Four Cox Plates, four Chipping Norton's and now four Group 1 George Ryder Stakes, while cracking the $24 million barrier in earnings, Winx continued on her history-making journey among chaotic scenes at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

There is no doubting The Autumn Sun's class but the Chris Waller-trained colt also has a fierce will to win, which he needed in spades when the well-named kiwi Arrogant refused to lay down in Saturday's Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m).

Bred to win a Derby at Epsom, the Liam Howley-trained Midterm (GB) opened his Australian account with a tough staying performance in Saturday’s Group III NE Manion Cup at Rosehill Gardens.

Consistent mare Residential scored her biggest career victory when she led all the way to take out the Group III Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton on Saturday.

Class mare Volpe Veloce maintained her unbeaten record at Tauranga when she cruised to victory in the Group II Windsor Park Stud Japan NZ International Trophy (1600m) on Saturday.

The Listed ATC Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday was supposed to be the next step up for undefeated three year-old Classique Legend, but a tough run posted three wide on the lead saw him in trouble at the finish with quality Victorian visitor Krone surging late to snatch a narrow win.

The Champion 2YO in New Zealand last season, exciting Fastnet Rock filly Avantage made a winning Australian debut on Golden Slipper day when taking out the Group III ATC Birthday Card Quality at Rosehill.

The omens were there, the Stephen McKee-trained Consensus made a successful hit and run mission in Friday night's Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

The David Brideoake-trained Princess Jenni will head to Sydney following her first stakes win in Friday night’s Group III Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Zoustar filly Sunlight elevated her claim to be one of the all time great sprinting fillies when scoring a bold front running win in the Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Talented Reward for Effort mare Desert Lashes shot to fame when winning her first eight starts in succession and has been consistent since then until suffering a bleeding attack at Moonee Valley last October.

Friday night’s Listed Sun Stud Valley Pearl Stakes (St Albans Stakes) (1200m) is a story easy told - Yu Long Investments Snitzel filly Cheer Leader jumped straight to the front under Damian Lane and increased her margin at every call to win throttled down by five lengths.

The Group I Golden Slipper will bring fame and fortune to not only the winner of our most famous two year-old race but also their immediate family so let’s take a look at what is happening in those families.

New Zealand's largest breeding stock sale, New Zealand Bloodstock's 2019 May Sale , can now be viewed online with printed catalogues arriving in the post at the end of March.

The Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes takes centre stage at Moonee Valley tonight, but there is also a competitive stakes race for two year-olds with exciting young sire Rubick given a great chance to sire his second stakes-winner.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field has the favourite for the Group I ATC Golden Slipper this Saturday in Cosmic Force and added another nice new winner to his tally with a Newcastle victory on Thursday for Bullet Fly.

What an extraordinary day of racing at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Mark Newnham has already tasted Group I success with Smart Missile thanks to Maid of Heaven and this ‘smart’ winner by the same sire will be winning more races as the season progresses.

Team Rogerson will venture south to Riccarton on Saturday with three of their better credentialed mares, two of which are soon to be on the market.

There were celebrations throughout New Zealand when Sentimental Miss won the Group I New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham last weekend.

We know the field and barriers for the Group I ATC Golden Slipper this weekend, but what about the Sale Mail with runners ranging in price from $30,000 for Free of Debt up to $1,050,000 for Rome, who is one of the emergencies.

With just six colts guaranteed a start in the Golden Slipper where the rewards are potentially the biggest for a winning colt, Coolmore Stud have joined the ownership of one of the favourites.

Darley heavy hitter Medaglia D’Oro (USA) has had some sensational two year-olds this season in classy Group winners Tenley and Flit with this runaway debut winner sure to add to their success.

He trained Houtzen to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic, so you can see why Toby Edmonds loves an I Am Invincible and he unleashed a stylish debut winning two year-old by the super popular sire at Doomben on Wednesday.

The hot run being enjoyed by champion sire Snitzel continued on Wednesday when his expensive two year-old colt Dresden Green cast off maiden status at Hawkesbury.

Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow was pleased with the runner-up performance of lightly-raced three-year-old Beyond The Fort in last Saturday’s Group I New Zealand Oaks (2400m).

The Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale produced good results for first season sires with Newgate Farm's Super One the most successful by average with three or more sold and Aquis Farm's Spill the Beans the leader by aggregate.

Reigning champion sire Snitzel has the pedal to the metal as we move through April with 14 winners in the past seven days including a two year-old double on Tuesday for a couple of well bred first starters.

Youngsters by exciting young Queensland sires Better Than Ready and Spill the Beans shared top billing when selling for $170,000on Day Two, as the second most successful Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale concluded on Tuesday.

WinStar Farm's leading sire Pioneerof The Nile, best known for giving us Triple Crown hero American Pharoah, died suddenly on Monday.

The Group I Fiber Fresh NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) Day at Te Aroha on April 6 represents the perfect opportunity for members of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association and their friends and budding breeders to get together.

The all important barrier draw for the $3,5million ATC Golden Slipper this Saturday has delivered favouritism to Deep Field colt Cosmic Force, who drew perfectly in gate two and is now priced at $5 ahead of Tenley, Microphone and Yes Yes Yes.

Free Of Debt can end a long run of outs for Victorian-bred colts in the Group 1 Golden Slipper Stakes over 1200 metres at Rosehill this Saturday.

Multiple Group One winning New Zealand mare Danzdanzdance has arrived in Sydney for a tilt at Saturday’s Group I Ranvet Stakes (2000m) and although the dismal weather forecast has many connections on edge, the same cannot be said for trainers Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley.

Brilliant G1 winning sprinter Aclaim is an exciting new addition to the burgeoning Aquis stallion roster for 2019.

Bred To Win is back tonight at 9pm on Sky Thoroughbred Central Ch 528 with a look back at some of the changes to the Inglis Classic and Premier Yearling sales and how both sales were received.

 Industry leader John Messara has been chosen to receive the 2019 Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit, which recognizes distinguished horsemen and horsewomen for lifelong contributions to Thoroughbred racing.

Gerry Harvey gives horses to a huge number of trainers and one of those is Stephen Jones, who unleashed a ‘One to Watch’ at Scone on Monday that carries the familiar blue and white Harvey colours.

A colt by leading Eureka Stud based sire Spirit of Boom topped Day One of the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale today.

Waipukurau-based Steve and Kirsty Lawrence found themselves on the big stage again over the weekend when gavelhouse New Zealand purchase Pep Torque notched up his fourth career win in the $30,000 Hardy Trade Premier over 1600m at Trentham.

Line breeding to superior females is a breeding principle adopted by many savvy broodmare owners, particularly those with limited funds that can't afford the proven elite sires, so need to tap into some genetic magic to achieve their goals and we saw some great examples of this success last Saturday.

The Frankie Lor-trained Furore continued New Zealand’s stellar record in the HK$18million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) when he took out the Classic race at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Outrageous has moved on since a disappointing spring campaign with a tremendous first-up victory in the Autumn Trophy (1400m) at Flemington.

Winner of the $400,000 Inglis 3YO Guineas at Scone in 2017, Redoute’s Choice gelding France has tasted success in Hong Kong racing as Encouraging and won his third race in a row at Sha Tin on Sunday highlighting his half-brother headed to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale next month.

For the second year in a row, the HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) has been won by a Karaka graduate.

An Aussie bred son of Darci Brahma that was bought from the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale has emerged as a rising star in the Hong Kong ranks posting his fifth successive win at Sha Tin on Sunday to remain undefeated.

Organisers of one of the biggest equestrian interschool competitions for high school students in Australia have rallied to ensure that this year’s event can go on, by providing a 50% subsidy for those impacted by drought.

Kementari, the dominant three-year-old of his generation when winning the G1 Randwick Guineas, will stand alongside his sire Lonhro at Kelvinside for the forthcoming southern hemisphere breeding season.

The Asian market is an important one for any young stallion and Pierro’s stocks have risen sky high after his talented son Furore raced to a dominant win in the HK$18 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Reminiscent of his impressive debut, two-year-old colt Equinox once again showed his liking for the Trentham track with a hard-fought victory at the venue on Saturday.

Both the average and median dipped 17 percent at the 2019 Hong Kong International Sale at Sha Tin on March 15 although Andrew Harding, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Executive Director, Racing expressed satisfaction with the result.

Lyndhurst Stud Farm based sire sensation Better Than Ready returned to the top of the Leading First Season Sire table on earnings when exceptional juvenile The Odyssey cruised to victory in Saturday's $500,000 Aquis 2YO Jewel at the Gold Coast.

A fortnight after capturing the Group II Blamey Stakes at Flemington, Victorian-trained Fifty Stars (IRE) travelled to Sydney for Saturday’s Group II Ajax Stakes at Rosehill and took until the final few strides to keep his Doncaster Mile dreams alive.

Saturday’s $400,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks at Trentham was the 10th and final leg of the NZB Filly of the Year Series , and it was expected to be a tie-breaker, but Sentimental Miss (NZ) (Reliable Man) had other ideas.

Cosmic Force became Deep Field’s first Stakes winner and surged into Golden Slipper contention in the process with a breathtaking victory in the Group 3 Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill.

Queensland-based owners Gordon and Marlene McIntosh continue to live the dream with their bargain basement purchase Widgee Turf as the crowd favourite is fast-closing in on a million dollars in earnings following his second stakes win in Saturday’s Listed March Stakes at Flemington.

For those that thought Better Than Ready was an early season wonder who would quietly fade from the scene, well think again after the son of More Than Ready wrestled the lead back off Brazen Beau for first-season sire honours after The Odyssey ploughed through the mud in Saturday's $500,000 2YO Jewel at the Gold Coast.

The inaugural running of the $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington on Saturday got the fairytale finish organisers dreamed of when the pride of Tasmania, Mystic Journey, swept down the middle of the track to down Godolphin's multiple Group 1 winning pair, Hartnell and Alizee.

There would be few more popular or well-deserved winners of a Group 1 than the honest mare Dixie Blossoms who gave her trainer Ron Quinton his fourth win in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill.

Making her second start for Chris Waller, the former Darren Weir-trained filly Verry Elleegant made a one-act affair of Saturday’s Group II Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Exciting colt Cosmic Force was the first winner for Newgate Farm’s young gun Deep Field when saluting on debut last November and became his first stakes-winner with a dazzling seven length victory in the Group III ATC Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Girl power was to the fore at Trentham on Saturday as trainer Lisa Latta and jockey Lisa Allpress fittingly joined forces as $21 outsider Sentimental Miss landed the Group I Al Basti Equiworld Dubai NZ Oaks (2400m) at Trentham.

Godolphin could possibly have half the field in next weeks Golden Slipper after the number was increased by one when the honest filly Kiamichi earned a free ticket following a dominant performance in Saturday’s Group III Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Speedy mare Volks Lightning was rewarded for consistency and good attendance when she landed the Listed gavelhouse Lightning Handicap (1200m) at Trentham on Saturday.

A week after the Joe Pride-trained Ball Of Muscle fought off Redzel in a dramatic finish to the Challenge Stakes at Randwick, the same colours were carried to victory by Easy Eddie in Saturday’s Group III Maurice McCarten Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.

The Group III VRC TBV Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes at Flemington for two year-old fillies produced a thrilling finishing with a rare dead heat between Godolphin homebred Flit (Medaglia D’Oro (USA) and Ready Set Sail (More Than Ready (USA), a homebred for well known owner breeder Bill Frost.

An emotional Kevin Hughes was pleasantly surprised to get the judges call in his favour when his bonny filly Emily Margaret prevailed in a tight finish to the Group II Norwood Family Wellington Guineas (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday.

The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Concert Hall produced an impressive last-to-first performance to land the Group III Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday, setting her up for a tilt at even better things.

Venerable stayer Sampson took advantage of the new conditions of the Listed Yealands Family Wines NZ St Leger (2600m) at Trentham on Saturday to run out an emphatic eight-length winner.

Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel is producing some astonishing statistics with his first two crops and his winning wave which continued into Friday night when lightly raced colt Global Exchange made it three wins in a row when taking out the Group II MVRC Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley.

An outstanding catalogue of over 40 racehorses will go under the hammer on Tuesday (March 19) following the 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale.

This full brother to Group III Canberra Black Opal Stakes winner Pin Sec kept his unbeaten record intact at Kembla on Friday.

In its relatively short history, the Group III Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) boasts a roll call of winners of the calibre of Hot Danish, Appearance, Brazilian Pulse and Single Gaze and it would be no surprise if Friday’s winner Pohutukawa is mentioned favourably among that illustrious group when time is called on her career.

A nomination to four-time Group 1 winner Trapeze Artist for the 2019 Australian breeding season will open the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, with all proceeds going to injured jockey Tye Angland.

Swettenham Stud are excited to announce that Scat Daddy's Group 1 winning 2yo sprinting son, SIOUX NATION , is heading to their prestigious Victorian nursery for the 2019 breeding season.

Following on from a highly successful Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, the progeny of Hong Kong star Akeed Mofeed continues to make world-class bloodstock agents and the best stables stand up and take notice at the recent Magic Millions Yearling sale in Adelaide.

Noondie – the dam of last month’s Group 1 Oakleigh Plate winner Booker – has joined the wave of high profile entrants confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

Two sensational races for breeding buffs at Rosehill on Saturday with the Group III Magic Night Stakes and Group III Pago Pago Stakes the last chance saloon for many striving to claim a birth in the Golden Slipper.

Emirates Park have bred some outstanding horses over the years and one of the best has been Group I Australian Guineas winner Al Maher, who is relocating to Stockwell Thoroughbreds in Victoria this year without his long time handler Ejaz Hussein, who was there when he was a foal and has enjoyed a great partnership with the stallion.

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia’s (TBA) commitment to find and educate the next generation of industry talent will continue with a second intake of trainees for its Fast Track program.

Golden Slipper hopefuls Lyre (Lonhro), Catch Me (I Am Invincible)and Loving Gaby (I Am Invincible)all won barrier trials at Randwick on Thursday morning.

How his trio of talented fillies handle the step up to 2400m on a rain-affected Trentham track is Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman's only concern heading into Saturday's Group I Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m).

The 2019 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale (March 18, 19) offers the perfect opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a young stallion who has all the makings of a superstar sire of the future.

Two well bred debut winning three year-olds at Warwick Farm on Wednesday appeal as horses to follow, the former a half-brother to a Group I winner and the latter bred on a cross that has already produced two Group I winners.

A cracking colt by former Hong Kong star Akeed Mofeed topped Day Two of the 2019 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville on Wednesday.

Talented juvenile Folk Dress showed her potential at Matamata on Wednesday when taking out the Matley Financial Services 1200.

This mare has already left four stakes winners, including a Group One winner, and on Wednesday her ninth foal to race became her ninth winner on debut and was highly impressive with it.

The stage is set for a thrilling finish to the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, with a star-studded field assembled for Saturday’s final leg – the $400,000 Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham.

She was the most expensive filly sold last year and she broke her maiden impressively on Wednesday bringing up a two year-old double for champion sire Snitzel.

After tackling a couple of the stronger two-year-old races this season, Snitzel colt Cardiff broke the duck on Wednesday and is slated for a trip to Brisbane.

The passing of a successful sire invariably makes news headlines but no less worth reflecting on is the loss of a blue hen.

A filly by leading Hunter Valley based sire Dundeel topped Day One of the 2019 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville today.

With the hype and publicity surrounding the upcoming All-Star Mile at Flemington, Rushton Park graduate Mr Money Bags is proudly flying the Victorian flag.

Exciting three-year-old filly Avantage is on the brink of a race day return after winning her 1000m trial heat at Avondale on Tuesday.

John Sargent is on target to send one Group One prospect across the Tasman from Australia, while he has received a filly from New Zealand for a possible Sydney Group One mission.

Day Two of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale sees Riverina Downs offering five lots of strong sires and families with some interesting pedigree updates.

The magical Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross produced another new stakes-winner at Morphettville on Monday when talented Irish bred import Manastic (IRE) took out the Listed SAJC CS Hayes Memorial Cup.

The Adelaide Yearling Sale received the best possible boost on the eve of the 2019 auction with a pair of fillies purchased from last year's auction dominating today's $200,000 Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic (1200m) at Morphettville.

Tarcutta is a small town on the Hume Freeway best-known as the half-way point between Melbourne and Sydney and is home to Jenny and Mario Cesnik, proprietors of Riverina Downs, a family-run business of 13 years.

Back on the 30th December 2017, Snitzkraft won the Listed Falvelon Quality (1100m) at Doomben to become the first stakes winner for the training partnership of the late Kelso Wood and Patricia Gesler.