Time passes quickly in the thoroughbred industry and a Group I winner that should have been sold at the 2020 Magic Millions, but instead found himself an Inglis Easter graduate had such a special temperament he was selected as the Christmas yearling for social media by the farm where he was raised.

South African bred Group I winner Cloth Of Cloud, the Champion 2YO Filly in South Africa in 2015-16, was the top seller of the eight mares offered through Tattersalls Online in conjunction with Inglis southern hemisphere session.

With six winners in the past week highlighted by exciting three year-old filly Bauhinia, Hellbent is going great guns heading towards the sales season and posted an impressive maiden  winner at Kembla on Thursday.

The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia is pleased to announce that Anthony Cavanagh has been recognised as an Honorary Life Fellow of the FBAA.

Wind of Change was able to shed her bridesmaid tag at Ellerslie on Thursday just in the nick of time ahead of her looming trip across the Tasman.

Juveniles racing at Randwick on Saturday have the opportunity to run for a rich prize with Inglis offered youngsters showcased in the $500,000 Inglis Nursery (1000m) with a big field of 15 including two debut winners in talented fillies Within the Law and Gobi Desert, one of them sold by Yulong and the other purchased by them.

It was a fillies trifecta in the $200,000 Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic on Wednesday and now the MM focus switches to Caulfield on Saturday with the running of the $250,000 Magic Millions Victoria Classic (1100m) featuring a field of 11 maidens and eight are unraced.

Top mare Snazzytavi is ready to kick off her summer campaign, which will revolve around further Group One weight-for-age opportunities.

He might be a nine year-old, but Dundeel gelding The Inevitable still has pep in his step and posted a 17th career win in the Listed Conquering Stakes (1400m) at Launceston on Wednesday evening.

Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A yearling whose sire was not the first choice and who then topped a sale run in monsoon conditions, plus a miracle baby make this a story you know you want to read.

Vinery Stud’s young stallion Ole Kirk is off to a flyer and now has two winners and both are stakes-winners with ill-fated Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner King Kirk now joined by quality filly O’ Ole, who booked her ticket to the Gold Coast in January when leading home a fillies trifecta in the $200,000 Magic Millions Wyong 2YO Classic (1100m).

South Australian trainer Aaron Bain will target next year’s Adelaide carnival with today’s Inglis Digital December Sale-topper Dual Pressure (Denman), which he purchased for $220,000.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent has made his name with a couple of outstanding Group I winning mares in Magic Time and Benedetta and he may well have another on the rise in exciting three year-old filly Bauhinia, who scored a scintillating first up win in the $150,000 Magic Millions Wyong Stakes (1200m) for three and four year-olds.

Danny Rolston may now be living in a different continent from his Group One performer Mehzebeen, but that hasn’t stopped the excitement of watching her perform to the highest level in New Zealand.

Star colt Savaglee will be given the opportunity to maximise his stallion potential on Australian soil in the autumn and will take his first steps toward that goal on his home track.

With Magic Millions lead up races scheduled this week at Wyong and Caulfield, plus the Inglis Nursery there is opportunity aplenty for young stallions to put their name in lights and the trial scene has been busy to say the least, so if you want to know what first season sires have ammunition in the locker read on.

There was an Aussie bred and sold winner at the Hong Kong International meeting on Sunday at Sha Tin, so we’re talking to special guest this week Mel Copelin from Torryburn Stud about the mighty Voyage Bubble and the miracle baby that has delighted the farm this spring.

On face value this stakes-winner last Saturday was just another mare gaining a Black Type win to set her up for a lucrative career at stud, but I was intrigued by her being offered for sale this year at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with the notation ‘breeding proposition only’ and sure enough there is more to the story.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There has been huge interest in the Tattersalls Online Sale (December 11 and 12) featuring eight mares in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) to Southern Hemisphere time, so we’re taking a closer look at these girls and with two of them by Zoustar and Savabeel I’m feeling like I’m looking at an Aussie catalogue!

Three heats for juveniles at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning and the winners included the most expensive purchase for Yulong from the 2024 Magic Millions, a $1.4million colt by Extreme Choice.

Grangewilliam Stud is continuing to set a merry pace with strong results on and off the track.

Cliff Matson’s blue and white silks have featured frequently in the winner’s enclosure of late and his run of success continued on Sunday at Te Aroha with a daughter of Everest winner Yes Yes Yes.

The race to the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January 11 is about to get serious with the release of the order of entry and the field and barrier draw for Wednesday's $200,000 Wyong MM 2YO (1100m) featuring a field of 11.

Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were four heats for juveniles at Randwick on Monday morning with winners that included a colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) and the half-brother to Golden Slipper winner Lady of Camelot and we also had a look at one of last year’s top juvenile colts that contested the Golden Slipper and is now a gelding.

Inglis have released their catalogue for Inglis Premier featuring 803 lots and there are strong similarities to last year with Yulong the biggest vendor offering nearly double the number of horses in the next biggest draft, while their stallion roster accounts for two of the top four most represented sires.

Quality mare About Time returned to the winner’s circle at Ellerslie on Saturday and her trainer Lance Noble is hoping to continue that trend on Thursday with a trio of runners.

Champion jockey James McDonald had a massive day at Sha Tin on Sunday riding Romantic Warrior (IRE) and Voyage Bubble to victory in Group I races, but he started the day with an earlier success aboard talented Brave Smash (Jpn) gelding Divano.

Quality filly Sethito produced a timely and satisfying victory for Waikato Stud when she impressively bridged the gap to black type company at Ellerslie.

New Zealand has been synonymous with producing quality middle-distance and staying thoroughbreds, but now it can lay claim to the best sprinter on the planet after Ka Ying Rising took out the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Fresh off receiving the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award at a special ceremony on Friday night, expat Kiwi hoop James McDonald etched his name in the record books at Sha Tin on Sunday when he partnered local hero Romantic Warrior to their third successive triumph in the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m).

Inglis Classic graduate Voyage Bubble has delivered a scintillating performance to claim the G1 Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin, cementing his status as the ‘King of the Mile’ in Hong Kong.

A full sister to the I Am Invincible two year-old colt that topped the NZB Ready to Run Sale for a record breaking $1.65million, talented mare Irish Legacy delivered an impressive fresh-up victory in New Zealand on Saturday for Roger James and Robert Wellwood.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion Romantic Warrior created some special history when emphatically winning his third Group I Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday.

After finishing second in the Hong Kong Mile last year, Deep Field’s Voyage Bubble climbed to the top step in the race this year in another HK Group One for James McDonald.

“He wasn’t at his best” but Hong Kong’s sprint sensation Ka Ying Rising got his first Group One win in the Hong Kong International Sprint on Sunday.

Australia’s Without A Fight had no fight while the British dominated in the Longines Hong Kong Vase (2400m) at Sha Tin.

The catalogue for next year’s Premier Yearling Sale – the source of three of the past four The Everest winners – is now available online.

Te Akau Racing and Fortuna Racing have a remarkable association with two-year-old fillies and they unveiled another exciting prospect at Trentham on Saturday in the form of Marokopa Falls.

Trilogy Racing / Blue Gum Farm are thrilled to announce the appointment of Colum McCullagh as our new Racing and Bloodstock Manager, commencing in 2025.

The final major event of the year in Deauville, the ARQANA Vente d’Élevage began with Part I of the catalogue that offered an exceptional selection of mares, fillies and foals.

The Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale is underway with a flurry of million dollar mares in the opening session highlighted by this year’s Group I Prix de Diane winner Sparkling Plenty.

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll said ACDC and Light Infantry Man did them proud when his 11th Group One start produced his first Group One win in the Northerly Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 125 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday was won by quality five year-old gelding Berkeley Square, a homebred for renowned South Australian breeder David Peacock that was raised at Mill Park.

Spirit Of Boom’s remarkably consistent five-year-old Golden Boom banked his third stakes win with a brave effort in the Sky Racing Bribie (LR) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar posted his 60th stakes-winner at Eagle Farm on Saturday when five year-old mare Arts Object did best in a thriller to win the Listed BRC Tails Stakes (1500m) by a short half head.

Champion jockey Opie Bosson moved to the brink of a Group One milestone with an outstanding ride on Zed gelding Ladies Man (NZ)  to take out Saturday’s TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham.

Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard enjoyed a trans Tasman stakes double on Saturday with seasoned stakes performer Babylon Berlin claiming another Group win in New Zealand, while at Eagle Farm consistent mare Danny’s St Darci broke through for a deserved first Black Type success in the Listed BRC Just Now Stakes (1300m).

The outstanding form of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott’s three-year-olds continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a one-two finish by Sethito and Prosegur in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m).

Widden Stud’s Anders posted his first winner with the Kris Lees trained filly Wisnierska making a winning debut at Newcastle on Saturday bringing a timely pedigree update for her full brother, who is entered for Magic Millions 2025.

Class mare Babylon Berlin lead her rivals a merry dash when she outgunned a small but quality field in the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Rosemont Stud based Hanseatic is on the board with his first winner after Tiz Worthy bolted in at Morphettville on Saturday.

Godolphin haven’t had many winners in Australia by their young sire Blue Point (IRE), but he has given them a very promising debut two year-old winner at Ballarat on Saturday in Aleppo Pine.

Visiting Australian jockey Luke Currie made his New Zealand debut a winning one with a last-to-first performance on Wingman in Saturday’s Aztech Engineering 3YO (1400m) at Trentham.

A fresh Nimble Nimbus will be out to upset the applecart when he heads to Sha Tin on Sunday to contest the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Cup (2000m).

While all eyes are on New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising ahead of Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), his compatriot Flying Ace has made a late bid to cause an upset in the Sha Tin feature.

Shalaa (IRE) will have a runner at Sha Tin on Sunday when his class sprinter Recommendation flies the flag for Australia in the Group I HK International Sprint (1200m) and closer to home he had a brilliant winner at Randwick on Friday in Raikkonen.

Here is the full list of 73 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained Pierro filly Candlewick was a touch of class on show at Randwick on Friday contesting the Benchmark 64 event over 1400m and she duly saluted to make it two wins from three starts.

G1 Caulfield Guineas winner Griff (Trapeze Artist) is one of many standout lots entered for the sale.

The first race at the twilight meeting at Randwick on Friday produced a promising three year-old winner for Written Tycoon with the John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained colt Metaphorically saluting at his third start.

Another fruitful week for Cambridge Stud with a new stakes-winner for young sire Embellish, a timely catalogue update for a Karaka 2025 yearling and the little sister of exciting shuttler Chaldean (GB) setting a new European record price for a filly foal sold at auction

New Zealand has a strong association with the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), and Kiwi-bred gelding Antino will be out to continue that record at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Pearl Of Alsace is in foal and entering the final few weeks of her racing career, but trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray hope a return to her favourite track might allow her to cap her CV with a Group One breakthrough.

No star has shone brighter in the thoroughbred racing world this year than New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising, and trainer David Hayes is hoping he can assume the mantle of the world’s best sprinter when he heads to Sha Tin on Sunday.

The four-day Tattersalls December Mares Sale came to a close with the fourth and final session bringing the curtain down on an extraordinary record-breaking sale. The turnover for the sale was a record 83 million guineas, up 20% on last year’s corresponding sale, whilst the average and median were also wide margin records.

Arqana’s Vente d’Elevage broodmare and weanling sale in picturesque Deauville in December gives Australian breeders a great opportunity to acquire some quality European pedigrees and much needed outcross bloodlines.

Here is the full list of 34 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

This stallion has been making news all over the world this year and one of our champion Australian trainers is already ahead of the trend.

The Lindsay Park team produced a promising debut winner at Geelong on Tuesday when Pierata filly Sea Poem saluted as favourite bringing a timely pedigree update her half-brother heading to Karaka Book 1 for Cambridge Stud.

Australasian bred sprinters have dominated the Group I Hong Kong Sprint accounting for eight of the past 10 winners so let’s take a look at the candidates for this Sunday following the barrier draw.

From Hong Kong’s stunning speedster Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) to a long line of Australian stars including cover girl Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel), New Zealand is a world-renowned source of exceptional thoroughbred talent. The catalogues for Karaka 2025 are crammed with well-credentialled candidates to add to that reputation.

There was only a small field for the juvenile maiden at Geelong on Thursday, but the winner was a $600,000 Inglis Easter colt by Snitzel offered in the Widden Stud draft and he might prove to be well above average.

Impressive debutant Cheaha was the latest of Wexford Stables’ three-year-olds to step into the winner’s circle, and on Saturday at Ellerslie, five of his stablemates will take their place in the Gr.3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m).

A crack at a major summer sprinting prize against the older horses hasn’t been ruled out for quality three-year-old Poetic Champion.

Robbie Patterson is confident One Bold Cat can be a major player this weekend in his pursuit for another top-flight title.

Three and a half years after taking a $1000 punt on a pedigree they liked on gavelhouse.com, Ian and Shelley Wright landed their richest prize in racing when Farag (NZ) (Sacred Falls) romped to a 20-length runaway in Sunday’s A$300,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool.

Consigned by Baroda Stud, VIA SIENNA (lot 120) has been added to the ARQANA Vente d’Élevage catalogue and will be offered during the first evening of the sale on Saturday 7 December in Deauville.

Five lots sold for 100,000 guineas or more on a strong third day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale with the Godolphin consigned BRIDESTONES leading the way at 280,000 guineas. The turnover, average and median all showed significant increases whilst the clearance rate was 86%. 

Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Home Affairs promises to make a big impact at the upcoming Magic Millions Yearling Sale next month and even Coolmore have been taken aback by the widespread support for this champion son of I Am Invincible with Tom Moore shedding some light on his appeal when chatting with us as a guest on our podcast Tara Talks Racing.

The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) is writing to address a matter that impacts the foundation of our industry’s credibility and success: the stagnation of the Australian Pattern system and the concerning attempts to assign unapproved Group race status.

Elegant Jazz made a strong opening to her three-year-old campaign at Arawa Park on Wednesday, breaking her maiden with a promising performance in the Novara Park 1230.

Chiming in late with giant strides at the finish was I Am Invincible filly Arriving Home, who made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in the same colours as her Group I winning stablemate Steffi Magnetica.

La Crique hasn’t returned to Trentham since she won the Gr.3 Desert Gold Stakes (1600m) as a three-year-old, and three years down the track, the star mare will line up as a leading hope in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m).

A sea change for bloodstock agent Shane McGrath and his friendship with Victorian trainer Clinton McDonald has sparked a rewarding association with a growing track record of success in the highly competitive world of bloodstock and racing.

Well-performed speed merchant Babylon Berlin will strip a fitter mare for Saturday’s assignment at Ellerslie.

In Hong Kong, Christmas comes early for racing fans, with the Hong Kong Jockey Club hosting their International Races at Sha Tin each December.

The extraordinary trade seen at Tattersalls during the October Yearling Sale and last week’s December Foal Sale suggested that something spectacular could be in the offing at the December Mares Sale and so it proved on a day where turnover of 55,168,500 guineas exceeded the previous record for the highest grossing day in European auction history, set at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mares Sa

The three Australian contenders for this Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races all look in great shape leading into the meeting with Grant Courtney getting some great images from the track.

Laundry Cottage Stud is the farm that produced our Cox Plate winner Via Sistina and also Wootton Bassett, one of the hottest sires this year, and they made an interesting purchase during Tattersalls December Mares Sale Day 2 with a great interview from Gina Bryce with her dad Colin Bryce, who co-owns this G1 producing nursery.

Influential sire Acclamation has died at age 25, only a few weeks after being officially retired from stallion duties at Rathbarry Stud in Ireland.

Here is the full list of 26 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Spring is sprung, but with G1 racing in Perth and the Magic Millions extravaganza of sales and racing set to unfold in January there is plenty of excitement in our world to inspire new owners into the sport and a bargain priced filly with an x-ray issue was the biggest story on Breednet from last weekend.

After more than 60 years and a multitude of top-flight success in the role, the Dennis brothers have retired from training.

There was a busy set of trials at Canterbury on Tuesday morning with five heats over 900m for juveniles that featured a winning double for Trapeze Artist and an interesting Justify (USA) colt for Yulong that has been named Willingham, which is the name under which they have been buying at the recent Northern Hemisphere breeding stock sale.