Wednesday February 16
Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday February 16
On the day it was announced Vancouver had been sold and was relocating to Woodside Park Stud in Victoria, the Golden Slipper winning sire featured at Randwick with a return to form for his promising three year-old Cape Breton.
Wednesday February 16
The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sir Bailey turned the tables on his Pakenham conqueror over 1300m at Sandown Hillside to credit Darley Stud’s Impending with his first winner.
Wednesday February 16
Newhaven Park’s Xtravagant has been in the limelight of late for his brilliant $2million Inglis Millennium winner Xtravagant Star, but he has another stakes contender on the horizon with the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trained three year-old Sinba staking a claim for autumn glory at Randwick on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 16
As the only foal of her sire and dam, the Anthony Cummings-trained Stray has a burden to carry, but she just might have a good race in her judging on her win in a 1400m 3yo maiden at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 16
Champion trainer Chris Waller produced the first Australian winner for exciting young sire Churchill (IRE) when Robusto scored at Warwick Farm last Wednesday and he’s now unleashed his second with a debut victory for Conqueror at Randwick today.
Wednesday February 16
Cambridge Stud is sad to announce the retirement of its great race mare PROBABEEL.
Wednesday February 16
Wentwood Grange will head to Karaka next month with one of the more diverse drafts at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales.
Tuesday February 15
Exciting four-year-old Bankers Choice will do his future racing from the Melbourne stable of Michael Moroney after clients have secured a majority interest in the talented galloper.
Tuesday February 15
Golden Slipper winning sire Vancouver will relocate from Coolmore to Woodside Park in Victoria this spring following his purchase by Eddie Hirsch.
Tuesday February 15
Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) had an impressive winner at Chantilly in France overnight with a winning debut for the three-quarter brother to Matthew Smith’s popular Group winning stayer Grey Lion (IRE).
Tuesday February 15
Joe Pride has some serious stable stars at present in Eduardo and Private Eye, but he might also have an Oaks filly in the mix and we saw her at Wyong on Tuesday.
Tuesday February 15
The extended countdown to Perth’s Magic Millions Sale means vendors get another chance to upgrade their consignments during the LR Detonator Stakes program at Ascot on Saturday.
Tuesday February 15
With 47 graduates in the last six seasons blossoming from sale prices of $200,000 or less to Group One glory on the racetrack, Karaka has a strong claim to the title of the best-value yearling sale on the planet.
Tuesday February 15
Trelawney Stud have tragically lost their Group Two winner Pareanui Bay after a paddock accident.
Tuesday February 15
Promising filly Verona has run her last race in New Zealand with her sale to Australia.
Tuesday February 15
Smart sprinter Roch 'N' Horse will take aim at Group One assignments in Australia and will transfer to Michael Moroney’s Flemington barn later this month.
Tuesday February 15
You could make a strong case to say reigning New Zealand Horse the Year Probabeel is the finest Savabeel to ever look through a bridle.
Tuesday February 15
Despite having previously written about the new Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and GST withholding rules for property buyers, I’m still really surprised as to the degree of ignorance of these rules – advisers and buyers/sellers alike.
Tuesday February 15
The thoroughbred industry has never been as simple and straight forward and finding a winning formula is like a game of chess … you always need to be one step ahead.
Monday February 14
At this time of year there is great interest in the progeny of first season sires stepping out at the trials so Breednet are tracking them and our report for this week features nine stallions with unraced trial winners in the pipeline including Hellbent, who has had five unraced triallers this month.
Monday February 14
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday February 14
Bloodstockauction.com's latest sale is up and running so be sure to get your bids in by Tuesday evening... noting that there are a number of high-quality yearlings and broodmares on offer.
Monday February 14
Four heats for two year-olds at Warwick Farm on Monday morning and Annabel Neasham won two of them with exposed youngsters Man in the Mirror and Lady Laguna while the unraced half-brother to Group I ATC Champagne Stakes winner Captivant was a winner at his first public outing.
Monday February 14
China Horse Club, Newgate and partners have some serious future sire prospects in the pipeline with none better than the Group I winning Snitzel duo Wild Ruler and In the Congo, who both went around at the Warwick Farm barrier trials on Monday morning.
Sunday February 13
2022 yearling sale catalogues are a moving picture that evolves and changes with every race meeting up until sale day and there was a bumper weekend of action on this front, so this report seeks to bring you all the relevant updates in the one place.
Sunday February 13
Here is the full list of 69 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday February 13
The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia is pleased to announce that respected bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson is joining the membership ranks of the organization.
Sunday February 13
After his first three starts, it looked likely that Earlswood’s (GB) claim to fame was to be the last runner saddled up by the legendary John Oxx.
Sunday February 13
Mitch Freedman’s rejuvenated Hong Kong reject Ho Ho Khan turned Sunday’s $250,000 Group III Ladbrokes Hobart Cup into a walk in the park.
Sunday February 13
Since 2018, Redoute’s Choice and Encosta de Lago have filled the quinella on the Australian Broodmare Sires List taking it in turns at the top and the dynamic duo look set to do the same again this season and while Redoute’s Choice has top billing at present, three stakes-winners on Saturday has Encosta de Lago poised for a surge.
Sunday February 13
Just two interstate raiders ventured to Hobart for the Listed The Mills Thomas Lyons Stakes (1400m) on Sunday, with the Phillip Stokes-trained More Than Exceed emerging triumphant.
Sunday February 13
As preparations ramp up for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka in March, Curraghmore principal Gordon Cunningham was once again celebrating the success of a past graduate of his Te Awamutu-based operation.
Sunday February 13
Trainer Ken Kelso is content to sit back and savour the thrill of winning a second consecutive Group One with star mare Levante, before any decisions on her immediate future are made.
Sunday February 13
Untapped galloper Lost And Running (Per Incanto) will be given his chance to add a G1 to his already impressive resume following a devastating first-up win in the G3 Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick with his sister sure to be a hot commodity at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale .
Saturday February 12
Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Snitzel flexed his muscles at Caulfield on Saturday to sire a new 2YO stakes-winner, the sire of the sire of another new 2YO stakes-winner and also the dam of the winner of the Group II sprint on the card.
Saturday February 12
Here is the full list of 128 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday February 12
Fresh of her heroics in the $1million Magic Millions Fillies and Mares race at the Gold Coast, late blooming Choisir mare Snapdancer turned a competitive looking Group III Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick into a two and three-quarter lengths romp.
Saturday February 12
At age six, So You Think flagbearer Think it Over is at the height of his strength and power which was demonstrated to great effect at Randwick on Saturday when he blitzed a quality field in the Group II ATC Apollo Stakes (1400m).
Saturday February 12
Punters that took the short odd on Probabeel went straight to the bar after the star New Zealander found a way to win Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield.
Saturday February 12
Ocean Park’s outstanding daughter Tofane was scheduled to be sold at the National Broodmare Sale last year, before the decision was made to give her one more season on the track.
Saturday February 12
Chris Waller has an embarrassment of riches in the 3yo filly ranks and it was no surprise to see his Sebring filly Fangirl and the much-vaunted Extreme Choice filly Espiona fighting out the finish of the Group II Light Fingers Stakes.
Saturday February 12
Talented colt Marine One has been a work in progress for much of his career to date with one step forward and one step back, but he took a giant leap on Saturday at Caulfield when winning the Group II MRC Rubiton Stakes (1100m) over a select field of sprinters.
Saturday February 12
Lost And Running banked more than $2million with just a Listed win to his name, but the son of Per Incanto has few peers in the sprinting ranks and is out to prove it following his win in Saturday’s Group III Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
Saturday February 12
Despite the limited crowd on course due to COVID protocols, there were still plenty of joyous scenes in the Te Rapa grandstand as the connections of outstanding racemare Levante celebrated her second consecutive Group One win with victory in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m).
Saturday February 12
The Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday drew a big field of two year old fillies with Sydney visitor Revolutionary Miss stamping her superiority to become the first stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Russian Revolution.
Saturday February 12
Unquestionably one of the most valuable fillies in the nation, the Frankel filly Argentia emerged from an injury enforced lay off to stage a thrilling last to first performance in Saturday’s Group III Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday February 12
Giant filly Self Obsession showed she has a heart to match her imposing frame when she triumphed in a torrid finish to the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa.
Saturday February 12
An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa.
Saturday February 12
Julius Sandhu will head to Caulfield in a fortnights time with a chance of a maiden Group 1 after his blueblood colt Lofty Strike made it two from two in the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday February 12
Placed in the Group I ATC Golden Rose and Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes during the spring, Fastnet Rock gelding Coastwatch launched his autumn campaign with a first up victory in the Group II MRC Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday February 12
The $150,000 ATC Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday did not carry Black Type, but it did feature an interesting mix of first starters and up and comers with I Am Invincible filly Mumbai Jewel charging over the top to score a thrilling win.
Saturday February 12
Race favourite Maven Belle showed she has a touch of class about her as she eased clear in the final 100m to take out the Gr.3 Platinum Homes 2YO Classic (1200m) at Te Rapa.
Friday February 11
There were a couple of very impressive three year-old winners at Moonee Valley last night that will be aiming up at stakes races in coming weeks.
Friday February 11
Scoring a stylish win at Fairview in South Africa on Friday was five year-old Stratum mare Freedom Seeker, an $80,000 Inglis Premier purchase for World Wide Bloodstock from the draft off Grenville Stud.
Friday February 11
Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday February 11
Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes winner Profundo was the top lot at Magic Millions 2020, but the second highest priced offering was an Exceed and Excel colt that sold for $1.8million and he saluted on debut as a gelding at Moonee Valley on Friday night as Plagiarized.
Friday February 11
Tony and Calvin McEvoy thought outside the square to send talented Zoustar mare Zoushine to Tasmania for her first run back from a spell in the $150,000 Group III Bow Mistress Stakes (1200m) and were well rewarded when she scored a half length win.
Friday February 11
Required to travel three-wide the trip, Tasmanian Magic Millions graduate The Nephew kept finding under pressure for a courageous victory in Friday’s $150,000 Listed Schweppes Tasmanian Derby (2200m) at Hobart.
Friday February 11
The Adam Trinder trained filly Miss Charlie Brown chose the right time to return to form when opening her stakes account in the Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m) at Hobart on Friday.
Friday February 11
There is something for everyone on Saturday with the proven WFA stars doing battle in the CF Orr Stakes and Apollo Stakes, an array of top-class 3yo fillies in the Triscay Stakes and Kevin Hayes Stakes, while the babies face off in the divisions of the Blue Diamond Prelude.
Friday February 11
A son of Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB), Hypnos’ victory in the Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (2000m) at Awapuni on Friday proved to be a sentimental one for co-trainer Roger James.
Friday February 11
Based in Melbourne, this horse loving girl from Kalgoorlie has become a familiar face at Australian yearling sales and has a key role in the social media of Breednet.
Friday February 11
Entries for Inglis’ 2022 Breeding Stock Sales Series – which saw significant growth across all renewals last year – are now open.
Friday February 11
While browsing the index of sires represented among the catalogues for Karaka 2022, some will be drawn to the proven stars, while others zero in on the exciting first-season stallions about to make their debuts. But in between those two categories lies an outstanding range of emerging sire talent, with progeny starting to make their mark on racetracks and with the promise of a whole lot more to co
Friday February 11
Two of the top three fillies on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table are set to clash in Saturday’s eighth leg, and both come from a stable inextricably linked to this Te Rapa feature.
Friday February 11
Highview resident Wrote (IRE) has penned a timely new chapter in his fledgling stallion career with a first success in Australia.
Thursday February 10
The Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) last month featured just five runners, but the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) on Saturday looks a lot more competitive with six winning colts engaged in the field of nine - is there a future stallion in the mix?
Thursday February 10
Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday February 10
The dust has settled after a record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale where the median price soared by 25% to $100,000, so we’re taking a look at the performance of first season sires with a surprise name at the top of the list.
Thursday February 10
Taranaki mare Sinarahma showed her brilliance when capturing the Listed Property Brokers Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Hastings on Thursday.
Thursday February 10
After a fading fourth on a heavy track at Canberra when on debut, the Nick Olive-trained Nalabelle made no mistake at her second, cruising to an 8-length win over 1000m at Wagga on Thursday to credit Arrowfield Stud’s Pariah with his first winner.
Thursday February 10
There were five heats for two year-olds run at Rosehill on Thursday morning with all winners being second acceptors for the Golden Slipper and including an impressive winner for Merchant Navy, plus three that sold as yearlings for $1million or more.
Thursday February 10
Due to heavy rain earlier in the week there have been some amendments to the Auckland & Waikato Karaka 2022 Yearling Inspection Tour hosted by bloodstock agent Stuart Hale, including an additional half-day to be conducted on Saturday, while Windsor Park Stud have been added to Friday’s schedule.
Thursday February 10
Pencarrow Stud and its instantly recognisable ‘V in a box’ brand have become synonymous with quality bloodstock, and its latest crop of blue-blooded yearlings will be offered exclusively at Karaka 2022 in March.
Wednesday February 9
A return to his favourite track, a proven ability to mix it at the top level and an impressive lead-up trial all point to another bold showing from quality Shooting to Win sprinter Mascarpone on Saturday.
Wednesday February 9
Stakes-winning galloper Equation (Press Statement) will be aimed at the lucrative Sydney Autumn and Brisbane Winter carnivals after being purchased by Annabel Neasham and Brian McGuire for $205,000 in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Auction.
Wednesday February 9
Toby and Trent Edmonds unleashed an impressive debut winner at Ipswich on Wednesday by Flying Artie.
Wednesday February 9
Champion trainer Peter Moody saddled two short priced favourites by I Am Invincible at Sandown on Wednesday and both three year-olds saluted in style with Black Type goals on the horizon.
Wednesday February 9
The auction that gives buyers more incentives than any other, the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, is set to deliver more stars for the future with today's online release of a first class catalogue.
Wednesday February 9
Roots may not be at the top of the pecking order of three-year-old fillies in the Chris Waller stable, but there looks to be a stakes win in the not too distant future for the Press Statement filly. On Wednesday, she came with a barnstorming finish to down her elders over 1200m at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday February 9
With his oldest European progeny just turned three, Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) gave the promise of better things to come here in Australia when posting his first Southern Hemisphere winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 9
Racing NSW today announced a further $25 million annual increase in prizemoney, with total returns to owners and participants in NSW now over $336 million annually.
Tuesday February 8
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has appointed Bruce Sharrock as its next chief executive.
Tuesday February 8
Group placed mare Short Fuse was a must have for Novara Park Stud principal Luigi Muollo when he saw her listed on gavelhouse.com, bidding to $92,500 to secure her.
Tuesday February 8
The most successful Classic Sale in history ended this evening with multiple records smashed and a huge cross-section of participants on both sides of the industry ledger enjoying remarkable outcomes.
Tuesday February 8
The final day of the record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a range of happy people for a range of reasons.
Tuesday February 8
Nearly four years of challenges, toil and determination had their reward for Invercargill horsewoman Sally McKay when Palmetto won the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui last Saturday.
Tuesday February 8
There were only two yearlings by champion sire to be offered at Inglis Classic and both fillies came up on the final day of trade with Ciaron Maher Bloodstock securing the well bred pair.
Tuesday February 8
The money told the story in the Pipe Pro Directional Drilling 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Tuesday with the two well-backed debutants Do It La and Red Rapid fighting it out.
Tuesday February 8
New Zealand has a reputation far greater than its small size when it comes to breeding quality racehorses, and Karaka 2022 allows buyers to access those outstanding bloodlines that have earned accolades throughout the thoroughbred world.
Tuesday February 8
Leanach Lodge graduates have enjoyed widespread racing success, particularly the Karaka class of 2020 and this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Book 1 draft compares most favourably, according to principal Ross Mackay.
Tuesday February 8
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible is in hot pursuit of Nicconi to take over at the top of the Australian General Sires List and while his progeny are certainly not plentiful in Karaka Book 1, the two fillies that are catalogued are bred on nicks that have delivered proven success.
Tuesday February 8
Craig Thompson has a golden touch breeding 2yo Stakes winners and he struck again with Sheeza Belter in the RL Magic Millions WA Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.
Monday February 7
Despite getting drenched during an early morning yearling parade on Waitangi Day Monday, Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is struggling to take the smile off her face as she prepares for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka next month.
Monday February 7
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Monday with winners and result details.
Monday February 7
Mane Lodge front man Neil Osborne first sold at an Inglis Sale at Newmarket in 1979 - Fast forward 43 years and the 70-year-old today realised an achievement - “not a dream, because it wasn’t really anything I thought would ever realistically happen’’ .
Monday February 7
The second session of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Monday proved a showcase for first season sires who provided three of the top four lots and as we head into the final day of Book 1 the first season sire standings look like this.
Monday February 7
It wasn’t hard to find a happy person on Day Two of the Inglis Classic Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a few of those smiling.
Monday February 7
Another day at Inglis Classic and another stellar colt by Extreme Choice ups the ante to set a new record for most expensive horse ever sold at this sale and also most expensive yearling by his Newgate Farm based sire.