There has been huge interest in the Tattersalls Online Sale (December 11 and 12) featuring eight mares in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) to Southern Hemisphere time, so we’re taking a closer look at these girls and with two of them by Zoustar and Savabeel I’m feeling like I’m looking at an Aussie catalogue!

Three heats for juveniles at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning and the winners included the most expensive purchase for Yulong from the 2024 Magic Millions, a $1.4million colt by Extreme Choice.

Grangewilliam Stud is continuing to set a merry pace with strong results on and off the track.

Cliff Matson’s blue and white silks have featured frequently in the winner’s enclosure of late and his run of success continued on Sunday at Te Aroha with a daughter of Everest winner Yes Yes Yes.

The race to the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January 11 is about to get serious with the release of the order of entry and the field and barrier draw for Wednesday's $200,000 Wyong MM 2YO (1100m) featuring a field of 11.

Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were four heats for juveniles at Randwick on Monday morning with winners that included a colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) and the half-brother to Golden Slipper winner Lady of Camelot and we also had a look at one of last year’s top juvenile colts that contested the Golden Slipper and is now a gelding.

Inglis have released their catalogue for Inglis Premier featuring 803 lots and there are strong similarities to last year with Yulong the biggest vendor offering nearly double the number of horses in the next biggest draft, while their stallion roster accounts for two of the top four most represented sires.

Quality mare About Time returned to the winner’s circle at Ellerslie on Saturday and her trainer Lance Noble is hoping to continue that trend on Thursday with a trio of runners.

Champion jockey James McDonald had a massive day at Sha Tin on Sunday riding Romantic Warrior (IRE) and Voyage Bubble to victory in Group I races, but he started the day with an earlier success aboard talented Brave Smash (Jpn) gelding Divano.

Quality filly Sethito produced a timely and satisfying victory for Waikato Stud when she impressively bridged the gap to black type company at Ellerslie.

New Zealand has been synonymous with producing quality middle-distance and staying thoroughbreds, but now it can lay claim to the best sprinter on the planet after Ka Ying Rising took out the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Fresh off receiving the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award at a special ceremony on Friday night, expat Kiwi hoop James McDonald etched his name in the record books at Sha Tin on Sunday when he partnered local hero Romantic Warrior to their third successive triumph in the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m).

Inglis Classic graduate Voyage Bubble has delivered a scintillating performance to claim the G1 Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin, cementing his status as the ‘King of the Mile’ in Hong Kong.

A full sister to the I Am Invincible two year-old colt that topped the NZB Ready to Run Sale for a record breaking $1.65million, talented mare Irish Legacy delivered an impressive fresh-up victory in New Zealand on Saturday for Roger James and Robert Wellwood.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion Romantic Warrior created some special history when emphatically winning his third Group I Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.

After finishing second in the Hong Kong Mile last year, Deep Field’s Voyage Bubble climbed to the top step in the race this year in another HK Group One for James McDonald.

“He wasn’t at his best” but Hong Kong’s sprint sensation Ka Ying Rising got his first Group One win in the Hong Kong International Sprint on Sunday.

Australia’s Without A Fight had no fight while the British dominated in the Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin.

The catalogue for next year’s Premier Yearling Sale – the source of three of the past four The Everest winners – is now available online.

Te Akau Racing and Fortuna Racing have a remarkable association with two-year-old fillies and they unveiled another exciting prospect at Trentham on Saturday in the form of Marokopa Falls.

Trilogy Racing / Blue Gum Farm are thrilled to announce the appointment of Colum McCullagh as our new Racing and Bloodstock Manager, commencing in 2025.

The final major event of the year in Deauville, the ARQANA Vente d’Élevage began with Part I of the catalogue that offered an exceptional selection of mares, fillies and foals.

The Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale is underway with a flurry of million dollar mares in the opening session highlighted by this year’s Group I Prix de Diane winner Sparkling Plenty.

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll said ACDC and Light Infantry Man did them proud when his 11th Group One start produced his first Group One win in the Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 125 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday was won by quality five year-old gelding Berkeley Square, a homebred for renowned South Australian breeder David Peacock that was raised at Mill Park.

Spirit Of Boom’s remarkably consistent five-year-old Golden Boom banked his third stakes win with a brave effort in the Sky Racing Bribie (LR) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar posted his 60th stakes-winner at Eagle Farm on Saturday when five year-old mare Arts Object did best in a thriller to win the Listed BRC Tails Stakes (1500m) by a short half head.

Champion jockey Opie Bosson moved to the brink of a Group One milestone with an outstanding ride on Zed gelding Ladies Man (NZ)  to take out Saturday’s TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham.

Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard enjoyed a trans Tasman stakes double on Saturday with seasoned stakes performer Babylon Berlin claiming another Group win in New Zealand, while at Eagle Farm consistent mare Danny’s St Darci broke through for a deserved first Black Type success in the Listed BRC Just Now Stakes (1300m).

The outstanding form of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott’s three-year-olds continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a one-two finish by Sethito and Prosegur in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m).

Widden Stud’s Anders posted his first winner with the Kris Lees trained filly Wisnierska making a winning debut at Newcastle on Saturday bringing a timely pedigree update for her full brother, who is entered for Magic Millions 2025.

Class mare Babylon Berlin lead her rivals a merry dash when she outgunned a small but quality field in the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Rosemont Stud based Hanseatic is on the board with his first winner after Tiz Worthy bolted in at Morphettville on Saturday.

Godolphin haven’t had many winners in Australia by their young sire Blue Point (IRE), but he has given them a very promising debut two year-old winner at Ballarat on Saturday in Aleppo Pine.

Visiting Australian jockey Luke Currie made his New Zealand debut a winning one with a last-to-first performance on Wingman in Saturday’s Aztech Engineering 3YO (1400m) at Trentham.

A fresh Nimble Nimbus will be out to upset the applecart when he heads to Sha Tin on Sunday to contest the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m).

While all eyes are on New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising ahead of Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), his compatriot Flying Ace has made a late bid to cause an upset in the Sha Tin feature.

Shalaa (IRE) will have a runner at Sha Tin on Sunday when his class sprinter Recommendation flies the flag for Australia in the Group I HK International Sprint (1200m) and closer to home he had a brilliant winner at Randwick on Friday in Raikkonen.

Here is the full list of 73 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained Pierro filly Candlewick was a touch of class on show at Randwick on Friday contesting the Benchmark 64 event over 1400m and she duly saluted to make it two wins from three starts.

G1 Caulfield Guineas winner Griff (Trapeze Artist) is one of many standout lots entered for the sale.

The first race at the twilight meeting at Randwick on Friday produced a promising three year-old winner for Written Tycoon with the John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained colt Metaphorically saluting at his third start.

Another fruitful week for Cambridge Stud with a new stakes-winner for young sire Embellish, a timely catalogue update for a Karaka 2025 yearling and the little sister of exciting shuttler Chaldean (GB) setting a new European record price for a filly foal sold at auction

New Zealand has a strong association with the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), and Kiwi-bred gelding Antino will be out to continue that record at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Pearl Of Alsace is in foal and entering the final few weeks of her racing career, but trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray hope a return to her favourite track might allow her to cap her CV with a Group One breakthrough.

No star has shone brighter in the thoroughbred racing world this year than New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising, and trainer David Hayes is hoping he can assume the mantle of the world’s best sprinter when he heads to Sha Tin on Sunday.

The four-day Tattersalls December Mares Sale came to a close with the fourth and final session bringing the curtain down on an extraordinary record-breaking sale. The turnover for the sale was a record 83 million guineas, up 20% on last year’s corresponding sale, whilst the average and median were also wide margin records.

Arqana’s Vente d’Elevage broodmare and weanling sale in picturesque Deauville in December gives Australian breeders a great opportunity to acquire some quality European pedigrees and much needed outcross bloodlines.

Here is the full list of 34 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

This stallion has been making news all over the world this year and one of our champion Australian trainers is already ahead of the trend.

The Lindsay Park team produced a promising debut winner at Geelong on Tuesday when Pierata filly Sea Poem saluted as favourite bringing a timely pedigree update her half-brother heading to Karaka Book 1 for Cambridge Stud.

Australasian bred sprinters have dominated the Group I Hong Kong Sprint accounting for eight of the past 10 winners so let’s take a look at the candidates for this Sunday following the barrier draw.

From Hong Kong’s stunning speedster Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) to a long line of Australian stars including cover girl Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), New Zealand is a world-renowned source of exceptional thoroughbred talent. The catalogues for Karaka 2025 are crammed with well-credentialled candidates to add to that reputation.

There was only a small field for the juvenile maiden at Geelong on Thursday, but the winner was a $600,000 Inglis Easter colt by Snitzel offered in the Widden Stud draft and he might prove to be well above average.

Impressive debutant Cheaha was the latest of Wexford Stables’ three-year-olds to step into the winner’s circle, and on Saturday at Ellerslie, five of his stablemates will take their place in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m).

A crack at a major summer sprinting prize against the older horses hasn’t been ruled out for quality three-year-old Poetic Champion.

Robbie Patterson is confident One Bold Cat can be a major player this weekend in his pursuit for another top-flight title.

Three and a half years after taking a $1000 punt on a pedigree they liked on gavelhouse.com, Ian and Shelley Wright landed their richest prize in racing when Farag (NZ) (Sacred Falls) romped to a 20-length runaway in Sunday’s A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool.

Consigned by Baroda Stud, VIA SIENNA (lot 120) has been added to the ARQANA Vente d’Élevage catalogue and will be offered during the first evening of the sale on Saturday 7 December in Deauville.

Five lots sold for 100,000 guineas or more on a strong third day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale with the Godolphin consigned BRIDESTONES leading the way at 280,000 guineas. The turnover, average and median all showed significant increases whilst the clearance rate was 86%. 

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

Home Affairs promises to make a big impact at the upcoming Magic Millions Yearling Sale next month and even Coolmore have been taken aback by the widespread support for this champion son of I Am Invincible with Tom Moore shedding some light on his appeal when chatting with us as a guest on our podcast Tara Talks Racing.

The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) is writing to address a matter that impacts the foundation of our industry’s credibility and success: the stagnation of the Australian Pattern system and the concerning attempts to assign unapproved Group race status.

Elegant Jazz made a strong opening to her three-year-old campaign at Arawa Park on Wednesday, breaking her maiden with a promising performance in the Novara Park 1230.

Chiming in late with giant strides at the finish was I Am Invincible filly Arriving Home, who made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in the same colours as her Group I winning stablemate Steffi Magnetica.

La Crique hasn’t returned to Trentham since she won the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) as a three-year-old, and three years down the track, the star mare will line up as a leading hope in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m).

A sea change for bloodstock agent Shane McGrath and his friendship with Victorian trainer Clinton McDonald has sparked a rewarding association with a growing track record of success in the highly competitive world of bloodstock and racing.

Well-performed speed merchant Babylon Berlin will strip a fitter mare for Saturday’s assignment at Ellerslie.

In Hong Kong, Christmas comes early for racing fans, with the Hong Kong Jockey Club hosting their International Races at Sha Tin each December.

The extraordinary trade seen at Tattersalls during the October Yearling Sale and last week’s December Foal Sale suggested that something spectacular could be in the offing at the December Mares Sale and so it proved on a day where turnover of 55,168,500 guineas exceeded the previous record for the highest grossing day in European auction history, set at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mares Sa

The three Australian contenders for this Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races all look in great shape leading into the meeting with Grant Courtney getting some great images from the track.

Laundry Cottage Stud is the farm that produced our Cox Plate winner Via Sistina and also Wootton Bassett, one of the hottest sires this year, and they made an interesting purchase during Tattersalls December Mares Sale Day 2 with a great interview from Gina Bryce with her dad Colin Bryce, who co-owns this G1 producing nursery.

Influential sire Acclamation has died at age 25, only a few weeks after being officially retired from stallion duties at Rathbarry Stud in Ireland.

Here is the full list of 26 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Spring is sprung, but with G1 racing in Perth and the Magic Millions extravaganza of sales and racing set to unfold in January there is plenty of excitement in our world to inspire new owners into the sport and a bargain priced filly with an x-ray issue was the biggest story on Breednet from last weekend.

After more than 60 years and a multitude of top-flight success in the role, the Dennis brothers have retired from training.

There was a busy set of trials at Canterbury on Tuesday morning with five heats over 900m for juveniles that featured a winning double for Trapeze Artist and an interesting Justify (USA) colt for Yulong that has been named Willingham, which is the name under which they have been buying at the recent Northern Hemisphere breeding stock sale.

Twin Hills Stud’s Blue Diamond winner Daumier has left some stunning foals in his first crop this season and are certainly worth seeing.

This year’s publication features stories from respected industry personnel such as Ray Thomas, Andrew Rule, Bruce Clark, Trevor Marshallsea, Jess Owers, Tim Rowe, Glen Latham, Bren O’Brien, Michael Cox, Kristen Manning, Jill Williams, Tom Reilly and the Sydney Morning Herald’s senior sportswriter Iain Payten.

Hunter Durrant has been rewarded for his commitment to leading Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn with promotion to assistant trainer for the trans-Tasman operation.

A chance purchase at Karaka has proved to be an outstanding piece of business for Waikato breeders and owners Ross and Corrine Kearney.

Caught U Looking was the star turn on the opening day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, selling to Yulong, buying as Willingham, for 1,800,000 guineas on an opening day that saw significant increases across the board and five lots sell for 500,000 guineas or more.

A star studded opening session of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale is underway and before the Sceptre Session started Australian trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr and bloodstock agent Dermont Farrington found value paying 170,000 guineas for Group placed filly Ring True, while Yulong buying as Willingham snapped up a mare in foal to Too Darn Hot.

Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Militarize is not the only Group I winning colt, whose stud career has gone awry this spring with Darley today announcing 2022 Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas winner Golden Mile will also be heading back into work.

The Autumn Sun lost one of his star fillies from last season to North America earlier in the year when John Stewart of Resolute Racing purchased Group I placed Tutta La Vita for $3.2million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale and the four year-old mare is getting close to making her US debut.

Sarah Devcich was full of pride witnessing a filly she bred and part-owns in Hitabell win last Saturday’s Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui.

A pair of full-siblings are in line to contest back-to-back runnings of the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) after a stylish win by Toretto (NZ) (Ardrossan) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

With over 3,400 yearlings in 2025 yearling sale catalogues released so far, the updates come thick and fast so here’s some of the notables in the last week.

The first foals of first season sires are always among the most popular on the Foal Gallery so with the 2024 foaling season pretty much complete we’ll recap some that came this year, starting with Jacquinot.

With the rich Magic Millions 2YO Classic looming large on the horizon there has been a lot of trial activity through the month of November, so if you are looking for a catch up to see what first season sires have something coming in the pipeline read on.

Former Randwick trainer Mark Newnham has had a strong start to the season in Hong Kong and had a winning treble at Sha Tin on Sunday and all three winners were Aussie bred and two of them have siblings in upcoming sales.

Here is the full list of 58 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Southern stayer Capo Dell Impero retained his title as the king of Cromwell on Sunday, going back-to-back in the feature event of the carnival, the Happy Hire Cromwell Cup (2030m).

Cambridge Stud mare Dazzled was bound for the broodmare paddock this year, but after failing to get in foal, the daughter of Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro is making a big impression on the track with a powerful victory in the NHR Group 1300 at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Grand sprinter Overpass (Vancouver) made it back-to-back wins in the G1 Winterbottom Stakes with a dominant performance at Ascot tonight.

Just days after her sire All American passed away at Geisel Park in WA, his best ever offspring Yankee Rose produced a new winner in Japan to add further lustre to her burgeoning record as broodmare.