Local hero Willie Pike and trainer Adam Durrant made it two stakes winners in the space of 35 minutes when Celebrity Dream stormed home to win Saturday’s Crown Perth-Jungle Classic (1200m) at Ascot.

The final crop of 10 live foals by Hurricane Sky were born in 2011 so with his final crop now six year old's it’s reasonable to assume we had seen his final stakes winner.

Adelaide trainer Lloyd Kennewell was underbidder on last season’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic heroine Houtzen, but he looks to have worthy contender for the valuable race on the Gold Coast in January with another daughter of I Am Invincible in La Pomme de Pin who blitzed the opposition in Saturday’s Magic Millions Clockwise Classic (1200m) at Ballarat.

As tough as teak stayer Maygrove produced a never say die effort to take out the Group III Ssangyong Counties Cup (2100m) in a thrilling four-way finish.

Central Districts visitor Sensible Princess sprang an upset when she downed a quality line-up of fillies and mares in the Group II NRM Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1400m) at Pukekohe.

Locally trained two-year-old Melt produced an irresistible finishing burst that carried her to an impressive victory in Saturday’s Listed Ashford Lodge 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Pukekohe.

As the lone foal from in his sire's seventh crop seventh crop, Blue Book carries the weight of expectation but he is up to the challenge, keeping his record at a perfect two for two when leading all the way in a two-year-old handicap over 1200m at Doomben on Saturday.

A half-brother by Snitzel to Australian Horse of the Year Winx, Group III winning stallion El Divino has been euthanized after suffering a catastrophic injury at trackwork on Friday.

The win of Mouchee on 20th of November at Wolverhampton may have seemed like a routine 2yo maiden race, however it carried far more significance than that.

Successful Wairarapa breeder and owner Jim Wallace senior has died.

High profile Australasian mares Melito and Fix went through the sale ring at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale overnight, the day after their Galileo foals sold at the same sale for 625,000 euros and 400,000 euros.

Australian horse racing documentary series A Racetrack Somewhere was awarded the EQUUS Film Festival’s Best Equestrian Series International this week in New York, USA.

Packed with quality, the catalogues for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 92nd National Yearling Sales Series are now online.

Day 2 of NZB's Ready to run Sale continued to impress after setting the highest ever recorded average at an Australasian two-year-old sale of $108,210 on Day 1.

Cambridge couple Mark and Shelley Treweek’s reputation for excellence in the Karaka sale-ring has shone through once again as they took out the leading vendor by average title at this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run sale of two-year-olds.

In a week where Rich Hill Stud lost their beloved Be My Guest stallion Pentire (GB), it may be timely to remember a daughter of Be My Guest who also left her mark in Australasia.

The rising popularity of Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man (IRE) was never more in evidence than when Lot 379 hit the auction ring on day two of the NZB Ready To Run sale.

Fresh off the record setting pace recorded on day one of the annual NZB Ready To Run sale, the action continued to come thick and fast on day two at Karaka.

The progeny of two mares purchased in Australia for more than $1million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale made their mark at the 2017 Goffs November Foal Sale and the mares themselves will be offered for sale in Ireland tonight.

Tauranga couple Lou and Val Te Keeti sat down recently to discuss where life was taking them.

There's no pressure on high-priced and beautifully-bred Snitzel filly Autumn Wild when she makes her debut in Saturday's Listed Ashford Lodge Stakes (1100m) at Pukekohe, says Matamata trainer Lance O'Sullivan.

A record number of 706 two year-olds paid up for the first acceptance for the 2018 Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes on Tuesday with Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible the most represented sire.

The strength of Wolf Cry's pedigree has been highlighted by spring carnival results, Larneuk Stud's exciting first season stallion hailing from a flourishing sire line and an in-form family.

Sun Stud’s Squamosa is having a great run of late, with not only the impressive Mick Price trained three-year-old Sun Quan making it three on the trot on but Derasa, another top three-year-old saluting over 1100 metres in Hobart.

A diverse international buying bench featured strongly throughout the day bringing highly regarded results during Day 1 of the Ready to Run Sale of Two Year Olds .

Progressive Al Maher sprinter Monsieur Gustave returned from a spell to post a blazing three length win in the rain deferred Listed $100,000 Keith Noud Quality at Ipswich on Wednesday.

A $160,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Spendthrift Farm, three year-old Hinchinbrook colt Echo Jet made it two wins from three starts when s coring an easy victory at Sandown on Wednesday.

David Lui and Karl Chan of new Hong Kong-based racing consortium Sweetbriar Equine created the biggest splash on day one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run sale when they went to $460,000 for Lot 106, a good-looking son of Hinchinbrook from the Regal Farm draft.

Te Akau principal David Ellis had his eye in at Karaka on Wednesday.

Patience has paid off for vendors Nick Fairweather and Nicole Brown after they sold their Tavistock colt (lot 92) for $260,000 to Julian Blaxland of Blue Sky Bloodstock at Wednesday’s session of the Ready to Run Sale.

And how impressive was she!.

The influence of the strong Hong Kong buying bench was immediately evident during the early stages of the annual New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run sale at Karaka.

Sourcing premium racehorses from all over the world, Luke Murrell and Jamie Lovett of Australian Bloodstock can sit back at the end of the spring carnival and reflect on a stellar couple of months that brought magic moments and financial reward to their many happy owners.

There was plenty of pre-sale “buzz” around this year’s edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run sale of two-year-olds that kicked off at Karaka today and it didn’t take long for the action to explode in the auction ring.

If ever there was a time of the year where attention turns to buying into a horse, it’s the period between the ceasing of the Melbourne and Sydney Spring Carnivals and the start of the yearling sales circuit, starting early January at the QLD Magic Millions.

Angel In Bluejeans is boosting her value at home while another member of the family is doing her favours overseas.

It’s the start of a long hot Australian summer, but in the Northern Hemisphere the lights are switched on for a fairytale Christmas and Arqana’s Australian representative Damon Gabbedy suggests Deauville is the place to be in December.

Wednesday midweek juvenile racing returns to day at Canterbury with the first event on the card featuring eight two year-old fillies including an expensive daughter of Lonhro.

The least expensive yearling sold at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale this year by I Am Invincible made a bold showing at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning.

The late Pentire will be represented by two sons and a daughter at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale.

New Zealand has lost one of its most successful and undoubtedly versatile stallions with the death on Monday of Rich Hill Stud’s Pentire (GB).

Riccarton trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman have Group One targets on Son Of Maher’s summer programme.

Proven Thoroughbreds proprietor Jamie Walter is honoured to announce naming rights to the Australian Turf Club Group II Guy Walter Stakes (1400m) in 2018.

Coolmore’s champion sire Fastnet Rock is powering through another stellar book of mares at their Jerry’s Plains headquarters this spring, but earlier this year he was plying his trade in Ireland.

The NZB Ready to Run Sale of 2YO’s starts tomorrow and this renowned source of high class stakes horses features a catalogue of 437 lots with pinhook information on the horses offered for sale previously proving interesting reading.

Much has been written about the difficulties of buying or breeding the winner of one of our iconic Cup races here in Australia, but this stud believes they have the answer.

NZB’s Ready to Run Sale of 2YO's commences Wednesday 22 November with horses available for inspection now at the Karaka Sales Centre.

A big team of Blueblood Thoroughbreds celebrated a smart Rosehill win on Saturday with progressive Sebring mare Sedanzer, a $125,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Three Bridges Thoroughbreds draft.

Full brothers Werther and Gobstopper posted Group race wins in New Zealand and Hong Kong on the weekend.

Progressive five year-old Captain Sonador gelding Seasons Bloom captured his first Black Type win at Sha Tin on Sunday when taking out the Group II BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Mile and in so doing gave Arrowfield Stud’s top class sire Not a Single Doubt his first stakes-winner as a broodmare sire.

David Hayes will follow in his late father’s footsteps when he chases a feature two-year-old victory on New Zealand soil.

The Thoroughbred Breeders Queensland Association has congratulated the LNP for developing a racing policy that will strengthen the breeding and racing industry.

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.

The 2018 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale will be the biggest in the company’s history with 800 horses catalogued for the first ever auction at Riverside Stables.

Exceed and Excel sprinter Mr Stunning stamped himself as the horse to beat in next month’s Group I Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) with a comfortable victory in the traditional local lead-up, the Group II BOCHK Wealth Management Jockey Club Sprint at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Australian bred stayer Kinaan won the Listed Kenilworth Cup in South Africa on Saturday providing a pedigree boost for his dam, who produced a stunning filly by Pride of Dubai in early August.

Nigel Tiley believes his unbeaten colt Demonetization is classic material.

Stuart Ramsey’s blue-blooded Redoute’s Choice stallion Glenall has always shown big race promise and looked good in returning from a spell to win at Rosehill on Saturday.

Booking her ticket to the 2018 Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a brilliant victory at Doomben on Saturday was flashy chestnut filly Singular Sensation, a $250,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newhaven Park draft for Aquis Farm / Blue Sky Bloodstock.

The sound of champagne corks popping at Waikato Stud aren’t uncommon and the breeding powerhouse had further cause for lively celebrations on Saturday.

The Sebring filly Mikimoto lost her unbeaten record when third in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III W.

It all looked to be going pear-shaped for the odds-on favourite State Solicitor in Saturday’s Group III Colonel Reeves Stakes at Ascot.

The $21 outsider Properantes did the wrong thing by the man the race was named after when defeating the Bob Peters’ owned Royal Star in the Group III RJ Peters Stakes (1500m) at Ascot on Saturday.

After his daughter Miss Sara finished runner-up at Doomben earlier in the day, Wattle Brae Stud’s first season sire Mahisara did not have to wait too long for his first winner when the Ben Currie-trained Mishani Krishna earned the milestone in a maiden over 870 metres at Toowoomba.

With the bluebloods The Taj Mahal(IRE) and Villermont winning the days features at Sandown, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare Long Time Ago added her name to the list when earning a maiden stakes victory in the Group III Summoned Stakes (1500m).

Under darkening skies at Sandown, the Richard Laming-trained Payroll was finally rewarded for her consistency when edging out the Charlie Appleby-trained visitor Kidmenever in the Group III Eclipse Stakes.

While Zipping Classic winner The Taj Mahal represented the crème of European breeding, the Group II Ladbrokes Sandown Guineas (1600m) hero Villermont kept the colonial flag flying when storming home from last on the turn to register his first stakes win.

Not many broodmares have five foals to race and all of them are stakes horses, but that’s the case for Encosta de Lago mare Pretty Penny, whose progressive five year-old son Dollar for Dollar claimed the Group III MRC Chandler Macleod Recruitment Stakes at Sandown on Saturday.

Still a 3-year-old in the northern hemisphere, the royally-bred The Taj Mahal (IRE) gave trainer Robert Hickmott a parting gift when downing stablemate Almandin (GER) in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Quayclean Zipping Classic (2400m) at Sandown.

Contract Racing’s homebred Crystal Dreamer earned a well-deserved maiden stakes win with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed Clanbrooke Racing Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Sandown.

Jockey Sam Spratt and trainer Andrew Campbell enjoyed the sweetest of times at Riccarton when they combined with Gobstopper to complete a memorable Saturday.

Jungle Edge’s catch me if you can running style has endeared him to a legion of fans and they had plenty of reasons to cheer the finish of Saturday’s $150,000 Group III Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1300m) at Sandown.

Hasahalo displayed a faultless sense of timing when she bounced back to winning form at Riccarton.

Five-year-old mare Fanatic joined the Lindsay Park team after winning just three of her 21 starts in New Zealand but one of those was a defeat of Sofia Rosa in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks.

China based Yu Long Investments have been prominent buyers of Australian bloodstock in recent years and featured with a stylish stakes-winner at Sandown on Saturday co-owned by Arthur and Charlotte Inglis.

Precocious youngster Al Hasa earned lavish praise from Opie Bosson following a spectacular display at Riccarton.

The familiar navy blue Coolmore colours were carried to victory in the Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown on Saturday by talented two year-old Fastnet Rock colt Long Leaf, a $750,000 NZB Premier purchase for BBA Ireland from the Curraghmore Stud draft.

Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds have enjoyed success at the highest level with Foxwedge mare Foxplay, but with that girl now enjoying a well-earned spell they have another daughter of the Newgate Farm sire to go on with over the summer.

Two lightly raced speedsters in Nature Strip (Nicconi) and Sprightly Lass posted the biggest winning margins of the night on Friday at Moonee Valley.

The opening race at Canterbury on Friday night produced a quinella for Newhaven Park graduates with So You Think colt Higher Ground surging past Fastnet Rock gelding Zeppelin to score his first win.

Lauriston Park's exciting young stallion Rock Hero continue to impress with breeders keen to send their mares back to the well credentialled son of champion stallion Fastnet Rock on the strength of his foals.

Racetrack’s in New Zealand, Australia, and further afield have delivered some outstanding results to further boost the calibre of pedigrees on offer at the fast approaching Ready to Run Sale of 2YO's held at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka Sale Centre next week.

Saturday’s Listed Merson Cooper Stakes at Sandown gives fans the first chance to see a son of that mighty little warrior Dundeel in battle.

When this three year-old half-sister to two stakes-winners broke her maiden at Port Macquarie on Thursday it made my ears prick up but not for the reasons you think.

As we all head to the Hunter Valley at the start of spring for the annual round of stallion parades there is expectation in the air and anticipation as canny broodmare owners seek to find a stallion that might be flying under the radar.

The Inglis December Thoroughbred Sale catalogue is now available online.

Four heats for two year-olds at the Randwick trials on Thursday morning produced some interesting winners including a colt by Zoustar prepared by Chris Waller, who trained his sire to Group I success.

This young sire has hit a real purple patch over the past few weeks and with four promising trial winners at Randwick on Thursday morning his winning run looks like extending through the summer.

Group One winner Melody Belle took a step toward her race day return with a trial victory at Avondale on Thursday.

The 2017-18 NZB Filly of the Year Series will hit fever pitch on Saturday with its second leg, the $300,000 Group 1 gavelhouse.

Fresh from siring a stakes double in Perth on the weekend with Silverstream and Money Maher, Aquis Farm's Al Maher sired his third stakes-winner of the week on Wednesday.

I Am Invincible added a new stakes-winner to his tally with progressive sprinter I’m Wesley taking out the $100,000 Listed Newmarket Quality at Launceston on Wednesday.

Grant Burns is the new President of Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA).

Shadows Cast (Per Incanto (USA)and Son Of Maher (Al Maher) shared in a racing rarity at Riccarton on Wednesday.

Lightly-tried speedster Carnival has earned herself a role on centre stage and provided her sire Showcasing (GB with his 20th stakes-winner.

Mike Breslin’s long-term plan for Heni has been executed to perfection by his Riccarton specialist.

Superstar three year-old filly Enable was named 2017 Cartier Horse of the Year at the 27th annual Cartier Awards at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Tuesday.

Four year-old Lonhro stallion Impending will be given his chance to claim a second Group I win with confirmation Godolphin are sending a team of three horses to Perth for the upcoming Summer Carnival.

Racenet’s Brad Waters highlighted this two year old colt by I Am Invincible as the best of the juvenile trial winners at Cranbourne on Tuesday morning.

Group One winner Summer Passage won’t be returning to New Zealand, but he will be staying in the family.