The famed WIDDEN STUD have announced their roster for the 2019 season spearheaded by the exciting Zoustar (Northern Meteor) who will stand for $140,000 + GST while multiple Group 1-winning newcomer Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) will begin his first season at a fee of $90,000 + GST.

It was announced earlier today Group 1 sire Needs Further will remain at the Whishaw Family’s iconic Armidale Stud in Tasmania for the 2019 breeding season.

The Southern Hemisphere's number one weanling sale is ready to deliver more life changing opportunities for buyers with the release of a record sized catalogue for 2019.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale has played a leading part in the recent successes of Group One winners Yourdeel (NZ) (Dundeel) and Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj).

Fast Fleet – the dam of champion sprinter Santa Ana Lane – is the latest profile Wildcard entry confirmed for The Chairman’s Sale.

Coolmore have released fees on their 2019 roster headed by champion sire Fastnet Rock and Triple Crown winners American Pharoah (USA), Pierro and newcomer Justify (USA).

Well Winx has retired to the breeding barn so who better than the Breednet audience to advise the owners on where to go.

Commercial breeding is all about return on investment so with the Easter Sale behind us we thought we’d have a look at which sires have produced the maximum bang for buck so far this year.

A day after his half-brother Classique Legend took out the $1 million Group II Arrowfield Sprint at Randwick, the John Moore-trained Aethero made a sparkling career debut in the season’s first Griffin race over 1000 metres at Sha Tin on Sunday.

The runaway leading first season sire for number of winners, Better Than Ready was represented by his 15th individual winner when the Stuart Kendrick-trained Jagged Edge made an impressive career debut at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

The stars aligned for perennial bridesmaid Humma Humma in Saturday’s Listed Redelva Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville.

Declan Bates drove the favourite Mirette through a narrow seam at the 200 metres then held off the 100/1 chance Dreamed in Saturday’s Group III Schweppervescence (Auraria Stakes) (1800m) at Morphettville to credit the deceased Three Bridges stallion Unencumbered with his first stakes-winner.

US Triple Crown hero American Pharoah made the best possible start to his stud career when his first runner, Monarch Of Egypt, skipped over the turf for an authoritative two and three-quarter length win in an Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race over five furlongs at Naas on Saturday.

I Am Invincible put himself into rarefied company on Saturday when siring his 26th stakes-winner of the season, a number that puts him on an equal footing with champion sires Danehill and Snitzel, who hold the record for number of Australian stakes-winners in a season at 26.

A half-brother to $2million earner and Group II winner Invincibella, three year-old gelding Secret Blaze became the first stakes-winner for Snitzel’s Group I winning son Sizzling when taking out the Listed MRC Galilee Final at Caulfield on Saturday.

Widden Stud’s Cox Plate winner Shamus Award posted his first stakes-winner on Saturday when progressive three year-old Classix Weiwei took out the Listed SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas over 1800 metres.

A homebred for Bob and Sandra Peters prepared by Grant and Alana Williams, three year-old Pierro gelding Regal Power was a short priced favourite to win the Group II WATC West Australian Derby at Ascot on Saturday and arrived in the last stride to emulate the success of his full brother Power, who won the race last year.

The near white White Moss emerged from the gloom under Kathy O'Hara to claim Saturday's Group II Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Kenedna was all but on the float to start her broodmare career last spring but a last minute decision to give her one more season on the track paid off in spades when she darted between runners to claim Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 Coolmore Legacy (Queen Of The Turf) Stakes at Randwick.

Australian Bloodstock has an unparallel reputation for sourcing European horses that can compete at the top level in Australia and they have done it again with Saturday's $2 million Group 1 Schweppes Sydney Cup winner Shraaoh (IRE).

Winx gave the sell out crowd at Randwick the finish they were hoping for when she brought the curtain down on a glittering career while extending her unbeaten run to 33 in Saturday's $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) and in the process crediting trainer Chris Waller with his 100th stakes win.

A heavy track at Rosehill for the Listed Darby Munro Stakes on March 23 brought an end to the winning run of Classique Legend but the grey son of Not A Single Doubt bounced back and did the right thing by the sponsor with a dominant performance in Saturday’s $1million Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at Randwick.

The Kiwi breds might have missed in the Australian Derby last week, but they came to the fore in the Group I ATC Australian Oaks on Saturday on the second day of The Championships when Verry Elleegant zoomed to the line to win the 2400 metre staying test with authority.

Classy three-year-old Beyond The Fort franked her gritty runner-up effort in the Gr.

A 6-length winner at Ballarat when making his career debut back on March 24, the two-year-old Dundeel colt Super Seth kept his unbeaten record intact when he powered home from the tail of the field in Saturday’s Ern Jensen Funerals Hcp (1200m) at Caulfield.

Matamata visitor Princess Kereru signed off on an A+ report card for her current campaign when she scored a hollow victory in the Listed NZB Finance Sprint (1200m) at Hastings on Saturday.

Right there with the best two year-old fillies this season, blue-blooded Fastnet Rock filly Anaheed was a deserving winner of the $1million Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

The Listed ATC South Pacific Classic at Randwick on Saturday looked a competitive race on paper with a number of lightly raced promising three year-olds engaged and at the post it was exciting So You Think filly Fasika that kept her unbeaten status with a tenacious victory.

A full brother to Group II MRC Autumn Stakes winner Hawkshot, two year-old Fiorente (IRE) colt Power Scheme showed similar stakes ability when surging home to score a narrow win in the Listed ATC Fernhill Handicap at Randwick on the second day of The Championships.

Waikato Stud has released the 2019 service fees for its internationally-renowned stallion roster.

The 2019 edition of New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale promises to deliver terrific value for money - here are four big reasons to be ringside at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on April 29.

World champion sprinter Harry Angel will join the Darley roster in Australia for the forthcoming breeding season, standing at Kelvinside.

It has been a tsunami of bad news for the breeding industry worldwide of late with the deaths of Sebring and Redoute’s Choice in Australia, American Pharoah’s sire Pioneer Of The Nile in America and in Japan Deep Impact has been withdrawn from service for the rest of the season.

The 2019 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale produced some stunning results, noteworthy among them new record prices for three stallions which have had more than 2,500 yearlings offered between them.

The $1million Group I ATC Australian Oaks is usually a great test for quality fillies, pushing many a long way out of their comfort zone, and while some contenders this year are proven at the trip others are on trial so a look at pedigree can bring some insight as to their chances of success.

Having ventured into the thoroughbred breeding industry just 10 years ago, Greg Tomlinson’s Nearco Stud has quickly made its mark with Hong Kong Horse of the Year Beauty Generation one of a number of high-class gallopers carrying the NS brand.

The annual Capricornia Yearling Sale and Racing Carnival will be held in Rockhampton from this Friday 12th April to Sunday 14th April with huge boosts to prizemoney.

Sensational colt The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice-Azmiyna by Galileo) has retired from racing and will join the Arrowfield Stud roster for the 2019 season.

The Australian Easter Yearling Sale further cemented itself as the southern hemisphere’s premier equine auction with a stunning two days of trade at Riverside.

As we move from yearling sales to weanling sales it's time to start planning our matings for the upcoming season.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kept firing on Day Two with eight million dollar yearlings with six different sires and six different vendors represented so here they are.

The million dollar lots have kept coming at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale with four seven figure lots headlined by a new record price for an Exceed And Excel at $1,7 million.

The first two races at Gosford on Wednesday were both won by blue-blooded Chris Waller trained fillies owned by Japanese owner breeder Katsumi Yoshida.

The first two juvenile races at Sandown on Wednesday were won in impressive style by first starter Kooweerup (More Than Ready (USA) in the Yulong Investments colours and blue-blooded Lady Lupino (Sebring), who beat the red hot favourite Chenier.

An exciting New Zealand Bloodstock Southern Filly of the Year Series will conclude on Saturday with the fourth and final leg, the $50,000 Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Warstep Stakes (2000m) at Riccarton Park.

The Matamata thoroughbred community celebrated another Group One victory on Saturday when Brutal took out the Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.

The best yearling James Harron has ever seen became the fifth-most expensive yearling ever sold in Australia on a record-breaking Day 1 of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Tuesday was a great day for Coolmore's exciting young sire Rubick with a new winner at Hawkesbury and a new benchmark in the salering when his colt from November Flight sold for $900,000 at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Tuesday.

Wow! what an explosive start to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, 11 lots made $1 million or more, with 8 stallions and nine vendors sharing in the celebrations while the average hovered around $400,000 near the close of the day.

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.

This week’s barrier trial report on the older unraced horses for the past week including all unraced triallers with breeding and sale data.

The top end of the market has kept charging along at Inglis Easter with the second $2 million lot of the session, bringing it to five million dollar lots after a little over three hours of selling.

The Inglis Australian Easter Sale didn’t take long to hit its straps with a new title holder for the year’s most expensive yearling at $2,8million.

Seven juvenile heats at the Roshill trials on Monday morning produced some interesting winners including a filly from the family of Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy and a colt that has a half-sister to be offerd at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Tuesday.

The famed colours of Australian owner Lloyd Williams were carried to success in Ireland at Leopardstown on Saturday when three year-old colt Buckhurst scored on debut.

With a catalogue of 450 of the crème de la crème of yearlings crammed into two days of selling, there will be very few flat spots when buyers from around the world converge on the Inglis Riverside stables for the Australian Easter Yearling Sale beginning at 11am on Tuesday.

Cheers from Riverbank Farm, Benalla as Fiscal Fantasy stormed home to an impressive victory in last Friday's Group III Manawatu Breeders Stakes at Awapuni.

Goodwood Stud principal William Fell received a late wedding present on Saturday when Nicoletta won the Group I New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha.

New Zealand jumper Zed Em created history when winning the A$100,000 Von Doussa Steeplechase (3250m) at Oakbank in South Australia on Sunday in the hands of Steve Pateman.

New Zealand-bred gallopers have once again dominated Sunday’s Sha Tin programme, winning five of the ten races, including both of the day’s features.

The 2019 Inglis Australian Eater Yearling Sale starts on Tuesday and for investors looking for a quick reference of all the yearlings sold previously as weanlings Breednet offers a pinhook report.

The remarkable Hong Kong sprinting success of horses sourced from Karaka continued with a clean sweep of Sunday’s HK$4,25 million Group 2 Sprint Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin.

At the 2014 Select Sale at Karaka, $60,000 was enough to buy a future megastar of Hong Kong racing.

Singapore champion Debt Collector (NZ) (Thorn Park) produced another sparkling performance in Sunday’s S$500,000 Chairman’s Trophy (1600m) at Kranji, heading a trifecta for gradates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales.

Inglis is calling for official expressions of interest from connections of potential runners to fill its slot in this year’s $14m The Everest.

The roster at Coolmore Australia will be strengthened in 2019 by the arrival of two Group I winning 2yo’s that offer world-class bloodlines and impeccable conformation.

Derby winning owner breeder Ross Williams tasted the very highs of racing on Saturday when his three year-old gelding Angel of Truth won the Group I ATC Australian Derby and he was back in the winner's circle out in the bush on Sunday when his two year-old Verrazano (USA) gelding Superium won the $150,000 Wellington Boot.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field is starting to build some real momentum, posting his third winner since the start of the month with a debut victory at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday for Chevy Nova.

Now firmly established as one of Europe’s top stallions with a service fee to match, Ballylinch Stud’s Lope de Vega (IRE) left a fine legacy from his four seasons at stud in Australia.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is renowned as being a sale where you can find something unique and genuinely special and the lone Frankel filly in the catalogue certainly fits that description.

After enjoying a successful day at Te Aroha on Saturday with Group One winner Nicoletta and promising three-year-old Santa Catarina, owner Lib Petagna and his familiar lime, blue and gold colours were to the fore again on Sunday when speedy two-year-old Ramazzotti scored over 800m on debut at Pukekohe.

The Group I ATC TJ Smith Stakes has signalled the end of racing for two high profile multiple Group I winners in Shoals and Trapeze Artist, who will retire to Widden Stud.

He’s conquered the best in Australia and now champion sprinter Santa Ana Lane is off to conquer the world.

Karaka graduate Brutal (NZ) (O’Reilly) produced a brilliant performance on Saturday to beat a stellar field of older horses in one of Australia’s most famous races, the A$3 million Group 1 The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.

The Group III Sycamore Sprint at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday was won by promising Charge Forward mare San Fermin.

$180,000 Premier Sale purchase Naantali (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) picked up her first stakes win in Saturday’s A$140,000 Listed Ladbrokes Anniversary Vase (1400m) at Caulfield, leading home a Karaka quinella with Manolo Blahniq(NZ) (Jimmy Choux) second.

A $500,000 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling purchase from the Newgate Farm draft, blue-blooded two year-old Snitzel filly Meuse made it two wins in as many starts when saluting at Caulfield on Saturday.

Promising young sire Wandjina featured with a brilliant debut winner at Morphettville on Saturday with Hearty Lass leading all the way for an impressive win.

While there was no black-type, connections of the Todd Blowes-trained Noble Boy could console themselves with the Group 1 prizemoney on offer after the son of Bon Hoffa dominated Saturday’s $500,000 Newhaven Park Country Championships Final (1400m) at Randwick.

The $500,000 Group II WATC Karrakatta Plate is the premier event for juveniles in Western Australia with Deep Field gelding Dig Deep surging late to score a neck win in the 1200 metre feature.

After racing with little luck in Melbourne last spring, nothing looked like changing for Multaja when she made her 2019 debut in the Group II Typhoon Tracy Stakes at Moonee Valley on February 22, but a switch to Godolphin’s Sydney stables has seen a turnaround in fortunes.

Widden Stud is delighted to announce Group I winner and Champion 2YO Colt Written By has retired to join our stallion roster this spring.

The Group I ATC Australian Derby might have been won by an Aussie bred despite strong Kiwi opposition, but it was Kiwi bred three year-old Brutal who came to the fore in the $3million Group I ATC Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick on the first day of The Championships.

The Anthony Freedman-trained Santa Ana lane will take on the world after demolishing a field of Australia's best sprinters in Saturday's $2,450,000 Group 1 Aquis TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

After a Group III win by Bivouac earlier in the day, Exceed And Excel threw his hat in the ring for Champion 2YO Sire honours, a tile that is currently led by his son Sidestep, when Microphone capped a stellar season with a well-deserved win in Saturday's $1 million Group 1 Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

There was an army of Kiwi raiders lining up in the $2million Group I ATC Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday but the victory went to the Aussie's with Kembla Grange trainer Gwenda Markwell taking the prize with her Animal Kingdom (USA) gelding Angel of Truth.

Out of the winner’s circle since the Listed Warrnambool Cup in May last year, the Archie Alexander-trained Gallic Chieftain (FR) revelled in the heavy conditions in Saturday’s Group 11 Schweppes Chairman’s Handicap (2600m).

Gritty mare Nicoletta is no longer a bridesmaid at the elite level after claiming her maiden Group One title in Saturday’s Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha.

Consistent filly Secret Allure made a successful return to Riccarton on Saturday when she stormed home to capture the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m).

Local runner Who Dares Wins upset the favourites when he produced a bold finishing burst to capture his first win at stakes level when scoring in the Listed Christchurch Casino Easter Cup (1600m).

With the favourite Amangiri drifting out under pressure in the straight and taking most of the field with her, Brenton Avdulla found himself all alone on the inside on the $50 chance Aliferous and the Australian Bloodstock colour-bearer proceeded to silence the crowd in Saturday’s Group III Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Carrying the top weight of 59kg proved no hurdle to classy Sebring colt Ringerdingding, who burst back to top form at Randwick on the first day of The Championships to win the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes.

After missing a run in the Golden Slipper, Godolphin’s Exceed And Excel colt Bivouac found a perfect consolation in the Group III Widden Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) to kick-start day 1 of The Championships at Randwick.

A few weeks ago we published a story – Genetic Magic at Work – highlighting the recent success of line breeding to influential mare Cotehele House (GB) as demonstrated by the now Group I winner Verry Elleegant and Group II winning two year-old Cosmic Force and we saw that magic work again for a new Group III winner in New Zealand on Friday bred in Victoria by Wingrove Park.

Former thoroughbred trainer Trevor McKee (ONZM) has passed away at the age of 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes for the much-loved member of the New Zealand racing fraternity.

Trainer Jamie Richards is delighted with the condition of quality Kiwi filly Probabeel as she prepares to tackle a hot line-up in the Gr.

Mike Moroney is in a strong position going into Saturday’s Group I Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick with the two favoured runners in Arrogant and Chapada.

A stunning line up of fillies and mares will be offered at the 2019 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with the finishing touches being applied to what will be a truly international catalogue.

Hardly a week goes past when stakes racing in Western Australia is not dominated by high class gallopers bred by Bob and Sandra Peters and eastern states investors will have a rare opportunity to tap into one of their very best families at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale next week.

Since transferring to Twin Hills Stud last year it’s been nothing but blue sky for Smart Missile with a continuing slew of winners putting him in the century club this season, his first Group I winner and a record book of mares in 2018 to ensure his progress continues onwards and upwards.