Dual Group I winner Shadow Hero won’t be the only stakes-winning son of Pierro that David Hayes will be training when he heads to Hong Kong with news classy two year-old colt Untamed will also join his team.

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.

Nestled in the heart of Victoria's prime thoroughbred country is Platinum Thoroughbreds Victoria, a relative new player in the thoroughbred game having been established in 2018 - but there is much experience behind the name with the farm's Sarah Pfeiffer and Rene Hoefchen both boasting long time equine involvement.

A half-brother to three stakes-winners including Smart Missile, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Exceed And Excel colt Sole Heir broke his maiden with a dominant front-running performance at Hawkesbury on Tuesday to provide a timely update for his sister catalogued by Gooree Stud to the 2020 Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field added another winner to his tally on Tuesday when this talented three year-old filly made a winning debut at Hawkesbury.

Our ‘Closer Look’ statistical stories on various sires have been super popular with our audience and I’ve been putting off doing this one as I knew it would involve a lot of work, but I’m sure it’s a worthwhile effort as we’re delving into the record of a sire that has made the last 20 years his own.

Our story last week speculating on the impending sale of Sunlight and where she would fit in the list of Australia’s most expensive mares sold at public auction got us thinking about the others on the list and where are they now?

If you’ve got a filly bred to win an Oaks, sending it to John Sargent is a good idea, which is probably what Sir Owen Glenn was thinking about this filly who made a winning debut at Scone on Monday.

For those on Maurice (JPN) watch pacing up and down like expectant fathers, it looked as if the Horse Of The Year had cracked it for a winner in a 1600m Newcomers race at Tokyo on Sunday with the royally-bred colt Kalandula hitting the front close to home, only to be gunned down by an impressive Godolphin homebred who has an Australian connection.

With the popularity of Group I All Aged Stakes winner Pierata, who will stand his first season at Aquis Hunter Valley, exceeding expectations, Aquis have made the decision to stand another son of Pierro in the electrifying homebred-colt Bellevue Hill, the only Group-winning juvenile son of his sire.

Coolmore’s Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) has had two runners from daughters of champion sire More than Ready (USA) and both are Group winners - that’s a fact Australian breeders would do well to consider.

Group One-winning miler Wyndspelle will take up stud duties at Grangewilliam Stud in South Taranaki this spring where he will stand for a fee of $7,500 plus GST.

Yearlings by some of the world's most successful sires will converge on the Gold Coast in late July taking their place in a quality catalogue for the 2020 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale.

Newmarket trainer Amy Murphy has read all about the Great British Bonus and planned a campaign for Emotional Moment accordingly, the two year-old daughter of Sepoy making an impressive winning debut at Kempton Park on Sunday in the colours of Australian owner Gerry Ryan.

A Group I winner in New Zealand at three under the name Hall of Fame, the six year-old Savabeel gelding now races as Dances with Dragon in Hong Kong and he was in top form at Sha Tin on Sunday to score a commanding win in the Group III Premier Plate (1800m).

Bred from the family of two time Australian Horse of the Year Makybe Diva, Lonhro gelding Jolly Banner is still going strong at age eight, claiming a second Black Type success with victory at Sha Tin on Sunday in the Group III Premier Cup (1400m).

Playing God will stand for a $13,200 (inc GST) service fee when covering his first book at Darling View Thoroughbreds in WA this season.

A solid afternoon of trading has concluded New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever National Weanling Sale conducted on Gavelhouse Plus.

Hello Youmzain landed the second Group One sprint of his career when taking the Gr.1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot overnight (Sunday morning NZ time), sporting the colours of Cambridge Stud proprietors Brendan and Jo Lindsay.

Making her first appearance for 2020, top class American Pharoah filly Sweet Melania  returned in peak form winning the Grade III Wonder Again Stakes on turf at Belmont in her first start since finishing third in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf last November.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Narvaez has been on an upward trajectory since making his debut at Moonee Valley last November and the stable has ambition plans for the son of Vancouver following his fighting win in a 1600 metre maiden at Bendigo on Sunday.  

In these unprecedented, unpredictable times, it is still difficult to wrap you head around the fact that the Belmont Stakes was run as the first leg of the Triple Crown at a distance reduced from 1 1/2 miles to 1 1/8 miles, however there was a very worthy winner.

After leaving Australia as a maiden after three starts, the 6yo mare Oleksandra is now a Grade 1 winner in America after staging a last to first performance in the $250,000 Jaipur Stakes on the turf at Belmont on Saturday.

In a sport that gets more than its fair share of knocks in the media, few highlighted the love of the horse more than Graham Salisbury, who alongside his trusted steed Subzero provided so much joy to those that needed it most.  

Invincible Spirit’s half-brother Kodiac made it a day to remember overnight at Royal Ascot siring three Group winners – his two year-olds taking both the Group II Coventry Stakes (6f) and Queen Mary Stakes (5f), while his star older sprinter Hello Youmzain won the Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes (6f) carrying the colours of leading New Zealand breeders Brendan and Jo Lindsay of Cambridg

Last year’s Champion 2YO Pinatubo had his colours lowered again at Royal Ascot overnight with progressive Kingman colt Palace Pier keeping his unbeaten record intact with a length victory over him in the Group I St James’s Palace Stakes (1m).

Sea the Stars featured earlier in the week at Royal Ascot as the sire of Stradivarius and his German Derby winning son Sea the Moon also got a taste of the limelight when his three year-old filly Alpine Star captured the Group I Coronation Stakes (1m).

Newgate Farm’s first season stallion Super One has been on a winning run of late with four winners in the first few weeks of June, the latest coming when the Prime Thoroughbred colour-bearer Miss Divine Em led at every call in a maiden over 1002 metres at Donald on Saturday.

Very few are better at sniffing out a bargain than Darby Racing who look to have another lively prospect in the Bull Point filly Crazy Train who made a winning debut over 900 metres at Newcastle on Saturday.

Future Group 1 winners Gytrash and Nature Strip have won the last two editions of the Listed VRC AR Creswick Stakes and few would be surprised if the exciting three-year-old gelding Front Page makes his presence felt at the highest level after the son of Magnus treated a high-class field with contempt in Saturday’s feature at Flemington.

With six of the 10 starters in Saturday’s Listed Mitavite The Phoenix (1615m) at Doomben still maidens, it was the last start Doomben winner The Actuary who did best in a slogging finish to credit Widden Stud’s deceased Sebring with his 60th stakes-winner.

There was no shortage of promising youngsters in Saturday’s Rod Johnson Hcp (1420m) at Flemington, yet the Night Of Thunder (IRE) gelding Cherry Tortoni saw them all off in style to keep his record at perfect two for two.

Making just his second trip to the races, the progressive Vancouver colt Exhibition opened his winning account in Saturday’s Magna Grecia New To Coolmore Hcp (1500m) at Randwick to ring up winner number seven for his Golden Slipper winning sire.

US trainer Wesley Ward is always a formidable force at Royal Ascot, but he had to settle for second overnight in the featured Group I Commonwealth Cup (6f) with his Munnings filly Kimari beaten by progressive colt Golden Horde.

Racing NSW announced on friday that owners will be able to return to NSW racecourses from Saturday, 20 June 2020 to watch their horse race.

A high quality Inglis Digital June (Late) online catalogue has opened for bidding, featuring a well-diversified line-up of 400 entries.

Former Kiwi Diamondsandbubbles continued her strong form on the synthetic track at Pakenham on Friday, setting a new track record when successful over 2200m.

There were five juvenile heats at the Rosehill trials on Friday morning with some interesting results including a quinella for two expensive I Am Invincible colts that cleared six lengths away from their rivals to fight out the finish.

Top quality sprinting colt Hello Youmzain is in fine fettle ahead of Saturday’s Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes (1200m) at Royal Ascot where he will sport the colours of part-owner Cambridge Stud for the first time.

Entries for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 National Yearling Sales Series are now open with the Sale set to take place next summer at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 24 January until Friday 29 January.

For seasonal breeders such as the horse, the lengthening days of spring have long been associated with increased fertility, enhanced performance, improved coat condition and better health and well-being.

The Group I Ascot Gold Cup (2m4f) was the highlight on the Royal Ascot program overnight with victory again going to blue-blooded Sea the Stars stallion Stradivarius, who turned the race into a procession.

The first foal of champion mare Found, two year-old War Front colt Battleground claimed his first Black Type win when taking out the Listed Chesham Stakes (7f) at Royal Ascot overnight.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field is working towards a record number of individual Australian winners for a second crop sire and featured in South Africa on Thursday when his two year-old colt Al Muthana scored a brilliant debut victory at Turffontein.

The catalogue and all digital assets for the 2020 Magic Millions Perth Winter Thoroughbred Online Sale are now available to be viewed.

The countdown to the third edition of Australia’s longest flat race, The Jericho Cup (4600m), has commenced with the confirmation of its 2020 date and the qualifying races guaranteeing an automatic start.

For those with a passion for delving into pedigrees it is always a delight to examine some of the bloodlines imported into Australia by Gooree Stud principal Eduardo Cojuangco who died during the week at the age of 85.

Newgate Farm’s Super One is quietly adding to his tally of winners with the Paul Perry trained La Jolie Fille saluting at Wyong on Thursday to become his seventh winner.

Group II winner Fontiton was a hot commodity at the 2016 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale fetching $1.1million, however she produced just two foals before her premature death last year and the first of those made a winning debut at Seymour on Thursday.

The Queen was looking a for a stakes double in the Group III Hampton Court Stakes (1m2f) at Royal Ascot overnight with homebred colt First Receiver, but he was overpowered by blue-blooded Galileo colt Russian Emperor, a son of champion Australian mare Atlantic Jewel.

Pivotal gelding Addeybb was last seen in Australia winning a pair of Group I races during the Sydney Autumn Carnival, but at Royal Ascot overnight he had to play second fiddle to four year-old Dubawi gelding Lord North in the Group I Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1m2f).

2020 has been a tough year for The Queen, who at age 94 has spent much of it in isolation at Windsor Castle, but there is no doubt she would have got plenty of joy when her homebred two year-old Toronado colt Tactical captured the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes (5f) at Royal Ascot overnight.

Coolmore young gun Pride of Dubai posted a double of new winners on Wednesday with promising filly Mystique Falcon scoring at Sandown before Kahaylaan bolted in at Gawler as a short priced favourite.

With the Listed stakes-winner Ilovemyself waiting in the wings, trainer Greg Eurell took the wraps off another smart juvenile by Ilovethiscity in Ilovethegame who made a winning career debut over 1000 metres at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

The colours of Eales Racing have been carried by some outstanding performers including Melbourne Cup hero Shocking and multiple G1 winner Whobegotyou, their back and orange silks featuring at Sandown on Wednesday aboard promising Pride of Dubai filly Mystique Falcon.

It is with a heavy heart that we advise that Gooree Park Holdings Principal Mr Eduardo ”Danding” Cojuangco Jr  has passed away peacefully yesterday aged 85. 

Gerald Ryan already has a good So You Think two year-old in the stable in undefeated Peltzer and he looks to have another with Zero to Hundred scoring an exciting last to first debut win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Blue-blooded Street Cry (IRE) stallion Last Typhoon is moving to Larneuk Stud this season following the decision of Bullarook Park’s Malcolm and Jan Boyd to retire this year.

Hong Kong racing will offer record prize money of HK$1.4 billion for the 2020/21 season, with the Gr.1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and Hong Kong Derby (2000m) featuring prominently among the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s upward adjustments.

Magic Millions is proud to announce the online catalogues for the National Broodmare and National Weanling Sales are now online.

Four year-old Galileo stallion Circus Maximus became a two time Royal Ascot winner overnight adding the Group I Queen Anne Stakes (1m) to his resume after winning the Group I St James’s Palace Stakes (1m) last year.

Six year-old gelding Battaash has chased Blue Point home for second in the Group I King’s Stand (5f) at Royal Ascot for the past two years and this year with his nemesis now retired to stud, the talented son of Dark Angel had his chance to shine.

Australian-based Group One winning mare Rollout The Carpet (Holy Roman Emperor) will be auctioned as part of a high-profile dispersal sale later this month on Gavelhouse Plus.

In 2017, a Zoustar filly from Solar Charged went through the Gold Coast sale ring at Magic Millions in January fetching $300,000 for Widden Stud – she will return in July at the National Broodmare Sale as Champion 3YO Filly 2018/2019 Sunlight and she’ll be making a lot more than $300,000.

Rich Hill Stud shuttle stallion Vadamos has secured his first win as a sire when Sa Pala Umbrossa won on debut over 1200m at Chilivani, in Italy, on Monday.

Aquis Farm’s ill-fated Spill The Beans continues to set the pace as the leading first crop sire for number of winners with the Tony and Maddysen Sears-trained Little Miss Pixie taking the seasonal tally of the son of Snitzel seasonal to 11 at Clifford Park Toowoomba on Tuesday.

Despite a torrid run, Darby Racing’s two-year-old filly Ashra Jahre did the right thing by punters in an open age maiden over 1000 metres at Nowra on Tuesday to ring up winner number six for Vinery Stud's Headwater.

With all the financial turbulence surrounding FY 2020, a tax bill, in this financial year especially, should not be anymore that it has to be - Carrazzo Consulting have prepared a comprehensive guide to tax planning for 2020.

Half a dozen juvenile trials at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning on the synthetic track produced some interesting winners including a filly that might be the next I Am Invincible ‘Star’ for champion trainer Chris Waller.

The breeding rights to Juddmonte Farms homebred undefeated Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Siskin have been sold with the deal confirmed by Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah.

The Alan and Mike Spence owned WEST END GIRL topped the inaugural Tattersalls Ascot Online Sale when selling to Badgers Bloodstock who saw off interest from a number of bidders to secure the filly for £420,000.

One of Australia's most successful thoroughbred nurseries will team up with Magic Millions Online to disperse in August.

Among the 77 horses entered in the five Group races of the first meeting of Royal Ascot, only two are French-trained and one, Australia owned -  That horse is Plumatic.

Trans-Tasman Group One winner Te Akau Shark’s return to training has been delayed due to impending surgery on a rare eye condition.

In a coup for Australian breeders, and in particular the Victorian market, Aquis will stand Invincible Spirit’s unbeaten, Group I winning 2YO Royal Meeting (IRE) at Aquis Seymour this season.

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.

From proven superstars to exciting up-and-comers, freshman and everything in between, the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus is showcasing the progeny of a superb selection of stallions.

Coolmore young gun Rubick is without his star performer Yes Yes Yes going forward with the record breaking 2019 Everest winner set to cover his first book of mares at Coolmore later this spring, but his best filly Rubisaki has just returned to work and connections are hopeful she’ll be bigger and better than ever.

BELARDO's flying start as a Freshman sire has continued over the weekend with two more winners taking his tally to four winners in the space of seven days.

Group I racing in France overnight at Chantilly delivered success for Sottsass and Tawkeel and while neither are sired by the mighty Galileo, he does feature prominently in the pedigrees of both.

Darley shuttler Territories (IRE) added a second winner to his tally overnight with a debut Doncaster victory for promising youngster Uncle Jumbo.

This young stallion is tracking towards breaking an Australian record for individual winners sired by a second crop sire this season and while his service fee has risen accordingly, his first son to stud offers breeders an affordable chance to continue their alliance with what has emerged as one of the hottest sirelines in the country.

This two year-old filly by Rubick had a race experience edge over her rivals at Ballarat on Sunday and took full advantage of that to win as she pleased.

Just a cursory glance at recent stakes results show why Redoute’s Choice has forged an unassailable lead as the champion broodmare sire for the season, so it takes some belief to keep a multiple stakes-winning five year-old daughter of the sadly missed phenomenon in training.

Glen Eden Stud is proud to announce that Group One performed War Front son Fleet Review (USA) will join their roster this spring.

Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo continued a stellar start to his stallion career in Europe as the Clive Cox-trained Isabella Giles ran out an easy winner over 1200m at Leicester on Saturday to become his third first-crop winner.

The Inglis Classic graduate Vanna Girl confirmed her status as one of the nation’s leading 3YO fillies with a dominant come-from-behind win in the G2 The Roses at Eagle Farm.

Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick is looking forward to strong interest in the stud’s eighteen-strong draft for the annual New Zealand Bloodstock Weanling Sale, that is currently underway on the gavelhouse.com platform, following a successful parade over the weekend.

Crosshaven looks to have earned himself a short break after maintaining his unbeaten record with a fighting win at The Valley.

Progressive Rubick gelding Ready to Humble is building a smart record and posted his third victory at Rosehill on Saturday when taking out the $67,500 ATC Highway Plate (1500m), while in Queensland his sire produced a new stakes horse with One Shy Ruby a close second in the Listed BRC Dalrello Stakes (1200m).

A three-quarter brother to dual Group I winner and $2.7million earner Viddora, two year-old colt Shadow Chaser is the most expensive yearling from the first crop of I Am Invincible’s brilliant son Super One and he opened his account at Kembla on Saturday.

Galileo filly Peaceful ran out a dominant winner of the Group I Thousand Guineas (1m) at The Curragh overnight making her sire Galileo the most successful sire of Group I winners in history.

After winning the Listed Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast, Love You Lucy did not have the rub of the green in the Listed Helen Couglin Plate at Doomben at her most recent start, however Barry Squair’s underrated daughter of Love Conquers All bounced back to win a thrilling Group II Dane Ripper stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Less than half a length covered the first four across the line in Saturday’s Group III Ascot Green Eagle Farm Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm but it was the day for Godolphin’s Street Cry (IRE) gelding Gaulois to return to the winners circle.

Surely the winning machine Vanna Girl is making a believer even out of her harshest critics following another dominant performance in Saturday’s Group II The Roses (1800m) at Eagle Farm.

After kick-starting her career with six consecutive wins culminating with the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone over two years ago, the Tracey Bartley-trained In Good Time had been winless since before blowing the punters out of the water when leading at every call in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Quality (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Champion trainer Chris Waller saddled six of the 10 runners in the Group III BRC Tattersalls Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm and had the first four home with Fastnet Rock’s imported son Brimham Rocks (GB) leading the way.

It’s been a great day for the Smart Missile juveniles with Lindsay Park’s gelding Crosshaven keeping his record perfect at two for two at Moonee Valley then the Trent and Toby Edmonds-trained filly Smart ‘N’ Sexy finding the prefect spot to break her maiden in the Listed Dalrello Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Sebring stayer Wu Gok loves a heavy track and a ‘Cup’ race and he got both of those things at Rosehill on Saturday when scoring a tenacious long head win in the Listed ATC Winter Cup (2400m).

Oakwood Farm’s Top Echelon is well into the veteran category nowadays, but he showed he still has the ability to still get a good horse as his daughter Lady Banff made light of 59kgs to win Saturday’s Darley 2yo Handicap (1100m) on a heavy track at Rosehill Gardens.