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.

Here is the full list of 108 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

Montefilia erased any doubt about her ability to run out a strong 2400m when she scored a fighting win in Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Heineken Metropolitan at Randwick.

The Joe Pride-trained Private Eye came from the tail of the field for a richly deserved first Group 1 triumph in Saturday’s $1,500,000 Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick.

Waikato Stud-bred and raced filly Never Been Kissed proved too strong in Saturday’s Group I Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, with the elite-level success coming at just her fourth start and bringing a huge pedigree update for her 2YO  half-brother to be offered at the NZB Ready to Run Sale.

Every time the bar is raised for Incentivise,  the son of Shamus Award continues to rise to the occasion.

Following the win of Kementari in the Gilgai Stakes, the Medaglia d'Oro (USA) colt Kallos made it running Group II victories for Godolphin in the VRC Members Danehill Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.  

Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE) had a hot half hour with brilliant sprinter Masked Crusader confirming his Everest aspirations with a power packed win in the Group II ATC Premiere Stakes at Randwick and then quality mare Still a Star took out the Group II VRC Rose of Kingston Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.

Kiwi import Elusive Express justified favourite punters confidence when winning the Grroup II Edward Manifold Stakes (1610m) at Flemington on Saturday for trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman.

Kementari likes to space his wins nowadays, but the striking near-black son of Lonhro relished the four-horse war in the Group II Gilgai Stakes at Flemington.

The lone filly in the field, El Patroness chose the right spot to break her maiden in Saturday's Listed Kirkland Gold Super Impose Stakes (1800m) at Flemington.

It was a big payday for Kerry Parker’s stable star Think It Over at Randwick on Saturday with the top class son of So You Think scoring a tenacious win in the $1million Group II ATC Hill Stakes (2000m).

Hometown hero Callsign Mav booked his ticket for a shot at the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley later this month when he took out the second leg of the Hawke’s Bay triple crown on Saturday, the Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings.

A second consecutive winner of the Group III Keeneland Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace and reigning champion stallion Written Tycoon as the brilliant Coolangatta confirmed her place at the head of betting for the Golden Slipper.

The current crop of two year-olds by Widden Stud’s much missed sire Sebring are sadly his last, but the Golden Slipper winner may well have some real stars among these babies including quality colt Sejardan, who scored a debut victory in the Group III ATC Breeders Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Despite providing trainer Chad Ormsby with some mid-race jitters, promising three-year-old colt Mana Nui delivered when it counted as he claimed victory in the Gr.2 Dundeel At Arrowfield Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m).

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have trained the winners of the two two-year-old races in Melbourne this season, the latest being the Spirit of Boom filly Get In The Spirit, who showed a clean pair of heels in Saturday’s Listed Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Raheen Stud have a lot of faith in their young Fastnet Rock stallion Heroic Valour and as a Group I winning two year-old it was no surprise to see him post his first race winner at Doomben on Saturday with Heroic Son making a perfect start to his career.

Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) featured overnight with a new stakes-winner after talented colt Snaffles captured the Listed Star Appeal Stakes (7f) at Dundalk.

Champion trainer David Hayes had four impressive Aussie bred winners at Sha Tin on Friday, but none more so than Epaulette gelding Super Wealthy, who won the Group III National Day Cup (1000m), his dam sold this year  on Inglis Digital for just $500.

Four year-old Star Witness gelding Nervous Witness made a huge impression winning on debut at Sha Tin last month and he made it two wins in as many starts when scoring just as easily at the same venue in Friday.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Darby Racing’s strong recent affinity with Inglis Digital continued today as talented mare Celestial Falls (Hinchinbrook) realised $465,000 in the Spring Boutique Sale.

Stakes-placed in two of his first three starts, this Extreme Choice colt always looked a good thing in a maiden race at Echuca on a Friday and he won exactly as you would have hoped to see.

$500,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale graduate Brando resumed in the best possible way when winning the Phill Cataldo Bloodstock 1200m at Te Rapa on Friday.

Since being established in 1985 by prominent Victorian vet, Dr Kim McKellar and his wife Liz, Wyndholm Park Stud has been a constant source of quality performers.

Trainer Tony Pike unearthed a pair of smart three-year-olds at Te Rapa on Friday in the form of The Landing and Pareanui Bay, who provided the Cambridge horseman with a race-to-race double.

To own a share in a Group One winner is a dream for any young racing fan, and for siblings Jamie and Casey Lock that dream has come true.

For many stables and syndicators, horses recruited from New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale and the lucrative prizemoney on offer in Australia are proving to be a winning combination.

With their progeny starting to light up racetracks across Australasia and further afield, the 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka in November gives buyers the perfect opportunity to get on board with the early crops of exciting up-and-coming stallion talent.

Three two year-old stakes races on Saturday will command plenty of interest so a look at their sale details and yearling images is a must when assessing their potential.

Leading New Zealand nursery, Westbury Stud, is hardly a stranger to success in the Australian spring with wonder mare, Bonneval, winning the Underwood Stakes and Dato Tan Chin Nam, while Miami Bound followed up her VRC Oaks and Wakeful Stakes victories with another blinder in last year’s Moonee Valley Gold Cup.

Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Renowned trainer Les Bridge has been patient with talented Adelaide (IRE) gelding the Denzel, who cast off maiden status with a commanding six length romp at Wyong on Thursday.

Two blue-blood fillies by champion sire Fastnet Rock fought out the finish of the 1200m maiden at Wyong on Thursday and there will be more wins in store for both.

Peter and Paul Snowden put the polish on Golden Slipper winner and now leading young sire Capitalist and they share in the ownership and also train his latest winner.

Three-year-old filly Rue Cler broke through for her maiden win at the second time of asking when victorious in the Boys Get Paid/Chris Hayes Livestock (1400m) at Waverley on Thursday.

Everything old is new again, and what a remarkable resurgence New Zealand's imperious 'Belle' family has had in recent times.

The two day Goffs Orby Yearling Sale in Ireland this week produced strong results for Coolmore young guns Saxon Warrior (Jpn) and Churchill (IRE), both standing in the Hunter Valley this spring.

The quality of the pedigrees on offer at this year’s Goffs Orby Sale and the potential for glory inherent in each Orby yearling was illustrated perfectly by the Camelot colt that topped the second session of the sale at €1.2m when selling to MV Magnier, achieving a record price for a yearling by the 2000 Guineas and Derby winner.

Hastings trainer John Bary is confident Callsign Mav can make his final race on New Zealand soil a winning one in Saturday's Gr.1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings.

Black Type racing for two year-olds gets going this Saturday with the Group III ATC Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick and the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial at Flemington with the QTIS 2YO Plate at Doomben also adding plenty of interest.

A 3/4 sister to The Autumn Sun has become the fourth offering to sell for $900,000 or more on Inglis Digital, with Arrowfield Stud securing the ‘stunning’ Archanna in the September (Late) Online Sale for that price.

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The four-year-old mare Better Get Set and her three-year-old brother Thatfeelsbetter gave Jamie Walter's Proven Thoroughbreds and the training partnership of Steve O'Dea and Matt Hoysted a day to remember at Ipswich on Wednesday.

The Written Tycoon gelding Able Willie looked another top-liner in the making for Hermitage Thoroughbreds following an exciting debut at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.

With four of the eight starters in the Justify @ Coolmore Australia Maiden (1400m) at Randwick-Kensington, including the short-priced favourite California Surreal, it was no surprise when I Am Invincible put another winner on the board. Still, it was not the result punters were expecting.

The familiar yellow and blue colours of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum were seen to advantage in the  first race at Ipswich on Wednesday, carried to victory aboard a talented staying filly by Pride of Dubai.

A stunning filly by the wonderful Galileo, whose offspring have set the Goffs sales ring alight for almost two decades, took centre stage on the first day of the 2021 Goffs Orby Sale when making €1.5m to MV Magnier.

Group One winner Johnny Get Angry will continue his path towards the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) when he lines-up in the Gr.1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday.

With the new racing season well underway, New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to provide a snapshot of early talent set to compete for their share in the two $1 million feature races held during NZB’s Karaka Million Twilight meeting at Ellerslie Racecourse on 22 January next year.

Applications are now open for the Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC) Explorer Cadetship for 2022, a 12-month program of stud and stable horsemanship and industry training. 

The Australian third season sires list reflects the changing landscape of the Australian stallion ranks with four of the Top 10 sires not standing here this spring, but the top three are all in the Hunter Valley and priced affordably this spring.

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

Fleet-footed Astern filly Sharwin led at every call to make the best possible start to her career in a three-year-old maiden over 1100m at Kilmore on Tuesday.

Caulfield trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will have a two-pronged kiwi attack in Saturday’s Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m) at Flemington.

Former Kiwi galloper Edit will be racing for A$1.3 million in his next start when he competes in The Kosciuszko (1200m) at Randwick on October 16.

Last year’s European Champion Two-Year-Old and the highest-rated horse in the world this year, St Mark’s Basilica, has been retired from racing and will retire to Coolmore for the 2022 season, his half-brother Magna Grecia currently covering his second book of mares at Coolmore Australia.

Champion sire Savabeel has made a blazing start to the new season in Australia reeling off four stakes-winners since August 1 including impressive colt Forgot You (NZ), who won the Group II MVRC Stutt Stakes (1600m) on Friday night and is the latest stakes-winner bred on a phenomenally successful nick.

Only one heat for two year-olds at Rosehill on Tuesday morning, but it featured the 2021 Inglis Easter sale-topper and a rare grey Snitzel colt that sold for $1,050,000 and produced the best run in the trial.

Longwood Thoroughbred Farm (LTF) is thrilled to announce the expansion of its operations base in North East Victoria. LTF has entered into a long term lease arrangement with the new owner of the recently purchased Lauriston Park (now known as Longwood Park) which adjoins its current property in Longwood East, Victoria. LTF will now comprise almost 500 acres of prime thoroughbred land in the heart

I find it a constant source of frustration as to how often I underestimate how long it’s been since I wrote an article on a particular “hot topic” in our practice.

Rotorua trainer Bill Pomare has waited his entire life to have a horse good enough to compete in a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), and now that he has, COVID-19 has denied him the chance to be there in person.

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 will produce a weekly report.

In 2014, it was Hallowed Crown who won the Group I ATC Golden Rose and he then went on to add the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas to his tally before retiring to stud at Darley, but a relocation to Twin Hills Stud last spring has produced some stunning foals that are delighting their breeders.

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

The exciting progeny of champion galloper Turn Me Loose (Iffraaj) continue to impress on the racetracks of Australasia, last Saturday being no exception when he sired two very smart horses on debut.

This expensive Capitalist colt contested four stakes races in his juvenile season, so found a maiden event at Swan Hill on a Monday an easy assignment.

The Group I ATC Golden Rose last Saturday produced some great runs for a number of colts outside of the winner In the Congo and runner-up Anamoe, but sadly not high profile Snitzel colt Remarque, who beat one runner home.

Like more than 26,000 other overseas Kiwis, trainer David Browne is hoping to be home by Christmas.

Racing NSW has today revealed the finalists for the seven categories in the 2020/21 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards.

Six year-old So You Think gelding Buddies had not been in the winner’s list in Hong Kong since November last year, but he burst back to top form on Sunday with a bold front running win in the Group III Celebration Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin.

This Extreme Choice colt didn’t win a stakes race at Sandown on Saturday, but there is every reason to think he will do this spring as a half-brother to Group I winner Invincibella and classy stayer Secret Blaze, who won the Group III MVRC JRA Cup on Friday night.

Here is the full list of 69 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Promoted to favouritism following the scratching of Degraves, the Grahame Begg-trained Lunar Flare staged a last to first performance in Sunday's $160,000 Listed R.M. Ansett Classic (2400m) at Mornington.

The Coolmore roster might be priced out of reach for a lot of smaller breeders, but they do stand Cox Plate winner Adelaide (IRE) at a breed to race fee of $5,500 and he produced a progressive winner at Rosehill on Saturday.

NZ Racing Desk speak with Lexington-based Kiwi Michael Wallace who is the Chief Operating Officer of China Horse Club. The respected bloodstock advisor celebrated from afar as valuable Snitzel colts Wild Ruler (Gr.1 Moir Stakes, 1000m) and In The Congo (Gr.1 Golden Rose, 1400m) landed elite-level victories on Friday night and Saturday respectively. The future stallion prospects are raced by a synd

Spraying weeds and doing some maintenance work around his Wairarapa property on Sunday afternoon was a far cry from the excitement that businessman and thoroughbred owner and breeder David Wallace had experienced over the previous 48 hours.

Apache Chase added a fourth stakes win to his burgeoning resume when fending off the chasing pack at his seasonal debut in Saturday’s Listed Weetwood Hcp (1200m) at Toowoomba.

A hard working vet with a young family and a passion for breeding thoroughbreds, it’s amazing this man gets any time at all to watch his favourite vampire and zombie TV shows!

The Easter Yearling Sale further cemented itself as the Southern Hemisphere’s No.1 yearling auction when brilliant colt In The Congo led all the way to win the stallion-making G1 Golden Rose.

Very few horses can win a Group I race at their second start, but miraculous filly Tenebrism did just that.

Shuttling to Coolmore Australia this spring, Wootton Bassett (GB) featured overnight in the UK with his progressive two year-old colt Royal Patronage winning the Group II Royal Lodge Stakes (1m) at Newmarket.

Arrowfield stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) had an Aussie bred winner in South Africa on Saturday with three year-old filly Whoa Whoa Whoa scoring at Durbanville.

Yulong Investments is excited to announce that Group 1-winning sprinter Wild Ruler will run in its 2021 slot for The Everest.

Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A perennial bridesmaid that ran third in the Group I ATC Flight Stakes last spring, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Vancouver mare Vangelic found it was her turn to shine at Rosehill on Saturday scoring a bold front running win in the Group II ATC Gold Pendant (1400m).

Stepped up in distance for the Group III ATC Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday, American Pharoah (USA) colt Head of State came into his own scoring a determined win over boom Deep Impact colt Profondo, the Magic Millions sale-topper from 2020.

Zaaki (GB) got the job done with a minimum of fuss in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Quayclean Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown-Hillside.

What an amazing twenty-four hours for the China Horse Club, Newgate Farm and partners, and champion stallion Snitzel.

Exciting I Am Invincible colt Home Affairs made a powerful visual statement when he walked into the mounting yard at Rosehill on Saturday and he backed it up on the track when blazing to a dominant victory in the Listed ATC Heritage Stakes (1100m).

It was a wonderful welcome back for Glyn Schofield, but a complete blow-out for punters, as the outsider of the field Yonkers (USA) claimed the Group II Ned Whisky Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

After losing his unbeaten record with the narrowest of defeats in the Group II Feehan Stakes, the Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained Elephant resumed his winning ways in Saturday’s Group III Ladbrokes Sandown Stakes (1500m) at Sandown Hillside.

The first Queensland two year-old race of the season was run at Toowoomba and first season sires were always predicted to play a big role in the $75,000 Pat O'Shea Plate (1000m) and so it played out with Newgate Farm’s Menari siring promising filly Menari Magic to beat Mishani Warfare, a gelding by Aquis Farm’s the Mission.

Underrated local mare House Of Cartier made her return to racing in emphatic fashion on Saturday when she stormed home from near last on the home bend to take out the Gr.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m) at Awapuni.