Colts by Fastnet Rock and Vancouver shone the flag for Coolmore Australia on Day One of the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale on Thursday.

At the 2015 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, James Harron Bloodstock secured a very nice colt by Pierro for his owners Greg and Donna Kolivos and that now three year-old gelding is our ‘One to Watch’ on Thursday.

Smart colt Qiji Express turned his fortunes around at Hawke’s Bay with a commanding front-running performance to open his account.

Grenville Stud is excited to announce that they will be standing Zululand (Fastnet Rock – Dream Play) at stud this upcoming breeding season.

In a major boost for New Zealand breeding, Inglewood Stud, in partnership with Kevin Hickman’s Valachi Downs, has secured exciting young entire War Decree (USA) for stud duties in 2018.

Exciting young sire Zacinto (GB) will now be on the doorstep of Waikato breeders with Kevin and Jo Hickman’s Valachi Downs set to stand the son of Dansili in the 2018 season.

Not a Single Doubt gelding Gunnison made history when he topped the inaugural Inglis Chairman’s Sale last year when purchased by Chris McAnulty for $1,400,000.

With 11 winners in the past seven days for Smart Missile, the decision to stand the classy son of Fastnet Rock at Twin Hills Stud near Cootamundra this spring is looking like a good one for Ollie Tait.

Group I producing sire Sepoy moves to Victoria this spring for Darley and with two year-old winners like this one at Ballarat on Wednesday, he is sure to be met with a warm reception.

The world class catalogue for next week's Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale has been boosted with two outstanding late entries for the sale.

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We don't often see the Coolmore navy blue carried by winners sired by Redoute's Choice, but the $360,000 outlaid by Tom Magnier on a daughter of Arrowfield Stud's champion sire at Inglis Easter last year looks to have been money well spent.

The brilliant all cerise colours of the Ingham family were carried by former smart Fastnet Rock sprinter Stryker and were seen to the fore at Canterbury on Wednesday when carried to victory by one of his offspring.

Noor Elaine Farm is pleased to announce the arrival of Ilovethiscity to its Euroa based stallion barn.

Matamata trainer Gary Hennessy will be looking to add further international success to his CV when he lines up last-start Group Two winner Ocean Emperor in the S$1,5 million Invitational Kranji Mile (1600m) in Singapore on Saturday.

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest weanling offering highlights a record Inglis Great Southern Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online.

Bell View Park will present a draft of 22 quality young mares at the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale commencing on Tuesday 29th May including a daughter of Frankel from one of Australia’s best female families.

The 2016 breeding season featured the debut of some very impressive young stallions whose progeny will be the centre of attention at the 2018 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale later this week.

The end is in sight for fans of High Chaparral (IRE), who died in 2014, but he’s going out in a blaze of glory with eight Aussie stakes-winners this season including Group I winners Rekindling (Melbourne Cup), Ace High (VRC Derby) and Hiyaam (ATC Vinery Stud Stakes).

The well-related New Zealand-bred Heir To The Throne remains an outside chance to make the Group I Queensland Derby (2200m) field.

Owned and operated by Colleen Buchanan, Hunter Valley nursery Sefton Park Thoroughbreds are presenting a select, quality draft of four at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale on Thursday and Friday at the Gold Coast including a filly by the hottest sire in Queensland Spirit of Boom.

Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Barador Stud will offer a quality draft of 11 youngsters at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale this Thursday and Friday including a colt by exciting young shuttle sire No Nay Never (USA), who sired his first stakes-winner in the UK last weekend.

Black Caviar’s second foal Prince Of Caviar is set to debut at Sandown on Saturday.

Black type performer Wee Gilly has changed stables and will continue her career in Victoria.

Fresh from juvenile success having won the two year-old race at Rosehill last Saturday with Zoustar colt Ronstar, Gary Portelli has some more ammunition in the locker having produced the two fastest juvenile heat winners at the Warwick Farm trials on Monday morning.

Coolmore’s first son of Scat Daddy to go to stud, No Nay Never (USA) added a fifth winner to his tally overnight in the UK with a stylish victory for Cosmic Law.

Sometimes it pays to think outside the square when sourcing future winners with stakes potential.

A Class Two winner at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday is flying below the radar, but may well emerge as the next Classic contender for Pierro, who has already given us a VRC Oaks winner (Pinot) and ATC Australian Derby winner (Levendi).

Group One victories for Comin' Through and Santa Ana Lane led a raft of major updates to lots heading to the 2018 Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale which starts Thursday.

Inglis will move its new-look Ready2Race Sale back to Sydney and link it with the $13million The Everest as part of a host of changes to the 2018 edition.

The curtain has come down on the racing career of Mime.

In her first start for more than six months, $40,000 Ready to Run Sale purchase She's Poppy (NZ) (Alamosa) produced an outstanding performance to win Saturday’s $50,000 Listed James Bull Rangitikei Gold Cup (1550m) at Awapuni, earning valuable black type.

Scat Daddy’s brilliant son No Nay Never (USA) became the first European first season sire to post a stakes-winner when his two year-old filly Servalan won the Listed Coolmore Stud Irish EBF Fillies' Sprint Stakes at Naas overnight.

Outstanding sprinter, Thronum, has been retired from the track and will stand at Sun Stud in Victoria in the spring.

Fastnet Rock was in hot form on Saturday with a new Group I winner in Comin’ Through as well as a new stakes-winner in South Africa with progressive mare Ngaga taking out the Listed East Coast Cup at Greyville.

With his pronounced swayback, the Gary Portelli-trained Ronstar was the subject of more curiosity than admiration when parading prior to his career debut in Saturday’s Abercorn Hall of Fame Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens.

Kentucky Derby hero Justify dispatched the derby runner-up Good Magic on the point of the turn in Saturday’ s Grade I Preakness Stakes at Pimlico then held the challenge of the fast-finishing Bravazzo to stay in contention to become the 13th Triple Crown winner.

Former Kiwi galloper Sin To Win (NZ) (Sir Percy) put the misfortune of his last start behind him when successful in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (3200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

In five previous starts, First Among Equals looked to testing Darren Weir’s remarkable record of improving his Western Australia recruits.

Aquis based Domesday has had some outstanding mares running for him this season including Daysee Doom and Oregon’s Day with Have Another Glass adding to their success with a strong finishing win in the Listed SAJC Centaurea Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday.

A brilliant stakes-winner at Flemington in March, I am Invincible filly She’s So High was not beaten far in two subsequent runs in Group company and broke the ice at that level with a stylish victory in the Group III SAJC Proud Miss Stakes in Adelaide on Saturday.

The decision to geld a blue-blooded son of champion sire Fastnet Rock is never one taken lightly, but with a second in the Group I ATC Doncaster Mile and now a well-deserved win in the Group I BRC Doomben Cup, it’s proven a lucrative one for Comin’ Through.

Peter and Paul Snowden’s well-travelled 5yo mare Secret Trail scored a career highlight win in Saturday’s Bright Shadow Quality (1200m) at Doomben.

Punter’s threw their lot behind last year’s winner Vega Magic in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Darley Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville but it was another son of Lope De Vega (IRE) who stole the show.

Winner of the $1 million Racing Queensland Magic Millions QTIS Open (1300m) at the Gold Coast back in January, the well named I'm A Rippa gave connections another thrill when he broke through for her first stakes win in Saturday’s Group III BRC Sprint (1350m) at Doomben.

The Darren Weir and Damian Lane show rolled on at Morphettville on Saturday with favourite Land Of Plenty scoring a hard-fought win in the $250,000 Group III R A Lee Stakes (1600m).

After two Listed stakes wins in Tasmania, Contract Racing’s Hard Spun (USA) filly Pleasuring took that form to the mainland to earn a convincing victory in Saturday’s $175,000 Group III Ubet SA Fillies Classic (2500m) at Morphettville.

Following the exploits of the outstanding filly Alizee, champion racehorse Sepoy may have found another horse to resurrect his stallion career.

Given plenty of time to find her feet by Mark Zahra, the progressive Sebring filly Eawase came with a barnstorming finish to earn a maiden stake win in Saturday’s Listed Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) at Doomben.

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) is wasting no time in kick starting his stud career, posting his third Northern Hemisphere winner overnight with a debut victory at Newbury for two year-old colt The Paddocks.

The Nick Olive-trained Sizzling Belle will be given her chance to credit first season stallion Sizzling with his first stakes-winner in Saturday’s Listed Bill Carter Stakes (1200m) at Doomben.

Snitzel - reigning Champion Sire, Australia's highest priced stallion, super sire of 83 stakes winners including 13 Group One winners with progeny earnings in excess of $105 million.

Plenty of interesting two-year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information ncluding the colt that topped the 2017 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Prince Of Caviar progressed his education at Flemington on Friday with the son of Black Caviar contesting another jumpout.

Leading the Mapperley Stud Stallion roster again this year is Australian Champion Middle Distance Horse of the Year Contributer.

Group-performed two-year-old Handsome Rebel has been sold and will do his future racing in Hong Kong.

New Zealand does not have a runner at Royal Ascot this year, but they will have a presence.

A change in sales strategy for one of Victoria’s prime commercial thoroughbred operations will be first seen at the upcoming Magic Millions National Weanling Sale this week.

Two year-old Shamus Award filly Jailhouse Jazz opened her account at the second time of asking when saluting at Vaal in South Africa on Thursday.

A Group One-performed son of champion stallion Savabeel will take Norwegian Park to a new level when he begins his stud career there later this year.

At age four, this son of champion sire Redoute’s Choice can only be described as a late bloomer, but his impressive debut win at Kembla on Thursday indicated more wins may be in store.

Well-related Ruakaka maiden winner McCartney might find herself in stakes company if she’s not sold beforehand.

Figures from the Keeper of the Australian Stud Book, Jacqueline Stewart, reveal the number of broodmares covered in the 2017 season surpassed those in 2016 and will result in an increase of foals born in 2018.

The meteoric rise of Eureka Stud’s young sire sensation Spirit of Boom has many broodmare owners considering their breeding options this spring and for those seeking agistment at a top class thoroughbred nursery in Queensland, Noble Bend Farm fits the bill.

Windsor Park shuttler Charm Spirit (IRE) was making news overnight with his second winner Charming Kid, who won stylishly on debut at York with connections now looking towards Royal Ascot.

Champion trained Darren Weir is fresh from the success of winning the Group I SAJC Derby (Leicester) and Oaks (Sopressa) and this winner at Sandown on Wednesday might give him another classic contender.

Promising two year-old Foxwedge filly Shapita scored a brilliant debut victory at Ascot on Wednesday.

Mick Channon’s 2YO Barbill kicked off an incredible ten-horse winning streak across Europe for Zebedee (by Invincible Spirit) at Bath last week.

A Wednesday treble for Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard featured a juvenile quinella at Sandown with Riviera and De Little Sister hitting the line locked together and a promising three year-old entered for the Group I BRC Queensland Derby.

The upcoming 2018Magic Millions Gold Coast National Sale has been further enhanced with the supplementary catalogues released for the weanling and broodmare auctions.

Returning from an 18 month suspension, champion jockey James Mcdonald enjoyed the fairytale result when he coaxed a narrow victory from the Star Thoroughbreds owned three year old Cormac at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Mr Don Storey, 86, one of New South Wales’ most prominent owner-breeder and racing administrators, passed away on Tuesday.

They say good things come in threes and that was certainly the case for the Liston family and their team at Eddington’s Three Bridges farm in the past week.

Expectations around Wekaforce at Ruakaka weren’t misplaced with the filly untested to make a dream start to her career.

Ruud Not Too has settled in well in Queensland and will be given the opportunity to add Australian black type to her record before she is sold at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.

On Friday night Colin Hayes AM OBE will be officially elevated to a status in an industry that had already bestowed him the same title - Legend.

Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel’s European champion Lady Aurelia, based at Keeneland with trainer Wesley Ward, worked 4 furlongs on a firm turf course in :48,80 Tuesday in preparation for her third annual appearance in June at Royal Ascot in England, where she won the 2016 Queen Mary (G2) and 2017 King’s Stand (G1).

Sun Stud’s promising young Northern Meteor sire Fighting Sun added a sixth winner to his tally on Tuesday with a bold front running win at Sale for Fighting Harada.

Half a dozen two year-old trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning held some serious interest with the appearance of two intriguing colts by Redoute’s Choice, one is favourite for the Group I BRC JJ Atkins Stakes next month and the other topped the 2017 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Geisel Park Stud owner Eddie Rigg has purchased Group 1 stallion All American outright to stand permanently in Western Australia.

A brother to the New Zealand-bred Group I Melbourne Cup (3200m) winner Prince Of Penzance has opened his account in Victoria.

A strong showing is expected from the aptly-named Speed And Expel at Ruakaka on Wednesday.

Windsor Park’s promising shuttle sire Charm Spirit (IRE) is on the board with his first winner after two year-old filly Diviner bolted in at Wolverhampton in the UK overnight.

The second International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR), held during the 37th Asian Racing Conference in Seoul, South Korea, concluded Monday with discussions of global aftercare efforts and the significance of these efforts as part of the racing industry.

A successful Scone Yearling Sale has brought to an end a second consecutive record breaking Inglis Select Yearling Sale season.

Scenic Lodge has been home to Champion WA sires since the turn of the century and its dominance will continue despite the recent loss of Blackfriars.

The momentum is all one direction – upwards - for exciting young stallion ShamExpress (O’Reilly).

The timing of Tosen Stardom’s arrival today to Woodside Park Stud could not be better, as with the recent success of Deep Impact’s progeny at home and abroad, he is making sure he gains the full attention of mare owners and bloodstock agents ready to select their stallions for the upcoming season.

Bloodstock followers were entitled to be shocked to see Fastnet Rock’s Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap winning son Wanted sire the winner of the Group I SAJC South Australian Derby last Saturday, but a closer look at the pedigree for Leicester reveals the magic of one of the best sire nicks in the world.

gavelhouse Cunning Moves graduate kicked off proceedings on the right foot for his new connections with an impressive victory at Darwin on Saturday.

John Bary is mulling over his lead-up options with Miss Wilson ahead of her Group One goal at the Queensland winter carnival.

Rob Crosby, who owns the dam of Group I MRC Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed has elected to send his prized mare Golden Eagle to Snitzel’s Champion 2YO son Invader in 2018.

Choisir has had some outstanding Northern Hemisphere bred performers over the years and we might be looking at another after unbeaten colt Zihba landed the Group III Amethyst Stakes overnight at Leopardstown.

War Front’s Group I winning son Declaration of War (USA) shuttled to Australia for two seasons for Coolmore and has been making news overnight as the sire of classy colt Olmedo, winner of the Group I Poule d’Essai des Poulains at Longchamp.

The HTBA Scone Yearling Sale entered uncharted territory today as three horses sold for $100,000 or more for the first time in its history.

Two blue-blooded Snitzel three year-olds, a colt and a filly, broke the ice on Sunday at Bairnsdale and Gawler.

With Group I racing in two states and a plethora of minor stakes races on Saturday it was easy to overlook what was happening at the provincials, but this winner is on a big upward spiral and might lead her trainer Richard Freedman to Queensland in coming weeks.

On a weekend when the late great Scat Daddy sired the top priced lot at the ARQANA Breeze Up Sale in France, his sire son No Nay Never (USA) added an impressive second winner to his tally with a stylish victory at The Curragh for Land Force.

New Zealand bloodstock agent Paul Willetts has a well-earned reputation as a man who can spot equine talent at a young age and that was emphasized once again on Saturday when Leicester took out the Group I South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville.

Former kiwi galloper (Our) Peaky Blinders capped a tremendous day for New Zealand bred runners at Caulfield on Saturday when he took out the last race of the day.