The least fancied of Steve Tregea’s three runners, the 5yo gelding Bergerac pulled off a 30/1 shock in Saturday’s Listed Bernborough Quality (1600m) at Doomben.

While the short-priced favourite Outback Barbie endured a horror run from her outside barrier in Saturday’s Group III Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben, Boomsara was ridden along by Damian Browne to overcome barrier 12 and he kept up a relentless gallop to win by four and a half lengths.

Stakes-placed at his first two starts, exciting Zoustar colt Sun City cast off maiden status with a powerful win in the Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes(1200m) at Doomben securing his place in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month.

After missing the spring due to a three-month ban for bleeding, dual Group 1 winner Alizee added plenty of class to Saturday's Listed ATC Christmas Classic and she took up where she left off with a dominant performance that had the Godolphin team in raptures.

Great day for Coolmore young gun Rubick, who sired the quinella in the opening event at Moonee Valley and then followed up with an impressive winner at Ascot with an easy victory for well backed favourite Rubic Rose.

Never further back than second in his last six starts, six-year-old gelding Fiery Heights earned a maiden stakes win when leading all the way in Saturday’s Listed Falvelon Quality (1100m) at Doomben.

Exciting first season sire Rubick posted a quinella in the open juvenile event at Moonee Valley on Saturday with victory going to Yes Yes Yes over Alburq, whose turn to win cannot be far away.

As a full sister to Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Irish Lights, Movie Role is bred to be well above average and booked her ticket to the Gold Coast for the $2million Magic Millions Classic with a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday.

Former ATC Derby winner Jon Snow has been retired after finishing a gallant third in the Group I Zabeel Classic (2000m) on Boxing Day.

The benefit of raceday experience was clearly evident when two-year-old filly Flaunting trounced her age-group rivals at Matamata.

Undefeated Lord Kanaloa colt Saturnalia made it three wins in as many starts when taking out the Group I Hopeful Stakes at Nakayama in Japan on Friday, a result interesting for Australians as his grand-dam Kirov Premiere (Jpn) spent most of her stud career at Arrowfield Stud and has three daughters at stud all with yearlings headed for sales next year.

Passed as a yearling at the 2014 South Island Sale, Boots ’N’ All (NZ) (Perfectly Ready) took his stakes earnings to the brink of $250,000 with an impressive victory in Friday’s $50,000 Listed Craigmore Timaru Cup (1600m).

Racing in career best form, the Chris Waller-trained Sexy Eyes proved best in a blanket finish to Friday’s $160,000 Group III Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m).

The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Military Zone turned a competitive looking $150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas into a rout and if there was anyone cheering louder than the owners of the Triple Crown colour-bearer it the team at Two Bays Farm who will offer his half-brother by Kermadec at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Despite it being Christmas week there’s still been plenty of two-year-old trials around the country so here are all the placegetters with breeding and sale details.

All eyes will be on Doomben tomorrow with the annual Road to Magic Millions Raceday featuring outstanding fields with many gallopers chasing a start at Queensland's richest meeting in a fortnight.

The $150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas is run this afternoon with blue-blooded Shamus Award filly Rosina Kojonup looking to add a stakes win to her already impressive record and bring further glory to her dam Courgette.

The 2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sales runs from January 9 – 13, but already vendors looking to get ahead of the game before the New Year begins have uploaded images so let’s take a look at some more of the pedigree standouts.

The Group III BRC BJ MCLachlan Stakes in Brisbane on Saturday is likely to shed light on the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic with the race featuring much hyped first starter Just Zerene, an $800,000 Magic Millions purchase that has been heavily backed to win the big one at the Gold Coast next month.

Recent Australian aquistiuon Pretty To Sea gave her new connections an immediate return on investment when an easy winner at Ellerslie on Boxing Day in the Barfoot & Thompson 1200m.

Christmas came a day later for Chrissy Bambry this year, with the Foxton trainer securing her first win when Blondlign took out the LJ Hooker 1200 at Awapuni on Wednesday.

The Japanese-bred Hokkaido Miss will head to the stables of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott on a winning note after breaking her maiden on the all-weather track at Chantilly on Boxing Day - and to give the race an extra Australian flavour, she defeated the Redoute’s Choice colt Balannjar by one and three-quarter lengths.

There was wall to wall racing across Australia and New Zealand on Boxing Day, but there was no better bred winner on Wednesday than this two year-old son of Fastnet Rock.

Suman Hedge Bloodstock is delighted to announce it has secured a majority interest in promising German 2yo colt Django Freeman in a deal co-brokered with HFTB Racing Agency.

Graduates of the 2017 Select Sale at Karaka dominated the inaugural running of the $60,000 Listed Shaw's Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, finishing first and second.

Classy Sepoy three-year-old Native Soldier will hopefully head to the Gold Coast with a favourites chance in the $2 million Magic Millions Guineas Guineas following a return to form in the Listed Christmas Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Boxing Day but there was some concern when he pulled up lame.

Bred in Japan and originally raced in Europe, the Matthew Smith-trained Fierce Impact (JPN) was rewarded for his consistency by capturing the Group III Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick on Boxing Day.

One of the most promising three year-olds from the first crop of champion racehorse So You Think, So Si Bon has never lacked for talent, but his race record only featured one win until Boxing Day when he powered to the line to win the Listed VRC Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield to the great delight of his connections.

Aquis shuttler Dream Ahead (USA) sired his 21st stakes-winner on Boxing Day when progressive sprinter Sensei scored a tenacious win in the Listed Hazlett Stakes (1200m) in New Zealand bringing a terrific pedigree update for his yearling half-brother headed to the 2019 Magic Millions.

The Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley-trained Danzdanzdance made it consecutive Group One successes when winning the Group I Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day in sensational fashion.

Smart racemare Indecision gave her rivals weight and a comprehensive beating when she led all the way to win the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie.

There will be few gamer performances by a two-year-old this season than that of Godolphin’s Lonhro filly Pin Sec who kick-started her career with a last stride win in an 1100 metre maiden at Randwick on Boxing Day.

Lightly-raced filly Pinmedown caused an upset when winning the Group II Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, paying $33 for the win.

Race-fitness proved a key role in the final outcome of the first black-type feature at Ellerslie on Boxing Day when promising three-year-old Hypnos downed race-favourite Dawn Patrol in the Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m).

The red-hot winning roll of the Stephen Marsh stable continued at Ellerslie early on Boxing Day when the Cambridge conditioner provided the quinella in a keenly contested two-year-old contest.

The Daily Debutants list for Boxing Day features loads of interesting runners including youngsters by first season sires such as Brazen Beau, Deep Field and Dissident but a colt by Fastnet Rock from a leading stable has popped up at the Geelong meeting and might be well worth keep an eye on.

Connections of Twinspier received a real Christmas Eve gift when the Savabeel gelding powered home from last on the turn to break his maiden over 1420 metres at Werribee.

The 2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sales runs from January 9 – 13, but already vendors looking to get ahead of the game before the Christmas holidays have uploaded images so let’s take a look at some more of the pedigree standouts.

The Australian racing industry is mourning the overnight passing of former top jockey John Marshall, 60, following a battle with cancer.

A stylish winner of the Group I BRC Queensland Derby earlier this year, high class four year old Dark Dream was subsequently sold to Hong Kong and opened his account in spectacular fashion at Sha Tin on Sunday.

The prestigious Griffin Trophy at Sha Tin on Sunday was won in dominant style by lightly raced Not a Single Doubt three year-old Perfect Match.

Strawberry Hill Stud’s John Singleton has been an enthusiastic supporter of Juddmonte Farm’s undefeated champion Frankel and he has been rewarded in the sales ring with the $1,600,000 colt Merovee and the $500,000 colt Frankel Star who broke his maiden over 1400 metres at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

With his bigger foal crops now coming to fruition from 2019 onwards there is plenty of blue sky ahead for Starspangledbanner with a new stakes-winner in North America on Saturday in Great Wide Open adding to his formidable statistics to date.

Cambridge trainer Murray Baker is keeping a close eye on the predicted weather for the Auckland region over the next few days as he puts the finishing touches on the team that he and training partner Andrew Forsman will present at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.

Australia’s leading second crop sire Zoustar is currently settling into his new surrounds at Tweenhills Stud in the UK in preparation for his first book of Northern Hemisphere mares and delivered his 30th winner of the season at Sale on Sunday with a debut victory for a promising filly.

High Chaparral’s champion son Dundeel has a handy three year-old in South Africa with lightly raced Atyaab scoring his second win at Turffontein on Saturday.

Karaka graduates filled the quinella in Saturday's $100,000 Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni, Shadows Cast (Per Incanto) claiming the second Group Two win of his career.

The Group 1 Railway Stakes heroine Galaxy Star rounded out a wonderful summer when capturing Saturday’s $400,000 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot.

When the Mick-Price-trained Princess Of Queens made her previous trip to Morphettville she had absolutely no luck when down the track in the Listed WH Wylie Stakes and when the starter let them go in Saturday’s Listed Christmas Hcp (1200m) it looked to be a similar story.

With a recent hit to prizemoney, there has not been a lot to celebrate of late for the South Australian thoroughbred industry, but one bright spot has been Goldin Farms promising stallion Akeed Mofeed (GB) who chalked up an interstate double on Saturday with a couple of three-year-olds that sported the Goldin Farm silks.

Aquis shared in the ownership of 2018 Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Sunlight and will have another top chance in the 2019 rendition with exciting colt Dubious staking his claim for glory at the Gold Coast with a powerful win at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

It was a day for the locals at Awapuni on Saturday when classy sprinter-miler Shadows Cast upset predictions in the Group II  Kamada Park Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m).

Local runner Rock On returned to winning form after a long lay-off with a storming victory in the Group III Hotel Coachman Manawatu Cup (2200m) at Awapuni.

Consistent filly Girls Are Ready earned her ticket to the $2 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic at the Gold Coast on January 12 with a thoroughly professional performance in Saturday’s 2yo Handicap over 1200 metres at Warwick Farm.

Talented Pins filly My Pendant made it three wins in a row when scoring a well-timed victory at Flemington on Saturday bringing an important update for her Karaka bound half-brother.

What do you call a 2YO by Wanted?.

Hunter Valley breeder David Bentata enjoyed success at the highest level with his outstanding mare Ofcourseican and will also be having fun with her Pierro daughter Pierrless, who saluted at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Flashy chestnut Choisir filly Tell Me has found a rich vein of form this preparation posting her third consecutive win at Kensington on Friday for Team Hawkes.

Voting is closed for our 2018 Breednet Foal of the Year and the winner may very well be a Group I star of the future if we take into account the pedigree and the success of her breeders Bob and Sandra Peters.

There were plenty of two-year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with breeding and sale details.

Ellerslie's famous Boxing Day races will feature the fourth leg of the NZB Filly of the Year Series , the $100,000 Group 2 Cambridge Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m), with a field headlined by the Series front-runner Media Sensation (I Am Invincible).

In 2019, New Zealand Bloodstock will host its first dual code auction event of thoroughbred and standardbred horses at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on 29 April.

With a newly-minted syndication business Snow Eagle Racing set for launch, Nathan Snow enjoyed a winning family day out at Goulburn to watch his gavelhouse purchase Triple Hero take out the DRC Fred Cooper Cup yesterday.

Multiple Group One-winning mare Melody Belle could be set to cross the Tasman early next year if she pleases her connections with her three New Zealand assignments this campaign.

Half a dozen juvenile heats at the Canterbury trials on Thursday morning produced some interesting winners including a big strong chestnut Starspangledbanner colt trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

She’s a long way from being the best Godolphin horse trained by James Cummings, but one day this Goulburn winner will be a valuable addition to the Darley broodmare band as a sibling to three Group winners now all at stud.

With just over a month until the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales, the benefits of buying in New Zealand were on show at Caulfield on Wednesday with five of the eight winners being graduates of the Karaka Sales.

Bloodstockauction (BSA) is celebrating their best-ever year at the conclusion of 2018.

Come next autumn the local breeding industry may regret that the outstanding racehorse Camelot (IRE) never returned after covering just one season in Australia.

The first foal of champion Australian mare Atlantic Jewel is among a group of 20 promising two and three year-olds purchased out of the Ballydoyle stables of Aidan O’Brien by Chinese billionaire Yuesheng Zhang’s Yulong Investments.

Supporters of Reward For Effort were pleased to wake up to news of a Sha Tin double for the Victorian Stalwart on Wednesday night.

Following in-depth discussions with vendors, buyers and Racing NSW, the Inglis Ready2Race Sale will remain aligned with The Everest in 2019.

Lightly raced Snitzel three year-old Blinder beat older rivals to score a stylish victory at Caulfield on Wednesday as a short priced favourite bringing a timely update for his Magic Millions bound half-brother by Dundeel.

Racking up his third consecutive win at Launceston on Wednesday in the $25,000 Jansz 3YO Trophy was promising Dundeel three year-old The Inevitable.

Progressive four year-old gelding Fuchu may never be as good as his triple Group I winning half-sister Yosei, but he was smart enough to lead home a trifecta for his sire All too Hard in the second race at Wyong on Wednesday.

Triple Group I winning miler Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued his upward trajectory with a flurry of first-crop 2YO winners this week including a metropolitan double at Deauville overnight.

Earlier in the week injured jockey Maija Vance and her faithful dog Toro visited Haunui Farm, where the Auckland branch of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association presented her with a cheque for just over $7,800.

Regally bred mare Supera added some valuable black-type to her impressive pedigree page when placing in the Group II Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa on Saturday.

After five years in the role of Assistant Stud Manager at famed thoroughbred nursery, Segenhoe Stud, Fergal Connolly established his own boutique broodmare farm Valiant Stud in 2018 and the first breeding season for the enterprise has been a huge success.

All eyes will be on Bairnsdale Race 1 today when the three year-old white colt from world famous white producer The Opera House makes his debut.

With 10 winners in the past seven days , Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard is charging towards the end of 2018 with a flurry of success putting him on 51 winners for the season, just one shy of his long time rival Pierro.

A Golden Slipper winner and now a leading sire Pierro has plenty of exciting horses to run for him in the autumn, but none more so than his stunning four year-old son Pierata, who is overdue to rack up a deserved Group I win.

As we head towards Christmas every vendor loves to see a timely pedigree update for their sale yearlings and Julie Harris of Holbrook Thoroughbreds has a good one for her Inglis Classic bound colt from Onecatstoomany.

Time and again the quality New Zealand thoroughbred attracts the industry’s heavy hitters from near and far.

Group One performer Dawn Patrol will get his first feel of the Ellerslie track this week as part of his preparation for a return to racing on the course on Boxing Day.

The 2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sales runs from January 9 – 13, but already vendors looking to get ahead of the game before the Christmas holidays have uploaded images so let’s take a look at some of the pedigree standouts.

Studmasters across the country are predicting a positive reaction from buyers when the first Headwater yearlings appear at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale starting on January 9.

Dual Group I winning mare Alizee was the obvious star attraction at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning steaming to an easy victory, but there were also a couple of interesting two year-old winners including a colt by Pierro sporting the famed cerise colours of Ingham Racing.

All American has shown in the past he can get a high class classic three year-old such as Yankee Rose (Spring Champion Stakes) and Dark Dream (Queensland Derby) with this New Zealand trained filly also harboring classic aspirations.

Voting is now open for the Reader’s Choice favourite baby from the 2018 Breednet Foal Gallery sponsored by American Pharoah (USA), so read on to see our top picks and have your vote.

Terry Lines’ $1,300 gavelhouse buy Kauri Cove delivered his second win for Kelvin and Aimee Tyler’s father and daughter training partnership at Southland’s meeting on Saturday.

Team Rogerson is poised to make a three-pronged attack on the Group I Sistema Railway (1200m) on New Year’s Day after Gift Of Power started off a big day on Saturday for her breeders and part-owners, Sir Patrick and Justine, Lady Hogan.

One of the best value and most popular sires on the Aquis Queensland roster is Holy Roman Emperor (IRE), who was making news on the international front over the weekend.

The $2m Inglis Millennium in February looms as a key target for impressive colt Accession following his victory in today’s $500,000 Listed Inglis Nursery at Randwick.

The powerful Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman operation wrapped up a highly satisfying weekend when Cutadeel triumphed in the Listed Barfoot & Thompson Three Year Old Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie on Sunday.

The Chris Munce-trained Wowsers made a winning career debut in a 1000 metre maiden at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday to credit his sire ill-fated sire The Wow Signal (IRE) with his first winner.

Last year the Queensland based Spirit Of Boom had one of the great first seasons and after yesterday’s red letter day fellow Queenslander Better Than Ready is off to a flyer, so we thought we’d compare their figures at the same stage of the season.

Australian bred three year-old Epaulette colt Soqrat scored the second Group I win of his career when taking out the Group I Cape Guineas at Kenilworth in south Africa on Saturday.

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards unleashed another live Karaka Million prospect at Te Rapa on Saturday, when debutante Yourdeel cruised clear to win the Wentwood Grange Premier 2YO (1200m).

After his full sister Arcadia Queen garnered national headlines with her facile win in the Group 1 Kingston Town last week, the Bob Peters homebred Arcadia Prince made his own statement at Ascot on Saturday when earning his first stakes win in the Group III AJ Scahill Stakes (1400m).