Bred and sold by Segenhoe Stud, Eagle Way shot to prominence for the upcoming Hong Kong international meeting with a record breaking win on Sunday in the HK$4,25 million G2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup (2000m).

After a frustrating sequence of 12 stakes placings in Western Australia, the Chris Gangemi-trained Durendal finally broke the drought in Saturday’s Group III Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot.

After Pierro’s son Arcadia Prince recorded his fifth win earlier on the card, it was the turn of his little sister Arcadia Queen to strut her stuff in the Group III WA Champion Fillies Stakes and she didn’t let anybody down.

A ground-saving ride by Craig Newitt paved the way for Gee Gees Darl to make a winning career debut in a 1000 metre maiden at Hobart on Saturday to credit Laurnek Stud’s first season sire Cluster (Fastnet Rock) with his first winner from his first runner.

The most represented sire at the 2019 Magic Millions with 61 entries, I Am Invincible showed why he is hotter than hot when reeling off a trans-Tasman stakes treble on Saturday highlighted by a Group I win in the New Zealand One Thousand Guineas at Riccarton for exciting filly Media Sensation.

As a sister to 5-time Group 1 winner Shoot Out, the Tony McEvoy-trained I’m A Princess added to her already considerable value when she earned her first stakes success with an incredibly brave performance in Saturday’s Group III Summoned Stakes at Sandown.

Honest seven-year-old gelding Malibu Style had plenty of support in the betting ring in Saturday’s Listed Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Sandown and he sent them home smiling when fighting off Bons Away to record his third stakes success.

Race favourite The Taj Mahal (IRE) defended his title in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Zipping Classic at Sandown but not before he was given a length of the straight fight by the Bendigo Cup runner-up Dal Harraild (GB).

Few racehorses are blessed with the withering burst of acceleration so ably demonstrated by Sebring’s three-year-old son Ringerdingding in Saturday’s Group II Sandown Guineas (1600m).

Bloodstock agent John Foote has an unapparelled reputation for his successful purchases in Europe and he looks to have sourced another topliner in the Darren Weir-trained Fifty Stars (IRE) who opened his stakes account in Saturday’s Group III Sandown Stakes (1500m).

It’s a big decision to keep a Group III winning seven-year-old daughter of Not A Single Doubt in training but for John and Ann McDonald it’s paying off big time with the Tony McEvoy-trained Cool Passion who added Saturday’s Group III Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) to her win in the Group III Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington 11 days previously.

To quote famous baseballer Yogi Berra, it was “déjà vu’ all over again” at Tauranga on Saturday when classy customer Ocean Emperor defended his Gr2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) crown in fine style.

Visiting northern filly Media Sensation shrugged off a chequered trip to Christchurch to claim her maiden Group One victory in Saturday’s Gavelhouse,com New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m).

While he may not have lived up to the promise he showed at three when reeling off four consecutive wins including a Group II double before finishing third in Tavago's Group 1 ATC Derby, Tally has proved to be an honest money spinner for Godolphin.

Bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills Seamus said he felt he owed his client a good one and did just that with the Zoustar filly Persuader who opened her stakes account in Saturday's Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Sandown.

The Listed Merson Cooper Stakes has a rich heritage in kick-starting the careers of future top-liners and the first starter Steal My Kisses fits the profile.

The last race at Canterbury on Friday night was won by progressive Your Song gelding Poetic Charmer, who was the third winner on the night for Triple Crown Syndications adding to earlier victories by Reelem in Ruby and Wooshka.

Triple Crown Syndications owners were in the winner's circle at Canterbury on Friday night with promising Pierro filly Reelem in Ruby.

Astute Randwick trainer Les Bridge is never without a good horse and produced a smart maiden winner at Canterbury on Friday night by leading sire I Am Invincible.

The spring racing carnivals throughout Australasia have delivered multiple delights for the pedigrees of juveniles catalogued in NZB’s upcoming Ready to run Sale of Two Year Olds .

Leading Group I Gavelhouse New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) contenders Xpression and Melt once shared a paddock at Haunui Farm, but there will be no love lost between the star three-year-old fillies when they contest the Riccarton feature on Saturday.

In a short time Prima Park has built a high profile on the thoroughbred sales landscape, and that will be enhanced by another quality draft going forward to the 2018 Ready to Run Sale with well educated youngsters guaranteed to suit buyers with budgets big and small.

UK based Tweenhills Stud have announced their fees for 2019 with reigning Cartier European Horse of the Year Roaring Lion topping the roster at £40,000 with visiting young Australian super sire Zoustar priced at £25,000.

The Seymour meeting on Thursday gave us a ‘One to Watch’ when this blue-blooded So You Think filly saluted at her second start.

After producing the sale-topping lot at two of the last five editions of the Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, Cambridge’s Regal Farm is hoping for more of the same in 2018.

The late Arthur Baxter was a huge supporter of the New Zealand Yearling Sales where he sourced a filly by Bluebird (USA) out of the stakes-placed Vice Regal mare Kiwi Magic who was a daughter of the Group 1 VRC Sires' Produce Stakes-winner Outward Bound (Without Fear).

Last week Sheikh Mohammed and his Godolphin team were celebrating the joy of having bred and owned their first Melbourne Cup winner in Cross Counter, but he wasn’t the only Darley home bred doing amazing things.

The 2018 breeding season is still in full swing, but many studmasters would already be planning for next year and that may mean a new stallion so let’s take a look at the new and updated Breednet Sire Prospect now sortable by sire – are you shopping for a Snitzel or an I Am Invincible?.

A week out from New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2018 Ready to Run Sale at Karaka, a budding superstar graduate of the Sale has produced a breath-taking performance during the New Zealand Cup carnival at Riccarton.

The 2018-19 NZB Filly of the Year Series goes up to Group 1 level for the first time on Saturday with the second leg, the $300,000 gavelhouse.

Thoroughbred Industry Careers is inviting those who have a passion for horses or racing to consider applying to join the ‘Explorer Cadetship’ Program -a thoroughbred industry designed and managed 12-month stud and stable horsemanship program.

As a half-sister by Shamus Award to Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign there has always been a lot of interest in this talented filly, who cast off maiden status at Hawkesbury on Wednesday.

Te Akau Shark maintained his status as New Zealand’s most exciting galloper, producing a stunning finishing burst to land the Group II Coupland's Bakeries Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday.

Inglis’ world-class Riverside Stables complex has been crowned Project of the Year at the inaugural Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue’s Boomtown! awards ceremony.

Seven-year-old gelding Prince Oz has been a revelation since joining the stable of Riccarton trainer Neill Ridley.

Sun Stud's quiet achiever Squamosa was making news on Wednesday when his quality New Zealand based mare Kiwi Ida produced a career best performance to win her first Graded event.

Dual Group One winner Savvy Coup will remain in Australia after failing to fire in a two-start campaign in Melbourne and will join the Sydney stable of Chris Waller.

A renowned breeder of stayers Trevor Delroy of Wyadup Valley Farm was in the winner’s circle at Bendigo on Wednesday when his promising three year-old filly Alexandria gave her sire Crowded House (GB) his first winner.

Wyndholm Park’s Rebel Raider has already proven that he is more than capable of getting top quality gallopers and on Oaks Day his daughter, Miner’s Miss almost stole the show.

After celebrating a landmark Ready to Run Sale result in 2017, Sam Beatson’s Riversley Park will return to Karaka this month with another strong draft.

The release of the 2019 Magic Millions catalogue will have yearling buyers back in the mindset of thinking pedigree, so whatever opinion you have on 'double Danehill' it's worth considering that two of the best fillies to race this spring are bred this way.

Three juvenile heats at Canterbury on Tuesday featured some interesting winners including two promising youngsters by champion sires Snitzel and Fastnet Rock.

The late Coolmore favourite Encosta de Lago has ruled the Australian Broodmare Sires List for the past three years, but change is coming and the Flemington Carnival put the spotlight on the stallion most likely to end his reign at the top this season.

Record support from breeders across Australasia has led to Magic Millions cataloguing a record number of lots in a star studded catalogue for the 2019 Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Cambridge Stud’s headline stallion Tavistock played a significant role in the successful Diamond Lodge draft at last year’s Ready to Run Sale, and he is set to feature prominently again in 2018 with the half-brother to Group I New Zealand Derby winner Habibi.

Sun Stud has announced that bookings to boom sire, FIORENTE, have closed for the 2018 season.

Saturday 10th November 2018 will take a lot of beating for the team at Haunui Farm for any number of reasons.

The end of the Flemington Carnival is a good time to take stock of the sire tables and while reigning champion sire Snitzel, courtesy of his Everest success with Redzel, has an unassailable lead on the Australian General Sires List, the two and three year-old sires lists present a much more diverse picture.

Four days of champagne racing at Flemington over the Melbourne Cup Carnival draws together many of the best horses in Australia and now the world so it's always worth looking at which sires made an impact on the biggest stage in Australian racing.

Fresh from siring two stakes-winners including Group I winner Shillelagh at the Flemington Carnival, champion sire Savabeel has some outstanding prospects to be offered at the NZB Ready to Run Sale next week.

Progressive Choisir three year-old Hudoo Magic scored his second win from just five starts when saluting at Kenilworth in South Africa on Sunday.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Olympic Glory (IRE) posted his first stakes-winner in France on the weekend when two year old filly Watch Me won the Listed Prix Bernard de Marmiesse at Toulouse.

A last start third in the Group I Ascot British Champions Sprint Stakes, classy Dream Ahead sprinter Donjuan Triumphant gained some consolation when taking out the Listed Wentworth Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday.

Karaka graduates have shone again in the Group 1 Al Basti Equiworld New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m), winning the Riccarton classic for the eighth year in a row on Saturday with the impressive Madison County (NZ) (Pins).

Santa Ana Lane laid claims to being the best sprinter in the land with a dominant victory in today’s Group 1 VRC Sprint at Flemington.

After being deemed not good enough to gain a place in the Cox Plate, Trap For Fools defied the Irish Derby winner Latrobe and the Victoria Derby winner Extra Brut in Saturday's $2 million Group 1 Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington and credit trainer Jarrod McLean with the first Group 1 win of his career.

A last-minute decision to give Kenedna one more season on the track has paid off after the five-year-old daughter of Not A Single Doubt powered home in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Matriarch Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

In what looked to be as good a field of sprinters on turf anywhere in the world in 2018, the Anthony Freedman-trained gelding Santa Ana Lane came with a barnstorming finish to earn a fourth win at the highest level in Saturday's $1 million Group 1 VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington.

Outsider Dee And Gee stunned the Riccarton crowd on Saturday as she registered her biggest career victory when winning the Listed Redwood Metropolitan Trophy (2500m).

Narrowly beaten in the Group III The Bart Cummings and third in the Group III Lexus Stakes, Shadwell Stud’s 6yo Iffraaj (GB) gelding Jaameh (IRE) missed a start in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup but found a consolation in Saturday’s $300,000 Group III Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) at Flemington.

Outstanding three-year-old Madison County repaid his many supporters when he carried the favourite’s tag to a comprehensive victory in the Group I Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock was in the frame early on Saturday with a blue-blooded debut two year-old winner at Morphettville followed by a stakes-winner at Flemington when Dreamforce landed the Group III VRC Chatham Stakes.

Well-supported to make a winning career debut in a 900 metre maiden at Newcastle on Saturday, the Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt Cosmic Force looked the consummate professional to honour his sire Deep Field with his first winner.

Promising Sebring colt Ringerdingding has always shown above average ability and was able to translate talent to stakes success at Flemington Saturday when charging home from the back in the field to win the Listed VRC Springtime Stakes (1400m).

A bold front-running performance saw the Tony Pike-trained Indecision add further valuable black-type to her career record when she scored in the Listed Legacy Lodge Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Making her career debut, the James Cummings-trained filly Kiamichi earned Godolphin its first two-year-old winner of the season in a 1200 metre handicap at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday to credit her sire Sidestep with his first winner.

A fast stakes-winning son of More Than Ready (USA), Lyndhurst Stud’s Better Than Ready added a third first crop winner to his tally at Rockhampton on Friday with a runaway debut victory for Better Reflection.

NZB's Ready to Run Sale of 2YO's provides the perfect opportunity to invest in the next generation of fillies.

It's a fact of life that many breeders, owners and industry employees have to travel extensively to conduct their horse business.

She was a maiden a week ago, now Aristia is a two-time winner including the Group 1 Kennedy Oaks at Flemington.

Trainer Ken Kelso believes progressive four-year-old Supera can continue to make steps towards a black-type assignment following her strong win over a mile at Avondale on Wednesday.

Coolmore have announced fees for their 2019 roster in Europe with Australian bred dual hemisphere Group I winner Merchant Navy among five new stallions for next year and No Nay Never given a deserved fee increase.

 Melbourne Cup and Australian Cup winner Fiorente (IRE) has had the sort of spring carnival studmasters dream of,  surging up the Australian Second Season Sires list into second place behind only Zoustar.

With just a win in a Sale maiden to her name, the lightly raced Fastnet Rock filly Bleu Roche added a few zeros to her value with a fighting win in the $200,000 Group III Red Roses Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Oaks day.

If you are still stewing over Princess Talaria’s luckless, fast-finishing third behind her stablemate Show Ego in the VRC Oaks (2500m) 41 years ago, I sincerely hope you stuck solid with her great, great granddaughter Aristia who claimed the $1 million Group 1 classic at Flemington on Thursday.

An emergency for the Victoria Derby on Saturday, the Danny O'Brien trained Vow and Declare gained some consolation with a determined victory in the Listed VRC TCL TV Stakes (1800m) at Flemington on Oaks Day.

Eight year-old Exceed and Excel gelding Thermal Current had not won a race since February 2017, but ended the drought in style at Flemington on Oaks Day with a dazzling last to first win in the Listed VRC Absolut Stakes (1000m).

The Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) at Flemington on Oaks Day is for two year-old colts, geldings and fillies with the girls showing their superiority after blue-blooded fillies Vinicunca and Art Collection forged clear from their rivals to fight out the finish.

Veteran trainer Frank Ritchie is looking to land his first Group I  New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) with lightly-raced gelding Dawn Patrol, who tackles the Al Basti Equiworld sponsored feature at Riccarton on Saturday.

Heagney is a name synonymous with the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry, with Peter Heagney being the voice of Inglis and a wonderful supporter of the breeding industry throughout Victoria.

The exploits of star Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey during the Victorian Spring Racing Carnival certainly lifted the profile of her sire Needs Further, and last night his progeny lit up the Launceston racecourse.

Aquis Farm has secured recent Group 1 $1 Million Manikato Stakes (1200m) winner Brave Smash to join its ever-growing stallion roster.

Promising I Am Invincible filly A Proper Lady broke her maiden when successful in the City 1200 at Avondale on Wednesday.

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Basil Nolan Jr of Raheen Stud.

TWO-TIME Everest Champion Redzel will face 13 rivals as he looks to defend his title in the Group 1 VRC Sprint at Flemington on Saturday, aiming to become the first horse since Black Caviar to win the coveted sprint back-to-back.

The racing and breeding world is in mourning following the shock death of popular horseman Basil Nolan Jr, who was killed in a workplace incident at Gladfield late on Melbourne Cup day.

The Dennis brothers have stepped into new territory in their bid to complete the double in the Group I three-year-old classics at Riccarton on Saturday.

Ardmore trainer Nick Bishara could experience his biggest moment in racing at Flemington on Thursday, but he won’t be on course to witness it.

Champion and five-time Grade 1 winner Lady Eli and Grade 2 winner My Miss Sophia, both in foal to leading sire War Front, were among eight horses to bring $1 million or more during a robust day of trade to open Keeneland’s 2018 November Breeding Stock Sale.

European Champion LADY AURELIA led a record-breaking renewal of The November Sale on Sunday, overseeing an historical high in gross sales of nearly $89,5 million and a strong across-the-board market for racing prospects, broodmares, and weanlings.

The Group I VRC Oaks is worth $1million making it the premium spring event for three year-old fillies, but at a marathon distance of 2500 metres it’s not always every girl’s cup of tea so pedigree can be a useful addition to the form guide.

Australian bred three year-old Snitzel filly Sweet Red posted her first victory at Vaal in South Africa on Tuesday.

Less than 24 hours after the Aquis silks were carried to their first Group 1 victory by Domesday colt Extra Brut in the 2018 AAMI Victoria Derby, Aquis Farm owner Tony Fung returned to his Hunter Valley breeding operation to celebrate with horses and staff.

Showy grey Stratocaster has conquered his own colour in New Zealand and now he’s attempting to do the same in Australia when he tackles the greys in the Off The Track Subzero Handicap (1400m) at Flemington on Thursday.

A tilt at securing black-type is now on the radar for Robert Dennis’ $4,000 gavelhouse purchase Nightcap after she took her total earnings past $70,000 with a Melbourne Cup Day win at Wingatui.

After a successful spring carnival last year, the Tony McEvoy-trained mare Cool Passion failed to land a blow in her first three starts this season but she was on her best behaviour with a hard-fought win in the Group III Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

A big team of Dynamic Syndications owners have plenty to celebrate on Melbourne Cup Day after their lightly raced Written Tycoon mare Teleplay scored a late charging win in the Listed VRC MSS Security Sprint over 1200 metres.

Coming off a hugely impressive win when making her seasonal debut at Warwick Farm on October 24, Godolphin’s progressive Medaglia d’Oro filly Pohutukawa staged a stunning last to first performance in the Listed Jim Beam Black Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.

After years of frustration Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation finally-claimed the $7 million Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup with the northern hemisphere 3yo gelding Cross Counter (GB) and by any standard, this was one of the greatest performances in the storied history of the race.

Champion trainer Chris Waller won the Group I VRC Empire Rose Stakes on Saturday with Savabeel mare Shillelagh and was back in the winner’s circle at Flemington on Cup Day with another promising galloper by Waikato Stud’s champion sire.