the expense of Aussie bred speedsters Wellington and Sight Success to become the first G1 winner for his sire Sweynesse.
Monday February 6
The Inglis Race Series will be boosted by a game-changing $5m worth of bonuses for eligible horses who win their Maiden.
Sunday February 5
Here is the full list of 71 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday February 5
The powerful Maher Eustace stable picked a soft option on a Sunday at Ararat for this blue-blooded Pierro filly and she duly obliged with a debut victory bringing an important pedigree update for her Inglis Classic bound half-brother.
Sunday February 5
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Sunday February 5
Mosheen’s lightly raced daughter Carpentaria made a successful 2023 debut in a 1600m allowance at Tokyo on Saturday.
Sunday February 5
Arguably Australia’s most talented maiden, frustrating three year-old Shalatin was once again able to snatch defeat from a certain victory when going down at Goulburn on Sunday as a short priced favourite to a first starter by Star Turn.
Sunday February 5
It was all going to plan with 100 metres left to run in Sunday's $150,000 Listed Gold Sovereign Stakes (1200m) at Launceston, with the favourite Needs Sugar holding second elect Cairns, but the party was just about to be spoiled.
Sunday February 5
Smart stayer Aquacade put her rivals to the sword at Tauranga on Sunday, cruising to a six-and-a-half length win in the J.A. Russell Ltd 2100 on a Heavy 10 surface.
Sunday February 5
A textbook ride from in-form jockey Jasmine Fawcett aided eight-year-old mare Honesty to land the prize in the Listed Positive Signs + Print Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) at Wingatui on Saturday.
Sunday February 5
Yarraman Park head to Inglis Classic with a quality draft of 22 featuring six yearlings by the farm’s young gun Hellbent and two exciting colts by his reigning champion sire I Am Invincible, who is on track for another record-breaking season.
Sunday February 5
Hellbent filly Benedetta is building a tidy record posting her third win from four starts when scoring at Sandown on Saturday.
Sunday February 5
Darley’s champion sire Exceed and Excel had a two hemisphere stakes double on Saturday with talented two year-old Zulfiqar winning the Group III MRC Chairman’s Stakes at Sandown, while in the UK progressive mare Manaafith landed her first Black Type win in the Listed Tandridge Stakes (1m) at Lingfield.
Saturday February 4
Here is the full list of 103 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday February 4
Mark Walker and the Te Akau Racing team brought up an inter-island stakes double in the space of 15 minutes as Perfect Scenario took out the Gr.3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui hot on the heels of Family Ties scoring in the Listed Grangewilliam Stud Oaks Prelude (1800m) at New Plymouth.
Saturday February 4
A cagey ride by Ryan Elliot and a never-say-die attitude from his mount Colorado Star saw the pair upset the applecart at odds of $32 as they combined for victory in the Gr.3 Denis Wheeler Earthmoving Taranaki Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth.
Saturday February 4
Specialty returned to winning ways at Wingatui on Saturday with a dominant performance in the Listed Dunedin Guineas (1500m) to revive future Group One hopes.
Saturday February 4
It is a case of what might have been for Aft Cabin, sensationally scratched from the Caulfield Guineas last spring as a short-priced favourite, when he bled in training.
Saturday February 4
Making her black-type debut, the Matthew Williams-trained Wrote To Arataki captured Saturday’s Group III Lamaro's Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes (1300m) at Sandown-Hillside under a front-running masterpiece by Jamie Kah.
Saturday February 4
Speedy filly Ulanova gave her rivals a good old-fashioned beating as she led all the way to take out the Group III Platinum Homes New Plymouth Taranaki 2YO Classic (1200m) in effortless fashion.
Saturday February 4
Godolphin's Exceed And Excel colt Zulfiqar ran up to his debut win in the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington last October, with a game front-running triumph in Saturday's Group III Lamaro's Hotel Chairman's Stakes (1000m) at Sandown-Hillside.
Saturday February 4
Trainer Michael Freedman had two of the six acceptors for Saturday's Listed Darley Lonhro Plate (1000m) at Randwick but lost Mexico after playing up at the barriers; still, the other runner did him proud.
Friday February 3
Here is the full list of 73 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday February 3
Winx's half-brother Boulder City has a progressive type in the three-year-old gelding Cobblestone Way, who broke his maiden over 1200m at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Friday February 3
The valuable Frankel filly Call Di broke her maiden at start three over 1400m at Randwick-Kensington on Friday.
Friday February 3
Ben Foote’s upcoming feature race prospects were given significant boosts on Friday at Te Rapa where his lightly tried three-year-old Loosespender and top sprinter Babylon Berlin delivered everything expected of them.
Friday February 3
The final session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 2 Sale concluded on a high note, wrapping up a successful week of selling at Karaka 2023.
Friday February 3
Stakes winners such as Bend The Knee, Royalzel and Ranting, several talented up-and-coming gallopers along with some well-credentialed broodmares headline another quality Inglis Digital Online Sale.
Friday February 3
Bloodstock agent John Foote was busy on the final day of the Book 2 Sale at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka, signing for eight lots.
Friday February 3
Toowoomba trainers Tony and Maddysen Sears have made their presence felt at Karaka this week, securing six horses across the Book 1 and 2 Sales at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales.
Friday February 3
Flashy Deep Field two-year-old colt Bases Loaded made a winning start to his career in Friday's Drinkwise Maiden Plate (1100m) at Randwick-Kensington.
Friday February 3
Booming week-to-week prizemoney augmented by the super-successful Westspeed Platinum Bonus Scheme gives WA vendors every right to be confident ahead of this year’s Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
Friday February 3
There are two stakes races for the babies on Saturday, the Group III Lamaro's Hotel Chairman's Stakes at Sandown-Hillside and the Listed Darley Lonhro Plate at Randwick.
Thursday February 2
Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday February 2
Yulong based Grunt posted his first winner at Pakenham on Thursday night and he did it in style with Veight bolting in to win by six lengths.
Thursday February 2
Strong trade at the NZB National Yearling Sale earlier this week brought some great pinhook results, so let’s take a look at some of the best with a colt by Deep Field topping the list.
Thursday February 2
20-year-old Brooke Hawthorne and her partner Ryan Stacey enjoyed a successful first pinhooking venture when their handsome Impending colt out of Prudence Perfecto was snapped up for $115,000 during the Book 2 Sale of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.
Thursday February 2
A buoyant day of selling concluded Day Two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 2 Sale, with the clearance rate lifting significantly off the back of the opening session.