A solid third at his career debut over 1000m at Muswellbrook on July 2, Daichi appreciated the 1200m of the colts and geldings maiden on a heavy track at Gosford on Thursday, to graduate at his second attempt and ring up winner number eight for Maurice (JPN).

There are just two stakes races in Australia on Saturday as the season limps steadily to its conclusion.

The much-anticipated auction of high-class race mare Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) has launched on Gavelhouse Plus.

First season sires have dominated proceedings in the juvenile division this year with Extreme Choice and Capitalist battling it out to be overall Champion 2YO Sire, so the release of 2022 Golden Slipper nominations this week has us investigating to see what the next wave of freshman sires will look like in terms of opportunity to win the world’s richest juvenile race.

Newgate Farm have three of the Top 10 most represented sires with entries for the 2022 Golden Slipper to be run at Rosehill next March.

The Frankel show rolled on overnight in France where his Irish Derby winner Hurricane Lane posted another elite win taking out the Group I Grand Prix de Paris (2400m), while Shadwell owned and bred filly Mehnah became his 74th stakes-winner when taking out the Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes (1m) at Killarney in Ireland.

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

Funstar will join half sister Youngstar at Northern Farm in Japan after tonight selling to Katsumi Yoshida for a Digital Sale world record price of $2.7m in the Inglis Digital July (Early) Online Auction.

One season Twin Hills shuttler Bobby’s Kitten (USA) is off the mark in Australia after the Richard Laming-trained gelding Cecil Street Lad made a winning career debut over 100m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

Legendary Japanese sire Deep Impact has been making news this week with his final yearlings offered at the JRHA Sale in Japan and he also featured at Doomben on Wednesday with an impressive maiden winner that was a $950,000 yearling resold last year through Inglis Digital for $10,000.

Twelve months ago, the Camelot (IRE) colt Russian Camelot was barnstorming his way to the top, which may have elevated expectations for another son of Camelot (IRE), Hosier (IRE).

A $500,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Gollan Racing/John Foote Bloodstock, two year-old I Am Invincible colt Brentwood became the 100th metro winner of the season for champion trainer Tony Gollan when saluting at Doomben on Wednesday.

The biggest foal crop so far for Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar are rising two year-olds and 100 of them have been nominated for the 2022 Golden Slipper to be run at Rosehill in March next year.

There are just four two year-olds in Australia by Darley’s much missed champion sire Shamardal, all fillies bred and owned by Godolphin, and one of them is Larkspur Run, who returned from a spell to win with ease at Canterbury on Wednesday.

There are over 2300 entries for the 2022 Golden Slipper to be run at Rosehill in March next year and Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible has the most of any sire with 124.

Aussie bred Medaglia D’Oro (USA) gelding Golden Sixty’s outstanding exploits during the 2020/21 season earned the multiple Group 1 winner the Hong Kong Horse of the Year award at a special presentation function held at Happy Valley Clubhouse on Tuesday night.

The 2022 Group I ATC Golden Slipper (1200m) to be run in March next year has received over 2300 nominations representing a large slice of the commercial crop of rising two year-olds so we’ve made the list fully sortable by sire, dam, nominator and price.

A half-brother to the exceptional filly Velox (Just A Way) by the popular young stallion Kizuna (Deep Impact), topped the foal session of the JRHA Select Sale on Tuesday.

Spirit of Boom was a prolific winner on the racetrack and has been equally effective at stud since retiring to Eureka Stud in 2014, spending his first four seasons at a fee of $11,000 before blossoming into one of the most desirable young stallions in the country.

Here is the full list of 26 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The career of El Roca continues on an upward spiral and the last-start performance of his gifted son Lucky Patch at Sha Tin has confirmed the Westbury Stud stallion now has a rising star in the Hong Kong sprinting ranks.

Stakes-winning two-year-old Atullibigeal has been sold and will continue his career in Hong Kong.

The equine interests of the Rowsthorn family will now be branded as Morningside, aligning its name with its world-class property located at Nagambie, Victoria. 

Both set to shuttle to Coolmore Australia this spring, Justify (USA) and Saxon Warrior (Jpn) made their presence felt in Japan this week.

Eddie Hirsch has acquired Woodside Park Stud in Tylden, home to the renowned stallions, Foxwedge, Rich Enuff and Tosen Stardom.

The Breednet Price Point stories have been super popular and are now archived on the site, so will remain a great source of information and reference as we move towards the breeding season and in this one we look at a big group of affordable stallions, some proven and some with the promise of things to come.

Expectations were high for the four yearlings from the final crop of the legendry Deep Impact at the yearling session of the JRHA Select Sale conducted at Northern Horse Park on Monday, with the opening lot setting the tone.

Champion sire I Am Invincible clocked up his 200th winner for the season last week and over the weekend he also posted an interesting winner on the Thoroughbred Sport Horse Class jumping circuit with a first victory at the Equestrian Gold Coast Club’s Winter Showjumping Festival for his stakes-winning son Whypeeo.

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

Peter and Dawn Williams have lost one of their best three-year-old fillies to an Australian stable, but they’ve still got some other good fillies to keep them going in the new season.

Transferring to Oaklands Stud in Queensland this spring, Exosphere has been making news in recent days with a Breednet ‘One to Watch’ in Perlant last week and a new stakes-winner in France overnight where three year-old gelding Ocean won the Group III Prix de Ris-Orangis (1200m) at Deauville.

Darley’s champion sire Exceed and Excel made his presence felt at Deauville in France on Sunday siring the dam of his tenth Group I winner in Laws of Indices as well posting a new juvenile stakes-winner in Choux.

Wootton Bassett (IRE) is headed to Coolmore Australia this spring and was making news overnight with a stakes double at Deauville in France courtesy of unbeaten two year-old filly Zellie and quality four year-old mare Speak of the Devil.

Standing at Oaklands Stud in Queensland this spring, Power (GB) sired a new Group I winner in France overnight with three year-old colt Laws of Indices taking out the Group I Prix Jean Prat (1400m) at Deauville.

Here is the full list of 71 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

In the winter of 2019, King Of Hastings was earmarked as a future top-liner after winning at Caulfield before finishing second to Super Seth in the Group III McNeil Stakes.  But the son of Ilovethiscity has proven to be a bit of a tricky character for Anthony and Sam Freedman.  

The Coolmore empire might have been in mourning for their champion sire Galileo on Sunday, but on the racetrack it was business as usual with Aidan O’Brien producing the winners of both the Group I Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes in Bolshoi Ballet (Galileo) and the Group I Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes with Santa Barbara (Camelot).

It was a Winx-like performance by the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Our Playboy when he came from last to romp home by five and three-quarter lengths in the $175,000 Group III Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

Joe Pride's in-form stayer Stockman needed to dig deep in a driving finish to Sunday's $175,000 Listed Caloundra Cup at the Sunshine Coast.

While it looked safe a few weeks ago to pencil in Capitalist as leading first season sire for number of winners, Star Turn drew within two of the lead following the win of Galaxy Cat at Belmont on Saturday. Then to complete a good weekend for the Vinery Stud-based stallion, his stakes-winning daughter Miss Hipstar led every step of the way in Sunday’s Bruce McLaughlin Classic at the Sunshine

Here is the full list of 128 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

Coolmore have announced sad news overnight with the passing of their legendary sire Galileo at age 23.

Former West Australian Red Can Man bounced back from a slightly disappointing Victorian debut at Flemington to put a knife in punters when running down the favourite Malkovich in the Group III Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

On a bottomless track under leaden skies at Randwick, in-form gelding Bandersnatch lumped his top weight of 59kgs to a three and a quarter-length win in Saturday's $150,000 Drinkwise Winter Stakes (1400m).

Newgate Farm’s Winning Rupert sired his second debut winner in two days when It’sarayday scored a dominant victory at Belmont in Perth on Saturday.

It was a good ten minutes for Brazen Beau with his three-year-old daughter Belsielle impressing over 1100m at Caulfield before the two-year-old colt Taunting led them a merry dance over 1100m at Gawler.

Champion jockey Jamie Kah made history at Caulfield on Saturday becoming the first jockey to ride 100 Victorian metropolitan winners in a season when saluting aboard Deep Field three year-old Deep Speed.

Grahame Begg has enjoyed a deal of success with the progeny of Written Tycoon in recent years, led by the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes hero Written By, and he looks to have another likely type in Libiamo, who made a winning career debut over 1100m at Caulfield on Saturday.

Midweek race watchers were awake to the talents of Deep Field filly Sky Command, who made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on June 30 and repeated the performance at Randwick on Saturday to keep her record perfect.

Frankel has been enjoying an amazing year adding a new Group I winner to his resume overnight in the UK when Snow Lantern captured the Group I Falmouth Stakes (1m) at Newmarket.

Here is the full list of 34 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

G1-winning superstar Funstar headlines the catalogue for the Inglis Digital July (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

It’s pretty remarkable that in a country with unequalled access to the best sires from around the world, that the likely first three across the line for the champion sire title this season are locally breds that did not win at the highest level and started out moderately priced.

There was only one race run at Scone before the meeting was abandoned, but that was enough for Newgate Farm’s Winning Rupert to post his tenth winner of the season.

No sooner had the Inglis July Early Online Sale opened on Friday when the first bid arrived for Group One winning mare Funstar at $1million.

An expensive filly by American Pharoah (USA) making a winning debut on Friday was always going to be an obvious choice for the ‘One to Watch’

Three year-old filly Pelorus Princess became the 200th Australian winner this season for Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible when she saluted at Sale on Friday as a hot favourite.

The Tattersalls July Sale continued in robust fashion on the second day with four lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more and a clearance rate above 90% for the second consecutive day. 

Entries for the number one sale of its kind, New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale taking place at the Karaka Sales Centre on 17 and 18 November. Breeze Ups will be held on 11 and 12 October at Te Rapa racecourse. 

Eight heats for juveniles at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday morning produced plenty of interesting winners, but none more so than one of my favourite colts to step out this season.

The Keeneland September Yearling Sale begins Monday, Sept. 13. In just a few months, the sound of a striking gavel will once again signify the future of the Thoroughbred industry being shaped by yearlings that will go on to compete on racing’s biggest stages.

A filly with a wind issue might be yet another star performer for Tyreel Stud.

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible moved to 199 Australian winners for the season on Thursday with two new maiden winners including expensive two year-old filly Authentic Jewel, who saluted at Kembla.

There will be no shortage of hard-luck stories after the running of the Listed The Maclean Hotel Grafton Cup (2350m) at Grafton on Thursday, but take nothing off the winner Purrfect Deal.

When Rosemont Stud announced the addition of Hanseatic to their stallion roster in March this year, it wasn’t long before two significant events unfolded ensuring the son of Street Boss (USA) is one of the most popular first season sires in Victoria this spring.

The Magic Millions National Weanling Sale soared to new heights this year with a buoyant market so strong it was likened to an elite yearling sale and for this exciting young sire it may well prove to be an eye-opening taste of what is to come.

The Tattersalls July Sale got off to a strong start on the opening day with a strong Godolphin draft dominating proceedings with four of the top five prices on a day that saw 15 lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more. The clearance for the day was a remarkable 93% and the turnover of 5,952,100 guineas has been bettered only twice on the opening day of this fixture. 

The Breednet Price Point stories have been super popular and are now archived on the site, so will remain a great source of information and reference as we move towards the breeding season and let’s not forget that the most expensive sire in the country – I Am Invincible – stood his first four seasons at this exact price point.

The first crop Northern Hemisphere winners keep coming for Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE), who sired a promising debut winner at Chantilly in France overnight in Dancinginthestreet.

The $80,000 Grafton Guineas (1600m) on Wednesday drew a competitive field with a dominant victory going to promising gelding Tamilaide, a son of Galileo’s Cox Plate hero Adelaide (IRE).

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The John O’Shea-trained Southern Lad had been winless for seventy-seven weeks before his fast-finishing win in Wednesday’s $200,000 Grafton Services Club Ramornie (1200m) at Grafton.

I Am Invincible two year-old King of Sparta was mixing it with some of the best two year olds in training during the autumn carnival, so always looked a good thing in a maiden at Randwick on Wednesday when returning as a gelding.

Three-year-old filly Angelina Lauro was a strong winner of the Piako Tractors 3YO (1400m) at Rotorua for Te Awamutu trainer Clint Isdale on Wednesday.

Featured in the current Breednet Price Point story for proven sires at an $11,000 fee, Hallowed Crown produced a promising metropolitan winner at Randwick on Wednesday trained by Team Hawkes.

It's that time of year again! As the horses' birthday approaches so does Bloodstockauction.com's annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Western Sydney (RMHC GWS) Stallion Cover Charity Auction.

Reward for Effort is not the only sire to recently hit 100 Australian winners for the season with Cambridge Stud’s much missed sire Tavistock also achieving the feat, which is not common for NZ based stallions.

This year, the weekend of August 15 welcomes two prestigious events to Deauville: the historic August Yearling Sale retakes its spot in the European sales calendar, taking place in parallel with one of the biggest events for the best European milers, the Prix Jacques Le Marois (Gr.1).

The Breednet Price Point stories have been super popular and are now archived on the site, so will remain a great source of information and reference as we move towards the breeding season and let’s not forget that the most expensive sire in the country – I Am Invincible – stood his first four seasons at this exact price point.

Here is the full list of 19 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The colours of well known owner Brae Sokolski were caried by Rubick’s Everest winning son Yes Yes Yes and they were in the winner’s circle at Ballarat on Tuesday aboard another three year-old son of Rubick in The Defiant One.

Chatswood Stud's Reward For Effort has sired his 100th individual winner for the 2020/21 season.

Tavi Mac, the surprise package of this season, made a pleasing start to his preparation at Foxton on Tuesday when comfortably winning his 1000m trial.

A buoyant market at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale delivered great results for local vendors with Esker Lodge leading the vendors by average and Rushton Park topping the vendors by aggregate list.

A record individual broodmare price – to complement yesterday’s record individual weanling price - has seen the 2021 Great Southern Sale end as “the best ever’’.

Here is the full list of 20 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has announced there will be a 20 percent boost to stakes between August 28, 2021, and April 2, 2022.

The NSW Racehorse Owners Association’s Racing’s Night of Champions is an annual highlight on the racing social calendar. Due to the ongoing uncertainties created by Covid-19 however, the red carpet event slated for Thursday 19 August this year, will not proceed.

I’ve sired a Group I winner in five of the past six seasons, I’ve got a 70% winner to runner career strike rate, I’ve sired 10 individual million dollar earners and I’m a Top 10 stallion this season for winners- so who am I?

The three-year-old I Am Invincible filly Jazz Etude must be on the verge of being tested in Group company after she made short work of her elders in the $346,000 KTB Hai (1200m) at Hakodate on Sunday.

A big set of trials at Gosford on Monday featured nine heats won by two year-olds with Godolphin unleashing a large team of blue bloods including the full sister to Kementari.

The record-breaking Hong Kong career of legendary Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has earned yet another accolade, with the Champion Awards Judging Panel deciding to award him a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong racing. 

Aidan O’Brien has been having a great year for Group I results in France and he kept it up overnight winning the Group I Grand Prix de Saint Cloud (1m2f)  with five year-old stallion Broome, a son of Galileo’s Epsom Derby winner Australia.

It was Christmas in July at Oaklands this afternoon as the most expensive weanling ever sold at the Great Southern Sale delivered a remarkable result for Blue Gum Farm.

Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Making her third trip to the races, the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained filly Turnstar rewarded the faith of punters when opening her winning account over 900m at Newcastle on Saturday.

Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) is quietly adding more Northern Hemisphere first crop winners to his tally with promising colt Unconquerable the seventh to salute after scoring at Naas in Ireland overnight.

If those images of the magnificent Sir Prancealot (IRE) ready to board a plane for Cornerstone Stud were not enough to incentivise breeders, perhaps the victory of Belle Of Yorkes in Saturday’s $100,000 Adelaide Event Catering 2yo (1200m) at Murray Bridge will.

A small but select field of four lined up in the Group I Coral-Eclipse Stakes (1m2f) at Sandown in the UK overnight with victory going to outstanding three year-old colt St Mark’s Basilica, who proved superior to globe-trotting multiple Group I winner Addeybb.