A stakes-winner at Flemington during the Spring Carnival, Hellova Street was a short priced favourite to win the $100,000 Listed Tasmanian stakes at Launceston on Wednesday evening, but had to settle for third place behind Wordsmith’s classy daughters Gee Gees Top Notch and Gee Gees Goldengirl.

Four year-old Poets Voice(GB) gelding Trap for Fools continued his rapid rise through the WA staying ranks to post his sixth successive win at Ascot on Wednesday when taking out the $100,000 WATC ATA Stakes.

Pierro has had a great run through December siring nine winners including this promising three year-old, who scored with authority at Doomben on Wednesday and has stakes goals on the horizon.

This time last year Dynamic Syndications were thinking Magic Millions with talented Exceed and Excel filly We Have Lift Off, who finished a debut fourth in the BRC Calaway Gal Stakes.

A small but competitive field contested the Benchmark 70 event over 1900 metres at Canterbury on Wednesday with So You Think colt higher Ground proving by far and away the best stayer.

THE reigning champion of The Everest, Redzel, is back in the early stages of his work at Snowden Racing, as he embarks on a 2018 focused on defending his Everest title.

Thursday marks the 10th running of the rich $200,000 Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1000m) and the race is shaping as the best quality renewal we’ve seen.

It’s been a meteoric rise for the Gold Coast Magic Millions race day but one recent change to the meeting’s format still has many industry participants scratching their heads.

Bailey Rogerson will become the world's youngest licensed trainer when she joins her grandfather Graeme Rogerson and his wife Debbie in a three-person training team on January 1.

Demonetization will have another run over a mile before trainer Nigel Tiley looks to step the New Zealand Derby (2400m) contender up in distance.

Following the recent sale of Cambridge Stud to Brendan and Jo Lindsay, and the appointment of Henry Plumptre as chief executive from April 2018, a new resident stallion has been confirmed for 2018.

A trio of Australian bred winners saluted in South Africa on Tuesday with victories for Fish River, Unrehearsed and Still I Rise, who has a half-brother headed to the 2018 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

When Mark Newnham opened the first catalogue for the 2017 sale season he had absolute clarity on what type of yearlings he wanted for his nascent stable.

Three juvenile heats at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning produced some interesting winners while Gary Portelli’s already proven two year-old Secret Lady beat the older horses in her heat to show she’s right on track for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month.

Matamata couple Casey and Michelle Dando are living the dream and results like Crack Me Up’s Group II Villiers Stakes (1600m) win at Randwick last Saturday are all part of it.

In one year Percy Miller, a dominant figure in Australian breeding for nearly thirty years through to his death in 1948, took over one hundred yearlings to Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Plenty of Magic Millions vendors like to have their yearling images uploaded before the holiday, so we’ve taken a look through what is there to show you some of the interesting pedigree highlight horses that have caught our eye.

Asama Blue’s value will skyrocket if a Trentham plan can be successfully executed next month.

With six winners from 14 runners, Eureka Stud’s freshman sire Spirit of Boom has more Australian two year-old winners than any other sire in the country and that’s quite an achievement given we are still in December.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s long-time foreign exchange provider, Collinson and Co, have signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with the newly named $100,000 Collinson Forex Karaka Cup (2200m).

Ef Troop was elevated to favouritism for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic following his demolition job at Doomben on Saturday but an un-raced member of the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has also caused a market shake-up.

One of New Zealand’s finest stayers of modern times Castletown has died, age 31.

A New Zealand Group performer has joined the stable of a history-making American trainer.

It’s a week before Christmas and plenty of Magic Millions vendors like to have their yearling images uploaded before the holiday, so we’ve taken a look through what is there to show you some of the interesting pedigree highlight horses that have caught our eye.

On the racetrack, Shooting To Win was a true star, winning the stallion-making Group I Caulfield Guineas in a faster time than both Lonhro and Redoute’s Choice.

Graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock subsidiary gavelhouse have continued to return to their stables winners in recent weeks with $1,850 purchase Machu Picchu now returning her new owners over $25,000 in prize-money.

Quality New Zealand bred sprinter Spieth has been secured by Aquis Farm, however no decision has been made on his racing career.

A pair of debut winning three year-olds caught the eye as ‘Ones to Watch’ at Hawkesbury on Sunday, one the most expensive yearling by his sire and the other a three-quarter sister to a Group I winner.

Zoustar will have to wait for another day to post his first winner with his promising daughter Solar Star beaten into second place as favourite at Bendigo on Sunday by Hinchinbrook filly Graceful Storm.

Irish Bet will follow a proven path to Golden Slipper success following his debut win in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick.

A moment of Leith Innes magic has seen race favourite Formidable snatch a last gasp victory in the Listed Auckland Age Concerns 3YO Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie.

The gallant mare In Her Time has been flying the flag for her now South African-based sire Time Thief but she is not alone as the Western Australian mare Volkoff is proving an able backup.

The Bob and Sandra Peters owned Silverstream claimed another feature race win at Ascot on Perth on Saturday when claiming the Group III WATC AJ Scahill Stakes.

One of Denman’s first stakes-winners when taking out the Listed BRC Dalrello Stakes as a two year-old, now six year-old gelding Pinch River was back in top form at Doomben on Saturday to win the Listed BRC Bribie Handicap.

Talented Domesday gelding Five To Midnight is on target for a second crack at a Group I staying feature.

It was business as usual for Yarraman Park’s flagship sire I Am Invincible on Saturday with six winners for the day headed by Doomben stakes-winners Whypeeo and Most Important.

With Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson in the ownership, it’s a good bet that 6-year-old mare Zestful had plenty to offer on the track before retiring to the broodmare paddocks and so it proved with the daughter of Redoute’s Choice earning a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Listed Razor Sharp Handicap at Randwick.

In a thrilling finish to Saturday’s Group II Villiers Stakes at Randwick, the Liam Birchley-trained Crack Me Up denied the brave Cabeza De Vaca who led the field by 12 lengths coming into the home straight.

Every stud that stands a young stallion wishes they could do what Spirit of Boom did at Doomben on Saturday in siring not one but two stakes-winners with Ef Troop taking the Listed Phelan Ready Stakes followed by Outback Barbie winning the Listed Calaway Gal Stakes.

If John O'Shea needed a big horse to propel him back into the spotlight after severing connections with Godolphin, he may have found it in the exciting Smart Missile colt Irish Bet.

Stephen Autridge’s tipping skills were put to the test at Te Rapa and only rotten luck prevented a winning result.

Savvy southern trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman are gunning for two Group One Trentham features.

Chris Waller could never be accused of rushing the 6yo import Vassal (GB) into stakes company.

Saturday’s Evergreen Turf Plate for two-year-old at Caulfield was chockful of bluebloods and expensive yearlings although it would be hard to place the winner Ollivander in either of those categories.

The country’s leading trainers have continued their recent domination of a Te Rapa Group Two feature with this year’s winner completing a stunning stakes double on the Hamilton course.

The Triple Crown colours were carried to victory at Canterbury on Friday evening by promising Your Song colt Brave Song, a $67,500 Inglis Classic purchase from the Yarraman Park draft.

All Too Hard posted his second winner in South Africa on Friday with a runaway win at Fairview for three year-old gelding Overdose, who has a half-brother headed to the 2018 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.

Punters threw their lot behind Menari’s little sister Sweet Ava, who was making her career debut in the TAB Com Au plate (1200m) at Canterbury on Friday and she didn’t disappoint.

Voting is now open for the Reader’s Choice favourite baby from the 2017 Breednet Foal Gallery sponsored by Vancouver, so read on to see our top picks and have your vote.

The $500,000 Inglis Nursery has proven itself a key form race for Australia’s leading 2YO events and Tony McEvoy believes he has the arsenal to enjoy success at Randwick on Saturday.

The beautifully appointed Waratah Thoroughbreds farm in the Southern Highlands has made the decision to disperse its 20 strong Australian-based broodmare band and concentrate on racing and trading in stock.

The two year-old fillies maiden at Canterbury on Friday evening features a couple of blue-blooded first starters including a sister to a an impressive spring stakes-winner and the second foal of Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Karuta Queen.

This three year-old daughter of Darley heavy hitter Medaglia D’Oro (USA) from the family of Might and Power was in a class of her own at Goulburn on Thursday.

Not many horses win a trial by 20 lengths but Tony Gollan reckons you can’t read much into the blistering trial romp of leading Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic contender EF Troop.

The training partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will send the Sebring filly Wimlah to Randwick on Saturday for her career debut in the valuable Inglis Nursery, the same race contested by Wimlah’s sister Serena Bay 12 months earlier where she was unfortunate enough to run into a superstar in She Will Reign.

In this new age of supposed equality for all one would like to think it might extend to the horse world, but at Doomben on Saturday the Listed juvenile events seen as traditional Magic Millions lead up races feature 15 fillies plus three emergencies in the Calaway Gal Stakes, but just six entries for the colts and geldings equivalent, the Phelan Ready.

Waikato Stud has decided against shuttling their popular freshman stallion Tivaci to Europe.

Staying three year-olds have the potential to earn a great deal of prizemoney, often against pretty moderate opposition, so let’s take a look at the types of yearlings that have succeeded in this domain.

The Joe Pride stable produced a smart debut winner for So You Think on Wednesday at Wyong with an encouraging victory for Cyber Intervention.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Filly of the Year Series continues on Saturday with the running of the third leg, the $70,000 Group 3 LawnMaster Eulogy Stakes (1550m) at Awapuni.

The late great High Chaparral (IRE) is having a season to remember with Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling and Victory Derby winner Ace High among his stakes-winners.

A year away from the races has not lessened the ability of well-bred Lonhro gelding Montreal, who returned with a resounding win at Wyong on Wednesday.

We are excited to report that Tom Ludt has joined the Phoenix ThoroughbredsTeam.

Chris Waller unleashed one of his potential Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic contenders in a Doomben trial on Tuesday and the reports were “the filly doesn’t know how good she is.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week and not surprisingly a big number of Magic Millions youngsters from big stables as January fast approaches.

Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards have two well-credentialled youngsters to lead the stable’s defence of a prized title at Ellerslie next month.

Exposure on the international stage has provided Little Avondale Stud with another timely boost.

They all had the pedigrees, the conformation, the temperament and the ability to be among the best racehorses of their era.

Tatura’s Kasey Tozer paid special attention on Sunday to the Hong Kong International Races.

Australian bred winners Tamashi and Without Permission both saluted at Fairview in South Africa on Monday.

The increase in Black Type races and prizemoney over the past 5 years has highlighted the ongoing commitment of the Australian Thoroughbred industry in improving the national quality of racing.

The 2017 foaling season for commercial thoroughbreds is fast coming to an end and one of the last born colts has stallion of the future written all over him.

Sunday evening’s Hong Kong International race meeting will be one that Highden Park’s Libby and Sam Bleakley will remember for some time.

Sun Stud’s Bel Esprit will forever hang his hat on being best known as the sire of the world’s best sprinter Black Caviar, but as a broodmare sire he’s really starting to make his mark as highlighted by weekend results.

Lyndhurst Farm’s Mark and Shelley Treweek were always going to have something to celebrate over the weekend, but what eventuated exceeded their plans.

Ever Loyal came a long way in a short time during the spring and continued improvement is expected during his summer campaign.

Karaka graduates had already been to the fore with a quinella in the Hong Kong Sprint, but an all-the-way win by Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock) in Sunday’s HK$23 million Longines Hong Kong Mile (1600m) ensured that the 2017 Hong Kong International Races were an unforgettable day for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry.

The Sha Tin racetrack looked to playing to on-pace runners all day, which suited Zac Purton just fine on the free-running Time Warp in Sunday’s G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup.

Second behind Tarzino in the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas and fourth in the Group I The BMW when trained by Anthony Cummings, Montaigne was sent to Hong Kong and renamed Beauty Generation.

The rising star among the sprinting division in Hong Kong, Exceed and Excel’s Mr Stunning, gave the locals at Sha Tin something to shout about in Sunday’s Group 1 The Longines Hong Kong Sprint but not before being given a fright by his stablemate DB pin.

Galileo’s globetrotting champion Highland Reel bowed out of racing with a performance of sheer class and true grit in Sunday’s The Longines Hong Kong Vase (2000m) at Sha Tin.

Foxwedge enjoyed a winning run on Saturday with four winners in Australia and New Zealand highlighted by victories for quality mares Volpe Veloce at Ellerslie and Noire at Rosehill.

More Than Ready (USA) joined the all-time greats when his filly Spring Heat won the Group III Bonecrusher Stakes in New Zealand on Saturday.

Three year-old High Chaparral (IRE) colt Doyles broke his maiden with an easy win at Kenilworth in South Africa on Saturday.

The opening day of the 2017 Breeding Stock sale saw buoyant trade in the Deauville sales ring which materialized in a record-setting turnover for this session.

The maiden stakes victory for the Real Saga mare Sylpheed in Saturday’s Listed Just Now Quality at Doomben provided a timely update for a half-brother to be offered by Raheen Stud at the upcoming Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

The 8-year-old gelding Like A Carousel came in to Saturday’s $250,000 Listed Pakenham Cup (2500m) with just one win, a hurdle at Sale, to his credit since he took out the Listed Harry White Classic at Sandown back in September 2014.

Pounamu had 13 starts in New South Wales without breaking his maiden and there were few tears shed when he made the long trip to Perth after trailing the field home in the 2015 Group 1 Rosehill Guineas won by Volkstok'n'barrell.

Allowed to roll to the front from an outside barrier by Douglas Whyte, Trap For Fools galloped his rivals into submission in Saturday’s Listed Towton Cup (2200m) at Ascot to record his fifth consecutive victory.

A rails-hugging ride by the leading South Australian-based rider Jamie Kah paved the way for Cantbuybetter to record an overdue win in Saturday’s Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) at Doomben.

The Darren Mcauliffe-trained War Room kept his record at a perfect three for three when turning back the challenge of Godolphin’s Street Cry colt Gaulois in Saturday’s Listed Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot.

Jake Bayliss’ impact on New Zealand racing went to another level at Ellerslie after scoring a Group III win aboard Australian bred More Than Ready (USA) filly Spring Heat.

A good start to Kingston Town Classic day at Ascot for owners Bob and Sandra Peters, trainer Adam Durrant and jockey Willie Pike when Celebrity Dream (Thorn Park) added the Jungle Dawn Classic (1400m) to her previous win in the Listed Jungle Mist Classic.

Powerhouse Taranaki performer Kawi has edged closer to a significant slice of New Zealand racing history.

Sent off an odds-on favourite when making her career debut at Toowoomba on November 18, Holdin’ My Own gave connections a quick reality check on the vagaries of racing when she began awkwardly, which forced the saddle to shift back whereupon she gave a buck jumping exhibition and trailed home last.

Haunui Farm studmaster Mark Chitty never had any thoughts of selling Showcasing’s daughter Xpression, who has a full sister headed to Karaka 2018.

Darley’s first season sire Dawn Approach (IRE) has a very good filly in the shape of unbeaten two year-old Gongs, who made it two from two when beating the colts at Rosehill on Saturday in the $100,000 open juvenile event.

Speedy filly Gift Of Power is on target for a Group One meeting with the older horses that may ultimately boost the value of her half-brother headed to Karaka 2018.

Expensive filly Al Naifa ran very well on debut at Moonee Valley on Friday night, but not quite well enough to win with that honour going to the unheralded Greg Eurell trained filly Lady Horseowner.

An outstanding draft of racing stock presented by Godolphin resulted in a perfect clearance rate, highlighted by the top-priced Lot at a successful December Thoroughbred Sale at Oaklands Junction today.