Breeze Ups for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO's will take place next week on Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 October with each day commencing at 10am.

This weekend sees the running of the Caulfield Guineas – long lauded as a "Sire Making" race, so we thought we'd have a look at just which races do actually point to the top sires, and you could mount a strong argument the best race isn't even a Group One.

Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale came to a close following the third and final session with a record turnover of 106 million guineas, and a decade-best clearance rate of 86%.

Two Widden sires combined to bring us our one to watch from Mornington on Thursday with an impressive new Zoustar winner.

Born in 1993, Cheveley Park’s Pivotal maybe in his twilight years however it’s doubtful that his influence has ever been higher.

In a week where the Opera House has been the centre of much hysteria and controversy, the timing couldn't be better for a good opera house story – one about The Opera House, the horse, and her white foals.

All is in readiness for Monday’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale at Riverside Stables with all horses now on site and inspections are underway for the 183 horses catalogued for the sale, which will begin at 11am Monday.

It was a mere half head that denied Von Costa de Hero his place in Golden Slipper history, the David Hayes trained colt letting loose with a late dash in the run home after settling at the rear from the second outside gate in the 2008 edition of the world's richest juvenile contest.

The stage is set for an exciting finale to the 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Caulfield Spring WFA Championship - the fourth and final race in the Series is Saturday’s A$1 million Group 1 Caulfield Stakes (2000m), featuring series leader Humidor (NZ) (Teofilo) and his closest challenger Homesman (War Front).

There have been two year-old trials all around the country in the past week, so here are all the placegetters with breeding and sale details.

The brother to TOO DARN HOT and LAH TI DAR lit up the Tattersalls sales ring when knocked down to David Redvers for 3,5 million guineas on a day of sensational trade.

Arrowfield Stud principal John Messara, AM has today announced the acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in Australia’s top colt The Autumn Sun from owner Hermitage Thoroughbreds.

He’s the last foal of a prominent member of one of the best families in the studbook and he made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

One of the biggest selling points at the NZB Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds is the sire power of 110 varied stallion profiles, each offering unique value.

In just a few short years, many of Australasia’s recent stallion recruits have had their first crops grace the racetracks and the results seen so far have made a big impression.

Hitting the headlines on the opening day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale was the Galileo colt out of Shastye who became the most expensive yearling sold at public auction in the world this year when knocked down to MV Magnier for 3,400,000 guineas.

A gelded son of Shamexpress topped today's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale when selling to Thai interests for $320,000.

Two serious Group I spring classic contenders for this value Victorian sire have made him a highly desirable option for budget conscious breeders seeking an outcross sire that works.

The all-important barrier draw has been announced for the $13 million The Everest with last year;s winner Redzel coming up with gate one.

The Oaks dream is alive for the owners of this three year-old filly by Australian Derby winner Roman Emperor, who died suddenly last week.

Australian Horse of the Year Dissident narrowly missed posting his first winner in New Zealand at Riccarton on Tuesday when his two year-old colt Challa went down to expensive Fastnet Rock filly Puysegur.

Champion sire Redoute's Choice's Golden Rose winning son The Autumn Sun will carry the number one saddlecloth in Saturday’s Group I Caulfield Guineas (1600m) and the favourite was well served at the barrier draw.

What an interesting weekend it was for bloodstock followers with the sad departure of an iconic sire, a new Group I trainer, a Melbourne Cup pedigree and what we believe is the first stakes-winner to carry a triple cross of Danehill.

A field of 16 three-year-old fillies has accepted to contest Saturday’s Group I Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield and the all-important barrier draw has been conducted with race favourite Smart Melody drawing ideally in two.

Jamie Richards has enjoyed a strong start to his solo training career and the head trainer for the powerful Te Akau Racing operation saddled a further two winners and three placegetters at Riccarton on Tuesday.

High Chaparral - six times Group One winning sire of 118 stakes winners.

We all strive to breed a racehorse with the 'X Factor' like Winx and Zenyatta and this QLD Breed To Race Stallion is only one of two horses in Australasia to posess Riverman in a vital pedigree position in the direct damline and is also blood related to champion mare Triptych.

Unbeaten champion Black Caviar has produced a fifth foal delivering a filly by I Am Invincible.

A new addition at Mount Brown International in Victoria this spring after serving previously at Princes' Farm, Australian Derby winner Roman Emperor has died unexpectedly.

The spectacular form reversal of ill-fated Magic Millions 2YO Classic winning sire Unencumbered shows no sign of abating, the son of Testa Rossa siring speedy two year-old filly Courshewill to win at Doomben on Saturday and at Tamworth on Monday Depth That Varies won the $24,000 Romantic Dream Plate.

Newhaven Park have today announced that dual Group One winner English has been retired to stud and will be served by I Am Invincible.

Caulfield Cup winner Jameka was a sale ring star earlier this year when bought back by part-owner Colin McKenna for $2,6 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale and is now on the way to motherhood after being retired.

The scene is set for the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale following today's final breeze-up session at the Gold Coast Turf Club.

Four juvenile heats at the Warwick Farm trials on Monday morning run on heavy ground produced winners for first season sires Shooting to Win and the ill-fated Time for War.

A brother to exciting Kiwi filly Verry Elleegant was welcomed into the world just hours after his three-year-old sister stamped herself as a leading contender for the Group I  VRC Oaks (2500m).

Waikato Stud has won the race to purchase the two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year and multiple Group One winner Bonneval.

Snitzel’s Group I winning son Wandjina sired his first stakes horse at Flemington on Saturday with the Tony McEvoy trained colt Grand Scholar showing good potential with a brave third in the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial.

Zoustar is not the only Northern Meteor son doing good things this season as we head into the business end of the Melbourne Spring Carnival.

Champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock featured at Longchamp in France on Arc day siring four year-old mare One Master to win the Group I Prix de la Foret.

The European Horse of the Year in 2017, Enable had barely been seen this year, but appeared when it mattered to win the Group I Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp for the second year in a row.

While many may consider the task of beating Winx in the Group I Cox Plate (2040m) in three weeks to be a monumental challenge, for Michael Pitman, trainer of rival Savvy Coup, it is nowhere near as daunting as the personal battle he is about to undertake.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has unearthed numerous big-race performers in recent years, and a dominant victory in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings has set Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) up to join them.

The 3YO filly Maid Of Heaven became the first Group 1 winner sold out of the popular Gold Riband session of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Off the scene for almost four months, the Adam Durrant-trained mare Enticing Star extended her winning sequence to eight when making a successful foray into stakes racing in Saturday’s Listed Birthday Stakes (1200m) at Belmont Park.

Twelve months ago, Domesday colt Royal Symphony looked to have the world at his feet before injury brought an end to what promised to brilliant career but Domesday looks to have a ready-made replacement in the Darren Weir-trained Extra Brut.

Progressive mare I Am Serious has chased home Melbourne Cup contender Avilius (GB) at her past two starts, but dropped back in distance and returned to mares grade, she became the latest stakes-winner for Chosir when taking out the Group III ATC Angst Stakes at Randwick.

Widden Stud’s Sebring was in hot form on Saturday with a two state double of Group II winners, promising colt Sesar winning the ATC Roman Consul Stakes in Sydney and progressive filly Amphitrite winning the Group II VRC Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington.

The stakes-winners keep coming for Yarraman Park’s flagship sire I Am Invincible, who posted a stakes double at Flemington on Saturday with high class mares Eckstein and Invincibella.

It's been a life well lived for champion sire Encosta de Lago.

Godolphin import Avilius (GB) had to survive a protest before keeping his Australian record at a perfect four for four in Saturday’s Group III The Bart Cummings (2500m) while earning a free ticket to the $7 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) on November 6.

Many bloodstock followers believed Smart Missile would sire his first Group I winner this spring with his unbeaten filly Smart Melody favourite for the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas next Saturday, but in the end his supporters didn’t have to wait that long.

Ultra-consistent Snitzel mare I Am Excited charged home from last to capture Saturday’s Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington The David Pfieffer-trained 4yo looked a forlorn hope when tailed off at the halfway mark down the Flemington straight.

Competitive with star colts The Autumn Sun, Zousain and Lean Mean Machine during the Brisbane Winter Carnival, Sebring colt Sesar resumed from a spell to score a powerful win in the Group II ATC Roman Consul Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Hugh Bowman admitted he found himself in a spot where he didn't want to be on Winx in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington but once the wonder mare found clear air she charged home for her 28th consecutive win and 21st at Group 1 level.

Second in the Group I VRC Myer Classic last year to Shoals, quality I Am Invincible mare Eckstein indicated she was back on track for a second tilt at the race when scoring a stylish victory at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed VRC Paris Lane Stakes.

Pre-post favourite Savvy Coup left no room for excuses when she dominated her rivals in the Group I Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings.

Hastings racegoers got to witness something special on Saturday when exciting Rip Van Winkle (IRE) four-year-old Te Akau Shark scorched to victory in the Group III  Red Badge Sprint (1400m) at Hastings.

Runner-up in Listed races at Moonee Valley and Flemington, Wild Planet broke his maiden at his most recent start at Ballarat then went back to back when overcoming a wide run in Saturday’s Listed Antler Luggage Stakes (Poseidon Stakes) (1400m) at Flemington.

The well-known colours of the powerful China Horse Club were to the fore at Hastings on Saturday when Madison County produced a devastating sprint to capture the Group II Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m).

Never mind about double crosses of Danehill, the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington on Saturday was won in dominant fashion by talented two year-old Hinchinbrook colt Unite and Conquer, who may well be the first stakes-winner anywhere in the world to have a triple cross of the champion sire within the first five removes of his pedigree.

Scat Daddy’s first son to go to stud, No Nay Never (USA) continues to blaze a trail through the European flat season adding a fifth stakes-winner to his credit in Ireland on Friday when two year-old colt No Needs Never landed the Listed Star Appeal Stakes at Dundalk.

G1 Australian Guineas-winner Ferlax (NZ) (Pentire) has sired his first winner, Rare Episode, who won as he liked on debut at Gosford on Thursday with a tilt at the Karaka Million 3YO Mile a possibility.

All Too Hard unveiled another classic prospect when Dratini scored a stunning last-to-first victory in New Zealand on Thursday.

The Nigel Tiley-trained three-year-old Spirits Aubeer continues to make good progress, making it back to back victories this term when successful at Tauranga on Friday.

The curtain has come down on the outstanding racing career of dual New Zealand Horse of the Year Bonneval and a change in ownership looks likely in the near future.

Grade III stakes winner Cover Song (Fastnet Rock), in foal to Dubawi (Ire), will sell at the Fasig-Tipton November sale November 4, as the linchpin of the dispersal of Bobby Flay's European-based bloodstock, which will take place this fall.

In 2015 a new wave of Group One-performing colts joined the stallion rosters of Australasia’s leading studs and three years on their first crop of two-year-olds are now ready to go through the auction ring.

Inglis graduates again dominated last night’s Australian Horse of the Year Awards ceremony in Melbourne.

The stocks of hot young first season sire Charm Spirit (Invincible Spirit) continued on an upward trajectory when True Hero became his sires 20th individual 2YO winner for the season in England this week.

In a short number of years Aquis has developed into one of the leading names in the Australian bloodstock industry and this has no doubt been helped by the success their sales' graduates are having on the track.

Ciaron Maher Racing is proud to introduce our newest member of the team, Sam White.

The focus for the babies will be on Saturday’s Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington where Brazen Beau will have the opportunity for bragging rights to be the first new season stallion to sire a winner.

Early season two-year-old racing spreads it’s wings around Australia on Saturday with 13 first season sires represented and hopeful.

Statue Of Liberty, a stallion much loved by Victorian breeders, has been retired to live out his days at Sun Stud headquarters at Kerrie in the Macedon Ranges.

Keeneland has cataloged 4,509 horses for its 2018 November Breeding Stock Sale, the world’s largest and most important sale of its kind, to be held Nov 5-16.

Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association President Basil Nolan is deeply disappointed by Queensland Treasurer Jackie Trad’s decision not to provide income to the racing industry from the new Point of Consumption tax.

Back in Victoria at Stockwell Thoroughbreds this spring, Artie Schiller (USA) added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Wednesday when Reykjavik took out the $120,000 Listed Hannans Handicap at Kalgoorlie.

Gerald Ryan does love a Snitzel and Mansa Musa looks to have well above average ability, despite his lack of appeal when offered for sale as a yearling.

Every time a horse wins a stakes race he or she brings added value to their entire family so Breednet have taken a look at the dams of these horses to see what's in the pipeline.

A significant issue has been averted after Racing Victoria received government approval for 24 international horses to compete at Saturday week’s Caulfield Guineas meeting.

It's fair to say 2016 was a vintage year for high class sprinting colts and the Golden Slipper saw nine colts take part, and eight of them went to stud all at once last season so let’s take a look at some of the first foals from the class of 16.

A €2 million top lot and significant gains across the board were the highlights of a superb first day at Goffs Orby Sale that saw the progeny of two young stallions standing in Australia this spring achieve notable results in No Nay Never (USA) and Free Eagle (IRE).

Godolphin will have a runner in the $13million The Everest on October 13 with their imported Starspangledbanner sprinter Home of the Brave (IRE) to represent the ATC.

Riverbank Farm's Russell Osborne and Dr Caroline Duddy have great pleasure in providing just the right stallions for the owner/breeder market, one that has traditionally been such a great force in Victorian breeding.

Newcomer trainer Ashely Frye justified her quiet confidence in Boyslightup with the $700 gavelhouse buy victorious in the Gore Town and Country Restaurant 1200m on Friday with a convincing length and a half win.

The synergy between expertly prepared two-year-olds and Group One accolades will be unleashed at New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale of Two Year Olds.

Three consecutive days of Group I racing through last Friday night and then into Saturday and Sunday made for plenty of interest from the bloodstock perspective, so what did we learn.

The powerful Darren Weir stable produced an impressive debut winner at Swan Hill on Tuesday by former champion racehorses and leading sire So You Think, who narrowly missed Group I success last weekend with D’Argento and Nakeeta Jane.

Inglis is delighted to announce the appointment of Sebastian Hutch to the new role of General Manager of Bloodstock Sales.

A fast stayer with an exceptional pedigree by an outstanding shuttle sire in Shamardal, Crackerjack King (IRE) stands at Wyndholm Park Stud in Victoria and has his first two year-old runners this season, which are sure to spark interest given the burgeoning stud success being enjoyed by his ill-fated half-brother Jakkalberry (IRE).

Two barrier trials for two year-olds at Rosehill on Tuesday morning included a stylish winner for Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Dissident, the Australian Horse of the Year in 2015.

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Botti is one step closer to the Group I VRC Derby (2500m) after winning at Geelong over 1755m on Monday.

Trainer Stephen McKee is weighing up his options as to how progressive three-year-old Hasabro proceeds to the Group I VRC Derby (2500m) on November 3.

A select group of racehorses including a quality packed draft from Godolphin highlight the release of the online catalogue for the upcoming Gold Coast Spring Racehorse Sale.

Hong Kong’s Horse of the Year Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) made the perfect return to racing at Sha Tin on Monday, leading home Hong Kong Derby winner Ping Hai Star (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) for a Karaka quinella in the HK$3.

Lonhro’s Group I wining son Denman is one of the quiet achievers on the Darley NSW roster, but has a star on the rise in exciting Hong Kong trained four year-old Hot King Prawn, who scored a brilliant win at Sha Tin on Monday in the Group III National Day Cup beating reigning Champion HK Sprinter Ivictory.

Éclair Calling, a son of Tartan Bearer (IRE) that created a buzz when selling as a yearling for a record $525,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Select Sale, has won his fourth race when successful over 1400m at Caulfield on Sunday.

Expensive Snitzel colt Diplomatico made a winning return from a spell at Randwick on Monday, coasting home to win as he pleased.

Brilliant three year-old Star Witness colt Graff has been selected by Max Whitby and Neil Werrett to fill their slot for the $13million the Everest at Randwick on October 13.

Inglis’ slot representative in The Everest, Santa Ana Lane, is the new $7 TAB favourite for the $13m race following his determined victory in the Group II Premiere Stakes at Randwick.