Wednesday December 30
Fleetwood Maca will be vying for her coronation at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when she contests the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m).
Wednesday December 30
Leading South Australian vendors Mill Park have selected their very best yearlings for Magic Millions 2021 and the depth of quality in the consignment of 15 will make this draft a must inspect for every buyer.
Tuesday December 29
Leneva Park will expand its operations to Seymour Park in 2021 and will stand promising young stallions Lean Mean Machine and Royal Meeting at the property to be known as Leneva Park Seymour.
Tuesday December 29
Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday December 29
A huge syndicate of Tricolours Racing owners had reason for post Christmas celebrations when their talented Star Witness mare Threeood scored a valuable victory in the Group III Bell of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford on Tuesday.
Tuesday December 29
Class told in Tuesday's $150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas when the All Too Hard filly Forbidden Love emerged from an eight-week hiatus to claim a second stakes success and earn a trip to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions 3yo Guineas.
Tuesday December 29
A blue-blooded Vancouver filly that made $625,000 as a weanling was an easy pick for a ‘One to Watch’ when she won on debut at Yarra Glen on Tuesday.
Tuesday December 29
David Brideoake can’t be any happier with New Zealand-bred mare Princess Jenni in the lead-up to the Gr.2 Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot Park on Saturday, but whether she will be able to take her place in the field is another matter.
Tuesday December 29
Phill Cataldo’s connections with Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. is looking set to pay some serious dividends through two unbeaten horses in 2021.
Tuesday December 29
Champion trainer Jamie Richards has an unparalleled Karaka Million record, and he has an ever-growing number of chances of further success on 23 January.
Monday December 28
Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution is sure to be one of the most popular first season sires at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale next month so let’s have a ook at what’s on offer.
Monday December 28
COVID-19 hit plenty of racing plans when it closed the industry down in March, not least that of promising mare Mai Tai.
Monday December 28
Racing Queensland has released the latest top 30 in the order of entry for next months $2 million The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the $2 million Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast.
Sunday December 27
Racing on Sunday included seven winners with siblings to be offered in coming weeks including three new winners into catalogues with yearlings by Time Test, Press Statement and Iffraaj.
Sunday December 27
Waikato Stud’s champion sire Savabeel was on fire on Boxing Day reeling off two new stakes-winners in Brando and Amarelinha plus a Group I quinella courtesy of Concert Hall and Supera and while we’ve talked about the success of the Savabeel x O’Reilly previously, the nick that produced Concert Hall is also one well worth investigating.
Sunday December 27
Yarraman Park Stud’s champion I Am Invincible had his second winner in two days in Japan when Top Star Sun steamrolled over a field of seventeen debutants in a 1400m Newcomers race at Hanshin on Sunday.
Sunday December 27
Lyndhurst Stud’s Better than Ready is setting a brisk pace leading the Australian two year-old sires list by winners and he added a seventh winner on Sunday with an impressive winner at Sunshine Coast that is Magic Millions eligible.
Sunday December 27
Here is the full list of 58 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.
Sunday December 27
Promising three-year-old galloper Bentayga shook off the effects of a pre-race scare to register his first victory at New Plymouth on Sunday.
Sunday December 27
While his training partner is an old hand when it comes to producing winners at the elite level, Robert Wellwood was an uncapped novice until just after 5pm at Ellerslie on Saturday.
Sunday December 27
With 11 wins from 17 starts including two at the elite level, the Yellow Ribbon Stakes and Gamely Handicap, Tates Creek had all the attributes to make an outstanding contribution as a broodmare for Juddmonte Farms.
Sunday December 27
Zoustar had a winning metropolitan double in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday with a pair of progressive horses in Zoushine and All Time Legend.
Sunday December 27
Progressive mare Amica has been gradually working her way through the grades and looked good scoring a half length win in a Benchmark 78 event (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Sunday December 27
It was a Boxing Day to savour for Robert and Barbara McClure’s Morning Rise Stud with their homebred Splendoronthegrass winning at Eagle Farm before Splendoronthegrass’ half-sister Jazz Etude made a winning debut in Japan.
Saturday December 26
A long list of updates to yearling sale catalogues from Boxing Day races including two stakes winners, four stakes placegetters and seven new winners so here’s the full list.
Saturday December 26
Here is the full list of 130 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday December 26
It was a sea of Godolphin blue trying to chase down The Oddysey in Saturday’s Listed Magic Millions Falvelon Quality (1200m) at Eagle Farm, and it was left to Roheryn to achieve the feat.
Saturday December 26
Seven year-old Fastnet Rock gelding The Harrovian is racing in career best form and made it 11 wins in succession at Eagle Farm on Saturday when claiming his second Black Type victory in the Listed BRC Bernborough Plate (1600m).
Saturday December 26
The omen tip Pandemic opened his stakes account in Saturday’s $140,000 Listed Neds Christmas Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday December 26
Royally-bred colt The Elanora has the talent to match his pedigree; however, Redoute's Choice's son still has a bit to learn.
Saturday December 26
Hard to do much better than two starts for two stakes wins.
Saturday December 26
Champion sire I Am Invincible added a promising new stakes-winner to his tally in New Zealand on Boxing Day when lightly raced four year-old mare Vamos Bebe scored a dominant win in the Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint (1200m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday December 26
Versatile mare Concert Hall bagged the Group One victory she richly deserved when she stormed home out wide to snatch victory in the Group I Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie defeating Supera to give champion sire Savabeel a G1 quinella..
Saturday December 26
Champion trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau team have sent out an abundance of talent this season, and a remarkable performance in Saturday’s Group II Jamieson Park Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie may have moved Amarelinha towards the top of the list.
Saturday December 26
The all-conquering Te Akau team is sticking to a proven Group One formula with rising star three-year-old Brando, a $500,000 Karaka Ready to Run purchase.
Saturday December 26
Spendthrift Farm's first season stallion Swear made the perfect start to his stallion career when his first starter Faulds powered home from the rear of the field to open his account over 1100m at Geelong on Saturday.
Saturday December 26
Beaten into second place at her first two starts, the Will Clarken-trained Bleriot would not be denied in her third over 1050m at Morphettville on Boxing Day to claim the honour as the first winner for Aquis Farm’s Divine Prophet.
Saturday December 26
There were three smart debut winners taking each other on in the juvenile event at Randwick on Boxing Day and at the post it was the least fancied of the trio in Rocket Tiger, who was too good for the fillies Vandoula Lass and Vianello.
Saturday December 26
Matamata mare Sheezallmine gave her southern rivals a galloping lesson when she strode away in the home straight to take out the Listed Alleviate Administration Hazlett Stakes (1200m) at Wingatui.
Saturday December 26
Godolphin took the wraps off another smart two-year-old with the Shooting To Win filly Picarones making a winning career debut over 1200m at Caulfield on Boxing Day.
Friday December 25
A great racing program in Australia and New Zealand on Boxing Day sees plenty of opportunity for first season sires to make their mark with division leader Capitalist represented by no fewer than four runners.
Thursday December 24
Shaquero and Astrologer's defection from Randwick to Eagle Farm on Saturday has shortened the odds of a first season stallion coming out on top in the Group III Magic Millions BJ McLachlan Stakes.
Thursday December 24
Talented filly Miss Hipstar became the first winner for Vinery Stud’s promising young sire Star Turn when she won on debut at Doomben back in November and booked her ticket for the Gold Coast when making it two wins in as many starts at Ipswich on Thursday.
Thursday December 24
The cream of the Western Australian yearling crop will converge on the Swan Valley in February when the world class sales complex hosts the 2021 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale.
Wednesday December 23
Racing on Wednesday included two winners at Sandown and three winners at Happy Valley in the evening that all have siblings to be offered in coming weeks by sires such as Captialist, I Am Invincible and Zoustar.
Wednesday December 23
With 28 points up for grabs in two Group Two races within the space of six days, Ellerslie’s Christmas Carnival looms a pivotal period in the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series.
Wednesday December 23
Vendor images are coming thick and fast onto the Magic Milllions site for the Gold Coast Yearling Sale next month so let’s have a look at the first of the Hellbents.
Wednesday December 23
Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.
Wednesday December 23
Thankyou to everyone that voted for their favourite Breednet foal this year and a record response has produced an interesting winner owned by a legendary breeder in Sandy Tait.
Wednesday December 23
Aussie breds posted a winning double at Kenilworth in South Africa on Wednesday with exciting Press Statement filly Kitty Cat Chat going to two for two, while Pierro filly French Declaration saluted for the first time.
Wednesday December 23
Here is the updated list for NSW inspections of Magic Millions drafts with four vendors moving their drafts into the Hunter Valley, including South Australia’s Mill Park Stud who’s draft of 15 yearlings will be available for inspection on Jan 3 at Williamtown.
Wednesday December 23
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday December 23
Third in the Group I ATC Flight Stakes at three behind Funstar and Probabeel, Dissident mare Foxborough has always shown a touch of class and was too good at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when leading all the way to win.
Wednesday December 23
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained three year-old Narvaez was fit and ready to fire at his third run back from a spell at Sandown on Wednesday and got the job done in style.
Wednesday December 23
Champion trainer Chris Waller posted an early double at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with the offspring of champion sire Fastnet Rock, scoring first with exciting two year-old Ranch Hand and then with blue-blooded filly Fifteen Aria, who carries the colours of leading Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida.
Wednesday December 23
Champion sire Fastnet Rock already has two exciting two year-olds running for him this season in Sneaky Five and Acrobat and we can add another name to that list with Ranch Hand bolting in on debut at Warwick Farm in the manner of a future stakes-winner.
Wednesday December 23
Last start Group III Counties Cup (2100m) winner In A Twinkling will be vying for Group One glory at Ellerslie on Boxing Day when he lines-up in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m).
Tuesday December 22
Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) are delighted to announce today that Breednet have extended their partnership with TBV.
Tuesday December 22
The first two races at Geelong on Tuesday were both won by three year-olds having their first start and both dominated in a manner that would suggest more wins are in store.
Tuesday December 22
Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday December 22
After four placegetters including Flemington second Ranveer, Winning Rupert is off the mark with the Roy Chillemi-trained Vienna Cruise leading all the way in an eventful 1000m QTIS maiden at Townsville on Tuesday.
Tuesday December 22
Five heats for juveniles at Randwick on Tuesday morning produced some interesting winners including a Sebring colt from the famed Scandinavia family that has produced superstars Black Caviar, All Too Hard and now Ole Kirk.
Tuesday December 22
Punters who have taken the $6.50 about unraced juvenile Khufu in next month’s $1m Doubletree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) can breathe a little easier after the son of American Pharoah looked all class when winning an 800m trial at Cambridge on Tuesday.
Tuesday December 22
Last week we learned of the passing of much loved stallion Danewin, but back in 1994 when he first entered the Bob Thomsen stable there was already a superstar in residence and that was bonny filly Slight Chance, who was also recently laid to rest at Hobartville Stud.
Tuesday December 22
Coming to grips with life away from the saddle has been tough for former jockey Donavan Mansour, and a new role managing Byerley Park for prominent owner Daniel Nakhle has been a godsend for the well-liked horseman.
Monday December 21
New Zealand currently boasts one of its strongest stallion line-ups in decades. In addition to outstanding exploits on home soil, kiwi stallions have sired the winners of seven Group One races in Australia this season, and feature prominently on the Australian premiership. Over the last six years, New Zealand-based sires have also won four stallion titles in Singapore and two in Hong Kong.
Monday December 21
Darby Racing had a lot of fun with baldy face juvenile flyer Scarlet Rain and their colours were carried to victory at the Hawkesbury trials on Monday morning by her first born son.
Monday December 21
One of New Zealand’s most exciting weight-for-age gallopers, dual Group One winner Te Akau Shark, has been retired.
Monday December 21
Former Kiwi galloper Nikau Spur has made an impression in Australia in just his second start across the Tasman.
Monday December 21
Waikato bloodstock agent Stuart Hale’s annual Auckland/Waikato yearling inspection tour will return in 2021.
Sunday December 20
Nine winners around Aus and in Hong Kong yesterday with half or full relations in yearling sales, including four in Hong Kong and five new winners for yearlings by Ocean Park, Winning Rupert, Pride Of Dubai, So You Think and Spirit Of Boom.
Sunday December 20
This nick has become one of the best known and most successful in Australasia with an impressive 21% stakes-winners to runners and Karaka Book 1 features two youngsters bred this way and two more that are very close.
Sunday December 20
Created in 2019 as the brainchild of respected showjumper and unabashed thoroughbred fan Krissy Harris, the Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association goes from strength to strength in working towards the goal of improving demand for retired racehorses as competition horses.
Sunday December 20
Widden Stud based sires produced three winners at the Sha Tin meeting on Sunday with victory for Celestial Power (Star Witness), Healthy Happy (Zoustar) and impressive first starter Carroll Street (Outreach).
Sunday December 20
Here is the full list of 70 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday December 20
Following the heroic of Japanese horses at last weeks International Stakes Day at Sha Tin, the tables were turned to some extent when the Frankel colt Grenadier Guards defeated the best juvenile colts in Japan in Sunday’s Group 1 The Aasai Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin.
Sunday December 20
There were four Randwick winners on Saturday that have siblings in upcoming sales and one of them is exciting Deep Field sprinter Big Parade.
Sunday December 20
There were four Randwick winners on Saturday that have siblings in upcoming sales and one of them is progressive I Am Invincible mare Saigon, who looked good winning in the Laurel Oak Bloodstock colours over 1400m.
Sunday December 20
There were four Randwick winners on Saturday that have siblings in upcoming sales and one of them is yet another good winner for Shamus Award in Rich and Shameless, who scored his first metro win when successful in the Highway event over 1300m.
Sunday December 20
There were four Randwick winners on Saturday that have siblings in upcoming sales and one of them is talented Fastnet Rock gelding Edison, who scored his first win in open company when saluting over 1400m.
Sunday December 20
Busy putting in the hard yards conducting his pre-Christmas inspections for the annual NZB National Yearling Sale at Karaka next month, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis CNZM took time out to reflect on the stables’ achievements in 2020.
Sunday December 20
Trainer Emma-Lee Browne was still sporting a smile a mile wide on Sunday morning following the winning double that she and husband David picked up at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Sunday December 20
The sight of promising galloper Lincoln Falls storming past his rivals to win at Awapuni on Saturday provided trainer Lisa Latta with a special moment after she has endured plenty in her battle to get him back to the racetrack.
Sunday December 20
17 winners around Aus and NZ yesterday with half or full relations in yearling sales, including a stakes winning upgrade and four new winners for yearlings by Awesome Rock, Tivaci, Written Tycoon and Redwood.
Saturday December 19
We’d like to thank thoroughbred breeders from throughout Australia and New Zealand for supporting the 2020 Breednet Foal Gallery which again has showcased a huge variety of gorgeous foals from both hobby and commercial breeders.
Saturday December 19
The Simon Miller-trained mare Dance Music threatened a return to her best when third in the AJ Scahill Stakes at her previous start, and to the punter's delight she led every step of the way in Saturday's Listed Agent Fresh-Starstruck Classic at Ascot.
Saturday December 19
Here is the full list of 123 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday December 19
The Group 1 Kingston Town Classic hero Truly Great blew past Trap For Fools in the final furlong of Saturday’s Group II Ted Van Heemst Stakes at Ascot to add to the Peters family’s burgeoning trophy cabinet.
Saturday December 19
With just twenty-five live foals from three seasons at stud, the unheralded Fastnet Rock stallion Rocker may have quietly slipped away without a trace had it not been for Soxagon earning a career highlight win in Saturday’s Listed Lough Neagh Stakes at Doomben.
Saturday December 19
Progressive Deep Field filly Isotope was taking on an A grader in Away Game in the Listed BRC Gold Edition Stakes (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday and she proved her class when scoring a thrilling last stride victory.
Saturday December 19
Hastings visitor Hunta Pence overcame his apparent dislike of the Awapuni track to register his biggest career victory when he took out the Group III Bramco Granite and Marble Manawatu Cup (2300m) in a desperate finish on Saturday.
Saturday December 19
Pocket rocket Tavi Mac, who affectionately carries the moniker Frodo due to his diminutive stature and ungainly build, captured the biggest victory of his burgeoning career when he dashed away from his rivals in Saturday’s Group II Kevin Pratt Memorial Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni.
Saturday December 19
Given a ground-saving ride by Jackson Morris, the Scott Morrisey-trained Rockin' Artie proved himself the strongest at the finish of a 1200m maiden an energy-sapping heavy ten at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Saturday December 19
Promising three-year-old Mongolian Wings showed he could be on a similar path to his illustrious sire when he produced an eye-catching display to shed his maiden status at Te Rapa.
Saturday December 19
A hugely impressive winner when on debut at Moonee Valley on November 28, Godolphin's Dawn Approach (IRE) colt Paulele made the trip to Sydney for Saturday's Precise Air Hcp (1200m) where he kept his record perfect with the minimum of fuss.
Saturday December 19
Veteran jockey Chris Johnson established a new national record for race victories on Saturday at Awapuni when Sassenach provided him with win 2452 in New Zealand.
Friday December 18
Six winners around Aus and NZ yesterday with half or full relations in yearling sales, including five new winners with relations for sale by Dundeel, Sebring, Not A Single Doubt and Tavistock.
Friday December 18
First season sires have been busy putting winners on the board this season and on Saturday Flying Artie will have a chance to add to his tally with three runners around the country.
Friday December 18
Here is the full list of 59 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday December 18
Three heats for two year-olds at Rosehill on Friday morning all held interest with one of the three winners being the full brother to Golden Slipper winner Estijaab.