Thoroughbred owner and breeder Luigi Muollo was celebrating another milestone on Saturday evening after star staying three-year-old colt Explosive Jack added another Derby trophy to his growing collection.

John Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds have bred their share of great horses ranging from Golden Slipper winner Vancouver to world champion racehorse Winx and now they have bred a TDN Rising Star in North America with an impressive Belmont victory for exciting three year-old filly In Italian.

There looks to be better things ahead for the two-year-old Xtravagant gelding Sinba, judging by his dominant win on debut over 1400m at Newcastle on Saturday.

Recently inducted into the US Hall of Fame, Coolmore shuttler American Pharoah (USA) was in the winner's list in the US on Saturday when his Group I winning daughter Harvey’s Lil Goil made a triumphant return in her first appearance of 2021 when taking out the Group III Beaugay Stakes (1 1nd 1/16th mile) at Belmont .

John Sargent is finally going to test the inaugural 500k Gosford Coastal winner Brandenburg over a middle distance in the Doomben Cup.

While there were no stakes races at Caulfield on Saturday, plenty were willing to argue the most promising young horse to race on the day captured the final event on the programme.

The loss of the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude winner Fontiton after just two foals struck another chord when her Snitzel colt Generation put a small but select field to the sword over 1200m at Caulfield on Saturday.

Off the board in just one of her nine starts to date, Emirates Park Stud’s Dream ahead (USA) filly Marboosha was rewarded for her consistency in Saturday’s Group III Gold Coast Guineas (1200m).

Patrick Payne said it was likely that Cherry Tortoni would keep to distances around a mile in the spring after the high-class son of Night Of Thunder (IRE) captured Saturday’s Listed Adelaide Guineas at Morphettville.

Shamus Award celebrated a fee increase to $33,000 at Rosemont Stud in the forthcoming season when Enchanted Heart became his 13th stakes-winner following a barnstorming win in Saturday’s Listed Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford.

In what was billed as one of the classiest line-ups in recent years, Saturday's $500,000 Group II Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast proved to be a romp for the Annabel Neasham trained Zaaki (GB).

Marton trainer Fraser Auret made it a red-letter day for the Auret family on Saturday when he captured both feature races at Riccarton.

Rugged two-year-old Turn The Ace provided a second milestone for his sire Turn Me Loose in the space of seven days when he took out the feature event at Te Rapa on Saturday, the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m).

Tough-as-teak three-year-old Explosive Jack captured a third Derby in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 South Australian Derby at Morphettville, and he might not be finished yet.

Three-year-old filly Grace And Harmony continued on her upward trajectory when earning a maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Listed Gold Bracelet at the Gold Coast.

Rebel Dane became the eighth first-season sire to put a stakes winner on the board in Australia when the Matthew Dunn-trained Subterranean nosed out the favourite Ranch Hand in Saturday’s Group III Ken Russell Memorial at the Gold Coast.

Winless since September 2019, the lightly raced High Chaparral (IRE) gelding Baller made his first start for Tony Gollan a winning one in Saturday’s Listed Golmarket Quality (1200m) at the Gold Coast.

Supporters of the well-backed Sebring filly Biscayne Bay were on tenterhooks for all but the final 50 metres of Saturday’s Group III South Australia Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville.

G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Celebrity Queen tonight became the highest-priced mare ever sold at an Inglis Chairman’s Sale when realising $2.5m to Coolmore on a spectacular night of action at Riverside.

This three year-old filly by Pride of Dubai made it three wins on the trot at Wagga on Friday catching our eye with her dominant victory

Despite winning at Caulfield two starts ago, Irish bred stayer Inverloch (IRE) was seen as long shot in the Listed Wagga Wagga Cup (2000m) on Friday, but led all the way for Matthew Cahill to score a tenacious win.

Sooboog enters his fifth season at stud in 2021 – following immense support from breeders and shareholders during his first 4 seasons - covering over 500 mares to date.

A Dundeel half sister to dual G1-winning filly Montefilia is among 311 lots catalogued in the Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Auction, which opens for bidding at 3pm today.

Well-known equestrian Vicki Wilson is leading the resurgence of thoroughbred breeding in Hawke’s Bay with the addition of Mongolian Falcon to the region’s stallion ranks.

There is always tremendous interest surrounding the broodmares that sell for big money and make all the headlines following a sale, but looking a little further down the list can highlight some lesser told success stories such as we saw on Thursday when a $65,000 mare produced the $400,000 Capitalist colt that topped the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.

Vendors are welcoming the return of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale to a physical format at Karaka next week, but without losing sight of lessons learned from last year’s COVID-19 disruptions.

Eureka Stud will consolidate its stallion roster for the 2021 breeding season to stand Champion Queensland sire Spirit of Boom and Encryption, the son of Champions Lonhro and Guelph.

A $65,000 broodmare purchase from last year has today produced the top-priced lot at the record-breaking Australian Weanling Sale when a Capitalist x Laylia weanling realised $400,000 at Riverside.

There are no shortages of challengers willing to spoil the party for Explosive Jack, who looks to add Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 South Australia Derby to a trophy cabinet that already houses the Tasmanian and ATC Australian Derbies.

Teofilo’s dual Group I winning son Palentino is off the mark with his first winner after Palencia scored a resounding debut victory on Thursday.

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

Star studded supplementary catalogues for the Magic Millions National Weanling and Broodmare Sales have been boosted again with a further 24 lots joining the Southern Hemisphere's leading breeding stock auction.

Another Kiwi duo will go down in racing folklore after their herculean battle at Warrnambool on Thursday.

Coolmore’s undefeated Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) had just four of his first crop weanlings entered for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale and was saving the best for last when the final offering, and his only filly in the sale, fetched $300,000 for Fairhill Farm.

A mare bought from the Inglis Broodmare Sale last year for $65,000 has proven an inspired purchase with the foal she was carrying selling for $400,000 today.

Julie Harris and her team at Holbrook Thoroughbreds will present three outstanding mares in the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Friday evening and the star of the show is undeniably this season’s Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate winner Celebrity Queen.

Wet track conditions hold the biggest concern for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott ahead of Force Of Will’s tilt at the Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Weanling Sale at Karaka features progeny by an outstanding range of stallions, including rising stars whose early sons and daughters are set to shine in the coming seasons, superior performers with limited chances remaining to access their progeny, and everything in between.

Lot 1 into the ring at Riverside Stables on Thursday for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale was a cracking colt from the first crop of Coolmore’s undefeated US Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) and he commanded instant attention when selling for $280,000.

Brilliant sprinter Dirty Work is set to complete a six stallion 2021 Spendthrift Australia roster, with the announcement of the G2-winning son of Written Tycoon joining the team for the upcoming season.

Progressive young stayers by Camelot are always of interest to Australians given his success here as the sire of Group I winners Russian Camelot and Sir Dragonet so the win of Youth Spirit in the Group III Chester Vase (1m 4 ½ f) caught the eye.

Ian Smith’s elite Edinburgh Park breeding operation on the mid north coast of New South Wales has faced significant challenges in recent months with floods devastating the picturesque farm leading to a decision to offer a consignment of quality broodmares at Riverside Stables in Sydney on Sunday at the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale.

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

After breaking a 26 run of outs stretching back to June 2018 at his previous start at Terang, Inn Keeper made it two on the trot in the Listed Wangoom Hcp (1200m) at Warrnambool on Wednesday.

Mike and Debbie O’Donnell have their hands full at Riverside Stables with a big draft of 29 weanlings to be offered at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale on Thursday, but they no doubt spared a minute to cheer home their filly Sahra, who saluted at Canterbury in the Fairhill Farm colours.

An enormously influential career spanning more than 40 years in the New Zealand thoroughbred industry was recognised and celebrated in Hamilton on Sunday night with Sir Peter Vela’s induction into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. 

A pair of champion racehorses bought at Karaka for a combined total of only $130,000 have been enshrined in New Zealand racing history with induction into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.

Whenever it appears safe to claim that Capitalist has a stranglehold on the first season sires tile for number of winners, Star Turn counters with a winner of his own.

Inglis is excited to announce it will again be producing a Sale Day Live broadcast of Friday night’s Chairman’s Sale.

Newgate Farm’s young gun sire Capitalist added another new winner to his tally on Wednesday at Canterbury when talented filly Socialist broke through for the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable.

Telemon Thoroughbreds are set to enter the 2021 breeding season with an unchanged line-up of three stallions.

Darley celebrate the life of Northwood Park’s trailblazer Reset who passed at age 20.

Highview Stud stallion Wrote will stand his fifth season at stud at an unchanged fee of $5,000 + GST this coming breeding season.

Charms Star, runner-up in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) has joined the Sydney stable of Chris Waller with a Queensland campaign in mind.

They reckon it’s all about the company you keep.

Oaklands Stud are excited to confirm that resident stallion, Power (GB) will again serve as the headline stallion for the 2021 season, standing alongside an exciting new addition in Exosphere.

Third in the Group III BRC Grand Prix (2200m) last December, promising Dundeel  filly Atonement will be heading back to Queensland for a crack at the Group I BRC Queensland Oaks after scoring a good tough win at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

Kiwi import Flying Agent has provided Ballarat trainer Amy McDonald with the biggest win of her burgeoning career when taking out the A$150,000 Brierly Steeplechase (3450m) on the opening day of the Warrnambool carnival.

Moving back to Victoria this sprint to stand at Yulong at a fee of $165,000, Written Tycoon was in the winner’s frame on Tuesday with a debut 2YO winner.

Promising staying three-year-old Quiet Michael broke maiden ranks over 1800m at Hawkesbury on Tuesday under a confident Josh Parr ride on a deteriorating Soft7 track. 

Orbis Bloodstock bought  two of the three most expensive colts by Brazen Beau at the 2019 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale with the dearest being recently retired Group III winner North Pacific and the other made a winning debut at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

High-end results at the Perth Magic Millions complemented by remarkable strike-rates at Ascot have been the spur for modest service fee increases for Snippetson and Universal Ruler at Scenic Lodge.

Haunui Farm will once again welcome Champion 2YO and dual G1 winner BELARDO (IRE) (Lope De Vega) and, 4-time G1 winner and two-time Champion Miler RIBCHESTER (IRE) (Iffraaj), back to New Zealand in 2021.

Group One winning juvenile Sword Of State will join Cambridge Stud’s stallion roster at the conclusion of his racing career.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Shalaa (IRE) added a new stakes-winner to his tally overnight in Ireland where three year-old filly No Speak Alexander capture the Group III Athasi Stakes (7f) at The Curragh.

Rosemont Stud announced their fees and roster for 2021 on Monday with Starspangledbanner listed at $16,500, the champion son of Choisir featuring overnight in Ireland with a new 2YO stakes-winner after Castle Star took out the Listed First Flier Stakes (5f) at The Curragh.

Pedigree, performance and superior type often make for a premium mare capable of becoming that most sought after of bloodstock commodities - a Group I producer.

Vinery Stud’s Star Turn posted his fourth winner in four days when Me Me Lagarde carried Gerry Harvey’s colours to victory at Ipswich on Monday.

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

Yulong Stud is proud to announce the 2021 service fees for its six stallions, with four new stallions added to the roster, including the exceptional Written Tycoon.

New Zealand Champion sire Savabeel will once again headline an impressive stallion roster at Waikato Stud for the forthcoming breeding season where he will stand for a fee of $100,000+gst.

A colt purchased for just $18,000 at last year’s Great Southern Weanling Sale – held online due to Covid – has topped today’s second and final day of the HTBA May Yearling Sale at Riverside.

Trainer Andrew Forsman was thrilled to give an old mate a helping hand on Saturday. Now former star galloper Turn Me Loose is on the board as a stallion, his former trainer says his Turn The Ace could help significantly boost his profile next season.

The horse’s natural reproductive period coincides with the light-filled days of summer. The desire to breed mares early in the year means that many foals are born at a darker time of year than Nature intended.

A big set of trials at Randwick on Monday morning included six heats won by two year-olds that include the colt that topped the 2020 Magic Millions Yearling Sale.

Staffing has become one of the major factors for primary industries in New Zealand, and it is nearing a crisis point.

Rosemont Stud have announced their 2021 fees on a classy roster headlined by Champion 3yo SHAMUS AWARD, who has quite clearly established himself as the dominant son of multiple champion sire Snitzel.

The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside Stables on Thursday features a draft of six from Jilly Henderson’s Noogee Park, a quality Hunter Valley nursery renowned for producing the Champion Hong Kong Sprinter of 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 - Beat the Clock.

The New Zealand thoroughbred industry played a starring role in Saturday’s A$200,000 Group Two Queen of the South Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville, with both of the first two placegetters being graduates of the Karaka 2017 draft of world-renowned Kiwi breeders Waikato Stud.

Bred on the magic Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross, lightly raced three year- old colt Fenelon scored his first Black Type success at Longchamp overnight when taking out the Listed Prix de l’Avre (1m4f)).

Coolmore were expected to win the Group I Newmarket 1,000 Guineas overnight in the UK with Camelot filly Santa Barbara, but at the winning post it was another of the Ballydoyle entries that had her head in front and that was Mother Earth with Frankie Dettori in the saddle.

Fresh from siring his first stakes-winner on Saturday in Miss Hipstar, Vinery Stud’s Star Turn posted his first Hong Kong winner on Sunday when Cordyceps Six saluted at Sha Tin bringing a timely pedigree update for his half-sister selling at Inglis HTBA May today.

Here is the full list of 74 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.

October’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale will be the big beneficiary of today’s HTBA May Yearling Sale leading lots, with the top two purchases set to be breezed up and reoffered at Riverside later this year.

Swettenham Stud shuttler Toronado (IRE) has enjoyed outstanding success south of the equator, however the son of High Chaparral (IRE) cast a net far and wide on the weekend.

Talented US bred Vancouver filly Madone was beaten only once last season at two and picked up where she left off when taking out the Group III Senorita Stakes (1m) at Santa Anita on Saturday.

A $5,000 bargain buy became a darling of the turf when 3YO filly Media Award (Shamus Award) won the G1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville.

A yearling that found a new home after the minimum bid of $1,000 supplied trainer Bob Baffert with a record seventh win in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

After Archedemus won the Group III Hawkesbury Gold Cup in 2019, he travelled to Brisbane to defeat Tom Melbourne in the Listed Members Handicap at Doomben. He is unlikely to follow a similar path after his second score in the $200,000 feature on Saturday.

A homebred for legendary breeder and trainer Jim Bolger, Dawn Approach colt Poetic Flare denied the might of Godolphin to win the Group I Newmarket 2,000 Guineas (1m) overnight defeating their entry Master of Seas (Dubawi) with Yulong owned Lucky Vega (Lope de Vega) in third place.

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

A $5,000 yearling and the first Group 1 runner for her trainer, Media Award's triumph in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Australasian Stakes (2000m) at Morphettville was 'bigger than Neil Armstrong walking on the moon' according to an emotional trainer Chris Calthorpe.

Proven Thoroughbreds have already won a Group II Queensland Guineas (1600m) with their former star Sir Moments and they did it again at Eagle Farm on Saturday when the Joe Pride trained Private Eye flew home from last to win.

Winner of the Group III BRC Fred Best Classic at three, talented seven year-old Nicconi gelding Niccanova has recaptured his best form and scored a resounding win in the Group II BRC Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday taking his prizemoney beyond $1million.

A rails-hugging masterpiece by champion jockey Craig Williams resulted in the Phillip Stokes-trained filly Instant Celebrity bouncing back to her best in Saturday's Group 1 TAB Classic (Robert Sangster Stakes) at Morphettville.

Never further back than second in seven starts, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Exoboom was rewarded with a maiden stakes success in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m).  

There are few more likeable mares than the John Thompson-trained Sweet Deal who will head to next Friday’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale with four Group IIIs and  $1,479,320 to her name following Saturday’s win in the Hawkesbury Crown (1300m).

Outstanding broodmare Leone Chiara delivered a third stakes-winner at Hawkesbury on Saturday when her five year-old Sebring gelding Embacer won the $140,000 Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m).

Cambridge galloper Pierina caused a major upset when she dashed clear in the final stages to score an emphatic victory in the feature event at Te Rapa, the Gr.2 Travis Stakes (2000m).

The European import Wyclif (GB) opened his Australian account at start five in his adopted homeland with a fighting win in an incident packed Listed Port Adelaide Cup (2500m) at Morphettville.