Thursday August 27
This impressive debut winner is bred to win an Oaks, but her immediate goal will be the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas.
Thursday August 27
It’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes day at Caulfield on Saturday, though we will be heading to Rosehill for a fascinating Group III San Domenico Stakes, where a case can be made for all six acceptors.
Wednesday August 26
A regally bred son of Fastnet Rock has topped the August (Late) Online Sale, with Inglis Digital recording a 21st consecutive seven-figure gross with $1.87 million and 76% clearance.
Wednesday August 26
Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday August 26
Phoenix Thoroughbreds looks to have a promising stayer in the making with the War Front entire Cadre Du Noir (USA) who opened his winning account in Australia in emphatic fashion over 2400m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.
Wednesday August 26
Following wins at his first two starts at Newcastle and Kembla Grange, Godolphin’s Lonhro gelding Criaderas faced his moment of truth against some promising types over 1250m on the Kensington track at Randwick on Wednesday and he put them to the sword in track record time but that was not the end of the family fortunes.
Wednesday August 26
Invincible Spirit stallion Kingman is one of the hottest young sires in Europe and he has a bright prospect here in talented colt Kingsheir (GB), who won his second race from three starts when scoring at Randwick on Wednesday.
Wednesday August 26
A promising staying prospect by Melbourne Cup hero Fiorente (IRE), lightly raced four year-old Melody Man opened his account with a runaway win at Murray Bridge on Wednesday as a short priced favoruite.
Wednesday August 26
Gerald Ryan has a pretty handy So You Think in his stable in undefeated colt Peltzer and he also has another progressive three year-old by the same sire in Game Theory, who broke his maiden on the Kensington track at Randwick on Wednesday.
Wednesday August 26
Talented Pierro four-year-old Dragon Leap will travel to Sydney on Monday as he looks to target spring riches.
Wednesday August 26
The team at Kingstar Farm have been overwhelmed with the positive response to their new recruit Unite and Conquer, so have taken the decision to reward breeders that support him this spring with a lucrative series of incentive bonuses.
Tuesday August 25
Coolmore’s undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) covered some of the best mares in Australia last season and his first foals are delighting breeders following on from the glowing impression he has already made in the Northern Hemisphere.
Tuesday August 25
Run on September 26, the Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill is the first Group I event of the new season for three year-olds and time is running out to earn a slot in the final field with a host of entered horses set to throw their hat into the ring later today.
Tuesday August 25
Not sure here if it’s the trainer or the horse that’s the One to Watch!
Tuesday August 25
Melbourne Racing Club (MRC) is excited to announce industry powerhouse Magic Millions will add a touch of gold to Caulfield this spring as naming rights sponsor for two key races.
Tuesday August 25
Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday August 25
Golden Slipper winner Farnan was the star attraction at the Randwick barrier trials on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday August 25
I Am Invincible’s dual Group I winning daughter Loving Gaby has been retired to stud following the discovery of heat and inflammation in her near foreleg.
Monday August 24
There can be a lot of change between what happens at the end of one season and the unfolding of the next and this young stallion has a filly that will be making quite an impression for him this season.
Monday August 24
Dundeel gave us two interesting maiden winners at Swan Hill on Monday, both from powerful Victorian stables.
Monday August 24
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday August 24
Rich Hill Stud in New Zealand reports that their first NZ-born foal by their magnificent dual Group 1 winner ACE HIGH (High Chaparral) made her arrival at the stud on Saturday.
Monday August 24
The Chris Waller-trained Frankel filly Hungry Heart would be on many shortlists as a potential star in the spring, however Yulong’s Group II Sweet Embrace Stakes winner did not have to step out on the track to have worth increase significantly overnight.
Monday August 24
Star Kiwi mare Melody Belle is returning home after finishing an inconclusive 11th in Saturday’s Gr.1 Winx Stakes (1400m) after enduring a troubled passage.
Monday August 24
Blue Gum Farm’s Manhattan Rain added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Sunday when progressive sprinter Excelling took out the Merlion Trophy Sng G2 for Australian Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman.
Monday August 24
Bay Of Plenty owner John Heale couldn’t have wished for a better tribute to one of his best friends when Bee Tee Junior won the Grand National Steeplechase (4500m) at Ballarat on Sunday.
Sunday August 23
Group I racing continued at Deauville in France overnight with a two year-old quinella for Kodiac in the Group I Prix Morny (6f), while new Coolmore acquisition Wootton Bassett sired Audarya to win the Group I Prix Jean Romanet (1m 2f).
Sunday August 23
Here is the full list of 63 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday August 23
The 2019 Inglis Classic sale-topper quietly shed maiden status at Taree on Sunday with a resounding win as a short priced favourite.
Sunday August 23
The Patrick Gallagher-trained Red Lark, an Irish-bred daughter of Darley Stud’s Epaulette, made her first stakes victory count at the highest level in Saturday’s $US252,500 Del Mar Oaks.
Sunday August 23
Lighting can influence body composition and biological rhythms in horses-in-training.
Sunday August 23
Trainer Jamie Richards was more than happy with the performance of stable stars Probabeel and Melody Belle after analysing their respective runs at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Sunday August 23
The accepted profile for stallion success invariably includes an impressive Black Type race record, but as we know there are exceptions to every rule and world renowned sires such as Danzig, Red Ransom and Fairy King have all gone on to greatness having between them graced the racetrack on just seven occasions.
Sunday August 23
The breeding season is about to start and for investors still looking for that something special the current Inglis Digital August Online Sale features a hidden gem.
Sunday August 23
Just minutes after the Shamus Award mare It’s Me kept her record at a perfect two for two with a hugely impressive performance in the Highway (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday, the Rosemont Farm stallion had a runaway winner on a bleak, windswept day at Wangaratta and this one is sure to resonate with fans.
Saturday August 22
It was the girls to the fore at Randwick on Saturday as 3YO Dame Giselle added another G2 to her resume and Sweet Deal led in a trifecta of Inglis graduates in the G3 Toy Show.
Saturday August 22
The Group II Futurity Stakes (7f) overnight at The Curragh was interesting for producing a promising winner in Mac Swiney, who is the first stakes-winner anywhere in the world to have a double cross of legendary sire Galileo.
Saturday August 22
After chalking up his 100th stakes-winner recently, Waikato Stud’s champion stallion Savabeel has another very promising horse in the making in the Chris Waller-trained Mo'unga who kept his record at a perfect two for two at Newcastle on Saturday.
Saturday August 22
Here is the full list of 101 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday August 22
The Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday was the first Group 1 of the season and it will take something special to displace the win of Verry Elleegant for sheer guts and determination.
Saturday August 22
There were a few hard luck stories in Saturday’s Group III Toy Show Quality (1100m) at Randwick but not so for John Thompson’s bonny mare Sweet Deal.
Saturday August 22
Progressive So You Think filly Dirty Thoughts just keeps improving with racing and posted her third successive win at Moonee Valley on Saturday.
Saturday August 22
Roheryn is such a likeable sort with a top-notch pedigree, Godolphin may be having second thoughts about gelding him after his lost his unbeaten record back in November 2018.
Saturday August 22
For the past two years the Group II ATC Silver Shadow 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 Fiesta and Libertini.
Friday August 21
The Breednet Stallion Parades section is taking shape, see the latest additions from Arrowfield, Vinery and Coolmore along with Aquis and Swettenham with Woodside coming soon..
Friday August 21
The late champion sire Redoute’s Choice has sired 173 stakes-winners worldwide, but only one of those had previously been successful at a distance of two miles until last night when quality mare Enbihaar captured the Group II Lonsdale Cup (3270m) at York.
Friday August 21
Nature Strip might be the best sprinter we have, but in Europe this year the sprinters division has been ruled by the Shadwell owned Dark Angel gelding Battaash, who won the Group I Nunthorpe Stakes (5f) at York overnight for the second year in a row.
Friday August 21
While everyone will sorely miss the lovely breakfast parades at Vinery Stud this year, we do hve a great alternative with their 2020 Vinery Virtual Stallion Parade now online.
Friday August 21
Kitchwin Hills are offering a unique deal for breeders sending maiden mares to their exciting young sire Sooboog this spring.
Friday August 21
Waikato Stud’s star resident Savabeel has cracked another significant milestone in his remarkable career with daughter Savacool providing the multiple champion sire’s 100th individual stakes winner.
Friday August 21
A half sister to G1 winner Invincibella is one of the headline acts amongst a 237-strong catalogue in the August (Late) Online Sale, which has launched this afternoon.
Friday August 21
The 2020 Arrowfield Virtual Stallion Parade is now online.
Friday August 21
Toughness and a will to win are often highlighted in neck and neck struggles down racetrack straights. On Wednesday at Sandown in Race 3 two horses singled out for such a duel settling first and second after the jump and maintaining those spots to the finish of the $50,000 Ladbrokes Switch Hcp over 1300m.
Friday August 21
Rich Hill stud were delighted to see the Vadamos-colt Spycatcher run second in the Group III Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (1400m) at York this week.
Thursday August 20
A Group I winner last season of the Curragh Moyglare Stud Stakes, the Aidan O’Brien trained Love has been in a class of her own this year winning G1 Thousand Guineas and Epsom Oaks before her latest overnight success in the Group I Yorkshire Oaks ( 1m4f).
Thursday August 20
Cornerstone Stud shuttler Sir Prancealot (IRE) featured at York overnight when his stakes-winning two year-old Miss Amulet upped the ante to take out the Group II Lowther Stakes (6f).
Thursday August 20
Just days after the loss of 2015 Champion 3YO Filly Delicacy, Coolmore have reported the tragic loss of Atlantic Jewel after foaling to Triple Crown hero Justify (USA).
Thursday August 20
Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday August 20
Six-year-old mare Savacool earned a belated stakes win in Thursday’s Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury to become a milestone 100th stakes winner for Waikato Stud’s Savabeel.
Thursday August 20
Talented Not a Single Doubt filly Stella Pauline has been a source of frustration for punters and connections ending her two year-old season winless, albeit with four seconds from five starts, but she turned over a new leaf today.
Thursday August 20
Group 1 racing returns to Randwick on Saturday with the running of the $500,000 Winx Stakes (1400m) while the Group II Darley Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) features round six of the Dame Giselle - See You Soon rivalry.
Thursday August 20
Entered for the Group I Golden Rose, this well regarded So You Think filly opened her account at Hawkesbury on Thursday with an easy victory as favourite.
Thursday August 20
This close relation to $5.5million earner Trapeze Artist is fast becoming the most exciting horse in far north Queensland.
Thursday August 20
The high quality of New Zealand’s three-year-old crop last season is illustrated by the finalists for the Champion Three-Year-Old category at the NZ Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards.
Thursday August 20
Racenet have reported the sudden and tragic loss of 2015 Champion 3YO Filly Delicacy after suffering an allergic reaction to penicillin.
Thursday August 20
Undefeated in 2020, five year-old Dubawi stallion Ghaiyyath won his fourth Group I race overnight at York and his emergence as an elite performer this year holds plenty of interest for a number of Aussie breeders as the half-sister to his dam has been at stud here in Australia since 2009.
Wednesday August 19
Immediately after the announcement by the British government that any person entering the United Kingdom from France would be subject to 14 days of self-isolation, ARQANA undertook extensive consultation of vendors represented in the Select Sale catalogue as well as buyers potentially affected by the new constraint. The schedule of premium yearling sales is exceptionnally dense this year as a resu
Wednesday August 19
The gavelhouse.com Waikato Branch New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association stallion parade planned for this weekend (August 22/23) has been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Wednesday August 19
The Group I Juddmonte International (1m2 1/2f ) at York overnight provided Godolphin’s powerhouse five year-old Ghaiyyath with another chance to demonstrate his superiority.
Wednesday August 19
See the Coolmore stallions parade at home tonight in a virtual parade from 7pm through the Coolmore website or their Facebook page.
Wednesday August 19
Widden Stallion Parades will proceed this week in line with Covid restrictions. Parades will be held each day from Thursday the 20th to Sunday the 23rd of August.
Wednesday August 19
All Too Hard’s fast start to the new season continued at Canterbury on Wednesday with two hot favourites saluting in Pitchfork and Forbidden Love, who is nominated for the Group I ATC Golden Rose next month.
Wednesday August 19
Cambridge trainer Glen Harvey sent out his first raceday winner on Wednesday when Bounty proved too strong in the Te Akau 2019/2020 No 1 Stable 1100m maiden.
Wednesday August 19
Sun Stud’s Fiorente (IRE) featured in the winner’s list at Canterbury on Wednesday as the sire of eye-catching three year-old colt Black Duke.
Wednesday August 19
As time goes on we are going to see a lot more of the Yulong brand carried by winners in Victoria and beyond with Divine Diosa doing the job at Sandown on Wednesday for the Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable.
Wednesday August 19
When hosting the world’s leading yearling sale in the year 2020, there are going to be challenges, that much is certain. What is also certain, is that Keeneland will meet those challenges with a commitment to do what is best for its customers and the global Thoroughbred industry at large.
Tuesday August 18
It’s the time of year when talented three year-olds need to put their hand up and the Canterbury meeting on Wednesday features a host of youngsters nominated for the Group I ATC Golden Rose.
Tuesday August 18
Vancouver posted his third Australian winner of the new season at Scone on Tuesday with a runaway debut victory for Ice in Vancouver, who has an interesting pedigree.
Tuesday August 18
Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday August 18
The optimistically named Best Ever is bred to be something a bit special and he made the perfect start to his career with a professional performance in a 1400m maiden on the Pakenham Park synthetic on Tuesday.
Tuesday August 18
Everest favourite Nature Strip was the star performer at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning, but we also saw some exciting three year-olds in action including unbeaten colts Peltzer and Doubtland.
Tuesday August 18
In our dealings with clients, the eligibility and deductibility of home office expenses is never far away.
Tuesday August 18
New Zealand’s champion trainer Jamie Richards is hoping high-class mare Melody Belle can mirror the pattern of her previous campaigns.
Tuesday August 18
Vinery Stud has circled the spring calendars for the launch of its freshman sire Star Turn and so has Team Hawkes with their $550,000 graduate from the 2020 Gold Coast Magic Millions.
Monday August 17
There can be a lot of change between what happens at the end of one season and the unfolding of the next, but for this young stallion it’s business as usual.
Monday August 17
Officials from Keeneland Association and Fasig-Tipton Company Inc. today announced COVID-19 safety protocols for participants attending the upcoming September yearling sales on Sept. 9-10 at Fasig-Tipton and Sept. 13-25 at Keeneland.
Monday August 17
Headwater enjoyed a late rush of winners at the end of last season and has kept the momentum going into August.
Monday August 17
Behemoth propelled All Too Hard into the Top 5 of the Australian sires’ premiership after Arion released its first tables for 2020-21.
Monday August 17
There was a rush of three year-old colt sprinters retired to stud at the end of last season, but one that did not head to the breeding barn was Bivouac and he trialled at Hawkesbury on Monday.
Monday August 17
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday August 17
The New Zealand racing industry awoke on Monday morning to the news of the death overnight of popular Canterbury trainer Tony Prendergast, aged 84.
Monday August 17
The Ebbett VW National Breeding Awards have been postponed due to COVID-19 alert level restrictions, with a new date to be confirmed when possible.
Monday August 17
The COVID crisis in Victoria has ruled out a trip south this year to check out stallions in the flesh so for those looking to do their homework at home visit the Breednet Stallion Parades section with Swettenham Stud adding their stallions this morning including newcomer I Am Immortal.
Monday August 17
Vadamos made a very timely arrival back to Rich Hill on Friday evening after completing his quarantine in Melbourne. Heading to his paddock on Saturday morning the news came through that he had sired a winning two-year-old double in England during the night.
Monday August 17
Talented mare All Saints’ Eve recorded a hard-fought victory at Randwick over 1400m on Saturday, the third career win for the daughter of Sacred Falls from seven starts to date.
Monday August 17
Reward For Effort enjoyed a typically successful weekend of siring winners, with four of his progeny saluting. Headed by No Effort in the first event at Caulfield, the brave on-pace performance credited trainer Gavin Bedggood with his first Saturday Metro win.
Monday August 17
Welcome to the 2020 breeding season, we wanted to remind breeders and owners about registering for Racing NSW Breeder Owner Bonus Scheme (BOBS).
Sunday August 16
A highly diversified catalogue featuring progeny of Australia and New Zealand’s leading stallions prepared by expert developers of young racing talent has been finalised for the 2020 Inglis Ready2Race Sale.
Sunday August 16
Exciting Kingman colt Palace Pier kept his undefeated record at a perfect five for five when beating a top field to win the Group I Prix Jacques le Marois (1600m) at Deauville overnight.
Sunday August 16
Achieving the very best result in the sale ring is the end goal for every commercial breeder.