Renowned as a sire making race, the Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) is the first three year-old Group I event of the new season and being worth $1million it has drawn a crackerjack field and interestingly every runner was purchased at a major Australasian yearling sale so let’s take a look at who bought what and for how much.

Waikato Stud are giving breeders with foals of Group One-winning stallion Tivaci a chance to win a prize pack worth more than $20,000.

Demand for Thoroughbred racehorses continued Monday at Keeneland when cumulative gross sales of $326,287,200 through seven sessions of the 13-day September Yearling Sale exceeded total sales of $307,845,400 for last year’s entire 12-day sale.

Ardmore Lodge-trainer Nick Bishara has confirmed that his talented three-year-old filly Verry Elleegant has been sold to a Trans-Tasman syndicate and will do her future racing in Australia.

Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association is proud to announce the 2018 Queensland Breeding Champions.

The third session of breeze-ups leading into next month’s Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale produced many sparkling performances at the Gold Coast Turf Club today.

Inglis’ inaugural Taupo breeze ups ahead of the 2018 Ready2Race sale have been completed.

While Sydney held the annual official two year-old barrier trials, there were also four heats for the juveniles at Cranbourne with three won by first season sires in promising performances, so here are the results with breeding and sale details.

Brisk trade spurred significant growth in results during Sunday’s sixth session of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale, marking the close of Book 2.

Powerhouse Matamata breeding operation Waikato Stud have announced that their entire 2019 yearling draft will be sold at New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual National Yearling Sale at Karaka in 2019.

Off the back of the racing community raising $60,000 as part of Westbury Stud’s annual fundraising for the Cancer Society, the drive continues online with bidding set to close on gavelhouse  tonight for the saddle cloths worn by runners in the Group I Tarzino Trophy.

Former Chris Waller-trained galloper Austin has found his mark in a new stable, winning the $50,000 Showcase Picnic Championship at Dubbo on Sunday.

Caulfield trainer Mick Price thought Tavisan was a bit hampered by the running of Saturday’s Group II Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington, where he finished third, but was happy enough with the run heading into next month’s Group I Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

New South Wales’ breeders again proved Australia’s great champions are sourced from the state’s prime breeding regions at the annual award presentation for achievements during the 2017-2018 racing season.

Get the breeding insights on all the winners this morning from the official Sydney 2YO Trials on the Kensington track at Randwick.

One of the most interesting things about breeding thoroughbreds is the inconsistencies that can allow for something amazing to come out of something that on paper may be questionable.

Aquis shuttler Dream Ahead (USA) is the sire of progressive four year-old Tornibush, who claimed his biggest win when taking out the he Group III Prix dup Pin at Longchamp on Sunday.

Leading NZ based bloodstock agency, Waterford Bloodstock, has appointed Cameron Ring to join the company beginning September 24th.

While the official Randwick two-year-old trials in Sydney will command most of the attention on Monday morning there’s also four heats for the juveniles at Cranbourne and the trainers involved, breeding and sale prices would suggest there’ll be plenty worth seeing there too, so here’s the fields, breeding and sale details.

The reigning Champion First Season Sire, Zoustar has opened up a quick early lead on the Australian Second Season Sires List adding an eighth winner to his tally with a Geelong victory on Sunday for promising gelding Starvirgo.

Champion New Zealand 3YO Xtravagant has been warmly received at Newhaven Park and the quality of his first foals will have his supporters returning for more.

Melbourne-based businessman Rupert Legh experienced the kind of joy that most thoroughbred horse owners can only dream about at Flemington on Saturday.

Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman’s assault on the riches of the Melbourne Spring Carnival is starting to gain momentum as witnessed by Jon Snow’s game performance at Flemington on Saturday.

After a one-day break at the conclusion of a blockbuster Week 1 of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale that produced gross sales exceeding $216 million, the momentum continued Saturday led by the sale of the Uncle Mo colt Wall Street Lion for $1 million.

Having placed at stakes level in three of his four starts in Melbourne last season at two, Godolphin’s superbly bred Lonhro colt Encryption would have been earmarked for a spot on a future Darley stallion roster when winning the Group III Black Opal Stakes in Canberra in March.

Winner of the Group I VRC Myer Classic as a three year-old, top class I Am Invincible mare I am a Star showed she was back to her best with a tenacious nose win in the Group II VRC Let’s Elope Stakes over 1400m  at Flemington on Saturday.

On a day that saw Winx chalk up her 20th Group 1 win, did we witness the emergence of another star filly?.

Trainer Mick Price believes even a Melbourne Cup is not beyond his Group 1 Australian Guineas hero Grunt who bounced back from a sub-par effort in the Memsie Stakes to run away with Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.

Winx took her Group 1 bounty to a mind-boggling 20 when winning her third consecutive $500,000 Colgate Optic White George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

After a length of the straight battle with Leonardo Da Hinchi, Brutal needed to dig deep to keep his unbeaten record intact in Saturday’s Antler Luggage Plate (1400m) at Flemington.

Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley’s decision to take his exciting three-year-old Melt back to Ruakaka on Saturday paid off handsomely when she dealt to her rivals in the Group III Cambridge Stud Northland Breeder’s Stakes (1200m).

Wanganui raider She’s Poppy overcame a horror trip in transit to claim her biggest victory on Saturday when she prevailed in the Group III Boehringer Ingelheim 1550 at Awapuni.

A $1,2 million Inglis Easter Yearling purchase in 2016 that was then re-offered earlier this year to make $1million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, talented Fastnet Rock stallion Siege of Quebec claimed his first stakes win at Randwick on Saturday with a fast finishing victory in the Group III ATC Bill Ritchie Stakes.

After three consecutive seconds in the $200,000 Group II The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick, the stars aligned for Ball Of Muscle at Randwick on Saturday.

Stakes-placed five times previously and a good fourth in the 2017 Group I Queensland Derby, Violate has always been promising to win a stakes race and having been gelded during a winter spell has quickly soared to new heights.

Unbeaten Smart Missile filly Smart Melody went on her winning way at Flemington Saturday, racing to an easy victory in the Listed VRC Cap D’Antibes Stakes over 1100 metres.

The Listed ATC Heritage Stakes at Randwick on Saturday produced a blow out result with victory going to unheralded Denman colt Ragged Rascal, a $160,000 Inglis Classic purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for his trainer Paul Perry.

Fresh from a week of spectacular sale ring success with Triple Crown hero American Pharoah at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Coolmore have confirmed this year's unbeaten Triple Crown winner Justify will also join their stallion roster for 2019.

Winless since November 2016, New Tipperary was looking like a horse whose best days were behind him, but in what may have been a career-best performance the six-year-old son of High Chaparral (IRE) scored a storming win in Friday’s Group III Australian Bloodstock Cameron Hcp (1500m).

The strength of the Inglis Ready2Race catalogue was on show at Cranbourne today as 39 of the 59 lots to breeze broke 11 seconds.

French bred Zoffany gelding Carzoff (Fr) gave champion trainer Chris Waller another feature race win when taking out the $200,000 Group III Newcastle Cup on Friday.

Sixth in the race 12 months ago, Princess Posh made amends in Friday’s Group III Yarraman Park Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle.

The powerful Godolphin stable is building a formidable record in the Group III NJC Spring Stakes (1600m) at Newcastle winning with Sweynesse (Lonhro) in 2014 and Astoria (Medaglia d'Oro) 12 months ago.

Made a Breednet ‘One To Watch’ when making a winning debut in a 1400 metre maiden at Newcastle on August 25, John Singleton’s strapping homebred Girl Tuesday stepped up to 1600 metres at her second appearance on the same track on Newcastle Cup Day and she again proved a class above.

Arrowfield Stud’s promising young sire Dundeel posted two impressive debut winners on Friday wit Lincoln Falls successful in New Zealand and Miss Einstein opening her account at Newcastle.

The build up to next month's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale continued in Victoria today when a quality line up of juveniles went through their paces at Seymour.

Redden Thoroughbreds is proud to announce they have acquired Delago Deluxe to stand at Telemon Thoroughbreds in Queensland for the 2018 breeding season.

Amer Abdulaziz’ Phoenix Thoroughbreds paid $2,1 million for a Medaglia d’Oro colt who is a half-brother to 2015 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Stopchargingmaria to top Thursday’s fourth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

The recent impressive victories recorded by Viva Acheeva (determined winner of his last two despite racing wide) and Sleek Acheeva (dominant on pace winner) put the under utilized but still promising young stallion Anacheeva in the spotlight as a good prospect for owner/breeders.

If you're like me, then the annual official 2YO trials in Sydney is the source of much interest as we see which yearlings we liked from the sales have put their hands up to go early and hopefully fast.

It is no surprise to anyone in the New Zealand breeding industry that Vadamos is leaving a top line of first crop foals as he's considered by many judges to be among the best-looking stallions in the world.

Quick times were the order of the day as Sydney's Warwick Farm pro-ride track hosted today's first breeze-up session leading into next month's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale.

Robust competition for Thoroughbred racing prospects among a global contingent of buyers continued Wednesday during the third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where a colt from the first crop of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah brought $1,4 million and six other yearlings sold for more than $1 million each.

A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Nick Columb will be held in the Committee Room, Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Road, Melbourne, on Friday 21 September 2018, at 11:00 am.

THE Triple Crown team of horses with exclusive trainers Snowden Racing earned on average almost $50,000 per start during the 2017/18 season.

Stakes performing stayers Bondi Beach, Aloft, Foundry, Crocodile Rock, Nevis and Amralah are among 14 horses to be offered unreserved by Lloyd and Nick Williams in the Inglis Digital September Online Auction.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Olympic Glory (IRE) had a stylish winner in France overnight with two year-old colt Inde scoring easily at Longchamp.

Now standing in South Africa, Redoute’s Choice stallion Time Thief was a long way from successful at the time o f his departure in 2015, but he has since left Group I winner and Everest contender In Her Time as well as Temps Voleur, who won the $100,000 Listed Balaklava Cup on Wednesday.

Three year-old So You Think colt Merchant of Venice was a Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when scoring on debut last month at Cranbourne and kept up the good work with a stylish win at Bendigo on Wednesday.

Black Caviar’s second born Prince of Caviar was a raging hot favourite to break his maiden at Bendigo on Wednesday, but after looking the likely winner with a furlong to run was mowed down late by promising Medaglia D’Oro (USA) colt Mickey Blue Eyes.

Widden Stud’s Nicconi has been in the news this week with his star son Nature Strip confirmed for $13million The Everest after being given the slot held by the ATC in the wake of his course record breaking win at Moonee Valley last Saturday and at Wednesday it was onwards an upwards with another smart new three year-old winner for this most popular of sires.

A colt by War Front from the family of Hall of Famer Rags to Riches became the most expensive Thoroughbred yearling to sell anywhere in the world to date this year when he commanded $2,4 million from Coolmore’s M V Magnier during Tuesday’s second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

The first of four breeze up sessions leading into Australasia's best strike rate2YO sale will be held at Warwick Farm tomorrow.

At this time of year the Wednesday meetings feature a raft of runners with hopes and dreams and the list below is of all horses competing today that are entered in spring majors including Black Caviar’s second born Prince of Caviar, who seeks to break his maiden at Bendigo.

Sometimes when you're dealing with the foal photos coming in for the Breednet Foal Gallery one really catches your eye, and when it's out of a mare that won the Australian Oaks by 10 lengths you have an extra look so here's one fancy foal from a famous mum, and while we're at it, a few others out of mares that covered themselves in glory on the racetrack.

When introducing Champion 2yo Colt at the 2017 Darley stallion parade, Master of Ceremonies Steve Davis declared Sidestep “The Smokey in the ranks”, and Head of Nominations Alistair Pulford commented “You need to just look a bit deeper to get an edge over your competitors, and this is a horse that might give you that edge”.

Last season’s rising three-year-old star Demonetization made a pleasing return to the track for trainer Nigel Tiley at the Avondale trials on Tuesday and is set to make a raceday return later this spring.

The highly anticipated first crop of yearlings by 2015 Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year American Pharoah and the participation of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Godolphin highlighted Monday’s opening session of the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

All is in readiness for Inglis’ three breeze up sessions in Australia and New Zealand ahead of the 2018 Ready2Race Sale.

A well-related Sacred Falls youngster impressed in his first trial outing at Ashburton yesterday.

If you read only one Nicks That Click story this year it should probably be this one.

Pierro is a good sire to follow at this time of year given the way his three year-olds jumped out of the ground last spring and this impressive winner from the Tony McEvoy stable at Wodonga on Monday is a name to note.

LAST YEAR’S inaugural Everest Champion, Redzel, has assumed favouritism to repeat the feat of winning the world’s richest race on turf on October 13 at Royal Randwick.

Quality three-year-old Sword Of Osman will make a return to the racetrack this weekend when he tackles the Group III Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders' Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday.

After closing out her juvenile season with an impressive Listed win, the $260,000 Premier Sale purchase Peaceful (NZ) (Savabeel) has begun her three-year-old campaign on the same note.

The Australian Stablehand & Trackrider Alliance (ASTA) is offering a priceless opportunity for one its members to further their careers in learning from some of the biggest names in world racing.

Zoustar ended 2017/2018 as the Champion First Season Sire and has picked up right where he left off as we move into spring, but for all the other second season sires it’s going to be an interesting ride so if you have a mare booked to any of them you’re going to be watching their fortunes unfold like a hawk.

When the new season ticked over there wouldn’t have been anybody tipping Spirit Of Boom to be 21 runners without a winner but he’s on the board now with an impressive debutant at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

A bold front running winner of the Listed SAJC Morphettville Guineas on Saturday, Exceed and Excel filly Fiera Vista may never soar to the heights of other Fairway Thoroughbreds bred superstars such as Winx and Vancouver, but she is now a stakes-winner and carries the colours of her breeder John Camilleri.

There have been a few two year-olds start to appear at the early season barrier trials so here are the placegetters with their breeding and sale details including winners for first season sires Rubick and Safeguard and a placegetter for Wandjina.

There have been some two year-olds seen out at the trials but with the major trials still a couple weeks away, we’ll continue to keep an eye on the three year-olds for the moment and there were plenty of them around Australia in the past week so here are the placegetters with their breeding and sale details.

After hitting a rare vein of form as a late 4yo, Stratum stallion Land Of Plenty suggested there’s still more to offer after winning the Strathmore Bendigo Bank Stks (1200m) LR at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Coolmore based Starspangledbanner has had his share of well documented issues over the years, but Saturday was a red letter day for the champion son of Choisir who posted a two state stakes double.

Star Thoroughbreds have an outstanding team of horses in work with champion trainer Chris Waller and enjoyed a satisfying result in the Group II ATC Sheraco Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday when the purple and white stars delivered the quinella with Invincibella nosing out her stablemate Noire.

Nine year-old gelding Magic Consol secured himself a start in the Cox Plate with a tough win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday but whether connections take up the offer remains to be seen.

The Group II ATC Run to the Rose over 1200 metres at Rosehill on Saturday brought together some outstanding three year old colts with Zoustar’s Lean Mean Machine emerging triumphant.

Trainer Stephen Marsh doubled his pleasure at Wanganui on Saturday when Bobby Dazzler prevailed in a tooth and nail struggle to win the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1340m).

Boom Nicconi sprinter Nature Strip was in low flying mode at Moonee Valley on Saturday zooming over the 1000 metres of the Group II MVRC Mitty’s McKewen Stakes in course record time.

Godolphin might have ruled out a start in the $13million The Everest for stable star Kementari, but it looks a possible option for the brilliant imported sprinter Home of the Brave (IRE), who led his rivals a merry dance in the Group II ATC Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

The Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday over 1500 metres featured a field packed with potential classic horses and while previously unbeaten colt The Autumn Sun was luckless in finishing third, the first two across the line in Tarka and Dealmaker are clearly horses on the up.

The powerful Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable were back doing what they do best at Wanganui on Saturday when they produced progressive filly Peaceful to win the Listed The O’Leary’s Fillies Stakes (1200m).

The spoils from Wanganui’s traditional opening two-year-old event for the new racing season are heading back to Cambridge, while first season sires El Roca and Proisir will have to wait for another day to post their first winners.

Having enjoyed so much success with the late Northern Meteor and his current superstar son Zoustar it was no surprise to anyone on Friday when it was announced Widden Stud had bought into classy three year-old colt Zousain, who will run in the Group II ATC Run to the Rose at Rosehill on Saturday.

The Inglis Ready2Race Sale is the new focus for buyers following the completion of today’s Spring Thoroughbred Sale at Oaklands.

On a memorable trip to China’s Yulong Park complex in Shanxi province, a group of Australians representing the breeding and racing industry visited the world-class equine centre.

With the new Hong Kong season kicked off there have been some interesting Australian based gallopers left our shores in the past couple of months for a new future headlined by a Group One winner, Group One placegetter and a couple of other stakeswinners.

All Too Hard has made a busy start to the new season and added a promising debut winner to his tally at Geelong on Friday with this talented filly from  the powerful Lindsay Park operation.

A juvenile heat at the Warwick Farm barrier trials on Friday morning was won in good style by Snitzel filly Diddles, who runs in the colours of John Singleton’s Strawberry Hill Stud.

The first crop weanlings of Aquis Farm's foundation stallion Spill The Beans turned heads at the 2018 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale when selling to leading judges Segenhoe Stud, Paul Willets Bloodstock, Blue Sky Bloodstock, Fernrigg Farm and Mullaglass Stud.

Windsor Park Stud shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) sired his first stakes-winner overnight with progressive filly Yourtimeisnow taking out the Group III Shadwell Dick Poole Fillies Stakes at Salisbury.