In February she placed in the G1 Blue Diamond over 1200m and on Thursday Personal (Fastnet Rock) won the G1 VRC Oaks over 2500m.

Magic Millions Sales Pty Ltd today announced amendments to The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions January Carnival calendar of events for 2021.

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

Worth $500,000, the VRC Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final (1600m) at Flemington on Oaks Day was the second richest race on the program and victory went to five year-old So You Think gelding Do You Reckon, bringing a pedigree update for a talented Shalaa (IRE) colt entered for the Magic Millions 2YO’s in Training Sale next week.

After breaking Nature Strips 1000m track record at Moonee Valley at her most recent start, the three-year-old Written Tycoon filly Written Beauty continued the run of success for Team Hawkes and Orbis Bloodstock when opening her stakes account in the $200,000 Group III  Network 10 Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.

The nick between champion Coolmore sires Fastnet Rock and Galileo is one of the most potent in the world and it delivered another Group I success at Flemington on Thursday when top class filly Personal shed the bridesmaid tag to win the $1million Group I VRC Oaks (2500m).

Run for the first time at Flemington on Oaks Day, the $250,000 VRC Inglis Bracelet (1600m) drew a competitive field of mares with victory going to talented four year-old Pierro mare Rocha Clock, who made it a race to race double for her trainer John O’Shea.

The Listed VRC G.H. Mumm Century Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Oaks Day was won by progressive sprinter Ancestry, who has been in blistering form this spring.

Four-year-old mare Tralee Rose made it back-to-back wins for trainer Symon Wilde when successful at Flemington in the TCL TV Stakes (1700m) in the opening event on Oaks Day.

Making her career debut, the heavily backed favourite Dosh looked set for a comfortable win in the Group III Darley Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Oaks day before she began to take as many steps sideways as she did going forward.

Former Kiwi Mongolian Marshal took out Wednesday’s Kyneton Cup (2000m), with a hard-fought victory over Bartholomeu Dias and connections now have eyes for an even more lucrative country cup.

The two year-old full sister to Australian dual Group I winner Russian Camelot made a winning debut at Kempton in the UK overnight and interestingly she holds an entry for the upcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Magic Millions 2YO’s in Training Sale is a proven source of high class winners and stakes horses and when success is all about identifying talent and transforming that into racetrack success there are few better conditioners than licenced trainer Melanie O'Gorman, whose past Australian breeze up drafts include $600,000 plus earner Trumbull.

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained One More Time couldn’t have been more impressive on debut when scoring by six lengths in a 1200m maiden at Avondale on Wednesday.

Oaks Day at Flemington on Thursday features four stakes races and while the Group I VRC Oaks holds centre stage, the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes for 2YO’s is a must watch as it features the half-sister to Oaks favourite Montefilia.

Worth $1million, the Group I VRC Kennedy Oaks at Flemington on Thursday is run over a testing 2500m and we have a hot favourite that is head and shoulders above her peers, but can she run the trip?

A lot can happen in 10 minutes - That was the case for prominent breeder/owner Daniel Nakhle who was on track at Pukekohe on Saturday to watch his promising mare Arrivederci win the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m).

After months of preparation and extensive testing, New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce that registrations for their anticipated online bidding platform are now open, with the platform due to debut at the Ready to Run Sale on 18 and 19 November. 

Here is the full list of 144 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details - most people will not guess who was the most successful sire with six winners.

It has been a relatively lean Melbourne Spring Carnival to date for Godolphin however the expensive purchase Exhilertaes closed out Melbourne Cup day with a fighting win in the Listed MSS Security Sprint (1200m) at Flemington.

Relocated to Arrowfield Stud this year, Written Tycoon has been in a rich vein of form this season and made it a stakes double at Flemington on Cup Day with progressive mare Rich Hips claiming her first Black Type win in the Group III VRC Hong Kong Jockey Club stakes (1400m).

A seventh Lexus Melbourne Cup for Lloyd Williams, a second for Joseph O'Brien, a second for Teofilo (IRE) and a first for Jye McNeil as Twilight Payment (IRE) ran them into the ground in Tuesday's $8 million feature.

Kiwi bred five year-old Purple Sector carried the famous colours of the late Dato Tan Chin Nam’s Think Big Stud to victory on Cup Day at Flemington in the Listed VRC Furphy Plate (1800m).

The Frank Ritchie-trained Fiscal Fantasy is now on the hunt for an elusive Group One victory after winning her third Group Three race at Ellerslie on Tuesday.

Co-trainer Sam Freedman admitted he was initianally a bit disappointed in Ain'tnodeeldun despite the son of Dundeel winning the Listed Hill Smith Stakes at Morphettville at his most recent start. However the runner-up Victoria Quay, also by Dundeel, would frank that form when coming out to win the Group II Wakeful Stakes.

It was a blowout for punters in the Listed World Horse Racing Stakes (1400m)at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day with the Unencumbered filly No Restriction powering home from last on the turn for a maiden stakes success.

Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington started with a winner for the Lindsay Park training team with Written Tycoon colt Finance Tycoon downing race favourite Ingratiating to win the Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m).

Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington starts with a feature race for the two year-olds with nine youngsters accepting for the Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate including four runners by first season sires so a look at the Breednet Sale Mail is a must.

Rich Hill Stud’s John Thompson knows what it takes to breed a Melbourne Cup winner.

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

What has Tiger Moth (IRE) in common with Horse Of The Year Red Anchor, the champion Lady’s Secret, champion racehorses and stallions Blushing Groom, King Kamehameha, Mill Reef, Pipe Of Peace and Khaled? They all trace back to the hugely influential matron Black Ray.

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.

Statistics released by Weatherbys highlighting the busiest sires for Britain and Ireland in 2020 features a list of the Top 20 flat sires including five stallions standing in Australia this spring.

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale consistently shine brightly on racetracks across Australasia and Asia, and their performances have been recognised with multiple awards in recent seasons.

AFL Great-turned trainer Denis Pagan provided one of the feel-good stories of 2020 when preparing Johnny Get Angry to win the Group I Victoria Derby (2500m) on Saturday, but he was quick to deflect much of the credit to good friend and fellow Flemington trainer Troy Corstens.

The original Aussie Royal Ascot hero, Choisir has been pensioned from active stud duty at Coolmore at age 21 and can now enjoy his retirement years.

There won’t be many people hoping for a dead-heat in this year’s Melbourne Cup, but Tony Rider will be one.

Classy Pierro stayer Furore won the 2019 Hong Kong Derby and burst back to top form to win the Group III Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Last week Coolmore announced the retirement to stud of their Group I winning mare Magic Wand and it has now been revealed she will be staying in Australia to begin her breeding career.

A three-month review of the Code of Ethics and membership criteria for the FBAA has won the required support of members when presented late last week.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Newhaven Park graduates Shout the Bar ($31) and Odeum ($4) started far apart in the betting of the Group I VRC Empire Rose, but an impressive duel between the two proved they were much closer in form than expected.

The modern Melbourne Cup is a very different race to the one Brew won back in 2000 as in the 20 years since then the race has attracted widespread international participation both in terms of foreign trained horses and Northern Hemisphere sourced horses prepared by locals with the specific goal of winning our greatest race, so does pedigree matter anymore?

As Verry Elleegant prepares to fly the New Zealand flag in Tuesday’s G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), the star mare’s Kiwi co-owners are on the ride of their lives.

September Run asserted herself the best 3YO sprinting filly in the land and the Giant Killer Gytrash slayed them again on another big day of feature race success for Inglis graduates.

Talented Choisir five year-old gelding Hudoo Magic scored his first Black Type victory in South Africa on Saturday taking out the Group II Peermont Emperors Palace Charity Mile (1600m) at Turffontein.

Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl came with a well-timed ride under jockey Chris Parnham to win the Gr.3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday.

Classy five year-old I Am Invincible mare Fiesta has rediscovered her best form and made it back to back stakes wins when capturing the final race at Flemington on Derby Day with a dominant win in the Group III VRC Furphy Sprint (1100m).

Here is the full list of 113 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

 There was no black-type, so Godolphin will have to be satisfied with the $4,100,000 winners cheque as last seasons ATC Australian Oaks heroine Colette provided Koby Jennings with a career highlight in the  $7,500,000 Iron Jack Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill.

Sydneysiders have taken a real liking to South Australian sprinter Gytrash and his likable trainer Gordon Richards, who claimed another big race win at Rosehill on Saturday when taking out the $1million ATC Yes Yes Yes Stakes (1300m).

A Group 1 winner in South Africa, Yulong Prince (SAF) is now a Group 1 winner in Australia after luck finally went his way in Saturday’s $1,500,000 Group 1 Kennedy Cantala Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.  

It was an emotional first winner at the highest level for owner/trainer Dennis Pagan and apprentice jockey  Lachie King when the Tavistock gelding Johnny Get Angry proved himself the best stayer in Saturday’s $2,000,000 Group 1 AAMI Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington.

2010 Melbourne Cup winner Americain (USA) has fallen from favour as a commercial sire, but he featured at Rosehill on Saturday when his handy stayer Costello scored a lucrative win in the $500,000 ATC Rosehill Gold Cup (2000m).

After siring the quinella last year with Exceedance and Bivouac, Darley Stud’s flagship stallion Exceed And Excel struck again in the $1,500,000 Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington, but this time it was a filly that put the colts in their place.

Promising galloper Siracusa brought up a hattrick of wins in the best possible style when she stormed home out wide to take out the Listed Haunui Farm Karaka Classic (1600m) at Pukekohe bring a big pedigree update for her half-brother headed to the NZB Ready to Run Sale.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained mare Shout the Bar was not in great form heading to Melbourne for the Group I VRC Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday, but with blinkers fitted and Damien Oliver on board she found her old spark.

The Andreas Wohler-trained Ashrun (FR) earned a place in the field for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup with a last stride win in the Group II Lexus Hotham Stakes (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

It was a case of Deja Vu as the first two home in last years Group II TAB (Linlithgow) Stakes (1200m), Kemalpasa and Order Of Command, were the first two over the lineagain twelve months later.

Westbury Stud-based sire Telperion made the best start possible to his stallion career when his first runner to the track was successful at Awapuni on Saturday.

It’s been a long time coming, but Dundeel finally sired a female stakes-winner when talented filly Victoria Quay did best in a driving finishing to beat the favourite Personal in the Group II VRC Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Punters looked likely to get off on the right foot on Victoria Derby day at Flemington when the heavily backed Aysar put his head in front at the 200 metres mark in the Group III Network 10 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m). However, they had not counted on the tenacity of his stablemate Crosshaven.

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

Golden Slipper winning sire Vancouver added a new metropolitan winner to his tally at Moonee Valley on Friday night when Captain Canuck shook off maiden status in the first event of the night.

Four heats for juveniles at Randwick on Friday morning produced some interesting winners including two youngsters by first season sires Capitalist and Xtravagant.

The Bloodstockauction.com catalogue for October 29 – November 3 is now online featuring a strong selection of racehorses, yearlings and broodmares.

Increased opportunity is the catalyst that can often elevate a good sire into a great one and Tasmanian sire sensation Needs Further is poised for that next phase of his career after relocating to Aquis Farm in Victoria this spring.

The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale drew to a close with a fourth and final session that saw demand continue unabated, resulting in a clearance rate just shy of 90%.

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

Cherry Tortoni will carry the Tait family's famous red with white cap silks in the feature $2 million AAMI Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday, while earlier in the day a sales-topper from the family synonymous with the Taits will be out to earn a maiden stakes success.

Vinery Stud have announced that Ole Kirk, one of the most sought-after stud prospects in the country, will join their stallion roster at the conclusion of his racing career.

The famed cerise colours of the Ingham family were carried to victory at Gosford on Thursday by a progressive son of Deep Field.

Outstanding mare Magic Wand will not seek to repeat her victory last year in the Group I VRC Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington next Saturday with Coolmore announcing via Twitter the superstar daughter of Galileo has been retired following the discovery of a foot abcess.

Cheers from Western Australia on Saturday as the exciting colt Portland Sky recorded a dominant victory in one of W.S Cox Plate day's features the, $200,000 Group III Red Anchor Stakes.

The exciting Camelot colt ENGLISH KING broke the record price for a colt in training on day three of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale when selling for 925,000 guineas on a day that saw five lots sell for 300,000 guineas or more.  

A trio of Rich Hill Stud graduates will be vying for top honours in prestige events across two Australian states in the coming days.

The powerful Te Akau Racing operation has an incredible record in the $1m Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) in recent seasons, and they are well placed to carry on in the same vein in 2021.

The Group I VRC Victoria Derby is worth a whopping $2 million making it the richest race for spring three year-olds in the country and the testing trip of 2500m means not always the best horse wins, but rather the horse that stays best on the day.

The Tattersalls Horses in Training third session is underway and as predicted Camelot three year-old English King proved a highly desirable commodity knocked down to Armando Duarte / Ballymore Stables Australia / Paul Moroney Bloodstock for a whopping 925,000 guineas.

For the second time this month, a 3YO filly by I Am Invincible has topped an Inglis Digital online auction, with Surething To Win selling to Peter Robl Racing for $265,000 in the October (Late) catalogue.

It’s not easy for a three year-old to jump straight from a provincial maiden win to Benchmark 72 company at Randwick on Wednesday, but Rubick gelding El Buena made it look easy.

If punters were looking for a lead from the betting ring for the import Pondus in Wednesdays $400,000 Group III Apiam Bendigo Cup (2400m), they received it in spades. However, what could go wrong did go wrong for the son of Sea The Moon who fell just short of catching the High Chaparral (IRE) mare, Princess Jenni.

Trent Busuttin trained Sangster to win the Group I  Victoria Derby (2500m) in 2011 and he thinks it’s about time he gets his hands back on the coveted mug.

Trade continued in robust fashion on the second day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale with seventeen lots topping six figures, led by the William Haggas trained PIRANESI at 300,000 guineas.

Wet weather did not dampen a fantastic show at the Mirrabooka Jump Club Spring Jumping held at Moruya Showgrounds on the weekend featuring some great Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association classes.

The second session of the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale is underway with Chris Waller Racing securing two high priced lots and Paul Moroney Bloodstock and partners securing another.

Two jump outs at Ballarat on Tuesday morning for juveniles preparing for the annual Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat in November were both won by youngsters sired by Newgate Farm’s young gun Winning Rupert.

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

The most expensive Australian yearling sired by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) made it two trial wins from two outings when he won easily at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning on the polytrack.

Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose recorded his first trial victory as a sire when his two-year-old colt out of Group Three performer Angel del Dinero won his 800m heat at Taupo on Tuesday.

While Flying Start Syndications Director Cameron Bennett is disappointed he won’t be able to be on course to watch Let’s Karaka Deel in the Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday, he is over the moon to have a strong contender in the race.

Having sired first (Sir Dragonet) and third (Russian Camelot) in the Group I MVRC Cox Plate last weekend, Camelot has cemented his place as the most desirable sire for Australian buyers shopping in the Northern Hemisphere for both tried horses and yearlings, which is somewhat of an irony.

The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale got off to a solid start on the opening day with four lots topping the six figure mark and strong international demand throughout the session.  

Need I Say More (No Nay Never) produced one of the New Zealand spring’s standout three-year-old performances in Saturday’s $100,000 Group Two James & Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa. 

Group 1 Caulfield Guineas winner Palace Reign has died at Alwyn Park Stud in WA aged 31.

A three year-old gelding bought from the NZB Ready to run Sale last year and bred on the magic Savabeel x O’Reilly cross was an obvious ‘One to Watch’ contender when winning on debut at Echuca on Monday for the powerful Chris Waller stable.

Fastnet Rock’s 2009 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Irish Lights has been at stud in the Northern Hemisphere since 2017 and featured with a juvenile stakes-winner last weekend when her two year-old colt Lipizzaner won the Listed Doncaster Stakes (6f).

Westbury Stud graduate Inferno put on what looked to be an exhibition gallop when running away with the S$400,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday. 

Progressive three-year-old Hold The Press maintained her unbeaten raceday record with a slick front-running performance at Trentham on Sunday.