Brazen Beau gave us a ‘One to Watch’ at Geelong on Wednesday and he has a full brother headed to the Inglis Classic next month.

On the opening day of Book 2 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sale Series, Australian Bloodstock agent John Foote continued his spending spree off the back of a strong Book 1 Sale.

Prominent bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster has been active at this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale purchasing for clients, but on Wednesday he dipped into his own pocket to add another yearling to his own portfolio.

Owner-trainer duo Nikki and Barrie Blatch are eyeing black type with their $4,750 gavelhouse.com purchase Mr Intelligence, who was dominant when stepping out against open company for the first time on Saturday.

Per Incanto’s strong record in Hong Kong didn’t go unnoticed by Hong Kong interests on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Book 2 sale at Karaka on Wednesday.

Mungrup Stud freshman I’m All The Talk sired his first winner when Watch Me Dance launched a last-to-first burst in the TABtouch Maiden (1016m) at Bunbury on Monday.

Balcairn trainers John and Karen Parsons are hoping their North Island luck holds two-fold at the Te Rapa premier meeting on Saturday week.

Amongst the multitude of international visitors to Karaka over the first few days of the National Yearling sale have been Kentucky residents, business associates and good mates Mike McMahon and Jamie Hill.

With inspections for Inglis’ first yearling sale of the year – the Classic Sale – only a week away, Inglis graduates again came to the fore over the Australia Day long weekend winning six Stakes races in three countries.

After a solid finish to New Zealand Bloodstock’s 94th National Yearling Sales Series, the key critical indicators were up on last year’s Sale, which reflected a strong market.

Matamata nursery Waikato Stud continued their dominance of recent years at the National Yearling Sale at Karaka, taking out the leading vendor title for the seventh consecutive year.

Te Akau principal David Ellis finished the Book 1 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale in strong fashion on Tuesday, going to $500,000 to secure lot 626, the Savabeel colt out of Group Two winner Gold Rocks.

A phone call to respected bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo on Monday put in motion a chain of events that concluded with Cataldo purchasing a well-bred filly on the third day of the National Yearling Sale at Karaka.

After some stunning success on the opening day at Karaka on Sunday, Cambridge consignor Trelawney Stud were back in the thick of the action on Day Three.

The Boys Get Paid juggernaut extended their reach into the breeding arm of the thoroughbred industry last year and that gamble paid dividends for them at Karaka on Tuesday.

There were plenty of star three year-olds in action at Rosehill on Tuesday morning with heats won by Bivouac, Kiamichi and Anaheed, while the two year-olds also provided plenty of interest with six heats that featured the return of $1million Golden Gift winner Dame Giselle.

With four of the 11 starters in a 2yo maiden over 1016 metres at Bunbury on Monday, Mungrup Stud’s I’m All The Talk had a great chance to get off the mark with a milestone first winner and two of his daughters duly fought out the race.

By proven sire of sires High Chaparral, Highview Stud’s Wrote (IRE) scored a career defining win in the Group I Breeders Cup Turf Juvenile and eight of his first New Zealand bred yearlings will be offered this week in Karaka Book 2.

Astute trainer Mark Kavanagh unleashed an impressive first starter at Sandown on Monday with Dissident gelding Ellis Park surging clear for an eye-catching win.

The $HK10million Hong Kong Classic Mile at Sha Tin on Monday was won in commanding style by exciting prospect Golden Sixty, an Aussie bred Medaglia D’Oro (USA) gelding, whose half-brother Quiet Riot was also a winner at Warwick Farm earlier in the day.

Sparks continued to fly on Day Two of Karaka 2020, with the diverse international and local presence creating a strong and competitive middle market.

There was an air of expectation in the sale auditorium at Karaka on Monday prior to lot 449 entering the sale ring.

It took nearly all day to reveal the sale topping yearling for day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale but when it was unveiled the wait was well worth it.

Champion stallion Snitzel had a couple of winners at the opposite end of the distance spectrum at Monday’s Warwick Farm meeting with 3yo filly Juan Diva breaking her maiden over 1100m at her second start while the tough-as-teak gelding Taikomochi found the winner’s circle for the first time since capturing the Group III Neville Selwood Stakes in March last year with a fighting performa

With two days of the Book 1 session completed at the National Yearling Sale, Rich Hill Stud principal John Thompson is on a high.

Two of Australasia’s biggest breeding operations combined to set the second highest price for a yearling sold on day two of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.

Prominent owner Gary Harding followed family orders at Karaka on Monday when purchasing a yearling which is set to be trained just an hour north of their Wellington base.

The generosity of a number of thoroughbred industry kingpins has led to more than $300,000 being raised for the CatWalk Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust at Karaka on Monday.

A brilliant dual Group I winner at two, Pride of Dubai is passing on his talent and trainability to his first crop of two year-olds with Sense of Honour scoring a dominant debut victory at Sandown on Monday.

Brent and Cherry Taylor of Trelawney Stud experienced a thrilling morning at Karaka on Monday where they sold three yearlings for nearly $1.6 million.

Tivaci is not the only Group I winning son of High Chaparral with his first yearlings on show at Karaka 2020 with Highview Stud’s Wrote (IRE) about to make his presence felt with his first yearling to be offered on Tuesday.

Omaha Beach, War Front’s three-time Grade One-winning three-year-old of 2019, has been retired to stud at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, KY.

Volpe Veloce gave trainer Graham Richardson one of his biggest moments in racing when she won the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) two years ago and he is hoping to finish her career on a similar high.

The leading Australian second crop sire by earnings, Rubick posted a winning double at Wyong on Sunday with two smart three year-old winners in Designated and Turnstyle .

It started with champion sire Savabeel siring the winners of both Karaka Million races and continued into the sale ring on Sunday with some outstanding results.

A strong day of selling has launched New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual yearling showcase during Book 1 at Karaka 2020.

Twenty-four hours after a milestone first stakes winner in Australia with A Beautiful Night in the Blue Diamond Preview at Caulfield, Darley Stud’s one season shuttler Night Of Thunder (IRE) struck again when the Lindsay Park debutant Riverina Storm powered home from near last in an impressive debut over 1100 metres at Geelong on Sunday.

Fresh from his Magic Millions success where he was the leading first season sire, Coolmore’s Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) was quick to make his mark at Karaka on day one with three  yearlings offered and sold highlighted by the colt from Posavina that fetched $575,000.

Waikato bloodstock agent Garry Carvell went home with the horse he wanted on the first day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.

Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis had the words of Singapore-based trainer Mark Walker ringing in his ears throughout a spirited bidding war for Lot 79, a Savabeel colt from the Waikato Stud draft on the first day of the annual New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka.

Haunui Farm’s Mark Chitty has a chat to Breednet following the sale of the $500,000 Showcasing colt.

A strong resemblance to Group1 Caulfield Cup (2400m) winner Jameka led to the first $500,000 sale at Karaka on Sunday.

There’s a new clubhouse leader at Karaka with David Ellis making the winning bid of $800,000 for Waikato Stud’s much-admired Savabeel colt out of the Group III Taranaki 2YO Classic winner Magic Dancer (Rip Van Winkle).

Few trainers have had as much success with the stock of Tavistock than Mick Price who had a chat with Breednet after teaming up with Duncan’s Ramage’s DGR Thoroughbreds to purchase Cambridge Stud’s colt out of the stakes-placed O’Reilly mare Lovetessa for $150,000 at the opening session of the Karaka Yearling Sales.

 Perennial top buyer David Ellis struck early when shelling out $375,000 for Cambridge Stud’s Snitzel colt out of the Champion racemare Katie Lee (Pins) but that was quickly topped when Ciaron Maher Bloodstock / Astute Bloodstock went to $500,000 for Haunui Farm’s magnificent Showcasing (GB) colt out of the Don Eduardo mare Khales as the the 94th National Yearling Sales Series got

Group III Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) winner Fun Fact blitzed his opponents over 2000 metres at Rosehill on Saturday, which is good news for Ian Smith’s  Edinburgh Stud who will offer a half-brother by So You Think at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, but it is this tweet by Peter Twomey that really caught my eye.

Consistent Snitzel gelding Scallopini kept the run going for trainer Steve O’Dea and Proven Thoroughbred with a fighting win in Saturday’s Listed Sunshine Coast Cup at Caloundra.

On a dream night for the Te Akau operation, star filly Probabeel has entered Karaka Million folklore with an exceptional victory in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m).

Tasmanian-bred gelding Cradle Mountain, who cost just $4,000 as a yearling, opened his stakes account at Randwick on Saturday with a dominant performance in the Listed Carrington Stakes.

Outstanding southern mare Kiwi Ida showed northern racegoers a glimpse of her undoubted class when she dashed home to take out the Group II  Westbury Classic (1400m) in her first look at the Ellerslie track.

It’s been nearly three years since Morvada’s previous stakes win but the 6yo son of Mossman gave nothing else a chance in Saturday’s Listed John Dillon Stakes at Caulfield.

Te Akau Racing’s incredible stranglehold on the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) has extended into its fourth year with a superb win by Cool Aza Beel in the million-dollar juvenile feature at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Boom three-year-old Catalyst overcame a scare to brilliantly win Saturday’s Group III Henley Park Mr Tiz Trophy (1200m) at Ellerslie, extending his winning sequence to six.

Lightweight runner Windsor made it three wins from three starts in his latest campaign when he led all the way to take out the Listed Speights Timaru Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton.

Underrated sprinter Its Destinys Child bounced back from an unplaced run in Group One company at her last start to take out the Group III  Preferment@Brighthill Farm Concorde Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie.

Australian breeders may well live to regret that Night Of Thunder (IRE) stood just one season in Australia.

The open juvenile event at Randwick on Saturday always looked good on paper with some highly rated fillies and two expensive colts engaged and at the winning post it was I Am Invincible’s Rulership that claimed the victory and he did it in style!

A son of Arrowfield Stud’s recently pensioned Not A Single Doubt, dual Group 1 winner Scales Of Justice came off a five month break to overpower triple Group 1 winner Hey Doc in Friday night’s Group II Mortimer Petroleum Australia Stakes (1200 metres at Moonee Valley.

Godolphin’s highly regarded 2-year-old Street Boss (USA) colt Valaquenta, a half-brother to stud dud Kementari, made a winning debut in Friday night’s Quest Moonee Valley Maiden Plate at Moonee Valley and is now likely to follow the path of last year’s winner Lankan Star who tackled the Blue Diamond Prelude before his second in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stales at Caulfield.

The New Zealand National Yearling Sale Series is the moment of truth for leading vendor Waikato Stud.

Inglis Digital’s first Online Sale of 2020 has opened for bidding, with a catalogue of 315 lots on offer over the next five days.

Preparing to get to work at Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm in Japan, Bricks and Mortar had been named 2019 Horse of the Year at the 49th annual Eclipse Awards dinner at Gulfstream Park.

Newgate Farm’s young I Am Invincible stallion Super One posted his first winner on Friday with an impressive debut victory for talented filly Superbellaa at Canberra.

Darley shuttler Harry Angel (IRE), a Champion 3YO Sprinter by Dark Angel, has produced his first foal in the Northern Hemisphere after spending last spring in Australia.

Less than two days out from the start of the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale the buzz around the Karaka sales complex is steadily rising.

With their biggest-ever Karaka Million punters’ club followed by a first foray into selling at Karaka, the next few days are shaping up as a massive time for Boys Get Paid.

Bloodstock agent Jen Campin has had plenty of success at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Yearling Sales as both a vendor and purchaser, but this year she is particularly looking forward to offering six yearlings through Wentwood Grange’s draft.

Since the beginning of November, elite races across New Zealand, Australia and Asia have delivered a series of major pedigree updates to the catalogues for Books 1, 2 and 3 of Karaka 2020.

The 2020 New Zealand National Yearling Sale Series starts on Sunday and Breednet has our social media reporter Maree McKewan on the ground at Karaka.

Two metropolitan winners in two days for Deep Field with Texas Forever saluting at Canterbury on Wednesday followed by a stylish debut winner from the David Vandyke stable at Doomben on Thursday.

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.

Any serious business regularly monitors the progress of its business.

There is some fabulous two-year-old action coming up this Saturday with the running of the divisions of the Blue Diamond Preview at Caulfield while at Randwick the wraps come off the $2.8 million Inglis Easter Yearling sales-topper Mount Fuji.

A “truly stunning’’ catalogue of 514 of the southern hemisphere’s best yearlings will be offered at this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Tassie owner breeders Paul and Elizabeth Geard have had a lot of success with their Gee Gee horses sired by their own stallion Wordsmith and produced a new stakes-winner at Launceston  on Wednesday evening when Gee Gee Josie won the Listed Elwick Stakes for two year-olds.

One of the most talented and best-loved racehorses among the current Godolphin crop, Osborne Bulls, has been retired.

A live barrier draw with a new format at Karaka’s iconic Sales Centre has confirmed the final fields for the $1 million Karaka Million 2YO and $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic at Ellerslie this Saturday 25 January.

This three year-old So You Think filly has a pedigree that screams Oaks contender and her stylish maiden win at Moe on Wednesday will no doubt have connections looking at all their classic options for the remainder of the season.

John Andrew has been a fixture at Perth yearling sales since 1974 and he’s back with another consignment of 15 quality lots for next month’s Magic Millions in the Swan Valley.

Situated in the lush countryside of the Waikato region, Pencarrow Stud was established by international businessman Sir Peter Vela.

Tasmanian filly Still A Star provided Toronado (IRE) with his second stakes win in Australia when the three-year-old scored a five length victory in the Launceston Guineas (21000) on Saturday.

A trainer for 30 years with international experience, including multiple group and listed winners in Australia and NZ, Liam Birchley has established a new bloodstock business, Bloodstock Solutions, offering his unique insight into racehorse selection and management.

Plenty of interest in the juvenile heats at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning with Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner Global Quest edged out by the full brother to Group I winner and Royal Ascot hero Merchant Navy.

Victorian trainer David Hayes will be in New Zealand later this week as he puts the finishing touches on three-year-old colt Conqueror ahead of Saturday’s $1 million Karaka Million 3YO Classic (1600m).

The breeding and racing industry will be in shock today by the announcement made by Arrowfield Stud that leading sire Not A Single Doubt is under veterinary care following a diagnosis of pulmonary disease, which has shown no improvement despite treatment.

A 100% clearance rate with total sales of $2,085,000 and an average of $160,385 had Olly Tait and his team at Twin Hills Stud super happy after departing the Gold Coast following a memorable 2020 Magic Millions.

That title has several contenders for the crown and two of them stepped out at the Warwick Farm barrier trials on Tuesday morning.

This year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale will be the final bow for one Waikato Stud stallion and a debut for another, but Savabeel remains an all-conquering constant.

This nick involving two champion sires is well proven and documented with a two year-old winner last Saturday appearing as the latest example.

The sire of 12 Group I winners and best known as grandsire of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, Empire Maker died at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky last weekend.

Fresh from dominating the first season sires in the sale ring at Magic Millions 2020, Coolmore’s Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (USA) posted his 30th first crop winner over the weekend in the US where Bitcoin Pleasure earned TDN Rising Star status for his sensational debut victory on turf.

An approach made to former successful trainer Don Sellwood several years ago has led to a Taranaki couple, Rodger and Christine Hassall, having a strong involvement in Karaka Million night at Ellerslie on Saturday.

The excitement over the Karaka Million twilight meeting is already high for The Oaks Stud, but it could provide an even greater boost for the Cambridge establishment leading into this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka.

Just two months since her purchase off gavelhouse,com, Out of the Park has repaid her $14,000 purchase price and more after striking up two wins and a placing in just four starts.

It was a case of deja vu in the G1 Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin, with Inglis Premier Yearling Sale graduate Beat The Clock (Hinchinbrook x Flion Fenena) triumphing for the second consecutive year in the 1200m feature.

The sad loss of Yarraman Park's  Hinchinbrook was highlighted yet again at Sha Tin on Sunday when his quality sprinter Beat the Clock claimed another major victory in the Group I Centenary Sprint Cup (1200m).

Magic Millions 2020 has been well covered but we always find it interesting to take a look at the sires that returned the most profit for their supporters in terms of multiple of fee and straight profit.

Pencarrow Stud has achieved international fame as a nursery of outstanding thoroughbred talent, but the blue and white hooped colours of Pencarrow’s racing team have also earned a stellar reputation.

With the 2020 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale series set to kick off in a week’s time, the wins of class mare Avantage and promising filly Festivity at Trentham on Saturday put a smile a mile wide on the face of Te Akau Racing boss, David Ellis.

And maybe a Star by name and nature as well, the Gordon Richards trained 4Y0 so impressive recording a a tough and determined victory in Saturday's $140,000 Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington.