Sunday November 7
Caroline Searcy’s national thoroughbred re-homing program Thoroughbreds Are Go returns to Sky Thoroughbred Central this Monday night, Nov 8 at 7.30pm on Channel 528.
Saturday November 6
Newgate Farm’s young Written Tycoon stallion Winning Rupert posted his first stakes-winner on Saturday when promising three year-old It’s Arayday took out the Listed WATC Fairetha Stakes (1400m) at Ascot.
Saturday November 6
The juvenile event at Eagle Farm on Saturday saw first season sires provide the first four across the line with Spendthrift Australia’s Overshare posting his first winner with Lady Laguna.
Saturday November 6
Nature Strip (Nicconi) reaffirmed his status as the world’s best sprinter with a demolition job in the G1 Darley Sprint Classic at Flemington.
Saturday November 6
Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday November 6
The race to the $5million 2022 ATC Golden Slipper started in earnest at Rosehill on Saturday with the running of the $1million ATC Golden Gift (1100m) with the winner Sejardan, now assured of a start in the world’s richest race for two year-olds.
Saturday November 6
I suspect Australian breeders’ would like another chance at the Queen Anne Stakes and York International Stakes Stakes winner Declaration Of War (USA).
Saturday November 6
Scratched on the eve of the Cox Plate due to an elevated temperature, Zaaki (GB) bounced back to dominate Saturday’s $2,000,000 Group 1 Paramount+ Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) under a front running masterpiece by the jockey of the carnival, James McDonald.
Saturday November 6
Fresh from his last start triumph in the $15million The Everest at Randwick, Nature Strip unleashed his brilliance at Flemington on Saturday to score a commanding victory in the Group I VRC Darley Sprint (1200m).
Saturday November 6
The partnership of jockey Opie Bosson and Te Akau Racing provided another memorable moment in the history of the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) when they combined to land the blue ribband event with stunning Savabeel colt Noverre.
Saturday November 6
A Breednet One To Watch when winning on debut at Seymour in October 2019, and a Best On Breeding after making it two in a row on the same track three weeks later, Zayydani went winless in nine starts before breaking through at the Gold Coast in June.
Saturday November 6
Topweight Mr Intelligence gave his rivals weight and a beating as he provided the perfect dress rehearsal for next weeks’ Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) when he took out the traditional lead-up event, the Listed Nautical Boat Insurance Metropolitan Trophy (2500m) on Saturday.
Saturday November 6
Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh maintained the winning roll he has been on of late when he produced the quinella in the feature race at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) with victory going to Aussie bred Foxwedge gelding Raposa Rapida, a full brother to Group I winner Volpe Veloce.
Saturday November 6
The great Snitzel struck on the final day of the Flemington Carnival when John O’Shea’s progressive three-year-old Bend The Knee outfought Port Louis in the Listed Amanda Elliott Stakes (1400m).
Saturday November 6
Speedy mare Babylon Berlin got her spring campaign off to the best possible start when she proved too slick for her rivals in the Listed Donaldson Brown Pegasus Stakes (1000m) at Riccarton.
Saturday November 6
Fresh off his win in the $500,000 ATC ST Leger, the five-year-old Declaration Of War (USA) gelding Warning led every step of the way for Nash Rawiller in Saturday’s $300,000 Group III Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) At Flemington.
Saturday November 6
Champion sire Fastnet Rock has had Group I winners all over the world, but achieved a new milestone for himself when his exciting two year-old filly Pizza Bianca captured the Group I Breeders’ Cup Turf Fillies (1m) at Del Mar on Friday.
Saturday November 6
A great start to the Breeders' Cup meeting at Del Mar for Widden Stud after Wesley Ward's speedball Twilight Gleaming became the first filly to win the Group II Juvenile Turf Sprint.
Friday November 5
Coolmore Ireland have announced their fees for 2022 with the roster headed by Wootton Bassett (GB) at a fee of €150,000 (A$234,341), the proven Group I sire currently in Australia covering his first book of mares here at a fee of $71,500.
Friday November 5
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday November 5
Alexia Fraser and her team are still celebrating after a filly they sold at Magic Millions earlier this year, See You in Heaven, won the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes on Thursday and their draft for the Magic Millions 2YO’s in Training Sale next week features a filly that may be just as quick after breezing as the fastest filly in this year’s sale.
Friday November 5
Stakes-winning mares, Stakes-producing dams and mares carrying 45-day positives to in-demand stallions highlight another strong Inglis Digital Online Auction.
Friday November 5
The 2022 Keith & Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship has been awarded to a young industry participant from a family ingrained in the fabric of the New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry.
Friday November 5
When you are born and bred in Newmarket, the epicentre of horse racing in the UK, there is really no escaping a career involving thoroughbreds.
Friday November 5
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike is confident strapping chestnut Starspangledbanner gelding Field Of Gold can be in the thick end of the prizemoney in Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m).
Friday November 5
Promise matched performance at Eagle Farm last Saturday when the Mike Crooks bred & owned, Mishani Warfare, became the first winner for Aquis Farm’s exciting young sire, The Mission.
Thursday November 4
New Zealand Bloodstock is thrilled to announce the launch of its inaugural sponsorship involving a ‘New Zealand’ based raceday hosted at Newcastle Racecourse (NSW) on 13 November 2021.
Thursday November 4
Yarraman Park’s young gun sire Hellbent has his first stakes performer with the Annabel Neasham trained filly Bohemian Daisy running a bold race to finish third in the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Oaks Day.
Thursday November 4
It’s been an interesting week for juveniles with stakes races for colts and fillies at Flemington won by Brereton (Zoustar) and See You in Heaven (Divine Prophet) with the focus back at Rosehill on Saturday for the $1million ATC Golden Gift (1100m).
Thursday November 4
The lure of the $250,000 on offer in the Inglis Bracelet at Flemington was too strong for trainer Andrew Noblet to ignore and it proved a winning decision when consistent mare Foxy Frida was successful.
Thursday November 4
Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday November 4
The Mike Moroney-trained Bermadez landed a big payday for connections when taking the lion’s share of the A$500,000 Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) at Flemington on Thursday.
Thursday November 4
The curtain came down on Kennedy Oaks Day at Flemington when Brett Brebble guided the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Flying Evelyn to victory in the $300,000 Group III Network 10 Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.
Thursday November 4
It took the length of the Flemington straight for the favourite Willowy to run down a gallant Douceur in the $1million Group 1 Kennedy Oaks (2500m), but win it she did with the daughter of Kermadec crediting Damien Oliver with a record-equalling seventh win in the race and 126th victory at the highest level.
Thursday November 4
Brilliant Magnus sprinter Halvorsen won the Group III VRC Standish Stakes up the Flemington straight in January 2020, but had been winless since then until returning to his favourite track on Thursday at his first run back from a spell.
Thursday November 4
The dawn of what promises to be a spectacular career for Espiona, who kept her record at a perfect two for two with a contemptuous six and a half-length romp in the Listed Off the Track Desirable Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on VRC Oaks Day.
Thursday November 4
Awapuni trainer Roydon Bergerson unveiled an exciting prospect when two-year-old filly Wolverine made a winning debut over 1100m at Otaki on Thursday.
Thursday November 4
Fifteen two-year-old fillies charged down the Flemington straight in the Group III Darley Ottawa Stakes (1000m) on Oaks Day and it was the unraced division that dominated the finish.
Thursday November 4
Consistent Foxwedge mare Foxy Frida came from last to claim the $250,000 Inglis Bracelet (1600m) at Flemington on Oaks Day.
Thursday November 4
For a stud that has stood 7 Golden Slipper sires, Arrowfield’s launch of Dundeel in 2014 and Maurice in 2017 marked a major shift to the Classic end of the breeding spectrum.
Wednesday November 3
The NZ suffix has featured prominently in Australia this spring, so it’s no surprise a couple of Kiwi stallions are featuring prominently on the Australian Leading Sires table this season.
Wednesday November 3
Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has broken through for his first win in Hong Kong taking out the Class 2 The American Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.
Wednesday November 3
A $310,000 Inglis Easter purchase, four year-old Pierro mare French Declaration scored her second win in South Africa when saluting at Kenilworth on Wednesday.
Wednesday November 3
Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday November 3
It might have taken a while but Matamata trainer Jamie Richards believes Noverre has his mind right on the job ahead of Saturday's Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.
Wednesday November 3
The $130,000 The Macca’s Run (2800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day might not carry the prestige of the Epsom Derby, but there is a chance that the winner Team Captain (IRE) may at some stage line up against his Derby-winning brother Serpentine who Lloyd Williams recently purchased.
Wednesday November 3
The 2020 Melbourne Cup hero Twilight Payment has been retired and will live out his days at Living Legends.
Wednesday November 3
Racing NSW today announced an increase in prizemoney for the Longines Golden Slipper Stakes from 2022.
Wednesday November 3
The Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Oaks day has attracted an exciting full field of two year-old filles, but the testing material will be Kiki Express, who beat $1million colt Brereton on debut to win the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes.
Wednesday November 3
Leading West Australian owner breeders Bob and Sandra Peters have a promising filly on the rise in Mrs America , who made it two wins from three starts when saluting at Ascot on Tuesday.
Wednesday November 3
The dust has settled from Melbourne Cup , so it’s time to think Oaks - Worth $1million, the Group I VRC Kennedy Oaks at Flemington on Thursday is run over a testing 2500m and with no Group I winning fillies engaged it’s an open race of up and comers.
Wednesday November 3
Fresh from breeding a triple Australian classic winner last season in Explosive Jack, Luigi Muollo has high hopes of adding another one to his tally tomorrow.
Wednesday November 3
Due to the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic, New Zealand Bloodstock has today announced that its 2022 National Yearling Sales Series will be postponed to the later date of March.
Tuesday November 2
Australia’s leading second crop sire by winners, Capitalist made his presence felt on Melbourne Cup Day with three winners highlighted by brilliant colt Profiteer, who scored a dazzling win at Flemington.
Tuesday November 2
Here is the full list of 137 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday November 2
The Listed VRC MSS Security Stakes (1200m) was the last race at Flemington on Cup Day and provided the second stakes-winner of this carnival for champion sire I am Invincible when five year-old gelding Quantico scored his first Black Type success.
Tuesday November 2
Grangewilliam Stud celebrated further success in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when the champion mare Verry Elleegant powered to an outstanding victory at Flemington on Tuesday.
Tuesday November 2
Don Goodwin can now add Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) breeder and owner to his resume after Verry Elleegant was a resounding winner of the staying feature at Flemington on Tuesday.
Tuesday November 2
Carrying the colours made famous by the 2015 Melbourne Cup hero Prince Of Penzance, Spirit Of Gaylard scored a fighting win in the Listed TAB Trophy (1800m) at Flemington.
Tuesday November 2
The well-travelled Cheval Prometteur has showed resilience in the face of adversity and his fighting qualities were again showcased at Te Rapa on Melbourne Cup Day.
Tuesday November 2
Defending champion Rich Hips gave reigning Champion Australian stallion Written Tycoon a stakes double on Melbourne Cup Day following an explosive performance in the Group III The Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
Tuesday November 2
The Chris Waller-trained mare Verry Ellegant took her place among the all-time greats when James McDonald guided the 5yo daughter of Zed to a 4-length triumph over the favourite Incentivise in the $8million Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday.
Tuesday November 2
Racing in career-best form, last start Sale Cup hero Milton Park took another step up in his career with an all the way win in the Listed Furphy Plate (1800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day.
Tuesday November 2
The Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington provided a thrilling start to Cup Day when $1million Zoustar colt Brereton scored a tenacious victory over Godolphin’s blue-blood Exceed and Excel colt Renosu.
Monday November 1
Champion sire Fastnet Rock posted an interesting stakes-winner overnight with his progressive three year-old staying colt Atzeco winning the Group III St Leger Italiano (1m7f) at Campanelle providing a pedigree update for his family members here in Australia.
Monday November 1
Breeders with mares foaling to Coolmore shuttler Magna Grecia (IRE) this spring or booked to him will be interested to note the fee for his just retired half-brother St Mark’s Basilica has been set at €65,000.
Monday November 1
Offered by Magic Millions Online in The Cup Sale, five year-old broodmare Bali Beach (GB) sold for $355,000 to Ciaron Maher Bloodstock on Monday and she is closely related to one of the Maher/ Eustace Cup runners today as well as being a half-sister to 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter (GB).
Monday November 1
Two year-old stakes racing continues at Flemington on Cup Day with the Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) featuring an interesting field of 11 colts including the half-brother to last Saturday’s Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Home Affairs.
Monday November 1
A trio of New Zealand Racing Hall of Famers joined forces to triumph in the Gr.1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday when Home Affairs ran out a dominant winner of the stallion-making sprint.
Monday November 1
New Zealand breeder Luigi Muollo is quietly confident that triple Derby winner Explosive Jack can put his Gr.1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) run behind him with a strong showing in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday.
Monday November 1
There were five Arrowfield-sired runners in Saturday’s $2 million Victoria Derby G1, and two of them brought John Messara and his team to their feet at the end of the great Flemington classic on the opening day of Cup Week.
Monday November 1
Aushorse is giving away $25,000 worth of vouchers to help five lucky racing fans turn their ownership dreams into a reality.
Sunday October 31
Exciting shuttle sire Wootton Bassett (GB) is working through an exceptional book of mares at Coolmore this spring and in Europe the stakes results keep coming for him with his quality mare Speak of the Devil taking out the Listed Prix Isola Bella (1600m) at Saint-Cloud overnight.
Sunday October 31
Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.
Sunday October 31
Champion sire I Am Invincible gave us a new Group I winner on Saturday in Home Affairs and a ‘One to Watch’ on Sunday at Mornington.
Sunday October 31
When Harry Herbert, founder and chairman of Europe's most successful syndication company Highclere Thoroughbred Racing, established an Australian arm of his business nearly a decade ago, it was with one goal in mind - to win the country's greatest race, the Melbourne Cup.
Sunday October 31
The 2021 Melbourne Cup has a red hot favourite in Incentivise, who is riding a nine race winning streak into this year’s Cup with Group I wins at his last three starts up to 2400m, but can he get 3200m? His pedigree does raise some serious questions, but also valid reason for optimism.
Sunday October 31
Kaye Sanders has dedicated her life to horses and now the thoroughbred breeding industry she has poured her heart and soul into is rallying to support her in her time of need.
Sunday October 31
Nearly 40 years on from breeding his first Melbourne Cup winner, legendary horse breeder Sir Patrick Hogan will once again hope to taste success in that capacity when quality staying mare Tralee Rose takes her place in Tuesday’s Flemington two-mile feature.
Sunday October 31
Rich Hill Farm's Melbourne Cup hero rocketed from 33rd to fifth, Shamus Award is a Melbourne Cup winner away from wresting the lead, while Sebring, I Am Invincible, and So You Think continued their great seasons – the upshot of Saturday's splash for cash.
Sunday October 31
Aquis Farm’s The Mission became the third first crop stallion to put a winner on the board when the Les Ross-trained Mishani Warfare scored a richly deserved win in the Moet & Chandon Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Sunday October 31
Six year-old So You Think gelding Carif has made it into the 2021 running of the Melbourne Cup in the famous Black and White Checks, Yellow Sleeves of the late Dato’ Tan Chin Nam and his Think Big Stud.
Sunday October 31
The dominance of Inglis graduates in the stallion-making G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes continued at Flemington when Easter Yearling Sale superstar Home Affairs scored an explosive win in the 3YO feature.
Saturday October 30
Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday October 30
Punters gave the bookies a shellacking on Derby Day at Flemington, and they reserved plenty to plonk on James McDonald on the John O’Shea-trained Minhaaj in the day’s finale, the Group III Furphy Sprint (1100m).
Saturday October 30
A decision to send talented Sebring gelding Superstorm from WA for a spring preparation with Danny O’Brien produced the desired result for his owners Bob and Sandra Peters when the five year-old took out the Group I VRC Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday October 30
Following his win in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap, I’m Thunderstruck plundered the first prize of $4,100,000 in Saturday’s XXXX Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill.
Saturday October 30
Yet another big payday for the blue-collar champion Eduardo in Saturday's $1,000,000 Classique Legend Stakes at Rosehill.
Saturday October 30
The incredible depth of The Everest form was highlighted on Saturday when I Am Invincible colt Home Affairs emerged from his last start engagement against the best sprinters in the world to blow away his three year- old rivals with an explosive display of power sprinting in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.
Saturday October 30
He did not have a traditional derby preparation, and he needed to overcome several obstacles in the run. Still, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Hitotsu left no one in doubt that he was the best horse in Saturday's $2,000,000 Group 1 Penfolds Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington.
Saturday October 30
Promising galloper Frontman cast aside a disappointing run at his last start when he showed his true class with an outstanding victory at Tauranga in the Listed PRH Transport Trophy (1600m).
Saturday October 30
The decision to bypass a tilt at the Cox Plate in favour of a lucrative program of Sydney races culminating in the $750,000 ATC Rosehill Gold Cup (200m) achieved the desired result when powerhouse So You Think gelding Think it Over carried 61kg to a dominant victory.
Saturday October 30
Damien Oliver took his Group 1 tally to 127, and it is doubtful that he rode any of the previous 126 any better than the peach he gave to the Hallowed Crown mare Colette in the TAB Empire Rose Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday October 30
Less than half a length covered the first four in Saturday's $300,000 Group II Linlithgow Stakes (1200m) at Flemington, but it was the outsider of the field, to the punters' chagrin, who did best in a driving finish.
Saturday October 30
Quality mare House Of Cartier proved a class above her rivals when she took out the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni.
Saturday October 30
Fresh off a maiden win at Newcastle on October 12, the royally-bred Kermadec filly Willowy made a seamless transition to stakes company with a barnstorming victory in Saturday’s Group II Zed Run Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.
Saturday October 30
The first two for Chris Waller and James McDonald on Victoria Derby Day as Highclere Thoroughbreds’ Great House (IRE) made sure of his place in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup when he wore down Mankayan (IRE) in the Group III Lexus Hotham Hcp (2500m) at Flemington.
Saturday October 30
Chris Waller won the Group III Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) with subsequent Group 1 winners Kermadec and Comin’ Through and he has another on an upward trajectory in the filly Fangirl.
Friday October 29
Keeneland has announced that 11 horses have been supplemented to the horses of racing age portion during the 78th November Breeding Stock Sale, to be held Nov. 10-19. In addition, a weanling colt by Liam’s Map has been supplemented to Book 1 on the sale’s opening day.
Friday October 29
Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.