The proposed date of 19 August came and went in lockdown for the NSW Racehorse Owners Association’s Racing’s Night of Champions, however the awarding of titles for the ‘Best of the Best’ for the 20/21 season proceeded as usual this year. Winners were announced throughout the day on social media during the Australian Turf Club’s Rosehill meeting at Kembla Grange.

Here is the full list of 96 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

After battling out the finish of the Group III Spring Stakes at Morphettville a fortnight back, the South Australians Behemoth and Beau Rossa took their feud to Caulfield for Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Moet & Chandon Memsie Stakes (1400m) and the result was the same.

The Gavin Bedggood-trained No Effort was rewarded for her consistency with a fighting win in Saturday’s Listed Tile Importer Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield.

Class told in Saturday’s Group III WW Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield when triple Group 1 winner Probabeel made a winning seasonal debut.

Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Nechita topped the 2013 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale when selling for $1.55 million to Coolmore and has now produced two stakes-winners with four year-old mare Forbearance capturing the Listed Galtres Stakes (1m4f) at York in the UK last week, while her imported son Harpo Marx (IRE) won the Group III ATC Premier’s Cup (2000m) at Kembla on Saturday.

The excitement machine Masked Crusader made his supporters sweat when staging a miraculous last to first performance in Saturday’s Group III McCafe The Heath 1100 Stakes at Caulfield.

The Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Kembla on Saturday marked the return of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside, but like so many other Golden Slipper winners in recent years, he failed to make his presence felt.

Four-year-old mare Signora Nera could be in for a big spring judging by her runaway victory when resuming in the Peltzer Special Achievement Handicap (1500m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday.

Fresh off a maiden stakes win at Kembla Grange, the high-priced Snitzel colt Bruckner held off a hard-charging Artorius to open his stakes-account in Saturday’s Group III HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caufield.

Exciting Fastnet Rock three year-old Coastwatch was narrowly beaten last start in the Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes and made amends when going back to Kembla on Saturday to score a stylish victory in the Group III ATC Ming Dynasty Stakes (1400m).

Six-year-old gelding London Banker is proving a handy addition to the stable of Eagle Farm trainer Kelly Schweida.

Galileo was expected to sire the winner of the Group III Flame of Tara Stakes (1m) at the Curragh overnight with race favourite Albula, a daughter of Australian Group III winner Dawn Wall, but that filly had to settle for second with victory going to the Yulong owned Magical Lagoon.

The thoroughbred world is mourning today following the news that the much-loved Nini Conallin has passed away.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field is at present tracking the calendar with 28 Australian winners in the first 27 days of the new racing season his success reflecting the strength of his three, four and five year-old runners which are his first three crops.

Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With Ef Troop taking on the favourite Racecourse Road, Friday's $125,000 Listed Goldmarket Quality (1200m) at the Gold Coast was run at breakneck speed, which set it up perfectly for the fast-finishing Desert Lord.

Not disgraced in Group fillies races last preparation, this well bred Snitzel filly always looked well placed in a maiden at Gosford on Friday.

Bob Peters is looking forward to racing at Caulfield on Saturday where his Group One winner Inspirational Girl will make her Melbourne debut in the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

There will be stakes action in four states on Saturday led by the Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield and the return of some of last seasons most accomplished two-year-olds.

Flemington trainer Michael Moroney admits he is in unchartered waters with triple Group One winning mare ToOcean Park;s Tofane Chasing fane, who is set to contest the Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) fresh-up at Caulfield on Saturday.

Following on from last year’s successful Series, New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce a further eleven NZB Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series race sponsorships, with incentivised prize packages awarded to domestic trainers over the next three months.

August 2021 is not a month that Rory O’Brien is likely to forget in a hurry.

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

Thanks for the memories, Triple Crown Syndications have announced the retirement of quality stakes-winning mares Missile Mantra (Smart Missile) and Reelem in Ruby (Pierro).

The Vinery Stud virtual parade is now online giving broodmare owners the chance to see how one of the most exciting first season sires in the country in Ole Kirk is letting down as the September 1 start to the breeding season approaches.

With the start of the breeding season fast approaching, Thoroughbred Breeders Australia and the state associations wanted to provide you with an update on the latest protocols for the movement of mares across state borders. TBA has been working closely with state governments to try to ensure breeders have options to get their mares covered.

Two of the forty foals from the final Australian crop of Teofilo (IRE) fought out the Bet 365 3yo Maiden Plate (1300m) at Echuca on Thursday, and the winner could measure up in stakes races this spring.

Trainers Mick Price and Micheal Kent Jnr have elected to take a cautious approach with talented Reliable Man (GB) mare Annavisto with her first-up run at Caulfield on Saturday.

Group One winner Aegon has arrived in Melbourne ahead of a tilt at a competitive A$1 million Gr.1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Young Waikato Stud stallion Tivaci continued on his upward spiral when his son Celevacci struck again at Belmont in Perth on Wednesday, this time over 1700m.

The Chris Waller stable sent out some of their spring big guns at the Rosehill trials on Thursday morning including glamour sprinter Nature Strip and a Group I placed maiden that will not remain winless for long.

Shuttling to Darley NSW this spring, champion sprinter Harry Angel (IRE) made his mark at the 2021 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale when his colt from Red Box topped the sale during the second session at £220,000.

Outstanding G1 sprinter Fasika has become the second-highest lot in Inglis Digital history, with Suman Hedge Bloodstock purchasing the daughter of So You Think for $920,000 in the August (Late) Auction today.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

She hasn’t won a stakes race yet, but we’re tipping this progressive four year-old mare will have by the end of this season.

The Anthony Cummings-trained Tristate was the most experienced of the seven runners in Wednesday’s Arrowfield Virtual Parade Maiden (1100m) at Randwick-Kensington, and it showed.

With two recent runs under her belt, Exceed and Excel filly Rocklily had good race fitness on her side and relished the heavy track at Randwick on Wednesday to lead all the way and break her maiden in style.

While Godolphin did not see an immediate return on the $1,125,000 shelled out for the Group 1 winner Star Shiraz the 2007 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, it is reaping the rewards from her daughter Retsina.

The ownership group of champion mare Winx have issued a statement today revealing their champion has been given the green light for another season at stud with Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro chosen as her partner.

A Group I winning two year-old by Invincible Spirit, Leneva Park’s  Royal Meeting (IRE) has his first foals being born this spring.

New Zealand-bred jumper Social Element is flying heading into the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat on Sunday.

Maiden events in Melbourne and Sydney on Wednesday feature a raft of three year-olds entered for the big Guineas races in Melbourne including a colt that is the most expensive yearling sired by Deep Field.

Breeding for commercial gain in the sale ring and breeding in order to produce a winner for yourself and your friends to race are two very different things and the latter can be done with good effect for a lot less money, even in the premium breeding states of NSW and Victoria.

Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Zoustar’s $1.46 million earning mare Haut Brion Her has been retired from racing with Chris Waller Racing making the announcement via Twitter.

Connections of star mare Avantage have opted to keep the six-year-old on home soil as she works towards a start in the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) which will be run at Te Rapa on Saturday, pending an Alert Level downgrade on Friday.

While many New Zealanders are currently stuck in their bubbles contemplating what next to watch on Netflix, things haven’t changed as a result of COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown for farmers, including Mark Corcoran of Grangewilliam Stud, just north of Wanganui.

The Shadwell operation were huge buyers at Australian yearling sales for many years and one of their purchases by champion sire Redoute’s Choice went on to be the Champion South African 2YO of 2013/2014 and she produced a debut winner for them overnight in the UK.

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

Former Kiwi galloper Inverell is on a Derby path after scoring on debut at Sale on Sunday.

A stakes-winner from last Saturday has given me inspiration to look into the merits of this broodmare sire, who is interesting for a number of reasons and whose daughters are plentiful and often affordable.

Oaklands Stud based Power (GB) has had a benchmark year with two Group I winners in Europe in Laws of Indices and Helvic Dream, but showed his versatility over the weekend when his four year-old gelding  Sonnyboyliston staked a Melbourne Cup claim winning the prestigious £500,000 Ebor Handicap (1m6f) at York.

At the end of last season there was a mass exodus of sprinting colts packed off to stud, but one whose connections have elected to push on with for another season of racing is Wild Ruler and he looked fit and focused at the Hawkesbury trials on Monday morning.

Evergreen sire AL MAHER gave a timely reminder of his strengths with a three state Metropolitan treble on Saturday, which included a brilliant Group Three win at Randwick.

Choisir’s four time Group I winning son Olympic Glory produced his second Group I winner overnight at Deauville when Grand Glory denied quality Wootton Bassett mare Audarya another elite victory when winning the Prix Jean Romanet (2000m).

Danehill’s prolific winner getter Kodiac has tasted Group I success as a sire of sires with his Group II winning son Ardad siring Perfect Power to win the Group I Prix Morny (1000m) at Deauville overnight, a fact sure to interest Cambridge Stud, who will stand the only son of Kodiac in Australasia in Group I sprinter Hello Youmzain (Fr).

The legacy of our revered champion sire Northern Meteor lives on at Widden Stud this spring with the arrival the first foals by Zousain, the Group I placed Group II winning son of our current flagship sire Zoustar.

Third behind the exciting Frankel filly Argentia at her career debut at Flemington in June, Black Caviar's daughter Invincible Caviar kick-started her three-year-old campaign on a winning note over 1130m at Sale on Sunday.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The lone three-year-old sent into battle against the elders in Saturday’s $1,726,000 Group II The Sapporo Kinen (2000m), glamour filly Sodashi was flushed out to take the lead at the 600m and did not look back.

While the majority of New Zealanders hit the pause button on their lives under the current Level 4 COVID lockdown, the same can’t be said for those involved in the thoroughbred breeding industry.

The first son at stud of outstanding young European sire Kingman, brilliant speedster Calyx (GB) has his first Australian foals being born this spring and one of the first to arrive is a lovely filly at Willow Park Stud.

Julia Barows (JPN), the penultimate foal of Australian Derby and Australian Guineas heroine Shamrocker, kept her record at a perfect two for two with a determined win over 1800m at Niigata on Saturday.  

Sadmah, a daughter of the Golden Slipper winner Mossfun, carried the Emirates Park colours to a dominant win over 6-furlongs at Chester overnight.

Brilliant grey dual Group I winning sprinter Caravaggio (USA) shuttled for just one season to Coolmore Australia and that crop of foals are now two year-olds, the son of Scat Daddy making a quick start in the Northern Hemisphere with three stakes winners so far headed by exciting filly Agartha.

Kiwi import Atishu gave Australian racing fans a glimpse of her quality when storming home to win Saturday's Darwin Turf Club Trophy (1400m) at Randwick at her first start across the Tasman.

A homebred for the Aga Khan, exciting two year-old colt Vadeni became the first stakes-winning colt for Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) overnight when winning the Listed Criterium du Fonds Européen de l’Elevage (1600m) at Deauville.

Exciting first time Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) sired his second new two year-old stakes-winner this week when Attagirl captured the Listed Roses Stakes (5f) at York overnight.

Here is the full list of 94 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The four-year-old Smart Missile mare Ballistic Lover topped off a rewarding day for Warwick Farm-based trainer Joe Pride with a determined win in Saturday’s Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.

Saturday August 21 is going to be a day Joe O’Neill of Prime Thoroughbreds always remembers and not just because quality Deep Field mare Fituese resumed from a spell to win the Group III ATC Toy Show Stakes (1100m) at Randwick.

A little over half a length covered six horses at the finish of Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick, and it was Mo'Unga who claimed the first Group 1 of the season from the gallant defending champion Verry Elleegant.

Newhaven Park’s exciting young sire Xtravagant made a perfect start to the new season when siring his first stakes-winner with talented gelding He’s Xceptional resuming from a spell to win the Listed MVRC McKenzie Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

The big-hearted Al Maher gelding Private Eye loves to win, and he is good at it.

It's a very good horse that can win seven races in a career and an exceptional one that can win seven on the bounce.

The Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday was won by promising Star Witness filly Swift Witness, although the result of the race was overshadowed completely by a dreadful fall in the concluding stages of the race.

A short-priced favourite earlier in the week, the Zoustar filly Zouzarella was relatively friendless on the day for her career debut in the Roll The Dice Racing Plate (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

The $130,000  Benchmark 78 staying event at Randwick on Saturday over 2400m was won in cavalier style by progressive stayer Torrens, a son of Cox Plate winner Adelaide (IRE).

Exceed and Excel has several very high profile sons at stud here this spring in Bivouac. Microphone and Exceedance, the champion sire featuring overnight as a sire of sires when his progressive son Bungle Inthejungle sired three year-old filly Winter Power to win the Group I Nunthorpe Stakes (5f) at York.

The Group I ATC Winx Stakes this afternoon will see the return of Godolphin’s Group I ATC Doncaster Handicap winner Cascadian (GB), whose two year-old half-brother Albahr won his first stakes race overnight in the UK.

A sensational catalogue featuring several black type performers – highlighted by the star G1 So You Think mare Fasika - has launched this afternoon in the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Auction.

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

Exciting young sire Contributer has been quick off the mark at the start of the new racing season and kept his momentum up with two new winners in Australia this week, both graduates of the NZB Ready to Run Sale.

Tivaci filly Never Been Kissed made the perfect start to her career when winning on debut over 1000m at Hawkesbury on Thursday.

The return of Australian Horse of the Year elect Verry Elleegant this Saturday in the Group I ATC Winx Stakes marks the beginning of another season of Group I racing that may see the six year-old mare propel herself even further up the list of our most successful Group I horses.

With the backing for the unraced Zoustar filly Zouzarella in the opening event over 1200m for three-year-old fillies at Moonee Valley on Saturday, the honest Brazen Beau filly Zapateo is getting out to backable odds.

The spring pathway of exciting Savabeel mare Atishu will become clearer when she tackles Saturday's Darwin Turf Club Trophy (1400m) at Randwick at her Australian debut.

A set of 12 Randwick trials on Friday morning produced plenty of interesting winners including last season’s Group I winning two year-old Converge and Everest contender Lost and Running, while Libertini’s younger sister continues to impress.

Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Nechita topped the 2013 Magic Millions Broodmare Sale when selling for $1.55 million to Coolmore and she produced her first stakes-winner overnight when four year-old mare Forbearance captured the Listed Galtres Stakes (1m4f).

The Group I Yorkshire Oaks (1m4f) was run overnight at York and predictably won by race favourite Snowfall, the exceptional Deep Impact filly who is undefeated this year.

Establishing a commercial stud farm can throw up hurdles at the best of times, but deciding to press ‘go’ in the midst of COVID-19 certainly merits a bravery badge of some kind.

Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Punters unloaded on the Kim Waugh-trained Conrad to make a winning seasonal debut over 1100m at Hawkesbury on Thursday, which he subsequently did, although all did not go to plan.

While exciting Godolphin colts Paulele and Ingratiating have been quick to return in winning form this season taking out feature races in Sydney and Melbourne, the big gun in the stable Anamoe will not be seen until next month.

A ground-saving ride by Brenton Avdulla resulted in the John O’Shea-trained Berdibek (FR) coming from second last on the turn to land Thursday’s Listed Pioneer Services Rowley Mile (1600m) at Hawkesbury.

All trainers face the issue of attracting new clients into their stable and astute Sunshine Coast trainer Stuart Kendrick has hit upon a solution to the problem with his eldest son Nathan forming the syndication business Krew Racing.

Former Kiwi Nikau Spur picked up his fourth career victory when successful at Sandown on Wednesday over 1500m in the hands of jockey John Allen.

Fathers, sons & grandsons are very much the theme of the 2021 Arrowfield Virtual Stallion Parade which premieres tonight, Thursday 19 August at 6.00 pm AEST on our Facebook, Youtube & Instagram channels, and the Arrowfield website: arrowfield.com.au.

We are very saddened to report the passing of B. Wayne Hughes who died peacefully today in his home at his beloved Spendthrift Farm with loving family by his side.