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.

Record priced Pride of Dubai filly Queen of Dubai claimed her first Black Type win at Sandown on Saturday when taking out the Listed MRC Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m), while progressive mare Sirileo Miss took another step towards Black Type with a stylish victory earlier in the day.

A solid pace in Saturday’s Group III Drinkwise Colin Stephen Quality (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens proved the formula for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Entente to break through for the first time since his Albury Cup win in March.

An Everest slot for Inglis Easter star Wild Ruler (Snitzel) could be locked in as early as Monday following his win in last night’s G1 Moir Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale, a bellwether event for the Thoroughbred industry, concluded Friday with gross sales of $352 million, sixth-highest in sale history, and record cumulative average and median prices.

A Group 1 winner in Australia, Germany and Dubai, Godolphin's magnificent stalwart Benbatl showed he still has what it takes to be competitive at the elite level with a course record-breaking performance in the Group II Joel Stakes (1m) at Newmarket overnight.

Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Nechita topped the 2013 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale when selling for $1.55 million to Coolmore and her record at stud has improved considerably this year  with the arrival of two stakes-winners in Australian trained import Harpo Marx (IRE) and progressive Galileo mare Forbearance, who won the Group III Princess Royal Stakes (1m4f) at Newmarket overnight.

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Shane Nichols trained mare So You Assume was a rapid improver through the winter months winning three of four starts in July and August before being given a six week break and the daughter of So You Think reappeared on Friday night to take the quantum leap and win the Group II MVRC Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

With four stakes wins under his belt, Wild Ruler had already booked his place on the Newgate Farm stallion roster, but the striking son of Snitzel made sure he will be among the most sought-after stallions next season following his Group 1 triumph in Friday night’s $1,000,000 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.

The Moonee Valley meeting on Friday night started with a brilliant win for I Am Invincible colt Minsk Moment, who made it two wins from as many starts when scoring a stylish victory.

Injury restricted the Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Secret Blaze to just four starts in 2020 but the son of Sizzling looked back to his best with a dominant performance in Friday night’s Group III Steamatic JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley.

A stakes-winner last season at two, Astern filly Seradess stripped fitter at her second run back from a spell at Moonee Valley on Friday night, hitting the line hard for Luke Currie to win the Group III MVRC Scarborough stakes (1200m).

After looking to be the first horse beaten approaching the home turn, the Savabeel colt Forgot You rallied late to edge out Mr Mozart in Friday night’s $300,000 Group II Aspect Kitchens Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

One of the best bred mares in the Southern Hemisphere headlines another strong catalogue for the Inglis Digital September (Late) Online Auction, which is now open for bidding.

A three year-old maiden winner at this time of year that scores by nine lengths is always worth investigating and particularly one by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA).

A Redoute’s Choice colt that was withdrawn from Inglis Easter and retained to race by Kia Ora Stud has now secured his place in the $1.3million Kosciuszko after bolting in at Scone on Friday, his dam set to be covered by Kia Ora Stud’s young sire Prague.

When a young stallion embarks on his new career at stud there is always a little anxiety ahead of his first mares covered being tested to be in foal and for Leneva Park’s triple Group I winner Fierce Impact (Jpn) the news is all positive.

Applications have opened 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.

Last year’s Everest winner Classique Legend showed he was on track to defend his title with an impressive trial win at Randwick on Friday morning where 14 heats were contested including one for 2YO’s that was won by a colt by champion sire Snitzel.

The spring carnival continues at Moonee Valley tonight with five stakes races highlighted by the Group I MVRC Moir Stakes featuring a clash of star sprinters with no clear winner.

Star Turn has an interesting runner in the Group I ATC Golden Rose on Saturday with his Brisbane based filly Startantes set to test her mettle against the big guns and he also had a debut winner at Cranbourne on Thursday for Team Hawkes.

Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Friday night’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley has attracted a superb field with any of the eleven runners capable of playing a hand in the finish.

The new season two year-olds have started trialling here are the placegetters so far with breeding and sale information.

It’s a fairly safe bet that, come 2.23pm Saturday, everyone associated with Aquis Farm will be either at Toowoomba racecourse or parked in front of a TV somewhere.

The quality packed catalogue for Australia’s best producing breeze-up style auction, the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale, is now online

David Hayes and Zac Purton combined to win the Class Three sprint at Happy Valley on Wednesday night with lightly raced five year-old Magnus gelding Harmony N Blessed breaking the course record for 1000m.

Nine-time Group One winner Avantage has fetched a whopping $4.1 million when sold to Tom Magnier of global breeding giant Coolmore via New Zealand Bloodstock’s online platform Gavelhouse Plus.

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

The Symon Wilde-trained Gundec booked his spot in the Group 1 Victoria Derby after the son of Kermadec broke his maiden in the Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington on Wednesday.

Barb Raider continued on a relentless path to the Group 1 VRC Kennedy Oaks when she made a one-act affair of Wednesday's Kennedy Oaks Preview (1800m) at Flemington.

Bob Hannon has bred some outstanding horses including Cox Plate hero Shamus Award and Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Shaquero with a filly he passed in at Inglis Classic last year a Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when winning her maiden and now a metropolitan winner after saluting at Gosford on Wednesday.

The first Australian two year -old race of the new season was run at Flemington on Wednesday with the $50,000 VRC Darley Spring Preview (900m) going to speedy Nicconi filly Cavalla.

Building on her debut win on a heavy track at Warrnambool, the Written Tycoon filly New York Baby returned from a twenty-week hiatus to keep her record perfect at Flemington on Wednesday.

The 2021 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale at Karaka in November will showcase its customary quality cross-section of local and international stallions, including some of the biggest names from across Australasia – and a titan of the northern hemisphere.

The first Group One race of the season has been run and won with Callsign Mav once again taking out the Tarzino Trophy (1400m) at Hastings last Saturday.

A homebred for Shadwell, four year-old Deep Field gelding Al Muthana was an easy winner at Vaal in South Africa on Tuesday.

Backed as if unbeatable, this Capitalist filly was in a class of her own at Wyong on Tuesday.

Widden Stud’s flagship sire Zoustar had a treble of three lightly raced new maiden three year-old winners on Tuesday in Northern Melody, Zoumon and Battleton, a $300,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Widden Stud draft for Bjorn Baker Racing/Clarke Bloodstock.

Here is the full list of 25 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Much missed champion New Zealand sire Tavistock has an impressive crop of talented three year-olds taking shape and we can add another name to his list of potential classic contenders

Former Kiwi galloper Inverell will contest Wednesday’s Victoria Derby Preview (1800m) at Flemington.

Elephant will attempt to return to his winning ways when he lines-up in the Gr.3 Sandown Stakes (1500m) on Saturday.

Racing Victoria (RV) and Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) are pleased to announce a $7.5 million boost to the VOBIS Sires program.

There are a good number of Group I sires standing in Australia for big service fees, whose statistics do not come close to this well proven sire, who gave us all a good reminder as to his talents last Saturday.

The first two year-old race of the season in Victoria is run on Wednesday at Flemington with eight runners including one by first season sire Pariah.

It’s the sort of result we all dream of. In February, a 5YO by the name of Ashman was sold for $27,500 via the Inglis Online Sale.

The first official two year-old trials in Sydney are always a showcase for the progeny of first season sires and while Merchant Navy does not stamp his stock in a definitive way as anyone who was at the yearling sales will know, they may have something more important in common and that’s the ability to run.

Our Breed to Race stories are striking a real chord with our audience and this tale of a bargain priced well bred mare bought through Inglis Digital from one of the best breeders in the country in Rick Jamieson of Gilgai Farm will inspire many more to chase their dreams.

Momentum continues to build ahead of next month’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale, with times and video footage of last week’s breeze up sessions at Hawkesbury and Eagle Farm now available for viewing on the Inglis website.

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

A set of nine official two year-old trials at Randwick on Monday morning produced some interesting juveniles and while the winners have been well covered our expert form trial watcher has analysed the runners for those that made a good impression outside of the obvious winners.

Top-class racemare Yankee Rose is off to a flyer as a broodmare with her two-year-old daughter Romneya making all the running in a 1600m Newcomers race at Nakayama on Sunday.

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale completed its sixth of 11 sessions on Sunday with cumulative sales of $278 million, exceeding total sales of $238 million recorded for last year’s entire 12-day auction. 

Watching a horse he sold go on to win a Group One in Melbourne on Saturday brought mixed emotions for Te Aroha trainer Peter Lock.

HEAT NINE 855m – 50.52 –Final heat won by Matt Dunn with the most expensive yearling he has ever trained in Genghis Khan, who scored a neck win over Sejardan (Sebring) with $2.1million Nobel in third place.

HEAT FIVE 855m – 50.22 seconds- Aquis Farm’s Spieth posted his second winner at this set of trials when the Kacy Fodgen trained colt Victory Moments  hit the line hard to beat $1,150,000 I Am Invincible colt Zambezi River by a length and three-quarters.

If you’re a broodmare owner on a budget that fits the description of breed to race, then these three stakes-winners from Saturday are going to give you inspiration for a long time to come.

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The unreserved auction for Te Akau Racing’s nine-time Group One winning Fastnet Rock mare Avantage is now live on Gavelhouse Plus, with bidding closing from 7pm (NZ) on Wednesday 22 September.

While Callsign Mav was the star of the elite horses at Hastings with his Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) victory, it was a stunning performance on the undercard that was the talk of the racing world.

While Free Off Debt may not have lived up to the form that saw him open his career with wins at Morphettville and Flemington before a close-up third to Lyre in the 2019 Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes, the son of Unencumbered brought a lump to the throat of trainer Chris Bieg following his maiden stakes success in Saturday's Listed W H Wylie Handicap (1100m) at Morphettville.

Bred by Pencarrow Stud and New Zealand Bloodstock supremo Sir Peter Vella in association with the Stanley family’s New England Stud, the Lope de Vega colt Dubai Poet looks to have a bright future judging on his five and a half-length romp over 7-furlongs at Newbury overnight.  

Walton Street, a son of the 2006 Group II VRC Hilton International Stakes and Listed Werribee Cup winner Brom Felinity (Encosta De Lago), completed a grand day on the international stage for Godolphin with a five and three-quarter romp in the Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine.

The strong pace at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale continued Saturday when the auction resumed following a one-day hiatus and Donato Lanni, agent, acquired a filly by Curlin for $800,000 to lead positive results.

Nine-time Group One winner Avantage, whose racing career was brought to a sudden halt on Friday after suffering a tendon injury, will be sold through New Zealand Bloodstock’s Gavelhouse Plus in an online auction that starts on Sunday 19 September and finishes at 7pm New Zealand time on Wednesday 22 September.

From yearling sales to racing stables to bloodstock insurance, this self-confessed Elvis fan has enjoyed a varied and rewarding career in racing and bloodstock.

A second G1 winner for the Inglis Digital platform, a timely G3 win by a Ready2Race graduate and another dominant Stakes victory by a Premier Sale mare highlighted another big 24 hours for Inglis graduates.

Here is the full list of 119 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

After five stakes placings including the Group 1 Tancred Stakes and Group 1 Winx Stakes, the six-year-old Dundeel mare She’s Ideel had her day in the sun in the Group III TAB Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Pride of Dubai’s brilliant daughter Bella Nipotina is yet to miss a place in her current campaign and scored her biggest win to date when zooming to the line to win the Group III MRC How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

From a bargain basement $2,000 purchase at a mixed sale to a Group 1 winning millionairess, Sierra Sue scaled the heights in Saturday’s $1million Group 1 Neds Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

 It was billed as a mini Everest, with six of the starters already gaining a slot in the $15million feature, and it was giant slayer Eduardo who got the better of the favourite Nature Strip in Saturday’s $500,000 Group II Bowermans Furniture The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick.

Albert Bosma’s Go Racing syndicates enjoyed one of their finest hours on Saturday when they celebrated three separate victories including two at stakes level in the space of sixty minutes.

Progressive stayer Nonconformist has booked his spot in the Caulfield Cup next month after scoring a brave win in the Group III MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Verry Elleegant needed to call on all her champion qualities to claim her ninth Group 1 as Rachel King set up a thriller on the free-running Riodini in Saturday’s $1million Fujitsu General George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Rider Sarah Macnab produced a gem of a ride as she guided under-rated filly Bellacontte to a thrilling victory in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings.

In a monumental three-horse war, the top-class Snitzel filly Four Moves Ahead turned the tables on her Silver Shadow Stakes conqueror Swift Witness in Saturday’s Group II Darley Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Gritty local galloper Callsign Mav had to call on all his undoubted talent as he took out his second Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) in succession, in a desperate finish to the feature event at Hastings on Saturday.

Dashing Zoustar colt Lightsaber is always an impressive sight in the parade ring and he delivered when it counted at Caulfield on Saturday finding his best form to win the Group III MRC Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m).

Carrying the colours of her sire Bon Hoffa, the Kevin Corstens-trained outsider Bon’s a Pearla overpowered the favourite Heresy in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Off The Track Community Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield.

Champion sire Savabeel is having a day out at Randwick producing two early winners in Kiss the Bride and High Supremacy before quality mare Atishu confirmed her claims for the upcoming Group I ATC Epsom Handicap when taking out the Group III ATC Bill Ritchie Quality (1400m).

Awapuni galloper Wakari upset all predictions when he held out hot favourite I Wish I Win to take out the Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) at Hastings.

Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) has had a busy year with his two year-olds and added a new stakes-winner to the tally overnight in France when unbeaten colt Topgear scored a determined win in the Group III Prix Eclipse (1200m) at Chantilly.

In a result described as ‘incredible’ by Darby Racing Syndications Scott Darby, Every Rose has become the second horse to surpass the magical seven figures in an Inglis Digital Online Auction, with the daughter of the Choisir selling for $1.3million to Suman Hedge Bloodstock on behalf of a client.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It’s been a busy couple of months at Queensland’s Oaklands Stud and not likely to slow down any time soon. Sure, every farm has its early starts and long days at this time of year, but Oaklands principal, Neville Stewart, has really been burning the candle – so to speak.

Jeff Penza made a clean sweep of the three Group III features at Newcastle on Friday when guiding the Magnus gelding Ashman to an all the way triumph in the $160,000 Australian Bloodstock Cameron Hcp (1500m).

Beaten out of a place in his two most recent outings in benchmark 78s,  Highclere Thoroughbred Racing’s Galileo gelding Great House (IRE) dominated the finish of Friday’s $245,000 Group III Sharp Office Newcastle Cup (2300m)

The Les Bridge-trained Madam Legend made every post a winner under Jeff Penza in Friday’s Group III Yarraman Park Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle.

Nine-time Group One winner Avantage has been retired from racing after suffering a tendon injury.

A sister the most expensive yearling sold in 2021, Yearning was off the mark at her fifth start with a dominant performance over 1400m at Newcastle on Friday.

It would take some beating to start a career with a Listed Stakes success followed by a Group III, then finishing runner-up in the $2million Magic Millions Classic.

Two million-dollar colts – a son of Into Mischief from the family of Grade 1 winner Dunbar Road and a son of Street Sense from the family of champion Forever Unbridled – led Thursday’s fourth day of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Today’s session marked the final day of a buoyant Week 1 of the auction, which generated gross sales exceeding $200 million and recorded 1

Jakkalberry is developing a knack for leaving quality three-year-olds - The ill-fated Novara Park stallion enjoyed Classic success last season through the deeds of three-time Derby hero Explosive Jack, and he could have a quality filly on his hands this year in the form of Elusive Express.

Victoria’s Rosemont Stud has possibly had better launches into spring, but General Manager Bloodstock, Ryan McEvoy, would be hard pressed naming one.

Auckland's extended lockdown is wearing thin with trainer Nick Bishara but the anticipation of another big weekend of racing is giving him some respite.

There are nine heats for two year-olds to be run at Randwick on Monday morning so Breednet have put together a Sale Mail offering breeding and sale details / yearling images for all runners which include the most expensive Exceed and Excel ever sold and the full brother to Champion 3YO Trapeze Artist.

The Turkish Jockey Club have announced the acquisition of Australian dual Group I winning sire Epaulette, who has been sold to them by Darley and will stand his first season in Turkey in 2022.