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 producing a weekly report which this week includes a couple of high profile sires that have had their first trial winners.

Champion mare Verry Elleegant was crowned on Monday night as Australian Racehorse of the Year following an outstanding season that encapsulated five Group 1 victories.

The first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale Breeze Ups launched smoothly at Te Rapa Racecourse, with 135 expertly prepared two-year-olds breezing down the home straight.

Te Akau have withstood the A$15 million carrot of The Everest (1200m) with exciting Kiwi sprinter Entriviere and will continue towards the inaugural A$2 million The Invitation (1400m) at Randwick on October 23.

Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A bright future is being tipped for former Kiwi galloper Corretto after he broke maiden ranks in his Australian debut when winning over 1100m at Hamilton on Saturday.

Auckland Thoroughbred Racing (ATR) has announced it will be contributing over $2 million towards stakes at Ellerslie and Pukekohe Park this season.

The Group One stage beckons rising star Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars) after he extended his winning sequence to six with an effortless first stakes success in Sunday’s A$200,000 Listed Bet With Mates Seymour Cup (1600m) at Ballarat. 

For breed to race broodmare owners on a tight budget the dream of breeding to a Golden Slipper winning sire might seem far-fetched, but it’s not.

A two year-old maiden at Hawkesbury on Sunday proved that race experience is invaluable with the first two home both coming out of the recent Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes and Group III ATC Breeders Plate.

South Island-based stallion Prince of Brooklyn, who stands at Grassyards Farm on the Taieri Plain near Mosgiel, sired his first winner on Sunday from his first runner when the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Brooklyn Boss won on debut at Ballarat.

Rosemont Stud subtracted $109,350 from its $1,800,000 outlay for Minhaaj when the daughter of Exceed and Excel stormed home along the rail in Saturday’s Group III The Nivison (1200m) at Randwick.

Widden Stud’s young Sebring stallion Supido didn’t quite get the perfect start to his stud career, but he did go close with his talented gelding Kosta’s Crown finishing second in the $70,000 WATC Amelia Park Plate (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday.

It seemed preordained that the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained mare Mirra Vision should win her first stakes race on Caulfield Guineas – Spring Champion Stakes Day.

Drinks were flowing at Epona Park on Saturday night, the boutique 40-acre property owned by Cambridge couple Tony Forlong and Jennifer Jones after they cheered home emerging star I’m Thunderstruck in the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m).

Reward For Effort took his season earnings over the $1 Million mark on Saturday, thanks to a quartet of winners at Morphettville.

Six Stakes winners, three Stakes quinellas and one Stakes trifecta - across three States - capped another successful afternoon for Inglis graduates and clients on Saturday.

A Kiwi horseman with a passion for golf has the coveted job of looking after the most expensive stallion in the country.

This season will see the very last crop of two year-olds compete by Arrowfield Stud’s legendary sire Redoute’s Choice, but his influence has never been more powerful with his daughters producing four stakes-winners on Saturday including both superstar colts Anamoe and Profondo.

The focus of stakes racing on Saturday centred on Caulfield and Randwick, but the Listed SAJC Hill Smith Stakes (1800m) in Adelaide produced an interesting winner in Cerberus, a $750,000 Magic Millions purchase for James Harron Bloodstock from the Mill Park draft.

Here is the full list of 117 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Outside of the $1million Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, the richest race on the program was the $500,000 ATC Silver Eagle (1300m) and it was won by four year-old  Star Witness gelding Aim.

With two of the top chances in Saturday’s $1million Group 1 Hyland Race Colours Toorak Hcp (1600m) at Caulfield, Rich Hill Stud’s Melbourne Cup hero Shocking looked to have a stranglehold on the race.

Exciting Deep Impact (JPN) colt Profondo looked a million dollars in the parade ring and twenty times that at the finish of Saturday’s $1million Group 1 Moet and Chandon Spring Champion (2000m) at Randwick.

Three Group 1 winning two-year-olds of that last season fought out the finish of Saturday’s $2million Neds Caulfield Guineas (1600m), with the ATC Sire’s Produce Stakes winner Anamoe leading home the ATC Champagne Stakes winner Captivant and VATC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius in third..

Cambridge Stud have a bit to celebrate tonight with star mares Probabeel and Kahma Lass both winning stakes races at Caulfield on Saturday.  

Just five horses went to post for Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Neds Might And Power Stakes (2000m), but what a brilliant tactical race it turned out.

Stakes-placed twice previously, So You Think’s speedy daughter Dirty Thoughts produced a career best performance to claim her first Black Type victory when charging through a gap to win the Group III MRC Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Underrated veteran mare Magic Incanto provided both trainer Fred Pratt and rider Mereana Hudson with a major career milestone when she upset the applecart to take out the Gr.3 Wyndspelle @ Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera.

Odd-on favourite Paulele may have earned himself Godolphin’s slot in next weeks Everest after his dominant performance in Saturday’s Group II Polytrack Roman Consul Stakes.

The Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes (1500m) at Randwick on Saturday produced a great finish with quality Fastnet Rock colts Hilal and Coastwatch duelling hard to the line with just half a length between them at the post.

Topweight Vernanme proved too tough for his rivals when he produced a gritty effort to take out Saturday’s Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m).

A graduate of the Inglis Red Centre Yearling Sale, and beaten in the Alice Springs Cup and Darwin Cup, Savatoxl put another notch on his belt when scored a last stride win over the brilliant filly Dosh in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Randwick.

Talented Fastnet Rock filly Sneaky Five kept her record at a perfect three for three when resuming from a lengthy spell at Caulfield on Saturday to win the Group III MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m).

The Group I MVRC Manikato Stakes on October 22 looks the likely next assignment for progressive sprinter Lombardo, who claimed his first Black Type victory at Caulfield on Saturday when winning the Listed MRC Neds Village Stakes (1200m).

Flashy chestnut filly Gwen Stephani showed she had taken plenty from an unplaced debut run at Whanganui last month when she rocketed home to claim victory at just her second start at Matamata on Saturday.

We’re off in the first of ten stakes races on Caulfield Guineas Day and we may have seen the emergence of a nice filly in Kiki Express who out-bobbed the million-dollar colt Brereton in the Listed Magic Millions Debutant Stakes (1000m).

Frankel’s phenomenal year of success got a little better overnight when his undefeated two year-old filly Inspiral took out the Group I Newmarket Fillies Mile (1m).

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

A half-sister to Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes winner September Run by American Pharoah (USA), this debut winner at Cranbourne on Friday evening was an easy pick as the ‘One to Watch’.

Darley Stud has announced the death of Group 1 winner and Group 1 producer Mnemosyne.

A particularly strong group of racehorses and racing prospects headline the catalogue for the Inglis Digital October (Early) Online Auction, which is now open for bidding.

Four interesting heats for two year-olds at Randwick on Friday morning and two of them were won by the progeny of first season sires Russian Revolution and Hellbent.

Exciting young sire Churchill (IRE) has enjoyed good success with his first Northern Hemisphere bred two year-olds this year and his stock were popular at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 this week.

The timing was perfect for Fairway Thoroughbreds' John Camilleri when the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale began on October 5.

Leading Everest contenders Classique Legend and Eduardo both won barrier trials at Randwick on Friday morning.

The newly formed partnership of Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock joined the action on a hectic final day of Book One of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale finished with a flourish with three lots selling for 1,000,000 guineas or more and turnover above 30,000,000 guineas for the second day in a row. Sale turnover, average and median all showed increases on last year as did the clearance rate of 83%. 

Nestled on the banks of the Broken River in north east Victoria, Riverbank Farm may well be idyllic, but its owners, Russell and Caroline Osborne, are anything but idle.

The Australian breeding season may be in full swing, but Widden Stud already have their sights set on next year, enhancing their 2022 roster by the acquisition of exciting Group 1 winning sprinter, Portland Sky.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

I Am Invincible's three time winning daughter Iamican topped a successful Magic Millions Online October Sale today.

After finishing second with Castelvecchio in the 2019 Spring Champion stakes, owner Ottavio Galletta and trainer Richard Litt will hope to go one better on Saturday with their $1,900,000 Deep Impact (JPN) colt Profondo.

New Zealand Bloodstock graduate Benaud will be after his first Group One scalp when he contests the Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The new season two year-olds are off and running and here are the placegetters over the past 10 days with breeding and sale information.

A brand new five star stallion barn and the support of leading breeders ensures these two stallions are getting every opportunity this spring.

The bottle green with white and green checked sleeves colours of the Yuesheng Zhang-owned Yulong Stud are an increasingly familiar sight on European racecourses.

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have set their sights on another Derby triumph in Australia.

Two year-old stakes racing continues at Caulfield on Saturday with the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes (1000m) for colts and fillies with the race to feature a $1million colt by Zoustar.

A colt by SEA THE STARS from the family of Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (GB) was the star turn on the second day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, selling for 1,200,000 guineas during a session that saw a clearance rate of 87% and turnover of 30,116,000 guineas. 

Our ‘Breed to Race’ stories have been very popular highlighting affordable stallions priced under $10,000 and a winner at Rosehill on Wednesday has the potential to be a new stakes-winner for a sire that has been well found by this sector of the market.

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

Progressive three-year-old Dark Destroyer got off the mark in fine style when winning a maiden over 1300m at Taupo on Wednesday.

It’s been a good few days for Highclere Stud’s More Than Ready (USA) mare Piping Hot.

Fans of the movie Shawshank Redemption will no doubt have been following the career of three year-old Hinchinbrook gelding Dufresne quite closely and after missing narrowly at Randwick last Wednesday, he atoned at Rosehill today with an impressive first win.

New Zealand Bloodstock and the Waikato Racing Club have been given confirmation to stage the 2021 Breeze Ups at Te Rapa Racecourse under Alert Level 3, should the current Hamilton city border restrictions remain in place. 

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr were on the board early on day one of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when they teamed up with Dermot Farrington to purchase a son Frankel.

Fillies by NO NAY NEVER and DUBAWI headlined the opening day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when selling for 825,000 guineas and 800,000 guineas respectively.

Keeneland’s catalog of 3,594 horses in the breeding stock and weanling portion of its 78th November Breeding Stock Sale, to be held Nov. 10-19, is now online.

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 producing a weekly report.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Two heats for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning and both were won by youngsters trained by Bjorn Baker.

Talented three-year-old Prix De Turn will contest the Group I  Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on Saturday at just his second start.

Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are continuing to be patient with their high-class galloper Dragon Leap as he attempts to come back from an injury-plagued four-year-old season.

The awesome power of the High Chaparral (IRE) sireline was brought into sharp perspective by Saturday’s feast of Australian stakes racing with the newest member of the sire dynasty putting his name in lights.

There was much praise for the young group of sires who had their first two year-old runners last season with many pundits labelling them as some sort of ‘vintage crop’, so as we move through spring how are they performing?

A debut winner at Wyong last month, this Zoustar colt stepped straight into metro company at Warwick Farm on Monday and showed an impressive will to win to make it two wins in as many starts.

Cox Plate winner Adelaide (IRE) might be the least expensive sire on the power packed Coolmore roster, but he still keeps delivering winners with handy stayer Torrens saluting at Warwick Farm on Monday.

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Progressive American Pharoah (USA) colt Mackinnon made it back to back stakes wins when taking out the $200,000 Zuma Beach Stakes (1m) at Santa Anita on Sunday.

Little Avondale Stud stallion Time Test (GB) was represented by a stakes winner in Italy on Sunday when The King's Horses won the Listed Criterium Nazionale (1200m) in Rome to advance his record to three wins from four starts. 

Stakes-placed last season at two, talented filly Hoover Lucy scored an overdue maiden win at Warwick Farm on Monday bringing a timely pedigree update for her half-brother to be offered at the Magic Millions 2YO’s in Training Sale.

The racing industry has a reputation for rallying to support its participants when times are tough and right now someone in need of that support is South Island jockey Yong Chew.

Cambridge trainers David and Emma-Lee Browne’s golden run in Melbourne continued over the weekend when Rhinoceros added another win to their tally at Moonee Valley on Friday, while Border Leicester picked up a meritorious second.

On Sunday 3 October, the government imposed an Alert Level 3 ‘border’ placed around Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Ngaruawahia, Hamilton city and Huntly for an initial period of five days, ending at 11.59PM Friday 8 October.  

Applications for the 2022 Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship which supports the successful recipient to travel to Ireland and complete the world renowned Irish National Stud Diploma Course are set to close next week.

Despite three small crops in Australia, Darley retained faith in the Group 1 winning Invincible Spirit stallion Territories (IRE) and was rewarded last season with his biggest book of mares to date.

Group I races for juveniles at the Arc meeting at Longchamp overnight were both won by youngsters that hold interest for Australian breeders with the filly Zellie sired by Wootton Bassett and the colt Angel Bleu from the famed Australian Circles of Gold family.

The Group I Longchamp Arc de Triomphe (2400m) produced an upset result overnight with German bred and trained four year-old  Taquorto Tasso proving too good for the Aga Khan’s quality mare Tarnawa

Second behind Resistencia in his most recent start in the Group II Centaur Stakes (1200m) at Chukyo, Pixie Knight became a milestone first Group 1 winner for Maurice (JPN) with a career high performance in the Group 1 The Sprinters Stakes (1200m) at Nakayama on Sunday.

A thrilling victory by Justacanta in Saturday’s Listed Paris Lane Stakes (1410m) at Flemington saw the successful culmination of a plan hatched by trainers Shaun and Emma Clotworthy after the now eight-year-old had completed his summer campaign in March this year.

Spendthrift Farm dipped its toe in the water in Australia at the 2014 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale with the purchase of a colt and two fillies.

It has been a red-letter day in America for Darley Stud's Astern.

Outstanding mare Montefilia captured a third Group One success when she did best in a driving finish in today's Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) at Randwick.

Leading syndicator Jamie Walter celebrated his first win at racing's elite level when Sydney star Private Eye stormed home to win the $1.5 million Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick.

A former Pony Club girl from Bundaberg in Queensland has found the busy foaling season in the Hunter Valley to be her favourite time of the year.

Fastnet Rock’s exciting young sire son Merchant Navy had two runners in the time honoured first Australian juvenile stakes races of the season in Sydney at Randwick on Saturday with both horses acquitting themselves well and Drisana earning valuable Black Type with a gallant second placing.

The Longchamp meeting in France overnight saw talented Pride of Dubai three year-old gelding Dubai Honour claim his second Group victory when taking out the Group II Prix Dollar (2000m).

Promising Brazen Beau filly Vadream has been threatening to win a Black Type race all year and got the job done at Ascot overnight when saluting in the Group III Bengough Stakes (6f).

A Caulfield Cup, a Cox Plate, an Everest and an Inglis Millennium.