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.
Monday February 7
Only three heats for two year-olds at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning with stakes-winner Ebhaar redeeming herself with a heat win following her Widden Stakes failure and an unraced filly bred to go fast and early caught our eye when she did exactly that.
Monday February 7
Fan favourite Elephant is headed across the Tasman to kick off a new campaign that has him aimed at gaining a start in the A$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19.
Sunday February 6
Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.
Sunday February 6
The favourite Sheeza Belter staged a memorable performance to come from near last for an unlikely victory in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 2yo Classic (RL) (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.
Sunday February 6
Day One of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is done so let’s hear from some of those involved in the buying and selling on a strong day both ways.
Sunday February 6
With 200m to run in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (RL) at Pinjarra on Sunday, there would be half a dozen hard-luck stories, none more so than the Rommel filly Pixie Chix who was blocked for a run and bounced around like a pinball.
Sunday February 6
Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today.
Sunday February 6
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible produced an eye-catching debut two year-old winner at Bendigo on Sunday.
Sunday February 6
Short priced favourite Bello Beau kept his record at a perfect three for three when leading every step of the way in Sunday’s $150,000 Listed Alfa Gold Sovereign (1200m) at Launceston.
Sunday February 6
Talented American Pharoah (USA) mare Merneithmade it back to back wins in the $200,000 Group II Santa Monica Stakes (7f) at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Sunday February 6
A stakes-winner at two, talented Pride of Dubai four year-old Fancy Man looks set for further success in 2022 after returning to win the Listed Winter Derby Trial (10f) at Lingfield on Saturday.
Sunday February 6
Sitting in their kitchen on a damp Sunday afternoon, putting together promotional videos for the eleven members of their 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale draft at Karaka in March, Inglewood Stud owners Gus and Bianca Wigley are hard at work.
Sunday February 6
Impressive three-year-old filly La Crique has had her immediate future confirmed as she gets set to tackle the boys at Ellerslie in both the Gr.2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) followed by the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m).
Sunday February 6
Extreme Choice has been a hot commodity at the sales this year and he put the spark into the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Sunday when his colt from Murtle Turtle sold for $775,000 to James Harron Bloodstock.
Sunday February 6
Born in Darwin and raised in WA, Sydney is now home for this hands on horse girl that has made a career in racing photography and social media.
Sunday February 6
Ambergate Farm had a couple of winning graduates on Saturday and Kevin Drew is proud to present three yearlings for sale at Riverside Stables for Inglis Classic on Monday and Tuesday.
Saturday February 5
The Blue Diamond or the Golden Slipper – that is the question facing trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy following the dominant win of their star filly Xtravagant Star (Xtravagant) in the $2m Inglis Millennium at Randwick.
Saturday February 5
Saturday got off to a disappointing start for Go Racing, but a six-year-old in the form of his life turned things around with a brilliant performance in the Gr. 3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui.
Saturday February 5
Underrated three-year-old Palmetto defied a betting drift to claim the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui with a swooping late run that carried him to a comfortable two length victory.
Saturday February 5
After more than three years as a star of the South Island’s country cups, under-rated stayer Kilowatt stepped up to stakes class for a career-best victory in Saturday’s Listed Alleviate Administration Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) at Wingatui.
Saturday February 5
Here is the full list of 94 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday February 5
Godolphin’s likeable Dawn Approach (IRE) colt Paulele loves Randwick where he is undefeated in five starts, the latest coming when leading at every call in Saturday’s Group III Petaluma Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m).
Saturday February 5
There was a flood of money for the striking Xtravagant filly Xtravagant Star in Saturday’s $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium (RL) at Randwick, and she did not disappoint
Saturday February 5
The unstoppable Jye McNeil made it four wins in a row when guiding the three-year-old Snitzel colt Generation to victory in Saturday’s Group III Ive Print Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday February 5
Hollywood-handsome Capitalist colt Sebonack earned a spot in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes following a dominant win in the Group III Lamaro's Hotel Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday February 5
The International Racehorse Owners Network (IRON), headed by Muskoka Farm owner David Boehm, had its first big payday when the I Am Invincible filly Cythera made a winning career debut in Saturday's Listed Darley Lonhro Plate at Randwick.
Saturday February 5
Maree McEwan has been out and about talking to more of the major players at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale so let’s hear from some of them.
Friday February 4
Stakes-winning gallopers and well-related broodmares in foal to some of the most in-demand stallions in the country headline another strong renewal of the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.
Friday February 4
Here is the full list of 59 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday February 4
A leading contender for Saturday’s $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium is a fourth-generation descendant of a mare with a legion of fans in the first decade of this century.
Friday February 4
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week including a couple of impressive youngsters by Shalaa, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
Friday February 4
Flying mare Marabi and star colt Artorius are a dream-team in anyone’s language but Greg Perry isn’t shouting the odds ahead of Melbourne’s feature sprints.
Friday February 4
The build up to the Inglis Classic Sale continues strongly and Maree McEwan has spoken to some of the major players.
Thursday February 3
A few weeks ago we did a story on Breednet highlighting the fact that first two foals of Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me were about to take to the track and the first of them Waltz on By was fourth in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Preview and the second raced tonight.
Thursday February 3
Yarraman Park’s exciting young sire Hellbent delivered his second winner at Pakenham on Thursday evening when Hell Hath No Fury broke the ice as a short priced favourite.
Thursday February 3
New Zealand currently boasts some of its most exciting young sire talent, and now another batch of well-credentialled newcomers are set for eagerly-anticipated debuts during Karaka 2022.
Thursday February 3
Last start Group winner Tiger Heart is headed to Sydney after selling for a record price of $650,000 in today's Magic Millions February Online Sale.
Thursday February 3
Exciting young sire Shalaa (IRE) has plenty of admirers and Rheinwood Pastoral will offer two yearlings at Inglis Classic by the Arrowfield young gun including a filly with a significant pedigree update that you won’t find on the catalogue page.
Thursday February 3
It was a red-letter day for New Zealand-breds in Australia on Wednesday.
Wednesday February 2
The Inglis Riverside sales complex is flat out with Classic Sale inspections and Maree McEwan is on the grounds talking to some of the major players
Wednesday February 2
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia’s (TBA) highly popular Fast Track program is now open for applications.
Wednesday February 2
Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday February 2
Strapping chestnut Field Of Gold is aiming to emulate his older half-brother Sherwood Forest by winning the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) next month.
Wednesday February 2
Just one race was run at Ipswich before the meeting was called off, but that was enough for celebrations to begin for the connections of the promising Vancouver filly Canadian Dancer.
Wednesday February 2
The late, great Tavistock showed, in the space of twenty minutes, why buyers should be beating a path to the New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Yearling Sale to secure a youngster from his final crop.
Wednesday February 2
Godolphin’s bold-striding Epaulette filly Troach landed her first win at start two when Tim Clark made an “executive decision” to take up the running in a 2yo maiden plate over 1100m on the Kensington track at Randwick on Wednesday.
Tuesday February 1
Arrowfield Stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) has a smart filly in South Africa in three year-old Whoa Whoa Whoa, who scored her third victory at Kenilworth on Tuesday.
Tuesday February 1
Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday February 1
John North and his team at Bowness Stud have achieved an enviable record for producing Group I performers from their family run thoroughbred nursery at Young on the South West Slopes of NSW and their 2022 Inglis Classic draft is packed with the potential of more G1 stars to come.
Tuesday February 1
Godolphin Australia are pleased to announce the appointment of Arvin Chadee to the role of nomination sales consultant with Darley stallions. Based at Kelvinside in the Hunter Valley, Arvin brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role.
Tuesday February 1
The lone debutant in a 1600m maiden at Stoney Creek on Tuesday, the 3yo Dundeel gelding Who Done The Deel came from near last to down his better fancied stablemate Sonofthebeast.
Tuesday February 1
Group 1 WA breeder Ellie Giles is embarking on a new venture with Ruby Racing & Breeding at the Perth Magic Millions this month.
Tuesday February 1
Yearlings by exciting young sire Extreme Choice were hot property at Magic Millions last month and vendors offering his youngsters at Inglis Classic are sure to be kept busy this week with inspections and the first of them to be offered through the ring on Sunday comes from Valiant Stud.
Tuesday February 1
The $2million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday for two year-old graduates of Inglis sales has drawn a full field of 16 plus one emergency with race favourite and Inglis Classic graduate Sejardan drawing barrier nine.
Tuesday February 1
It’s another sale and another chance to take stock of the progeny of an exciting raft of first season sires with the top three for Inglis Classic by representation being Harry Angel (IRE) (23), Written By (21) and Trapeze Artist (18).
Tuesday February 1
Breednet have developed a new report to shed some light on those mystery unraced siblings to Inglis Classic yearlings.
Monday January 31
With 11 winners in the past seven days, Waikato Stud’s champion sire Savabeel is powering into another big year in 2022 and his latest Group I winner The Chosen One highlights a lesser known nick that is super potent.
Monday January 31
Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday January 31
New dates have been announced for the 2022 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale in the Swan Valley.
Monday January 31
Established stars took a lot of the interest at the Rosehill trials on Monday, but there were still five heats for two years that produced interesting winners including a Zoustar colt that has had three trials since December and won them all.
Monday January 31
A big set of barrier trials at Rosehill on Monday morning featured nearly every major player trained in Sydney, so if you’re a fan of Nature Strip, Zaaki, Verry Elleegant, Home Affairs and company read on.
Monday January 31
2022 yearling sale catalogues are a moving picture that evolves and changes with every race meeting up until sale day, so this weekly report seeks to bring you all the relevant updates in the one place.
Monday January 31
Jilly Henderson’s Noogee Park is renowned for producing Champion HK Sprinter Beat the Clock and have a top class draft for Inglis Classic featuring two siblings to Group winning sprinters and the ONLY colt in the sale by The Autumn Sun.
Monday January 31
Leading rider Opie Bosson is putting in the hard yards as he gets set to ride Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) candidate The Perfect Pink in the Gr.2 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (2000m) at Te Rapa on Wednesday.
Monday January 31
Bloodstockauction.com is set to host its first Signature Online Yearling Sale for 2022 in February, so now is the time to get your entries in!
Monday January 31
Julie Harris and the Holbrook Thoroughbreds team expect to be busy when they get to Riverside Stables this week with a quality draft of five for Inglis Classic all by popular sires including young gun Hellbent.
Sunday January 30
A big, bold chestnut son of Maurice with four white stockings and a relentless, ground-eating stride lit up Tokyo Racecourse on Saturday afternoon with a sensational victory in the ~A$600,000 Shirafuji S. 2000m LR.
Sunday January 30
A homebred for Shadwell, four year-old Deep Field gelding Al Muthana scored his first Black Type win at Turffontein on Sunday with a commanding victory in the Listed Wolf Power Stakes (1600m) and he has a half-sister entered for Inglis Easter.
Sunday January 30
The Inglis Race Series will be boosted by an additional $1.55m from 2022/23 onwards, including a new $1m Inglis Pink Bonus Series.
Sunday January 30
Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has hit his best form in Hong Kong winning the Group III Centenary Vase (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday to follow on from his win in the Group III January Cup (1800m) earlier this month.
Sunday January 30
Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday January 30
Talented galloper Brando was back in the winner’s circle at Ellerslie on Sunday, taking out the HR Fiskens & Sons Ltd 1400 at his first start since being gelded.
Sunday January 30
Feature race wins by La Crique in the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) and Lincoln King in the Gr.3 Wellington Cup (3200m) at Trentham on Saturday, continued a wonderful run for progeny of the resident stallions of Matamata-based Rich Hill Stud.
Saturday January 29
Blue hen Pretty Penny delivered the very last foal born at Coolmore in 2021 and kept her remarkable record as a producer perfect when posting her eighth winner from eight foals to race at Newcastle on Saturday.
Saturday January 29
The chance to secure Group 1 glory is on the cards for exciting 3YO colt Overpass (Vancouver) following his dominant first-up win in today’s G2 Expressway Stakes at Rosehill.
Saturday January 29
Here is the full list of 102 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.
Saturday January 29
Scallopini turned back the clock two years to claim his second Listed Sunshine Coast Cup (1400m) at Caloundra while rounding out a profitable day for champion stallion Snitzel who sired a treble at Rosehill including the Group III Canonbury Stakes winner Best Of Bordeaux.
Saturday January 29
Super exciting sprint queen Marabi kept her unbeaten record perfect going six for six when scoring a commanding victory in the Group II MVRC Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Saturday January 29
Two of South Australia’s finest faced off for the second time in the Listed Durbridge Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville on Saturday and it was Kemalpasa who reversed the decision over his old foe Behemoth.
Saturday January 29
The Group II ATC Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday marked the return of champion colt Anamoe, but he came up short finishing third to unheralded Vancouver colt Overpass and Group I winning mare Forbidden Love.
Saturday January 29
It was mission accomplished for underrated galloper Monza Circuito when she led all the way to take out the Listed Speight’s Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton.
Saturday January 29
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh registered a notable milestone when he saddled the quinella in the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) with Lincoln King and Starrybeel.
Saturday January 29
A late nomination to contest the Group One feature at Trentham on Saturday paid dividends for the connections of quality performer The Chosen One as the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained runner scored a stunning victory in the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m).
Saturday January 29
Powerfully made Street Boss (USA) gelding Pinstriped will take aim at the Australian Guineas after keeping his record at a perfect two for two following a dominant performance in Saturday’s $175,000 VOBIS Gold Carat (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
Saturday January 29
Talented filly La Crique lapped up the roomy surrounds at Trentham on Saturday as she spaced her rivals for a brilliant win in the Gr.3 New Zealand Bloodstock Desert Gold Stakes (1600m).
Saturday January 29
Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock enjoyed a great result in the Group III ATC Widden Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday when their homebred I Am Invincible filly Queen of the Ball led from barrier to box.
Saturday January 29
There was plenty of money to suggest that Queenslander Best Of Bordeaux would be hard to beat in Saturday’s Group III Fujitsu General Canonbury Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill, and the son of Snitzel simply ran his rivals ragged.
Friday January 28
The Golden Slipper picture will become a little clearer after racing at Rosehill today featuring the Group III ATC Widden Stakes (1100m) for the fillies and Canonbury Stakes (1100m) where three million dollar colts will do battle.
Friday January 28
The Benchmark 72 event at Canterbury last night over 1100m featured a couple of above average three year-olds in Sky Command and Able Willie and they duly fought out the finish.
Friday January 28
Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday January 28
Snitzel debutant Sandpaper denied a first Australian winner for the Coolmore first crop stallions Caravaggio (USA) and Churchill (IRE) courtesy of a fearless Hugh Bowman ride in a 1250m 2yo maiden at Canterbury on Friday.
Friday January 28
We don’t see Darren Beadman at Scone races very often representing Godolphin, but he was there on Friday to greet a debut winner with an interesting pedigree.
Friday January 28
The Magic Millions 2YO Classic came up too quickly for this daughter of Lonhro, but Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are sure to find some nice races for her in coming weeks.
Friday January 28
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week with autumn contenders out and about and another strong trial from a million dollar Written Tycoon colt, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
Friday January 28
January has been a whirlwind for Gold Front Thoroughbreds and there won’t be any respite until the last of its Perth Magic Millions yearlings find new homes next month.
Friday January 28
Torryburn Stud flagbearer Home Affairs has returned to the stable of champion trainer Chris Waller and while his yearling half-brother by Dundeel promises to be one of the stars of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, the team at Torryburn have a more immediate mission in preparing a cracking draft for Inglis Classic starting next Sunday.
Friday January 28
Thanks to Yellowstone most of us now want to go to Montana, but this week we find out more about a young lady that has come from Montana and no she’s not Beth Dutton!
Thursday January 27
Set on 602 Acres on 4 titles and only 55km to Melbourne CBD, Spendthrift Australia is a World Class Thoroughbred Nursery in the heart of Victoria's horse country.
Thursday January 27
Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.