After two starts in Group III company, the Matthew Brown-trained filly She’s Pretty Rich took a step back to a maiden at Bendigo on Sunday to open her winning account.

The first yearling sale of the European calendar, the August Yearling Sale began on Saturday.

Three year-old Nathaniel colt Zechariah scored a dominant win overnight in the Group III Geoffrey Freer Stakes (1m 5 ½ f) at Newbury carrying the Aquis colours and holds entries for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Talented Pierro gelding Kalino has been a good money spinner for his Star Thoroughbreds owners, but there might be a lot more to come if his long term Golden Eagle plan comes to fruition.

Grand Syndicates could not make it three consecutive wins in the Group III Grand Syndicates Spring Stakes at Morphettville with their triple Group 1 winner Behemoth, but it was the stable’s second stringer Calypso Reign who got the job done in style.

 Making his first start since his career highlight in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile, Mr Bightside had his burgeoning fan base on their feet with a first-up triumph in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

After capping a near-perfect two-year-old season in the Listed Oxlade Stakes at Eagle Farm last June, Uncommon James was off the scene for twelve months due to an injury.

The least expensive yearling purchase in the field, the Archie Alexander-trained Bound For Home took full advantage of a superb Declan Bates ride to capture Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Neds Quezette Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.

The $160,000 Listed ATC Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday drew a strong field of promising three year-olds with highly rated Snitzel colt Zoukerino scoring a narrow, but impressive win.

Entered for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, imported Fastnet Rock gelding Surefire (GB) staked his claim for spring success with an eye-catching finish to win over just 1400m at Rosehill on Saturday.

Striking chestnut gelding Giga Kick extended his unbeaten run to three when running down the speedball Alpha One in Saturday's $200,000 Group III Stow Storage Solutions Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield.

Aided by a patient rails-hugging ride by Kathy O’Hara, the Almanzor (FR) colt Manzoice opened his winning account in Saturday’s Dooley Hcp (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens.

The brilliant triple Gr.1 winning miler Circus Maximus has arrived and settled in for his second breeding season at Windsor Park, Cambridge.

Coolmore’s dual Group I winning juvenile King’s Legacy was Australia’s busiest first season sire last spring so there is keen anticipation at studs all around the country for the arrival of his first foals.

It was a tough and brave performance by Madame Du Gast at Geelong on Friday, the lightly raced and promising chestnut back in winning form having not had the best of luck in the lead-up - doing a great job in demanding conditions.

There is plenty of interest for John Messara's Arrowfield Stud in Saturday's Listed The Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Joseph O'Brien seems to send out a Melbourne Cup hopeful weekly, and he has another likely contender in the Lloyd Williams colourbearer Point King.

After striking with Red Sun Sensation in the colts and geldings division of the 3yo maidens at Geelong, the Peter Moody stable added the fillies division with the Written Tycoon debutant Elegant Diva.

While Red Sun Sensation broke his maiden over 1200m at Geelong on Friday, trainer Peter Moody believes he has a Victoria Derby contender on his hands.

The Pacific Fair Magic Millions Polo & Showjumping on Queensland’s Gold Coast will welcome Elsa Pataky for the first time on Sunday, January 8th 2023 as the official Magic Millions Global Ambassador for Showjumping.

The release of entries for the Group I Caulfield Guineas and Thousand Guineas has added plenty of interest to competitive maiden events which are often the first stepping off point for potential contenders, so let’s take a look at the runners today that hold entries.

Entered for the Caulfield Guineas, this I Am Invincible colt owned by the Victorian Stallion Alliance made a winning debut at Sale on Thursday.

Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Trainers Ben and JD Hayes are dreaming of a tilt at the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) with Group One winner Mr Brightside.

Te Akau Shark’s little brother Coppleson looks to have a promising future after making a winning career debut over 1500m at Newcastle on Thursday.

Drakenstein Stud's Frankel (GB) filly Let'sbefrankbaby opened her winning account at Sale on Thursday when leading at every call in a 1450m maiden.

The release of entries for the Group I Caulfield Guineas and Thousand Guineas has added plenty of interest to competitive maiden events which are often the first stepping off point for potential contenders, so let’s take a look at the runners today that hold entries.

The Inglis Digital Sale completed last night has produced a windfall for Widden Stud’s young sire Russian Camelot (IRE) with three quality mares purchased for the purpose of visiting the two time Group I winning son of Camelot this spring.

Another extraordinarily strong Inglis Digital sale tonight concluded with the top of the market again showing stunning resilience.

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Relocating to Brisbane Meadows in NSW this spring, promising young sire Vert de Grece (IRE) posted a new winner in his former home of Western Australia on Wednesday when Candelight Supper broke her maiden at Belmont.

New Zealand-bred gelding Grand Impact has gone for a quick freshen-up in preparation for some big targets later this spring after his strong win at Sandown on Sunday.

Oaklands Stud are excited to release the Stallion Roster for 2022. Resident stallion, Power, will again serve as the headline stallion at Oaklands Stud for the season. 

Elephant will be out to replicate his deeds from last year’s Melbourne Spring Carnival when he kicks off his campaign in the Gr.2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Maurice (Jpn) colt Matcha Latte showed good potential in his first campaign with a third to Williamsburg in the Group III ATC Schweppervescence from just three starts and he resumed from a spell at Randwick on Wednesday to score a stylish maiden win.

Godolphin’s Astern colt Aft Cabin firmed from $101 to $15 for the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas after breaking his maiden in style over 1400m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

The Woodside Park roster for this spring is quality through and through featuring a Golden Slipper winning sire and the only Group winning son of Frankel at stud in Victoria.

The release of entries for the Group I Caulfield Guineas and Thousand Guineas has added plenty of interest to competitive midweek maiden events which are often the first stepping off point for potential contenders, so let’s take a look at the runners today that hold entries.

Keeneland has cataloged 4,147 horses for the 79th annual Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the world’s largest and most significant marketplace for Thoroughbred racing prospects.

Leading Randwick trainer John O’Shea doesn’t often appear at modest provincial meetings on a Tuesday, but he was at Hawkesbury to oversee the winning debut of a Capitalist filly that is going places.

Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first official two year-old trials in Australia for the new season were held at Deagon in Queensland on Tuesday morning with astute trainer Les Ross providing all the runners which included a filly from the first crop of Aquis based sire Performer.

I’m Thunderstruck is gearing up for a busy spring, with trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr setting their sights on plenty of feature spoils with the Group One winner.

The Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings next month is the likely starting point for Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) runner-up La Crique’s spring preparation after she pleased with her 950m trial win at Cambridge on Tuesday.

Promising young sire Vert de Grece (IRE) has relocated from Geisel Park in Western Australia and stands this spring at Brisbane Meadows on the Southern Highlands of NSW.

International Animal Health Products were proud sponsors of horse events at this year’s Royal Queensland Show featuring some interesting results in the thoroughbred classes with the Supreme Champion Led Thoroughbred award going to a $1.9million Magic Millions yearling purchase by our reigning champion sire I Am Invincible.

Reigning Champion First Season Sire Russian Revolution is on the board with his first winners of the new season posting a double of successful first starters at Goulburn and Pakenham.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The New South Wales Racehorse Owners’ Association is pleased to announce the 2021/22 finalists for Racing’s Night of Champions.

Entered for the Caulfield Guineas, this promising son of I Am Invincible made a winning debut at Pakenham on Monday for the Peter Moody stable.

Texas didn’t disgrace himself in strong company as a two-year-old and will be given early black-type opportunities this season to fully realise his stakes potential.

For a cause such as the TSHA, Strawberry Hill Stud puts passion before profits and isn’t afraid to lead the way in putting their sponsorship dollars where they deem to make the most difference to the lives of thoroughbred horses after racing.  

The depreciation concessions that were available in the 2021 income year were “all over the place”, with an array of rule changes that took place part-way through the year, resulting in multiple sets of rules and timeframes that applied, overlapping each other throughout the income year. Thankfully, the depreciation concessions available in the 2022 income year are much simpler, with t

Highly talented Karaka graduate Cheers Brothers (Deep Field) stepped up to stakes level in style on Sunday with a stunning victory in the M$2.3m Treasure Island Resorts World Macau Derby (1800m). 

Australian interest was high in Group I racing overnight in Europe and while Australian bred and owned colt Artorius raced below his best at Deauville, the Australian Bloodstock team had plenty to celebrate claiming their third win in the Group I German Oaks (2200m).

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Jumps racing provided the highlights at Sandown on Sunday with the running of the $300,000 Grand National Hurdle and $150,000 Crisp Steeplechase.

Smart three-year-old Grand Impact kept his perfect record intact when he delivered a commanding front-running performance on the Lakeside track at Sandown on Sunday to win the Ladbrokes Live Betting Handicap (1200m).

There would be few bigger fans of former shuttler Myboycharlie (FR) than Ciaron Maher who trained the triple Group 1 winner Jameka and along with David Eustace puts the polish on the French import Saunter Boy (FR).

Quality galloper Dragon Leap showed he was right on track for his upcoming spring stakes assignments with a slashing run for second at Ruakaka on Saturday.

Promising three-year-old Accidental Tourist may have set himself up for a shot at the Listed Wanganui Guineas (1340m) next month after he broke his maiden status in fine fashion at Hawera on Sunday.

A regular shuttle visitor to New Zealand set to stand at The Oaks Stud this spring, US Navy Flag (USA) has sired his first stakes-winner with promising two year-old colt Ocean Vision beating Harry Angel colt Vicious Harry to win the Listed Prix de la Vallee d’Auge (1000m) at Deauville.

Godolphin won a Melbourne Cup with a son of Teofilo in Cross Counter (GB) and the same sire has given them their latest Group I winner in the US and Nations Pride holds an entry for this year’s Cox Plate.

Racing overnight in Ireland and the UK produced a new 2YO Group I winner for No Nay Never and the second stakes-winner for Sioux Nation, both stallions sired by Scat Daddy, whose undefeated Triple Group I winning son Justify will have his first Australian runners this season.

Here is the full list of 104 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Horrifying’s golden run of form continued at Flemington on Saturday where he produced another determined performance to narrowly get the better of fellow New Zealand-bred Through Irish Eyes in the Rose Room (2530m).

Five-year-old gelding Lord Ardmore continued his strong winter form, making it back-to-back victories when a hard-fought winner of the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) at Randwick.

The Missile Stakes has thrown up some shocks since its inception in 1978, and here is another one, the nine-year-old Queenslander Hard Empire who went off an unloved $101chance in Saturday’s $250,000 Group II feature at Randwick.

Saab Hasan’s spritely eight-year-old gelding Sirius Suspect showed the opposition a clean pair of heels in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Aurie's Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.

A rails-hugging ride by Terry Moseley paved the way for local runner Lord Darci to break a 22-year hoodoo for local Canterbury stables when he took out the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations 125th Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday.

The cream rose to the top in the feature event at Ruakaka on Saturday where the Mark Walker-trained I Am Invincible mare Imperatriz justified good support to take out the Alibaba’s Flying Carpets Kerikeri Cup (1100m).

The Benchmark 72 event over 1400m at Randwick on Saturday for three and four year-olds featured a short priced favourite in promising Churchill (IRE) colt Conqueror, who lost few admirers with his strong finishing second to another horse primed for a good campaign in Arnaqueur.

Godolphin’s Group 1 Prix Jean Prat winner Territories (IRE) found it tough garnering support from breeders in five seasons of shuttling, but he looks to have a promising type in the 3yo Berkeley Square.

Promising Spirit Of Boom colt Spiritualised may have earned a trip to Melbourne for the Group III HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on August 27 after an all-the-way victory in Saturday's Droughtmaster 60th Anniversary Hcp (1200m) at Doomben.

Stakes winners from Australia, New Zealand and the United States, mares in foal to some of Australasia’s most commercially appealing stallions and a breeding right in Champion Sire I Am Invincible are just some of a plethora of highlights in the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale.

Warwick Farm was the scene of barrier trial action on Friday morning with Cox Plate contenders contesting the first heat of the day, while a little later we had a good look at an Everest contender along with some smart three year-olds.

Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When you step out in a maiden with these formlines they may only be “betting on the margin”, but it’s still unlikely this margin would have been favourite.

The release of entries for the Group I Caulfield Guineas this week adds interest to the early spring races which are often the first stepping off point for potential contenders, so let’s take a look at the 12 runners on Saturday that hold Caulfield Guineas entries.

The annual Waikato stallion tour, organised by the Waikato branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and sponsored by gavelhouse.com, will take place on Saturday August 20 and Sunday August 21, with all welcome.

No stallion did more to advance their cause last season than So You Think.

Making his first start for Kris Lees, the Lloyd Williams colour-bearer Hosier (IRE) proved the class act in Thursday’s $150,000 Moonee Beach Hotel Coffs Harbour Cup (1600m).

A patient approach looks like paying dividends for the half-brother by Hinchinbrook to former star mare Greysful Glamour who broke his maiden at Kembla on Thursday with a resounding win.

Pencarrow Stud’s stakes placed Declaration of War mare Naval Fleet is one of 61 quality Lots currently being auctioned on gavelhouse.com.

The first three home in the 3YO maiden at Cranbourne on Thursday are all entered for the Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas with victory going to the hot favourite Fast Witness.

Group One winner Catalyst made a pleasing start to his spring campaign with a solid hit-out in his 900m trial at Te Rapa on Thursday, finishing fifth while powering through the line under a hold.

Success in Saturday's Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations 125th Winter Cup (1600m) at Riccarton could set the ball rolling for a start in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) for the Kevin Myers-trained Kick On.

The release of entries for the Group I Caulfield Guineas and Thousand Guineas has added plenty of interest to competitive non metro maiden events which are often the first stepping off point for potential contenders, so let’s take a look at the runners today that hold entries.

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

The Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival’s prestigious Group I three-year-old classics at Caulfield, the Group I MRC Neds Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and the Group I Schweppes Thousand Guineas (1600m) have attracted record entries.

Runner-up in three consecutive stakes to kickstart her career, the Peter Moody-trained Nanagui broke her maiden over 1118m at Geelong on Wednesday.

A bargain priced option on the Widden Stud NSW roster, promising young Sebring stallion Supido put his name in lights on Wednesday with two exciting debut three year-old winners with spring aspirations.

Racing NSW today announced a further $30 million in prizemoney increases along with record investment in infrastructure and an additional share of prizemoney for both equine welfare and stable staff.

A huge day of stakes racing at Deauville on Monday was highlighted by the Group I Prix Rothschild (1600m) for fillies and mares which was originally going to be the starting point of Verry Elleegant’s French campaign.

Kia Ora Stud moved into the business of standing stallions last year with Golden Slipper winner Farnan, a high profile choice as a foundation sire and his first foal has delighted Kia Ora Bloodstock and Breeding Manager Shane Wright.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An early decision to send Mr Maestro to Australia will give the gifted three-year-old every opportunity to stamp himself as a classic contender.

I Am Invincible finished the season as not only overall champion sire, but also the Champion Sire of 3YO’s so let’s take a look a three of his stakes-winning 2YO’s from last season that all won barrier trials on Tuesday morning in preparation for spring campaigns.

A dual Group I winning son of Deep Impact headed to Australia this spring for Coolmore, Saxon Warrior (Jpn) featured in Ireland on Monday with promising winner Gan Teorainn, who holds entries for several upcoming Group races.

Mark Chitty credits his parents and his biggest veterinarian mentor as key figures in his efforts to improve the lot of New Zealand racing through voluntary work.