They don't come any braver than Alligator Blood, and when gifted a soft lead, few can match him.

The I Am Invincible blueblood Waltz On By earned her chance to emulate her dam Stay With Me in the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas after winning a dramatic Listed Jim Moloney Stakes at Sandown-Hillside on Sunday.

A lightly raced son of Maurice (JPN) with rock star looks, Bank Maur may have earned a run in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas following a dominant performance in the Stow Storage Solutions Handicap (1400m) for 3yo colts and geldings at Sandown-Hillside on Sunday.

A return to a firm surface on a track he relishes looks to be the key for Pascero returning to the winner's circle in Sunday's IVE Handicap (1400m) at Sandown-Hillside.

Group I racing at Newmarket overnight also featured the Group I Middle Park Stakes (6f) for the colts with victory going to the favourite Blackbeard, while Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) added a new Group winner to his tally.

As predicted, it’s been a big weekend for Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar with Zoustyle placing in the G1 Moir Stakes, Zou Tiger third in the G1 Golden Rose and then the icing on the cake in the UK with his star Northern Hemisphere bred filly Lezoo taking out the Group I Cheveley Park Stakes (6f) at Newmarket.

Here is the full list of 109 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Fresh off her Group 1 triumph with Coolangatta in the Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night, Jamie Kah was near unstoppable at Mornington on Saturday with five wins, including the days feature, the Listed RM Ansett Classic (2400m).

Young trainer Jack Bruce chalked up his first stakes-winner when the 6yo Written Tycoon gelding Axe scored a heartstopping victory in Saturday’s Listed Weetwood Quality at Toowoomba.

The $400,000 Group II ATC Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday produced a great tussle to the line between two talented So You Think mares with seasoned Group I winner Nimalee prevailing over the up and comer Palaisipan.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Surf Dancer (IRE) will aim for the inaugural running of  $2,000,000 The Big Dance following his win in Saturday’s Group II Ned Whisky Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.

Outstanding Rubick colt Jacquinot defied the pattern of the day when he charged home from well back in the field to claim the $1,000,000 Group 1 Chandon Golden Rose Stakes.

Impressive last start Hastings winner Mustang Valley lifted her game several notches on Saturday as she claimed her first success at stakes level when taking out the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1550m) at Awapuni.

The first two-year-old race of the season, the Pat O'Shea Plate at Toowoomba, went to the Easy Rocking filly Bedaub to credit trainer Michael Nolan with his fourth winner of the race.

Decimated by scratchings, the Listed ATC Heritage Stakes (1100m) for three year-olds at Rosehill on Saturday featured just six starters with progressive Capitalist colt Economics seizing the opportunity to grab Black Type with a dominant first up win.

My how time flies, James Cummings saddled his 1000th winner for Godolphin when blue-blood 3YO Pericles scored on debut at Newcastle on Saturday.

It took eight starts for Grove Ferry (IRE) to break his maiden in Australia, but he chose the right place to do it when giving co-trainer Gai Waterhouse a tenth win in the Group III Furphy Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill.

Cambridge Stud resident stallion Embellish made the perfect start to his stud career on Saturday when debut runner Luberon led all the way to land the Bear Morgan @ Harcourts Bream Bay 2YO over 800m at Ruakaka.

Big night of racing at Moonee Valley last night and if you want to see the pedigrees for all Group winners read on.

Here is the full list of 61 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

It’s been a big 24 hours for Aga Khan Stud’s Sea the Stars, who had his 99th stakes-winner last night at Moonee Valley when Desert Icon (Fr) won the Group III MVRC JRA Cup and followed up with another new stakes-winner in France overnight, while Kingman unleashed another star juvenile, this time a filly.

The flying Written Tycoon filly Coolangatta found conditions to suit when returning to the winners list in Friday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.

Widden Stud bred and sold Sebring mare Daises claimed a third Group victory when taking out the Group II MVRC Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night in a thrilling finish.

The Wolf Cry gelding Wolflands advanced his record to four wins from seven starts with a fighting win in the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge (955m) on Moir Stakes night at Moonee valley.

Galileo’s champion half-brother Sea the Stars is getting very close to his century of stakes-winners with imported stayer Desert Icon (FR) becoming  his 99th stakes-winner when taking out the Group III MVRC JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night in the Star Thoroughbreds colours.

Talented American Pharoah (USA) colt Tijuana staked his claim for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas next month when scoring a stylish victory in the Group II MVRC Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

A two-time Group winner last season at two, quality I Am Invincible filly Queen of the Ball franked the strong form of the recent Group III ATC Silver Shadow Stakes when scoring a sizzling front running victory in the Group III MVRC Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Te Akau Racing’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Amarelinha is the latest high-profile mare to be listed for sale on Gavelhouse Plus.

A strong mix of proven racehorses, broodmares carrying highly desirable pregnancies, dominant recent trial winners and well-bred 3YOs with established Stakes records feature in an Inglis Digital September (Late) catalogue that has something for everybody.

The first crop of Northern Hemisphere bred two year-olds by Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar have made their mark this year and the Group I Cheveley Park Stakes (6f) and Group I Middle Park Stakes (6f) run at Newmarket on Saturday will both feature a runner by the Golden Rose winning son of Northern Meteor.

Earlier this week we saw the first official juvenile barrier trials in Sydney and at Warwick Farm there were three more heats for the babies with winners sired by I am Invincible, Snitzel and Street Boss (USA).

A “running machine’’ and “the most straight forward horse ever’’ set the track alight with scintillating times during an exciting Ready2Race breeze up session at Cambridge.

A homebred for Juddmonte, two year-old colt Nostrum might be a star next season for his sire Kingman after winning the Group III Tattersalls Stakes (7f) at Newmarket and interestingly is a half-brother to two Australian stakes-winners.

Exciting news for the Victorian breeding industry with new ownership for Blue Gum Farm.  

Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Expensive Redoute’s Choice filly Miss Passion was expected to break her maiden at Pakenham on Thursday, but she was mowed down late by an eye-catching I Am Invincible colt on debut.

Relocated from Widden Stud to Gooree Park where he was bred this spring, Your Song had a stylish maiden winner at Hawkesbury on Thursday, who was his most expensive yearling sold in 2021.

Corumbene Stud’s promising young sire Menari had a six length winner on Wednesday in Ferrari Man and then backed up on Thursday with smart filly Enzina opening her account at Hawkesbury.

It's an embarrassment of three-year-old riches for Godolphin with In Secret and Golden Mile favoured to fight out Saturday's $1,000,000 Group 1 Golden Rose at Rosehill a week after Aft Cabin went to the head of betting for the Caulfield Guineas following a three and a half-length romp in the Guineas Prelude.  

Exciting gelding Mr Brightside could extend his winning run to four at Sandown on Sunday when he lines-up in a competitive-looking Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m).

The hopes of securing the Hastings triple crown with Dark Destroyer this year are now over.

When a stallion has race performance, impressive physique and the right pedigree top and bottom he’s going to appeal to a lot of broodmare owners working to a budget.

Upgraded to Group I  status in 2013, the $1million Group I MVRC AJ Moir stakes (1000m) will be run at Moonee Valley on Friday night attracting an evenly matched field of 12 sprinters with all of them bar Rothfire and September Run seeking to win their first Group I.

Hugely successful WA owner breeders Bob and Sandra Peters have had phenomenal success with the ‘Arcadia’ family and a winning debut for the full sister to multiple Group I winner Arcadia Queen on Wednesday might be the start of a new chapter in the story.

Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It could be a very good couple of days for country trainer Stirling Osland, who saddled his five year-old Bull Point gelding Point Counter Point to win at Canterbury on Wednesday and on Thursday will send out his Kosciuszko contender Golden Point, another son of Bull Point, as favourite at Hawkesbury.

Cambridge Stud stallion Almanzor sired a winning double at Matamata on Wednesday and also enjoyed further success in Victoria with another first crop representative.

Te Akau once again enjoyed a bumper day at their home track on Thursday, winning five races on the eight-race card at Matamata.

After taking five starts to break her maiden, the Snitzel filly Dashing Legend made it back-to-back wins with a fighting win over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Press Statement is one of the quiet achievers on the Vinery Stud roster and has a quality performer in smart mare Roots, who will be headed back to Black Type racing following a stylish second up win at Canterbury Farm on Wednesday.

Standing at Corumbene Stud this spring, Menari featured on Wednesday with an impressive six length winner trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

High-class mare Levante is being readied for a fresh-up tilt at the Gr.1 Darley Champions Sprint (1200m) on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington.

At the Darley stallion parade in the Hunter Valley last month their team made mention of the fact their 2016 Golden Rose winning sire Astern may be on the cusp of a change of fortune and how accurate that prediction has proven to be.

Here is the full list of 13 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were barrier trials at Rosehill on Tuesday morning and a trio of unraced three year-olds caught our attention as likely candidates to follow when they step out on debut.

A near capacity field has accepted for the $1million ATC Golden Rose (1400m) on Saturday with race favourite In Secret drawing gate three for Godolphin with James McDonald to ride and Snitzel the most represented sire with three runners.

Beaufort Downs may be one of the youngest thoroughbred nurseries in New Zealand, but they are already starting to leave their mark on the Australasian racing landscape.

The build-up to next month’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale continues to gather momentum, with times and video footage of last week’s breeze up sessions at Warwick Farm and Eagle Farm now available online.

As we progress through the spring carnival the quality three year-olds with classic aspirations begin to emerge and we saw two Kiwi bred Karaka graduates win the VRC Oaks and Derby Previews at Flemington on Sunday and both are by sires represented at the upcoming NZB Ready to Run Sale on November 16 and 17.

Sydney’s first official 2-year-old barrier trials of the 2022/23 racing season provided a glowing endorsement of Sledmere Stud with three of the 10 heat winners having been foaled, reared and raised on the farm during their all-important formative period.

Undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) might not be in Australia this spring, but there is tremendous interest in his first crop of two year-olds here given the incentive of a ferrari to the owners of the first of them to win one of a selection of Group I races and he had a trial winner at Randwick on Monday morning.

The first official two year-old trials at Randwick each spring are always packed with anticipation and Widden Stud young gun Trapeze Artist made his mark with a heat winner and three place-getters, while champion sire Zoustar delivered a winning double.

With his final crop of thirteen foals just turned two, there is still time for Choisir to build on an already formidable record, and Graeme Begg has a 4yo gelding he believes has Group 1 potential.

Opie Bosson will have a tough decision to make in the coming months in the lead-up to the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton in November.

White Robe Lodge have been a pillar of the New Zealand breeding industry for many years and they continued to show why they are one of the leading thoroughbred nurseries for stayers when Smokin’ Romans won the Gr.3 Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Heat 10 – colts – Tarabeau – 51.94 seconds

HEAT 6 – Fillies – Platinum Jubilee – 51.40 seconds

HEAT 3 – colts – Mach Ten – 51.97 seconds

Here is the full list of 67 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $75,000 VRC Kennedy Oaks Preview (1800m) was run at Flemington on Sunday with victory going to a lightly raced So You Think filly that was sent out favourite despite it being just her second race start.

After enjoying a red-letter day at Caulfield, the Kiwis look to have a serious Victoria Derby contender in Savabeel colt Mr Maestro.

Trainer Mike Moroney will give Elkington Road a chance to emulate his sire All Too Hard in the Caulfield Guineas after keeping his record at a perfect two-for-two with a fighting win over 1420m at Flemington on Sunday.

Nearly two years and twenty starts since his last win, the Phillip Stokes-trained Shamino outbattled fellow 7yo warrior Kemalpasa in Saturday's W H Wylie Hcp (1100m) at Morphettville.

Broodmare gem Opulence has passed away after foaling a healthy filly foal at Grangewilliam Stud on Saturday.

Shuttling to Coolmore Australia this spring, Deep Impact’s dual Group I winning son Saxon Warrior (Jpn) has a very smart colt in Victoria Road, who notched his third victory in a row when taking out the Group III Prix de Conde (1700m) at Chantilly on Saturday.

The magic Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross struck again overnight in the UK when progressive three year-old filly Stay Alert confirmed her potential with a late closing win in the Group III Newbury Legacy Cup (1m3f).

A pair of exciting 3YO fillies – Boogie Dancer (Sooboog) and Zougotcha (Zoustar) – have put Spring rivals on high alert with impressive G2 victories on an action-packed day in Sydney and Melbourne, also featuring wins by fellow Inglis graduates Nature Strip and Callsign Mav.

Seven-year-old gelding Kiss The Bride continued on his merry winning way at Randwick on Saturday afternoon under a positive ride from Dylan Gibbons.

Widden Stud regret to report the untimely passing of Victorian-based shuttle stallion National Defense.

Here is the full list of 118 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

James Cummings said he would plot a course to the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups for Alegron after the son of Teofilo (IRE) defeated the favourite Benaud in the $200,000 Group III Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The third leg of the Darley Princess Series, the Group II ATC Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick produced a thrilling tussle between stablemates Zougotcha and Madam Pommery with the former producing plenty of fight under pressure to win by a neck.

It has been a red-letter day for Godolphin, and the top-class Brazen Beau mare Zapateo played her part with a hard-fought victory in the Group III Neds How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

New Zealand-bred six-year-old Callsign Mav showed all of his fighting qualities when landing the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday, providing popular heavy-weight jockey Jamie Mott with his first elite-level victory.

Venerable six-year-old Smokin' Romans has qualified for next month’s Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with a gritty on-speed performance to win the Gr.3 MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday in the hands of Ethan Brown.

Lightly raced three-year-old One Kiss strengthened her claim for higher honours when she dominated proceedings to take out the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton.

Nature Strip showed he had taken no harm from his Royal Ascot heroics when winning the $1million Group 1 The Shorts at Randwick on Saturday.

Still in her first preparation, the Peter Moody-trained Boogie Dancer has progressed from a Donald maiden in June to a runaway victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield and credit Kitchwin Hills stallion Sooboog with his first stakes winner.

Godolphin’s superstar Anamoe took his Group 1 tally to five in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Fujitsu General George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Godolphin’s progressive Astern colt Aft Cabin looked to be thoroughly enjoying himself in Saturday’s $300,000 Group III Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield, which was run in atrocious conditions.

Top Ranked (IRE) arrived in Australia with impressive form that included a Group III win at Haydock and a third in the Group 1 Lockinge stakes won by the champion Palace Pier (GB), who is standing his first season at Darley Stud.  

Last season the Dundeel filly Hope In Your Heart contested the ATC Oaks, Surround Stakes and Vinery Stud Stakes, all at Group 1 level.

A disappointing field of just six runners in Friday’s Group III Australian Bloodstock Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle, but it proved a triumph for Wild Chap and Brett Lazzarini, who resumed training over two years ago.

Impeccably-bred filly Stella Splendida justified her $1.30 favouritism when running away to a 1-1/2 length victory in the Taupo Veterinary Centre (1200m) at Taupo on Friday.

With just one of six opponents behind Durston (GB) on the home turn, James McDonald was gifted a run in the favoured ground along the fence to turn the $250,000 Group III Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m) into a rout.

The Annabel Neasham-trained Makalu became the second 3yo winner from the last crop of Redoute's Choice in the space of three days when leading at every call in a 1400m maiden on Newcastle Cup day.

An expensive son of Zoustar, Redzoust performed below expectations at his first two starts before putting six opponents to the sword over 1100m on the Ballarat synthetic on Friday.

A colt by Quality Road sold for $1.7 million and a son of Gun Runner brought $1.2 million during Thursday’s session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which recorded a fourth consecutive day of spirited trade and strong results. Today’s session marked the final day of a vibrant Week 1 of the auction, which produced gross sales of nearly $237 million and the sale of 30 horses for

63 youngsters have been entered for the official two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick next Monday including two million-dollar yearlings, seven by first season sires, the half-brother to the Golden Slipper winner and the two sale toppers from Inglis Classic.

When bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills paid $1.5million for a Written Tycoon filly from Karuta Queen at the 2020 Magic Millions, he declared she was the best filly he had ever seen and that opinion has not changed since.