Sunday September 27
Monday night sees the return of Australia’s only thoroughbred re-homing and re-training program, Thoroughbreds Are Go at 7.30pm on Sky Thoroughbred Central.
Sunday September 27
Spendthrift Farm did not get much of a return for the $400,000 shelled out for dual Group III winner Lady Of Harrods at the 2016 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when selling her son Omaha City for just $5,500 at Keeneland September last year, but there may be better days ahead after the 2yo colt powered to victory in Saturday’s Listed Hollywood Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park.
Sunday September 27
They were the two highest-priced colts at last year’s Premier Yearling Sale and at Rosehill on Saturday, Ole Kirk and North Pacific proved themselves two of the best colts of their generation.
Saturday September 26
Group I racing for two year-olds at Newmarket in the UK overnight produced upsets in both the fillies Cheveley Park Stakes(6f) for fillies and Middle Park Stakes (6f) for the colts with the favourites finishing second in both races.
Saturday September 26
Here is the full list of 99 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday September 26
The Chris Waller-trained Subpoenaed had little luck when sixth behind Haut Brion Her at her most recent start in the Group II Sheroco Stakes but she left that mare in her wake in Saturday’s Group II Kia Golden Pendant at Rosehill.
Saturday September 26
Lightly raced stallion Russian Camelot (IRE) has been handled patiently by his trainer Danny O’Brien and that patience looks like being rewarded in spades this spring with the son of Camelot cruising to an ultra-impressive win in the Group I MRC Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday September 26
There was some concern for the champion Queenslander Rothfire when he was led back to scale after he struggled into fourth in Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose at Rosehill, which proved a triumph for the Hawkes stable and the top two lots at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
Saturday September 26
Promising Sydney three year-old Love Tap was not the only undefeated three year-old to taste Group success on Saturday with exciting Not a Single Doubt filly Instant Celebrity following suit to make it four wins from as many starts in the Group III MRC Guineas Fillies Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday September 26
A three-time winner in Ireland, I Am Superman arrived in Australia with his trainer and part-owner Michael O’Callaghan for the inaugural $7,500,000 Golden Eagle after finishing third in a Group III race at Leopardstown following a meritorious sixth in the Group 1 2000 Guineas (1609m) at The Curragh won by Phoenix Of Spain from Too Darn Hot.
Saturday September 26
A last start Listed winner at Flemington, talented Smart Missile gelding Crosshaven took another step forward when scoring a stylish victory in the Group III MRC Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday September 26
Backed to the exclusion of all others, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Wild Ruler had his fans on good terms a long way from home in Saturday’s Listed Schweppes Heritage Stakes (1100m).
Saturday September 26
This looked a far from a vintage edition of the Group III Precise Air Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill, which boasts a remarkable roll call of winners, however the bold-striding Tapit gelding Love Tap looks an untapped talent after keeping his record at a perfect four for four.
Saturday September 26
A full brother to dual Group I winner Bivouac, six year-old Exceed and Excel gelding Corsucate found his moment to shine at Caulfield on Saturday when taking out the Listed MRC Testa Rossa Stakes (1200m).
Saturday September 26
Underrated galloper Supreme Heights produced a gritty performance to lead all the way when taking out Saturday’s Gr.3 NZB Ready To Run Sale Trainers Series (1400m) at New Plymouth.
Saturday September 26
Race favourite Quattro Quinta backed up an impressive trial performance ten days ago when he proved too quick for his rivals over 880m in the first two-year-old event of the season at Ellerslie on Saturday.
Saturday September 26
A field dominated by a lot of European-bred hard heads, Saturday’s Group III Colin Stephen Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill may not have excited punters although it did throw up a deserved winner in the Mathew Smith-trained Attorney (FR).
Saturday September 26
Encosta De Lago’s tough-as-teak daughter Brom Felinity, who won the 2006 Group II VRC Hilton International Stakes (Matriarch) and Listed Werribee Cup, was represented by her first stakes winner at Newmarket on Friday when James Doyle guided Godolphin’s 6yo Cape Cross gelding Walton Street to a commanding win in the Listed Eqtidaar Godolphin Stakes.
Friday September 25
Quality sprinter Pippie secured a second career G1 with a lightning display of speed to win last night's Moir Stakes at The Valley.
Friday September 25
Vadamos supporters can take great heart from the ‘winning’ start made by the sire’s first crop two-year-olds in the Northern Hemisphere.
Friday September 25
Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale, held with extensive COVID-19 protocols to create the safest environment possible for participants, ended today with solid results generated by competitive trade throughout the 12-day auction and the sale of 15 yearlings for $1 million or more, led by a $2 million colt by leading sire Tapit.
Friday September 25
Winner of the Group I VRC Australian Guineas and $5million All Star Mile last year before finishing fifth in the Cox Plate, Mystic Journey had a massive class edge over her rivals in the Group II MVRC Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night and duly returned to the winner’s list.
Friday September 25
With a wing on every foot, the five-year-old Written Tycoon mare Pippie blasted out of the barriers under Damian Lane and made every post a winner in Friday night’s Group 1 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley.
Friday September 25
Seven year-old Zoffany gelding Al Galayel (IRE) has never been going better, scoring a powerful win in the Group III MVRC JRA Cup (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.
Friday September 25
A luckless second in the Cap D'Antibes Stakes at Flemington on her seasonal debut on September 13, the Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Swats That overcame a tough run to ring up her first stakes win in Friday night’s Group III Piper-Heidsieck Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
Friday September 25
Group I placed last season at two, exciting Fastnet Rock colt Glenfiddich claimed his first Black Type victory at Moonee Valley on Friday night when scoring a cavalier win in the Group II MVRC Stutt Stakes (1600m).
Friday September 25
The Bloodstockauction.com catalogue for September 24 – 29 is now online featuring a strong selection of racehorses, yearlings and broodmares.
Friday September 25
Coolmore Stud’s Champion First Season Sire, Pride Of Dubai, had his eighth winner from his first northern hemisphere crop overnight with the Jim Bolger homebred Flying Visit but those that took the odds-on headed straight to the bar.
Friday September 25
Displaying the courage that carried his sire Dunaden (FR) to victories in the Melbourne Cup, Hong Kong Vase and Caulfield Cup, the Andrew Balding-trained Ranch Hand toughed out a maiden stakes success in Thursday’s Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes (2m) at Newmarket.
Friday September 25
There were some high profile stakes-winning heat winners at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday morning in Fierce Impact, California Zimbol and Dawn Passage as well as two interesting juvenile winners by Not a Single Doubt and I Am Invincible.
Friday September 25
Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand is home to proven sires Shocking and Proisir as well as exciting young guns Ace High and Vadamos (Fr) with video parades for all four stallions now on Breednet Stallion Parades.
Thursday September 24
With 11 mares in Australia due to foal to Balllylinch Stud based Lope de Vega (IRE) this spring there is plenty of interest in his fortunes and he sired his 75th stakes-winner overnight in the UK when two year-old colt La Barrosa captured the Group III Tattersalls Stakes (7f) at Newmarket.
Thursday September 24
Victoria’s Champion Second Season Sire FIORENTE has covered in excess of 300 mares over the past two seasons, including the dams of both CELESTINE and CETSHWAYO - two hugely impressive winners at Flemington on Wednesday.
Thursday September 24
Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday September 24
This expensive half-brother to Group I ATC Australian Derby winner Quick Thinker opened his account with a strong finishing win at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
Thursday September 24
The road towards The Jericho Cup (4800m) at Warrnambool on November 29 will begin at New Plymouth on Saturday for the victor of the qualifying race of the same name.
Thursday September 24
It is the end of an era with the sad passing of Bob Ingham who, along with his late brother Jack, built a racing and breeding operation that had no equal in Australia.
Thursday September 24
Using a young stallion in his second season can be a smart move for savvy breeders that can analyse a sire’s first foals to advantage and mate to him accordingly.
Wednesday September 23
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday September 23
The art of breeding stayers is not one practiced by many Australian breeders, but Trevor Delroy has achieved amazing success in that area over the years and has unearthed another promising three year-old in Cetshwayo, who scored a tenacious win in the $60,000 VRC Derby Trial at Flemington on Wednesday.
Wednesday September 23
Pierro’s little sister Pensato broke her maiden at her fifth start while stamping her credentials for the Victoria Oaks with a dominant performance in Wednesday’s Kennedy Oaks Trial (1800m) at Flemington.
Wednesday September 23
The Australian Thoroughbred Racing Industry is mourning yesterday’s passing of Mr Bob Ingham AO at age 88, one of the country’s most passionate racehorse owners.
Wednesday September 23
Tony and Calvin McEvoy have been patient with talented Nicconi filly Celestine, who posted her third win from as many starts when scoring at Flemington on Wednesday.
Wednesday September 23
Swettenham engage digital booking platform Breedr to manage stallion’s roster.
Wednesday September 23
A good deal of joy for the sponsors of Wednesday’s Darley Spring Preview (900m) at Flemington with Contract Racing’s homebred Brazen Beau colt General Beau looking the consummate professional in capturing the first-two-year-old race of the season.
Wednesday September 23
All videos from horses that have breezed ahead of the Inglis Ready2Race Sale are now available online following another successful day of action at Taupo in New Zealand on Monday.
Tuesday September 22
It’s a super interesting meeting at Flemington Wednesday with Derby and Oaks Previews over 1800m and the first two year-old race of the season, so a look at the Breednet Sale Mail is a must.
Tuesday September 22
Three-time Grade 1 winner BAST, in foal to Triple Crown winner JUSTIFY, will be offered at this year’s Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency will consign the three-year-old daughter of UNCLE MO on behalf of owner Charles Chu’s Baoma Corporation.
Tuesday September 22
Choisir had three promising maiden three year-old winners on Tuesday and one of them is our pick as the ‘One to Watch’.
Tuesday September 22
Group 1 winning sprinter Exceedance has had a positive start to his new role at Vinery Stud with 9 of his first 12 mares already scanned in foal off early covers this month.
Tuesday September 22
Here is the full list of 19 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday September 22
A set of 650m jump outs at Caulfield on Tuesday morning produced a couple of Magic Millions sold two year-old heat winners by Newgate Farm young gun sires Extreme Choice and Winning Rupert.
Tuesday September 22
Rich Hill Stud is delighted with the first foals of resident sire Ace High, a dual Group 1-winning son of High Chaparral.
Tuesday September 22
The Caulfield trainers will line-up Kiwi-breds Bak Da Man and Dalgarno in the Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington on Wednesday.
Tuesday September 22
The $1million ATC Golden Rose (1400m) this Saturday is the first Group I race of the season for three year-olds and eight colts and one gelding have accepted for a race that is seen as a passport to a stud career.
Tuesday September 22
It proved to be a record-breaking first session for the relocated two-day Tattersalls Ireland September Sale when Boherguy Stud’s colt by Teofilo (Lot 165) fetched £325,000 (€351,000), a new record price for the sale.
Monday September 21
The Danehill influence is never far away and Group I results from last weekend got us looking at who are the best of his sire sons in terms of producing sire sons.
Monday September 21
Darley’s champion sire Exceed and Excel produced his 175th stakes-winner overnight with progressive two year-old filly Lady Princess taking out the Listed Blenheim Stakes (6f) at Fairyhouse.
Monday September 21
Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday September 21
Two heats for juveniles at the Gold Coast on Monday produced a pair of Magic Millions sold youngsters by Arrowfield sires Shalaa (IRE) and Not a Single Doubt.
Monday September 21
Callsign Mav’s victory in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m) was one of the biggest Group One upsets in the history of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival, but Emily Holmes was less surprised than most.
Monday September 21
An Into Mischief filly out of the Group III-placed Fastnet Rock mare Ameristralia was the third highest price lot of Session Five of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale when knocked down to Joey Platts for $US400,000.
Sunday September 20
HEAT 10 – 51.20 seconds – Vinery Stud's Star Turn became the third first season sire to post a winner at this set of trials with the Peter and Paul Snowden trained colt Astrologer forging clear to win by a length with $1.4million I Am Invincible colt Montenegro an eye-catching third.
Sunday September 20
Reward For Effort's success in Hong Kong was added to on Sunday Afternoon when Scores Of Fun remained unbeaten thanks to some Moreira magic.
Sunday September 20
At Sha Tin on Sunday exciting Deep Field gelding Winning Dreamer kept his record perfect when scoring a stylish win over 1200m.
Sunday September 20
The Victoria Derby dream is alive tonight for the connections of this impressive staying maiden winner at Ballarat on Sunday.
Sunday September 20
Newhaven Park is home to a lot of outstanding mares, but this one has a special spot in the hearts of the Kelly family.
Sunday September 20
Here is the full list of 54 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday September 20
The fastest time in Inglis Ready2Race breeze up history was recorded at Warwick Farm on Friday in a session that showcased some extraordinary talent.
Sunday September 20
If smiling were an Olympic sport, then Milan Park principal Tony Rider would most likely have had a gold medal hanging around his neck on Saturday evening.
Sunday September 20
It may have been lost in the plethora of stakes races on Saturday however the results of Shamus Award should be noted as he had four winners, two seconds and a third from eight starters on the day.
Sunday September 20
There will be interest in a trio of new season juveniles from the first southern hemisphere crop of dual Group 1 winner Shalaa (IRE) in Monday’s official two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick, particularly after a week where he had winners in England and Japan and a Group III second in France.
Sunday September 20
There is always a huge amount of interest in the first official two year-old trials of the season and with nine heats there are plenty of watch horses including expensive yearlings, bluebloods and a horse whose colouring will make him the most unusual horse on show at Randwick on Monday.
Sunday September 20
Behemoth made it back-to-back G1 wins, Classique Legend surged further into Everest calculations, Dame Giselle won a third consecutive leg of the Princess Series and Taikomochi outstayed his rivals on his way to a G1 berth.
Saturday September 19
Here is the full list of 115 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday September 19
A luckless sixth in The Everest 12 months ago, the Les Bridge-trained Classique Legend showed he is right on track for this year’s $15 million feature with a barnstorming win in Saturday’s $500,000 Group II The Shorts (1200m) at Randwick, prompting his veteran trainer to declare the son of Not A Single Doubt the best he has trained.
Saturday September 19
Progressive three-year-old filly Odeum is a stakes-winner at her third start following a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed Jim Moloney Stakes at Caulfield and connections believe she has the potential to go to the top of the class this spring.
Saturday September 19
Champion stallion Snitzel can sure sire a tough-nut – his seven-year-old son Taikomochi raced into Group 1 Metropolitan contention with an incredibly brave performance in the Group III Schweppes Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, while six-year-old son Snitzkraft took his stakes tally to three in the Listed SAJC WH Wylie Hcp at Morphettville.
Saturday September 19
For one magical moment, it looked like Dollar For Dollar and his half-sister Pretty Brazen would fight out a historic 1-2 in Saturday’s Group 1 Neds Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield, but down the outside with thundering strides came the menacing presence of the imposing Behemoth.
Saturday September 19
Hastings trainer John Bary has saddled plenty of big-race winners on home soil, but none with the shock factor of Callsign Mav’s $82 boilover in Saturday’s Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m).
Saturday September 19
Punters were faced with a dilemma in Saturday’s Group 1 Fujitsu George Main Stakes at Randwick in trying to place Chris Waller’s four runners in the right order - most failed.
Saturday September 19
There will be more Australian dollars heading to New Zealand after Brendon and Jo Lindsays wonderful Savabeel mare Probabeel proved a class above in Saturday’s Group III Bill Ritchie Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Saturday September 19
Promising galloper Miss Aotearoa provided rider Craig Grylls and owner/breeder Tony Rider with a black type double at Hastings when she out-finished her age-group rivals in the Gr.3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m).
Saturday September 19
Hastings filly Shezzacatch was thrown in at the deep end for her debut in Saturday’s Listed El Roca-Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m), and she spectacularly rose to the occasion.
Saturday September 19
Dame Giselle is on track to emulate the deeds of Angst and Samantha Miss and make a clean sweep of the Princess Series after claiming the third leg, the Group II Darley Tea Rose Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday September 19
A brother to the undefeated, Hong Kong bound, Master Montaro, three-year-old Toronado (IRE) colt Wise Counsel opened his winning account at his third start over 1600m at Caulfield on Saturday.
Friday September 18
Waikato Stud’s ill-fated, dual Group 1 Doncaster Mile winner, Sacred Falls was represented by his first stakes-winner at Newcastle on Wednesday when the John O’Shea-trained All Saints' Eve emerged from a zip-fastener pocket to power home in the Group III Yarraman Park Tibbie Stakes (1400m).
Friday September 18
Five year old Pierro gelding Rock won his first Black Type race last year when taking out the Group III Cameron Handicap (1500m) at Newcastle and he repeated that performance to win the same race again on Friday, but this time bolting in to score by nearly four lengths.
Friday September 18
A long-awaited hometown Cup for trainer Kris Lees and Australian Bloodstock as Mugatoo (IRE) carried his topweight of 59kgs to victory over defending champion Hush Writer (JPN) in Wednesday’s $200,000 Group III Sharp Electronics Newcastle Cup (2300m).
Friday September 18
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday September 18
At today's Board meeting, Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) made some significant Board changes.
Friday September 18
Blue-blooded Deep Impact mares Reaching and Miss Japan were both last start winners and well fancied to keep up the good work in the opening race at Newcastle on Cup Day, but were relegated into the minor placings by progressive Pride of Dubai colt Street Dancer.
Friday September 18
The Bloodstockauction.com catalogue for September 17 – 22 is now online featuring a strong selection of racehorses, yearlings and broodmares.
Friday September 18
Covering mares is one thing, but getting them in foal can be another, however for Widden Stud’s young gun Zousain it’s been smooth sailing.
Friday September 18
As one of the fastest winners of the time-honoured Gr.1 Golden Slipper in recent years, the son of Not A Single Doubt will, by agreement between Kia Ora Stud, Phoenix Thoroughbreds and Aquis, race in the Aquis slot in this year’s $15m The TAB Everest on October 17 at Royal Randwick.
Friday September 18
With runners in two stakes races, the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival at Hastings looms as a landmark moment in the short history of syndicator Savvy Racing.
Friday September 18
– Keeneland’s fourth session of the September Yearling Sale on Thursday recorded active commerce among a number of the industry’s major buyers and featured the sale of an Into Mischief colt to Peter Leidel for $1 million.
Thursday September 17
The fields are out for the first set of official two year-old trials in Sydney on Monday at Randwick with nine heats run over 850 metres featuring plenty of runners by first season sires preceded by one trial for Group and Listed horses.
Thursday September 17
Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday September 17
There were some serious bluebloods engaged in the 1000m maiden at Kembla on Thursday with victory going to Bert Vieira’s homebred colt by Pride of Dubai.