A couple of weeks back, we struck gold with Mig Energy, who is a son of Redoute’s Choice from a famous Western Australian family, so we will stick to the same theme for Saturday’s Best On Breeding.

With the two year-olds still a few weeks away from their first trials, we’ll focus 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.

A half-sister to recent Rosebud Quality winner Sandbar, a broodmare closely related to Sunlight, and Newhaven Park stallion Delago Deluxe are just three feature listings in the Inglis Digital August Online Auction.

With NSW farmers facing the worst drought in living memory, the China Horse Club wish to acknowledge, and try, in a small way to show its support, understanding and backing for those greatly effected.

Aquis, together with many generous supporters from around the Thoroughbred industry, have raised more than $60,000 in less than a week to help farmers facing one of the toughest droughts in a generation.

After taking nine starts to open his Australian account in the Listed Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens back on July 28, the Chris Waller-trained Mister Sea Wolf (IRE) made it two in a row in Thursday’s Listed Rowley Mile (1600m) at Hawkesbury.

Kris Lees knows a thing or two about a good Savabeel filly having trained multiple Group I winner Lucia Valentina, so this impressive winner at Hawkesbury on Thursday was always going to be an obvious pick as ‘One to Watch’, while the runner up is also firmly on the radar following her eye-catching debut.

Widden Stud’s young gun Zoustar is making a fast start to the new season and has a promising staying prospect in three year-old filly Zourhea, a half-sister to Group I ATC Australian Derby runner up Harper’s Choice.

The first southern hemisphere crop of Champion 2YO Belardo (Ire) (Lope De Vega) are hitting the ground in 2018 with a handful of arrivals at Haunui Farm so far this month.

Kingstar Farm welcomes all breeders to visit their three stallions over the Hunter Valley Stallion Parade Weekend this weekend.

To assist with easing the crisis faced by farmers during the current drought in New South Wales, Coolmore Australia will donate a nomination to three of its most exciting young stallions – Pierro, So You Think and Rubick.

It’s a new season and if we are on the lookout for three year-old winners with classic potential it’s hard to go past a Pierro gelding, whose full brother Action won the Group II WATC Derby earlier this year.

Yarraman Park's flagship sire I Am Invincible will have a runner in the $13 million The Everest after it was confirmed Greg Ingham's s GPI Racing has snapped up the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained mare Invincible Star.

Newgate Farm’s flashy grey shuttler The Factor (USA) is not coming to the Hunter Valley this spring, but he did feature at Sandown on Wednesday with an impressive winner carrying the Spendthrift Australia colours.

Spendthrift Australia showcased their 2018 roster of stallions in Victoria last weekend featuring six top class sires including newcomers Overshare and Gold Standard as well as US shuttlers and proven stakes sires Jimmy Creed (USA) and Warrior’s Reward (USA).

Showcasing filly Xpression made a winning return to the track at Taupo on Wednesday when taking out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1100m).

Tuesday’s Aquis-sponsored country TAB meeting at Muswellbrook NSW was devoted to aiding drought-stricken farmers of the Hunter Valley NSW through the Lion’s Club’s alignment with Need for Feed, a Lion’s Project.

The betting market certainly didn’t predict it but a late nomination for the Thousand Guineas might have with this impressive Written Tycoon debutant.

This Ingham homebred filly from a family made famous by Gooree Stud was no doubt a welcome winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

A highly competitive three year-old maiden at Sandown on Wednesday features the debut of a well-bred So You Think filly, whose brother Inference was the star of the show at the Chatswood Stud stallion parade last weekend.

Newgate Farm is delighted to announce an exciting late addition to the 2018 stallion roster with freakishly talented Snitzel sprinter Menari joining the team.

Tony Nicconi is not the only speedy three year-old by Nicconi trained at Lindsay Park with this impressive winner at Pakenham on Tuesday saluting as a short priced favourite.

The mystery surrounding the spring absence of 2018 Golden Slipper winner Estijaab has been solved with the Hawkes stable reporting the star filly was “gone in the throat” and had been operated on last week.

The owners of star mare Jameka have called time on her racing career after a barrier trial on Tuesday.

Exciting filly Santa Catarina could earn herself a trip to Sydney with a bold fresh-up run at Taupo on Wednesday.

Inglis Rural Property is pleased to announce the successful, off-market sale of Princes Farm to industry body Racing NSW.

There are plenty of stallions that produce Group I winners, but very few stallions that produce more than one out and out champion.

Suman Hedge Bloodstock is delighted to announce the purchase of promising German staying colt Schabau in a deal involving HFTB Racing Agency, Tried and True Bloodstock and trainer Robert Hickmott.

A homebred for Her Majesty The Queen, two year-old colt Topical became the latest winner for Swettenham Stud shuttler Toronado (IRE) when scoring at Thirsk in the UK overnight.

Sir Prancealot (IRE) has been enjoying quite a run of success lately.

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.

The Rosehill barrier trials on Monday morning featured a sparkling performance from last year’s popular Everest winner Redzel, while there was also keen interest in the wins of rising star Pierata and a royally bred colt from Lindsay Park in Victoria that is obviously not in Sydney for a haircut.

A colt by champion sire Dubawi was the top seller during the second session of the 2018 Arqana August Yearling Sale Book One in Deauville with Triple Crown hero American Pharoah again making his presence felt with a filly making 850,000 euros.

The annual Darley Victoria stallion parade showcased a versatile roster of top class sires with Darley set to follow later this week with parades at their Aberdeen base in the Hunter Valley.

Blessed with a beautiful morning, the annual Woodside Park Stud stallion parade showcased Victoria’s most successful, versatile and exciting stallion roster to the industry.

Soon after his grandson Showtime won the P B Lawrence Stakes G2 at Caulfield, Redoute’s Choice himself took the stage, when his son Super Maxi became his 160th stakeswinner.

A stylish win in the Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes at Randwick on Saturday by progressive three year-old Master Ash gave Widden Stud’s flagship sire Sebring his 46th stakes-winner.

The annual Swettenham Stud open day on Sunday attracted a large crowd despite the chilly weather with six top class sires presented in peak condition for the breeding season ahead.

The first session of the 2018 Arqana Deauville Yearling Sale in France on Saturday produced strong results with fillies by legendary sire Galileo and Triple Crown hero American Pharoah setting the pace.

Cornerstone Stud’s Sir Prancealot (IRE) has a wonderful standard-bearer in Europe this season with the David Elsworth-trained Sir Dancealot who proved much the best in Saturday’s Group II Hungerford Stakes at Newbury.

The recent sale of Bart Cummings’ Princes Farm to Racing NSW has meant resident sire Roman Emperor is now looking for a new home in which to continue his stud career.

It was a good day at the office on Saturday for leading sire So You Think with a winning double at Caulfield and a slashing return for his Rosehill Guineas winner D’Argento  in the Group I ATC Winx Stakes to finish third behind the champion mare after whom the race was named.

Former top three-year-old filly La Bella Diosa ended an eighteen-month absence from the winner’s enclosure when she produced a devastating burst of speed to claim victory over 1100m at Caulfield on Saturday.

The recently-formed partnership between the Gold Coast Turf Club and Beaudesert Racing Clubs has paid instant dividends, with Aquis joining as major naming rights partners of the Beaudesert Club.

Godolphin’s hope of capturing that elusive Melbourne Cup came a step closer when Hamada kept his 2018 season at a perfect four for four with a dominant display in the Group III Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.

Shortly after Street Cry’s masterpiece, Winx created history at Randwick, the late Darley stallion was in the thick of things again when the remarkably consistent Osborne Bulls captured the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

On any other day, Le Romain would be a headline act, but by the time this most genuine of horses battled his way to a fifth stakes success under 61 kgs in Saturday’s Group III Show County Quality at Randwick, the crowd was still buzzing from the win of Winx in the Group 1 Winx Stakes.

On the first serious day of spring carnival action for the new season, Widden Stud sires were in red hot form with Group winners for Sebring (Master Ash), Zoustar (Sunlight), Nicconi (Tony Nicconi) and the late Stratum, who sired classy mare Egyptian Symbol to win the Group III ATC Toy Show Quality at Randwick on Saturday.

Blue-blooded Snitzel entire Showtime stamped his stallion credentials when defeating a star-studded line-up in Saturday’s Group II PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.

On a track that was playing to frontrunners close to the fence, Winx gave her legion of supporters some concern when she was well back and in the centre of the track coming over the Randwick rise in Saturday’s Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) but as she has done now for a record 26th consecutive time, she put the race to bed in the space of 50 metres.

One of the very best two year-old fillies of last season having won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and placed in the Golden Slipper, Sunlight was back in top form at Caulfield on Saturday when scoring a thrilling victory in the Group III MRC Quezette Stakes Stakes.

After closing out his juvenile year with a win and two seconds from three starts, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Master Ash made a winning stakes debut in Saturday’s Group III Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Randwick.

Nature Strip might not be the only star sprinter for Widden Stud’s Nicconi this spring with progressive colt Tony Nicconi confirming his potential with a tenacious win in the Group III MRC Vain stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

A nail-biting finish to the Group II Lisa Chittick Foxbridge Plate (1200m) saw former top juvenile Melody Belle provide her trainer Jamie Richards with the perfect birthday present at Te Rapa.

The first leg of the Darley Princess Series, the Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick on Saturday went the way of classy I Am Invincible filly Fiesta carrying the familiar purple and white Star Thoroughbreds colours.

Arrowfield stud shuttler Olympic Glory (IRE) had an impressive debut winner overnight at Newbury in the UK with a stylish victory for promising colt Athmad.

Trainer Mick Price is eagerly awaiting Saturday’s Group II PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) with a trio of gallopers set for spring riches — Grunt, Mighty Boss and Holy Snow — resuming.

With the two year-olds still a few weeks away from their first trials, we’ll focus 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.

Siblings to Group 1 winners, progeny of Group 1-winning mares and 2YOs by some of Australia’s leading stallions headline a bumper Inglis Ready2Race catalogue.

As Brenton Avdulla flies back to Japan after claiming his first George Moore Award for winning the Sydney Jockeys’ Premiership, it will give him some time to reflect on a filly that played a major part in his rise to the top.

One thing breeders agreed on last spring was that Aquis Farm’s Divine Prophet was the best looking first season stallion to stand in the Hunter Valley.

The first foals of Waikato Stud’s Tivaci (High Chaparral (IRE) aren’t letting anyone down.

Bloodstock Auction’s second Annual Online Stallion Cover Charity Auction has smashed its fundraising goal, raising more than $100,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Western Sydney.

Bought as a replacement for a top-class Hong Kong galloper, this winning debutant has had his Asian debut delayed and will instead “go through the grades” in Australia.

She was the third highest priced Fastnet Rock filly last year and Downloads finally got the maiden win out of the way at Sale on Thursday.

With sons of Lonhro doing the job at stud - Pierro, Demnan, Demerit and Benfica all siring stakes winners whilst O'Lonhro has proven a consistent winner producer - Jeff Dosser is very happy to be giving his own Lonhro stallion Torch Relay a chance to do his bit.

There are 28 Group One races coming up this spring and this weekend last year nine future spring Group One winners of 14 races appeared but only three of them started favourite and only two won, so it’ll pay to be attentive on Saturday.

Gary Portelli’s 2017 Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign has been retired.

Courageous and sound, dual Group One winner Stratum Star went to stud the best son of his sire Stratum and his first foals are now arriving at Widden Stud.

Stockwell Thoroughbreds is saddened to announce the passing this morning of its long standing and highly successful stallion BRIEF TRUCE.

A week after her mother left the country, the most anticipated horse to race in Australia on Wednesday, stunningly bred Frankel filly Miss Fabulass didn’t disappoint.

The Caulfield Spring Weight-for-age Championship series, sponsored for the eighth time by New Zealand Bloodstock, gets underway this Saturday with the A$200,000 Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m).

Aquis Farm is delighted to announce that as part of the Aquis Farm Race Day on August 21st at Muswellbrook Race Club, Aquis will take on the TAB in aid of drought relief!.

August 1 marks the start of a new season and it’s a clean slate for our young sires and one stallion has done the unexpected and now heads the Australian Second Season Sires List by winners.

The most expensive yearling filly ever sired by champion racehorse So You Think, three year-old Debate opened her career with a stylish victory at Gosford on Tuesday carrying the colours of renowned Sydney owner Alan Bell.

This talented daughter of Foxwedge was frustratingly close to a stakes win last season at two, but with this commanding victory at Geelong on Tuesday has shown she is ready to be right in the thick of spring carnival racing.

One of racing’s great characters, Ken ‘Tubby’ Turner, has passed away aged 81.

Murray Baker couldn’t be happier with the performances of Zacada and Jon Snow at Monday’s Te Teko trials, but has put a public hit-out for stable star Bonneval on hold until next week.

Amongst the common business structures, there is little doubt that trusts cause the most confusion and angst to existing and new business clients.

Godolphin’s multiple Group I winning Sepoy mare Alizee is out for the spring after suffering a bleeding attack on Tuesday morning at Osborne Park.

Golden Slipper winner Estijaab will miss the spring carnival after being sent back to the spelling paddock.

The first crop winners keep coming for Coolmore shuttler No Nay Never (USA), the Group I winning son of Scat Daddy siring his 18th winner overnight with a victory at Ayr for Beechwood Ella.

The catalogue for Book 1 of the 2018 Tattersalls October YearlingSale, which takes place Tuesday 9th October - Thursday 11th October, is now online.

On Sunday the 12th August, Woodside Park Stud welcomed over 150 guests to the annual Stallion Parade held at their Tylden property.

Group One winner Sword Of Osman got the thumbs up from trainer Jamie Richards after a pleasing fresh-up trial at Te Teko on Monday.

Lightly raced I Am Invincible mare Invincible Star has officially thrown her hat in the ring for an Everest slot after another scintillating trial win at Randwick on Monday morning.

Having been sold on gavelhouse Australia just a fortnight earlier, Quick Defense has repaid his new connections his $50,000 purchase price in one fell swoop.

Savabeel six-year-old Preditor (NZ) produced an electrifying finishing burst to come out on top in an all-Karaka finish to Sunday’s S$200,000 Listed Jumbo Jet Trophy (1400m) at Kranji, registering his first black-type win.

Former superstar Australian race filly Mosheen featured in Japan on the weekend when her talented three year-old Deep Impact filly Primo Scene won her second Black Type event, taking out the Group III Sekiya Kinen at Niigata.

John and  Kris Messara, Paul and Alice Messara and the entire Arrowfield team join many thoroughbred industry people around the world to mourn the death of our great friend Nick Columb, in Girona, Spain on 10 August after suffering a stroke ten days earlier.

Racing is unpredictable by nature which is why the most expensive thoroughbred ever sold at auction in Victoria was beaten when making his debut on Sunday at Cranbourne by a horse whose dam cost $500.

A start in the $13m The Everest is a growing possibility for Nicconi's rising star sprinter Nature Strip after confirmation one of the three remaining slot holders has made contact with connections.

Reigning Champion Australia First Season Sire Zoustar gave us a ‘One to Watch’ on Sunday with a hot favourite saluting at Cranbourne.

Ardmore trainer Nick Bishara completed a weekend to remember when Verry Elleegant broke her maiden status in emphatic fashion at Ruakaka.

Two victories on his home track on Saturday had Pukekohe trainer Nigel Tiley pleased with his day’s work, but it was the sight of promising four-year-old Demonetization completing a three-quarter pace gallop earlier that morning that put the biggest smile on his face.

Mount Brown International at Euroa in the heart of Victorian thoroughbred country is proud to open the gates today and welcome visitors to inspect new stallion Diamond Tathagata.

On his European form, Jaameh (IRE) looked an unlikely contender to add another chapter to the encyclopedia of stakes-winners descending from Meon Valley Stud’s blue-hen Reprocolor, however, he has now won two of his three starts in Australia and David Hayes is beginning to get excited.

The Cranbourne meeting on Sunday features the debut of the most expensive yearling ever sold in Victoria.

Switching to Darley Victoria this spring for the first time, Sepoy was in the frame overnight in the UK where his quality daughter Unforgetable Filly scored a resounding eight length win in the Listed Dick Hern Stakes at Haydock.

A gallant second to a red hot sprinter Vega Magic at his last start in the Group III MRC Bletchingly Stakes, evergreen I Am Invincible gelding Voodoo Lad claimed another feature race win on Saturday when taking out the Group III VRC Aurie’s Star Stakes at Flemington.