The Ken and Bev Kelso-trained Princess Kereru has been retired after finishing 11th in Saturday’s Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m).

Gytrash – the South Australian Giant Killer – firmed into a $6 TAB Everest second favourite following a dominant victory in the G3 Concorde Stakes at Randwick.

Thoroughbred Sport Horse classes were held at Stonewall Jumping just north of Sydney on the weekend with a promising debut for well known jockey Rachael Murray and her thoroughbred Mr Pumblechook.

A lease arrangement brokered by Novara Park principal Luigi Muollo has allowed Sweynesse’s former trackwork rider to share in his black-type success at stud.

Australian bred horses won nine of the 10 races run at Sha Tin on Sunday with champion Australian trainer David Hayes preparing a winning double on his first day back as a HK trainer.

Six elite milers lined up in the Prix  du Moulin de Longchamp (1m) in France overnight with the hot favourite Pinatubo beaten by Kingman’s Persian King giving Godolphin a quinella in the prestigious event.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A good day in Japan for two former Arrowfield shuttlers on Sunday with Maurice (JPN) having a 1-2 finish in a 1600m maiden at Niigata only to be upstaged by Mikki isle (JPN) who sired his first stakes winner when Meikei Yell powered home in the day’s feature, the Group III Kokura Nisai (1200m) at Kokura.

The NSW Racehorse Industry is mourning the loss of popular Warwick Farm trainer Mr Rick Worthington. Mr Worthington, 60, battled cancer for some time and passed away early on Saturday morning.

Fastnet Rock’s Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Irish Lights featured with an impressive winner in Ireland overnight with talented two year-old Lipizzaner saluting at Navan and bringing a timely pedigree for his full brother to be offered at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Zoustar might be best known for his sprinter milers, but in Singapore his reputation rides with the Champion 3YO of 2019 Top Knight, who claimed another big prize at Kranji on Saturday when taking out the Singapore Derby Sng G1.

Pierro’s first son to go to stud, Pierata is set to cover some superb mares for Aquis this spring, but none better than recently retired dual Group I winner Loving Gaby.

A sixth Kentucky Derby for Bob Baffert as the Into Mischief colt Authentic overturned the favourite Tiz The Law in the 146th running of the Run For The Roses at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

A 6yo son of 7-season Emirates Park shuttler Dream Ahead (USA), Dream Of Dreams came close to spoiling the swansong of Darley Stud’s new boy Blue Point in last year’s Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Ascot but he is now a Group 1 winner in his own right following a flawless performance in the Sprint Cup (6f) at Haydock.

Champion Australian First Season Sire last season, Pride of Dubai is making his presence felt with his first European runners this year adding a new stakes-winner to his tally in the UK overnight where Fancy Man captured the Listed Ascendant Stakes (1m) at Haydock.

Here is the full list of 120 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

At age eight, some horses are looking for a cosy retirement, but not Dreamforce.

It’s not easy to win a stakes race at just your third start, but exciting Vancouver filly Night Raid did just that when taking out the Listed MVRC Atlantic Jewel Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Sweynesse filly Only Words has provided her Te Awamutu trainer Clint Isdale with the biggest victory of his fledgling training career after taking out the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m) on Saturday.  

Connections copped plenty of flack for keeping Humidor in training after the gelding seemed to be making up the numbers in three starts in Western Australia, but he was sent to Chris Waller to revive his career and in his first start for the Sydney-based maestro came from the rear of the field to claim the Group II Ladbrokes Feehan Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Connections of half the field in Saturday’s Group II Heineken Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick would have walked off satisfied with the result, but none more so than the owners of the prolific winner Mister Sea Wolf (IRE) who led home a Chris Waller-trained 1-2-3.

More joy for the South Australians with the Will Clarken-trained Bella Vella making it four in a row with a successful seasonal debut in Saturday’s Group II Mittys McEwen Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

For the past two years the Group II ATC Furious Stakes (1200m) at Randwick has been won by I Am Invincible fillies with this Saturday’s rendition won by another daughter of Yarraman Park’s champion sire in Dame Giselle, who follows in the footsteps of Pure Elation and Libertini.

Multiple Group I winner Avantage showed she is the horse to beat in the upcoming Hawke’s Bay triple crown when she produced a strong fresh-up effort to take out the Group II Valachi Downs Foxbridge Pate (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Undefeated last season at two, Te Akau Racing’s exciting three year-old Need I Say More picked up where he left off last season, the powerhouse chestnut son of No Nay Never (USA) scoring a dominant win at Te Rapa on Saturday in the Group III Northland Breeders Stakes (1200m).

With seven wins and a luckless second over 1000 metres, Gytrash has the record to stamp himself the best in the land at the distance, which he proved emphatically when running down Nature Strip in Saturday’s Group II Concorde Stakes at Randwick.

The distinctive black and gold chequered colours of Cambridge couple Brendan and Jo Lindsay were to the fore at Te Rapa on Saturday when their quality mare Bavella showed she could be in for a bumper season with a comfortable first-up victory.

Glamour grey sprinter Classique Legend might be the star of Les Bridge’s team at present, but he has another bright prospect in progressive Zoustar gelding All Time Legend, who scored a surprise first up win at Randwick on Saturday.

There will be celebrations in Turkey tonight after Shedaresthedevil led home a 1-2 for More Than Ready’s Gr1 winning son Daredevil in Friday’s Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

You could be forgiven for not thinking this was a stakes race in Melbourne with the Lloyd Williams colours finishing ahead of Yulong and Shadwell, but no it was Down Royal in the UK where talented stayer Master of Reality (IRE) booked his ticket back to Melbourne for another tilt at The Cup.

Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A dual G1-placed mare is the standout in a stellar line up of fillies and mares in the 185-strong September (Early) Online Sale, which has opened for bidding this afternoon.

Paths Of Glory (IRE) arrived at the stables of Richard and Michael Freedman with a perfectly acceptable record in England, four wins and four placings from nine starts, however, it took a bit of time to acclimatise to the new surroundings in his adopted homeland.

Making her first start since finishing unplaced behind Toffee Tongue in the Group 1 Schweppes Oaks (2000m) at Morphettville on May 2,  Godolphin’s 4yo Medaglia d’Oro (USA) mare Asiago made winning seasonal debut in Friday’s Listed Bishop Collins Mona Lisa Stakes (1350m) at Wyong.

The Gerry Ryan-owned Normandy Bridge made the best possible start to his career his career with a dominant win in the Prix de Fontenoy at Longchamp on Thursday, the race that kick-started the careers of Waldgeist, Victor Ludorum and Maxios.

Progressive Queensland nursery Telemon Thoroughbreds are standing three exciting young sires this spring in Sidestep, Jungle Cat (IRE) and newcomer Sun City, a stakes-winning son of champion sire Zoustar.

Audience interest in the topic of first season sires and which will be the leader by individual winners come July 31, 2021 has led us to look a little closer at the leading contenders, so if you are thinking of having a flutter with Ladbrokes then read on.

Well-travelled Redoute’s Choice mare Melito was in the news on Thursday as the dam of the impressive debutant Pleasant Man who picked up a £25,000 Tattersalls bonus for his win in the EBF Novice Stakes (1m) at Haydock.

The Bloodstockauction.com catalogue for September 3 – 8 is now online featuring a strong selection of racehorses, yearlings and broodmares.

Newgate Farm’s dual Group I winner Extreme Choice sired a stylish trial winner in New Zealand on Thursday at Te Teko with an unnamed two year-old colt trained by Jamie Richards showing abundant natural pace.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Cambridge Stud has put up the book full sign for their European Champion 3YO Almanzor for the third consecutive year.

Much is expected of a horse that was passed in short of his $650,000 reserve, is a half-brother to two stars on the track who are now making a name for themselves at stud, and a mum that cost $3,400,000, still the Kris Lees-trained Berruti had to wait until a couple of months into his four-year-old season to make a belated racetrack debut.

It is a long way from an 1100m maiden at Tatura to a Listed race over 1200m at Moonee Valley but we will be putting out faith in the Vancouver filly Night Raid to make the quantum leap in Saturday’s Atlantic Jewel Stakes.

Justify (USA) is not the only Coolmore young gun to have his first Australian foals being born this spring with Deep Impact’s blue-blooded dual Group I winner Saxon Warrior (Jpn) also producing some stunning babies.

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA) has announced that Waikato Stud is the winner of the Sir Patrick and Justine Lady Hogan New Zealand Breeder of the Year Award.

I Am Invincible was the most successful sire on Wednesday with four winners including progressive filly Joviality, who scored a dominant victory in a competitive race at Warwick Farm.

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

There were mixed emotions for the Chittick family of Waikato Stud following the running of a competitive class 1 over 1400m at Bendigo on Wednesday as their colourbearer Early Morning Rise had to play second fiddle to the promising Irish Playboy, a son of the Waikato Stud-bred dual Group 1 winning Savabeel mare Scarlett Lady,

With sensational first crop results under his belt, achieving 13 individual winners and being one of only two first crop sires to have progeny earnings in excess of $1million, Spill The Beans’ progeny continue to justify the faith held in him as a stallion from day one.

Fleet-footed Rubick colt Mr Mosaic has just one blot on an otherwise impeccable record and he was at his brilliant best at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when coming within 1/100th of Snitzerland’s 1000 metres track record.

Can Miravalle emulate the deeds of Maid Of Heaven in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes? The man who knows best, trainer Mark Newnham thinks so, after the daughter of Redoute’s Choice opened her winning account in what was a very competitive 1400m maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The Ultra Thoroughbreds colours have been carried by two champions in Shamus Award and Miss Andretti and they combined in the pedigree of this exciting debut winner at Bendigo on Wednesday.

Meetings at Warwick Farm and Bendigo on Wednesday feature a long list of three year-olds entered for the Group I Golden Rose as well as Caulfield and Thousand Guineas.

Tremendous audience interest in the Ladbrokes market for leading first season sire by winners for 2020/2021 got us thinking about the stallions that have won this title in the past and it’s not always the horses everyone thinks.

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

You could be excused for believing the results are from Tokyo, but no it’s a running double for the great Deep Impact at Broadmeadow with the progeny of two of the greatest mares to ever grace the paddocks of Arrowfield Stud.

A spectacular selection of 18 stallions from Darley NSW and Darley Victoria have been added to our super popular Breednet Stallion Parades section and if you are like me you'll be going straight to have a look at Too Darn Hot and Blue Point!

Only a month into the new season and we saw Robbie Griffiths step a three year-old colt from Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Miss Keepsake straight up in trip to 2046m at Bennalla on Tuesday with happy results.

The two year-olds are always out and running a touch earlier in New Zealand than Australia and this morning at the Ruakaka trials we saw the first Southern Hemisphere bred juvenile by American Pharoah (USA) step out to record an impressive win.

The Listed Ripon 2YO Stakes (6f) was won overnight by talented colt Bahrain Pride, whose sire Kodiac is enjoying another super successful season with his two year-olds.

Ladbrokes have published a market on who will be the leading first season sire by individual winners for 2020/2021 season and the favourite is the obvious pick.

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

Entered for the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas, this expensive Savabeel filly cast off maiden status with a runaway win at Pakenham on Monday.

A good day for Fastnet Rock in Japan on Sunday with his 3yo Kia Ora Stud-bred daughter Classic Cocoa putting a 7-length margin on her nearest pursuer in an allowance race over 1500m at Sapporo while over at Niigata, Fastnet Rock’s Irish-bred daughter Reset In Blue produced the 2yo Gleneagles colt Shock Action (IRE) an impressive winner of the day’s feature the Group III Niigata Ni

Like any stud master, Haunui Farm’s Mark Chitty follows race results possibly a little more closely than others, and with European shuttle stallions having graced the Haunui stallion roster for a number of years, is a little more accustomed to being up at all hours of the night to track race performance.

The Rosehill trials on Monday morning included a heat featuring high profile colts Ole Kirk and Prague, who was sporting the colours of his new owner Kia Ora Stud.

Talented three year-old filly See You Soon has been retired following her failure to load into the barriers at the Rosehill trials on Monday morning.

Darley virtual stallion parades for all sires in NSW and Victoria are now live on their website.

Three metropolitan winners and a stylish return to racing for exciting colt Peltzer made Saturday a good day at the office for leading sire So You Think, who is one of four stallions to reach $1million in progeny earnings before the end of the first month of the new season..

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It is long odds that the Stephen O'Halloran-trained Miss Japan (JPN) will ever make the list of Deep Impact’s best, however she did get her maiden out of the way in fine style at her fifth start in a 1600m maiden at Wyong on Sunday.

Leading Victorian farm Rosemont Stud stands some of the best stallions in Victoria and you can see them all up close and personal this week in virtual parades.

The first serious Group I Saturday of spring racing in Victoria gave promise of a great things to come this season for one of Victoria’s best stallions.

We have devoted more column inches, with the possible exception of the stewards, to the hugely talented 3yo Bel Esprit filly Kisukano who, despite a course record-breaking win over 1200 metres at Eagle Farm on Saturday, will likely have her stakes ambitions put on hold for the time being.

The Inglis Digital platform provided another stakes winner on Saturday when Sky Punch (Alamosa) won the Listed SAJC Leon Macdonald Stakes at Morphettville.

Laurence and Linda Monds celebrated their first G1 winner as proprietors of Tyreel Stud when ‘the big horse’ Behemoth powered away to win the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.

Bargain buy Behemoth led home a clean sweep for Gold Coast sold runners in today's Group One Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in the first year the time honoured feature was sponsored by Magic Millions.

Saturday was not only about the great spring racing as it also marked the end of an amazing life with the passing of beloved Melbourne Cup winner Subzero, a horse who made a real difference to everyone he met.

Coming off a win in the Listed Winter Challenge at Rosehill back on July 25, the Kris Lees-trained gelding Mugatoo (IRE) gave punters something to cheer about when he parlayed that into another stakes success in Saturday’s Group III  Premiers Cup (1900m) at Rosehill.

Here is the full list of 104 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Making her first start outside of Western Australia, the 6yo Redoute’s Choice mare Perfect Jewel gave the easterners a taste of her ability when powering home under Willie Pike in Saturday’s Group III Moet and Chandon Cockram Stakes at Caulfield.

If Alligator Blood has been the headline-hogger for All Too Hard, the Vinery stallion has an able deputy in the wonderful Behemoth who made Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Magic Millions Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield his own.

While she had been racing consistently, In Good Health looked anything but a future stakes winner when battling around country NSW for the large part of her career but the 5yo daughter of Congrats (USA) has found a new lease of life since joining Peter Moody.

A length covered the first six runners home in Saturday’s Group III HDF McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield with the Snitzel gelding Immortal Love doing the best in a driving finish to keep his record at a perfect three for three.

The Aquis colours were carried to victory in the Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday by exciting colt Anders and shortly after were back in the winner’s circle again after the Group III ATC Ming Dynasty (1400m) was won by I Am Invincible colt Holyfield.

The Aquis farm colour-bearer Anders is hardly recognisable from the horse that took five starts to break his maiden

Progressive Mossman mare Diamond Effort won her last four races in succession before heading for a spell back in April and returned a winner at Caulfield on Saturday to take out the Group III MRC The Heath (1100m).

Saturday racing started well for Newgate Farm’s value sire Wandjina with his talented sprinter Express Pass, scoring a stylish victory at Caulfield, his second win in a row since being gelded.

Irish trainer Jim Bolger is also a successful breeder and one of his homebred colts New Treasure opened his account in the Group III Round Tower Stakes (6f) for two year-olds at The Curragh overnight.

New Zealand Bloodstock has today announced that the 95th National Yearling Sales Series will be held in the original timeslot in January next year as a physical sale at Karaka.

Royally-bred Redoute’s Choice colt Mission River finally shed his maiden status at his sixth attempt in a 1000 metres maiden at Gosford on Friday.

The global nature of racing and breeding has been brought into sharp focus with the delayed running of the Kentucky Derby next weekend to feature a colt whose dam is based in Australia and whose half-sister is in work at Randwick.

Join us live this Sunday at 2.30pm for our online stallion parade. In the absence of a stallion parade weekend this year we have decided to showcase our stallions online.

In 2013, when Mark Rowsthorn took control of Woodside Park Stud from his father, just a month into the job one of his first major decisions was to purchase into the then promising young sire Written Tycoon.

Group One performer Kiwi Ida is set to fly the South Island flag in the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa on September 5.

A three-quarter brother to dual Group I winner Stratum Star, last season’s dual Group III winning colt Prague will run for Kia Ora Stud when he resumes from a spell next month.

The Sun Stud Open Day & Stallion Parade has long been a feature on the Victorian bloodstock calendar … an opportunity to view the state’s premier stallion lineup, catch up with friends and enjoy plenty of refreshments.

Fastnet Rock colt Glenfiddich finished last season as the toughest juvenile in the country with nine starts on six different tracks in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales and on Saturday he’ll be trying to do what no other three year-old has done in 45 years.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.