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It’s a case of quality over quantity for Inglis Digital's October Online Auction , with 61 catalogued lots including 40 that are offered unreserved.

A quick look at the Racenet form guide to find horses with one single form factor would have seen punters produce an eight percent profit on turnover on races at Muswellbrook in recent years.

The burgeoning success of young European stallion Dabirsim will not have been lost on the many broodmare owners this spring looking to support Sunday Silence line sires at Arrowfield Stud.

New Zealand gave us a ‘One to Watch’ on Monday in the shape of a blue-blooded filly by Golden Slipper winner Pierro, who also sired a debut winner at Stawell in Victoria to give him five winners in three days!.

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne has delivered the first ever winner for former high class stayer Lucas Cranach (Ger) with three-year-old Jukila saluting at Stawell.

Dismay at an outside draw turned to delight at Te Rapa where Sumstreetsumwhere emerged as a genuine chance to defend his stable’s classic crown.

New Zealand owner Graham Mackie and his wife, well-known racing photographer Trish Dunell, have once again enjoyed elite level success in Singapore with Gilt Complex landing an unexpected win in the S$700,000 Raffles Cup (1800m) on Sunday night.

A couple of three-year-old fillies and a lightly-race entire are horses to follow from the past week’s racing around New South Wales.

Graduates of Coolmore Australia enjoyed a stunning run of success through the three days of the Caulfield Spring Carnival.

When a horse arrives in Hong Kong and reels off five consecutive wins for the John Size stable it’s fairly safe to say he’s a horse headed for the top.

What if you were told that since the 2015 Cox Plate, Highland Reel has earned more prizemoney in less starts than Winx? It may seem incredible, but it is entirely factual.

Aquis Farm’s top class shuttler Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) was making news in Europe on the weekend when siring an impressive Group double for talented fillies Rock My Love and Navaro Girl.

Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) continued his rich vein of form in Hong Kong on Sunday, picking up his second feature-race win in three weeks in the HK$4 million Oriental Watch Sha Tin Trophy (1600m).

Gilt Complex (NZ) (Gold Centre), who cost just $10,000 at the 2013 Festival Sale at Karaka, landed one of Singapore racing’s greatest prizes in Sunday’s S$700,000 Raffles Cup (1800m) at Kranji.

Things are heating up in the west with some classy animals staking feature-race claims on opening day at Ascot.

A former champion three-year-old filly and four time Group I winner has passed away following complications during foaling.

Arrowfield Stud have taken to Twitter to announce the tragic loss of their star broodmare Alinghi, the Champion 3YO Filly of 2004-2005.

B Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm announced 2018 stud fees for most of its roster set to stand at the Lexington-based farm this upcoming breeding season.

Prominent Perth trainer Simon Miller and Aquanita Racing will part ways from January 1 next year.

It's looks a tough day at the office with a heavy track posted for Lismore on Monday but there are still a couple of solid bets on the program.

Trainer Sue Grills has been the leading trainer at Coonabarabran in recent years and we are sticking with the strength identifying our best bet on Coonabarabran Cup Day on Monday.

Exciting five year-old sprinter Mr stunning put himself at the top of the HK sprinting ranks when defeating Group I winner Lucky Bubbles to win the Group II Premier Bowl at Sha Tin on Sunday.

The first two races at Wyong on Sunday were won by a pair of blue-blooded fillies, one of them out of a Group I winner and the other a full sister to a Group I winner, both of them carrying the colours of Vinery Stud.

At this time of year a three year-old colt by renowned New Zealand classic sire Tavistock that beats older horses to win as he likes at the provincials is an obvious choice for ‘One to Watch’.

A quieter morning as the spring carnival kicks into top gear but some unraced horses came under notice with some pleasing trials on Friday.

South Australian visitor Balf’s Choice proved strongest in Sunday’s Listed Seymour Cup (1600m).

Wait A Sec had favourite punters groaning when holding out the odds-on Gingernuts in Sunday’s Group I Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings.

Two starts after opening his stakes account in the Listed Balaklava Cup (1600m), 5yo Written Tycoon gelding Balf's Choice added Sunday's Listed Godolphin Seymour Cup (1600) to his tally.

In a thrilling finish to the rescheduled Group I Livamol Classic local galloper Wait A Sec upset the applecart with a stunning victory on his home patch.

Local runner Miss Wilson justified some inspired support when she dominated her rivals in the Group III Red Badge Spring Sprint (1400m) at Hastings.

Progressive Snitzel colt Goodfella booked his ticket to Flemington for the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes with a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday in the Listed ATC Sir Brian Crowley Stakes.

Australian bred horses featured in a winning double at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday with wins for Alshibaa and Alfolk, both horses raced by Shadwell and trained by Mike de Kock.

Purchased for $320,000 by Belmont Bloodstock from the Yarraman Park draft at the 2013 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, Al Maher mare Silverstream is the most expensive yearling for her sire ever sold and showed again why she was worth the money when powering home to win the Group III WATC Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Unbeaten champion Frankel sired his first European Group 1 winner at Ascot on Saturday when his son Cracksman won the QIPCO Champion Stakes in a style that would make his old man proud.

A prime country cups horse in imported son of Shamardal, Loving Home is the highlight in the current gavelhouse Australia catalogue which is set to close from Monday at 7pm AEDT.

Having performed all the way up to the very highest level in Hong Kong, Karaka graduate Packing Eagle (Pins) took his career full-circle with a win in Saturday’s $70,000 Group 3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m) at Rotorua.

For a tiny filly that cost just $2,000 as a yearling, the Stephen and Trevor McKee-trained Pay My Bail (Justice Prevails) was a great overachiever on the racetrack.

Well over six years ago the three-year-old gelding Destiny’s Kiss made his career debut for trainer Robert Smerdon over 1300 metres on the Geelong Synthetic track.

Kathy O’Hara rode a superb race on Single Gaze when runner-up in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup and we are happy to have her on two of our best bets at Nowra on Sunday.

The win of Kaonic at Randwick on Saturday and a jockey change suggests we should give a Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained three-year-old a second chance at Wyong on Sunday.

It was a winning day on the punt at Randwick on Saturday but no time for boasting – it’s time to analyse where I went right and where I went wrong.

Some days are diamonds and for Widden Stud’s Star Witness, Saturday at Caulfield was ten carat with Group II winner Global Glamour, stakes-winner Fuhyrk and exciting filly Our Crown Mistress, a certain stakes-winner of the future.

As positive as he is, and they don’t come any more confident, John Messara surely could not in his wildest dreams picture the Group I Caulfield Cup (2400m) being fought out by the progeny of Flying Spur and Not A Single Doubt.

Apprentice Lee Magorrian was the star of the show at Randwick on Saturday with the apprentice claiming his first Metropolitan double.

Trainer Henry Dwyer has set his sights on the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate with his speedball Snitty Kitty after she made a one-act affair of Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Harrolds Caulfield Sprint (1000m).

She didn’t have a Caulfield Cup contender but it was still Gai’s day as not many trainers can ever say they have saddled up three runners at a meeting without a single loser.

Sebring six year-old Ulmann looks set for a good campaign after powering clear to win the Group III MRC Moonga Stakes at his second run back from a spell at Caulfield on Saturday.

Banned Victorian jockey Danny Nikolic will appear before the Racing NSW licencing committee next week in his latest attempt to resume his riding career.

There was no The Everest hangover for Sydney racegoers on Saturday with another solid crowd of 12,303 in attendance at Randwick.

It was the Caulfield Cup for every battling jockey with a dream as former Kiwi Cory Parish landed a “miracle” win on Boom Time.

Win machine Prom Queen has tightened her grip on next month’s fillies’ classic at Riccarton.

Trainer Jason Coyle had his sights set on the Flemington greys race during the Melbourne Cup carnival but that appears no longer likely for White Moss after she claimed the Group III Nivison (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Off the board in just one of his 10 starts, 4yo gelding Kiwia kept the Darren Weir ball rolling along with a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s Group III MRC Coongy Handicap (2000m) at Caulfield.

Golden Slipper winner Pierro was one of the great favourites of champion trainer Gai Waterhouse and his top class daughter Pinot might be the one to deliver victory for her in one of the few major races Waterhouse has never won.

Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker has his sights set on Flemington’s Group I Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) with Brian Crowley Stakes winner Goodfella.

Sir Peter Vela celebrated the 16th anniversary of Ethereal’s Group I Caulfield Cup (2400m) victory with a stakes success at Rotorua.

After five seasons at Blue Gum Farm, champion miler Canford Cliffs (IRE) did not receive an invitation to return in 2017, which, true to form, marked a resurgence in his fortunes.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Irishman John Allen only had one ride at Caulfield but he made it count as Cliff’s Edge zoomed into Victoria Derby favouritism with an all-the-way win in the Group III Ladbrokes Classic.

The trainers of the winner and runner-up of Saturday’s 2CH Handicap (1600m) at Randwick will follow familiar Melbourne campaigns next month.

A second stakes win in the space of two weeks for the Darren Weir-trained Snitzepeg who showed his win in the Listed Snitzepeg was no fluke with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed MRC Gothic Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

The Snowden stable and Brisbane jockey Damian Browne successfully reunited when Legislation won the Kirkham Plate (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Racenet has analysed where the early money has gone for Saturday’s meetings at Randwick, Caulfield, Doomben and Morphettville Parks.

Horses heading to Newcastle after a metropolitan run at their previous outing win one in three races and two of our three best bets on Saturday fit the criteria.

The powerful Darren Weir stable produced an impressive debut winner by So You Think at Warrnambool on Friday.

Evergreen seven year old gelding Excites Zelady scored a historic third win in the Listed Murray Bridge Cup on Friday having won the race previously in 2014 and 2015.

There is nothing better than cheering home the final leg to land a fat quaddie and Racenet’s analysts have put their heads together to give you a chance at a big dividend on Saturday.

Not big on numbers this week but there was a million dollar winner and also a winner for first season sire Unencumbered, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Punters are slowly warming to the chances of David Hayes claiming his third Caulfield Cup although a post Everest fog seems to have settled.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings believes using the early favourite for the Coolmore Stud Stakes as a guide, Malahat shouldn’t be discounted as a contender in Saturday’s $150,000 Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Wagering operators have taken a number of big bets on Saturday’s $3 million Group I Caulfield Cup (2400m).

As the euphoria that surrounded the running last weekend of the world’s richest turf race subsides, attention has turned to next month’s Group I Darley Classic at Flemington, which looms a rematch for many of The Everest runners.

Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a big weekend of racing.

It’s Caulfield Cup day and the Racenet analysts have put their heads together to give punters another tool to help them turn a profit with the Racenet lays of the day.

Welcome to Weekend Winners, your one-stop tipping sheet for a big Saturday of Group I racing.

A leading European form expert believes Caulfield Cup favourite Johannes Vermeer is silly odds given he feels there are serious doubts about the Irish raider running a strong 2400m.

Expectation weighs heavy on Black Caviar's second foal Prince Of Caviar, who continued his education with an easy jumpout at Flemington on Friday.

Singapore is a large export market for New Zealand thoroughbreds.

Victoria’s chief steward Terry Bailey has warned jockeys who breach whip rules in the Caulfield Cup they cannot expect to be riding in the Cox Plate.

Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Brad Rawiller will appeal the severity of a careless riding suspension he incurred at Moe on Thursday.

Black Caviar’s second foal Prince Of Caviar continued his education with an easy jumpout at Flemington on Friday.

A recent run of success for this unheralded sire has many budget conscious broodmare owners reconsidering their mating plans for this spring.

The major focus on any Saturday is metropolitan racing but there's plenty of us out there that don't mind a dabble at the support meetings across the country so here's our best bets.

Punters are looking to give the bookies a belting with one of Joao Moreira’s rides at Caulfield on Saturday.

Punters are finding it difficult to get excited about Saturday’s meeting at Randwick with only light activity so far.

Archie Alexander reckons a Caulfield Cup win wouldn’t be a life changer for the majority of trainers in Saturday’s rich race.

The Racenet Speedmaps and form analysts have combined to give punters a leg-up in the $200,000 Group II Caulfield Sprint (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $3 million Caulfield Cup will be run on Saturday and here's the tips and trifectas from our editorial team.

A Gratz Vella-trained four-year-old did the job for us at good odds last start when we took on a short-priced favourite and we have given him the giant slayer role again.

The Benchmark Handicap ratings should be the first point of reference when assessing a set-weight race and the ratings reveal a standout bet at Taree on Friday.

WinStar Farm announced 2018 stud fees for its 22-stallion roster on Thursday, again headed by Pioneerof the Nile who will stand for a fee of $110,000 S&N this upcoming breeding season, while Australian favourite More Than Ready is priced at $60,000.

Connections of Irish horse Johannes Vermeer have made their intentions known with the favourite for the $3 million Caulfield Cup.

I’m keen to have a crack at the Caulfield Cup and the overall Caulfield meeting while there looks one good thing at Randwick early we can bolster the tank with.

Breeze Up videos for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2017 Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs are now online.

Saturday’s Group III Ethereal Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield is sponsored by New Zealand Bloodstock and we have selected fillies from two of New Zealand’s very best families to supply the exacta.

The Spring Carnival is in full swing so we have stakes racing every weekend and for breeders and stallion owners it’s all about which sires are doing well and getting the stakes winners when it counts - to get them you need runners, so let’s take a look into the crystal ball to see which stallions can fire up this weekend and into next week.

Just a few weeks into his life at Eliza Park Northwood in the spring of 2012, a Snitzel colt lost his dam, Millrich.

A quality field of three-year-old fillies will put their prospects for next month’s Group 1 VRC Oaks (2500m) to the test on Saturday when they run in a race which carries special significance for its sponsors, the A$150,000 New Zealand Bloodstock Ethereal Stakes (2000m) at Caulfield.

Top Tasmanian trainer Scott Brunton has added the Moe Cup to his list of Victorian trophies when Count Da Vinci claimed Thursday’s $150,000 feature.