So You Think mare Mountain Top took a while to break her maiden, but was super impressive first up from a spell at Newcastle last month with her upward trajectory continued at Canterbury on Wednesday when she powered to another stylish win in the Benchmark 64 over 1550m.

Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are excited for what spring has instore for their premiership-winning team, with several of their stars stepping out at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday.

Brendan and Jo Lindsay celebrated a string of major results in the 2023/24 season from both the proven and promising members of their racing team.

Entries have closed for this year’s Cox Plate with all the Australian trained names you would expect to see among the list of 137 nominations, but we’re interested in the 22 three year-olds that have been entered as the very fact they’ve been entered is a good indicator as to the regard in which they are held.

If you watch a lot of trials at Rosehill you will notice that when they break 54 in a 900m trial it’s quite often a sign that the winner has more to offer and we saw one of those at the set of heats on Tuesday morning.

Here is the full list of 13 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion trainer Chris Waller is renowned for his ability to bring unheralded three year-olds forward quickly at this time of year and the stable produced three heat winners at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning that we are keen to have a closer look at including the filly that topped the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Kia Ora Stallions invites you to attend their annual open day on August 24th, where you will get an up-close and personal look at their stallions Farnan, Captivant and Prague with Caroline Searcy hosting the stallion parade.

Ken and Bev Kelso enjoyed plenty of success campaigning their former Group One star Bounding through her three-year-old spring campaign, and the Matamata trainers are set to copy that blueprint this season with another exciting filly.

The Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning featured four heats for Group and Listed winners with the first of them won by Tropical Squall in her new Yulong colours and the other three all held plenty of interest.

A two time Group I winner last season at three, four year-old Prized Icon mare Tropical Squall stepped out for her second trial in her new preparation at Rosehill on Tuesday sporting the colours of her new owners Yulong.

Widden Stud’s Zoustar has been fully booked since May with a tsunami of winners in the latter part of the season driving him to new heights.

Coolmore Australia has a full house again with the arrival of their shuttle sires for this season joining established stars So You Think, Pierro and Pride of Dubai as well as young guns Home Affairs and Shinzo.

Spring is very much in the air at Rosehill this morning with 11 Group I winners set to run in the first four heats at the trials and many are stepping out for the second time as they gear up for a return to racing at the end of the month, while at Cranbourne on Monday Pride of Jenni showed plenty of pep in her step!

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Vinery Stud are thrilled to announce their two sponsored riders for this year’s Equimillion on the October long weekend.

It’s going to be a busy and exciting foaling season at Yulong and one of the early arrivals is an interesting baby whose dam is a half-sister to the dam of this year’s Group I Irish Derby winner Los Angeles.

Everest winner Yes Yes Yes put his first winner on the board for a new season when the Lindsay Park trained three year-old Si Si Milano cruised clear to win at Pakenham on Monday.

We head to sunny Galway, Ireland, and with the jumping out of the way on the first half of the card,  thirteen 2-year-olds headed out for a 7-furlong maiden on a heavy track.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable had a stellar last season with their juveniles and the two biggest stars of the team stepped out as spring three year-olds at the Randwick trials on Monday with Storm Boy winning his heat and Lady of Camelot a close second.

Broodmare gem Opulence is the gift that keeps on giving for breeder Don Goodwin, with the mare producing another topliner in Australia over the weekend, but this time over jumps.

A well-performed Pencarrow Stud family came up trumps with a memorable winning double at Riccarton and looks set to continue to add to its roll of honour into the future.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Much loved and respected Canberra based businessman Terry Snow has achieved so many amazing and wonderful things in a long and rewarding life with one of his longheld ambitions to have an Australian horse and rider compete at the Paris Olympics realized this week by Jayden Brown and Willinga Park Quincy B.

Verry Elleegant's brother Affluential had his six-race winning streak snapped with a last-start second on the flat at Warrnambool but was back to winning form over the fences when climbing off the canvas to land the $300,000 Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown-Lakeside on Sunday.

Champion trainer Ciaron Maher has some of the best racehorses in the country in his care and while the likes of Pride of Jenni and Bella Nipotina get all the headlines, it was champion jumper Stern Idol (IRE) earning all the plaudits on Sunday with a facile 10 length romp in the $150,000 Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown.

The upcoming Equimillion in October is a showcase event for off the track thoroughbreds conducted by Racing NSW and horse breeder Fionnuala Timoney of Calvados Bloodstock has seized the opportunity to show her support for these horses and their riders.

Three days into a brand new racing season and the winners are flowing for the usual suspects, but six winners in three days for this Queensland based sire is reason enough to shine a little light on a value sire that could all too easily be overlooked.

Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Chris Waller-trained Medatsu ran out a gritty winner of the Jockeys Appreciation Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday as the four-year-old gelding recorded his first Sydney metropolitan victory.

Blueblood Australian Group I winner Profondo found a home at stud in New Zealand at Windsor Park Stud and the son of breed shaping sire Deep Impact has his first foals being born this spring.

The opening stakes race for the season delivered an incredible finish between a trio of talented gallopers, but after a tense wait, the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) went the way of Adrian Bull’s Jay Bee Gee.

Crocetti, one of the brightest stars in last season’s outstanding three-year-old crop, showed he was back bigger and better after he provided a display of guts and determination to take out Saturday’s Alibaba’s Flying Carpets Kerikeri Cup (1100m) at Ruakaka.

With slick Queensland visitor Zarastro setting a strong pace in the lead at Flemington on Saturday, Zoustar mare Right to Pary was allowed to settle back and bide her time, finishing with a brilliant late rush to seize victory in the Group III VRC Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The most expensive yearling by champion sire I Am Invincible sold in 2022, stylish grey mare I Am Famous made $2million at Inglis Easter for Tyreel Stud and while it took her a little while to break into the winner’s list, she’s now making a habit of it!

Consistent galloper Rise At Dawn was in the winner’s circle at Flemington on Saturday when leading throughout to land the VRC Season Premiere Race Day Plate (1620m).

Following a four-length win on debut at Wodonga, the 3-year-old Toronado (IRE) colt Detroit City kept his unbeaten record intact when lumping 60kgs to victory over 1410m at Flemington on Saturday.

Talented stayer Horrifying caused a minor upset when defeating highly-regarded galloper Berkshire Breeze in the Inside Run Trophy (2530m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Moulin Miss ran into a smart one in Arabian Summer when well fancied on debut in the Aquis Gold Pearl in January, but it has been plain sailing in two starts since.

Australian sprint queen Asfoora ran another super race at Goodwood overnight in the Group II King George Stakes (5f) with a 5lb penalty for her last start Group I victory proving the catalyst for three year-old Blue Point colt Big Evs to be able to turn the tables on the daughter of Flying Artie.

Kia Ora Stud are proud to be sponsoring Allie Hopkins and her gorgeous little mare Frontier Zou at Equimillion 2024.

Vinery Stud will be holding their annual breakfast stallion parades on the weekend of August 24 and 25 with seven stallions to parade each day from 9am.

A triple Group I winning son of Maurice (Jpn), Hitotsu did some remarkable things on the track during his all too brief eight start racing career and has made a smooth start to his stud career at Arrowfield with the arrval of his first foal this week.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first Extreme Choice yearling of the new season, multiple Stakes winners and mares in foal on desirable covers to stallions including Justify and Too Darn Hot highlight a diverse catalogue for the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale.

The inaugural $100,000 bonus on offer as part of the $5m Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series has today been won as the Brad Widdup-trained filly Art’s Alive (Snitzel) proved victorious at Coffs Harbour.

Up until the running of the Group III Winx Guineas at the Sunshine Coast on July 14, a matter of pennies separated Zoustar and Dundeel for Champion 3yo Sire.

Lisa Latta will attempt to become the most successful trainer in the history of the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) when she saddles the defending champion Belardo Boy in the 2024 edition of the time-honoured Riccarton feature on Saturday.

Broodmare owners have a lot to consider at this time of year and when it comes to finalising mating plans you need to feel like you’re getting value for money and giving your mare the best chance to succeed and sometimes the blindingly obvious is in fact the best choice.

As the eagerly anticipated auction of Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) gets underway on Gavelhouse Plus, Roger James has described the multiple Group One winner as one of the finest horses to grace his respected Cambridge stable.

It’s been a big year in Europe for Triple Crown winning sire Justify with his Epsom Derby winning superstar City of Troy and his high class filly Opera Singer found her turn to shine in the Group I Nassau Stakes (1m2f) at Goodwood on Thursday.

The racing industry is saddened to learn of yesterday’s passing of Mr George Altomonte, one of the country’s most respected racehorse breeders.

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

After a date with Dubawi (GB) at Dalham Hall Stud in 2023, Alizee returned home in time to witness her first foal, Visual, make a winning career debut in the NSW Jockeys Association Maiden Plate  (1000m) at Hawkesbury on Thursday.

Germany, France, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and Kazakhstan – it reads like the list of competitors in an obscure Olympic event, however, these are the countries involved with Go Racing’s runners this weekend.

After being the bit player in a Justify (USA) trifecta at Randwick-Kensington on July 17, the blue-blooded colt Dawn Service announced himself as a player in the spring with a 4-length romp in the Happy Horses' Birthday Maiden Hcp (1300m) at Hawkesbury on Thursday.

Four-time Champion Australian stallion Snitzel is off to a flyer on the first day of the new season with a pair of promising 3-year-olds at Cranbourne.  

First day of the new season and South Australia’s Kambula Stud have announced the arrival of the first Anamoe foal.

The second day of Glorious Goodwood was supposed to deliver Blue Point colt Rosallion another Group I victory in the Sussex Stakes (1m), but his withdrawal paved the way for Godolphin’s Dubawi colt Notable Speech to return to winning form, while Blue Point still posted a winning double on the card.

So August 1 means the start of a new Australian Racing Season and if you have a stallion and an interest in how  the last season played out check out our interactive sire tables – general sires by earnings and winners, first, second and third season sires, two, three and four year-old sires, broodmare sire table and of course our distance sire tables.

The measure of success for any sire is found on the racetrack and when the allure of something new and exciting has faded and we’re left with cold hard facts the picture painted can bring a pleasant surprise.

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Denise Martin and her Star Thoroughbreds owners of Group I winning mare Espiona got the biggest pay day of all on Wednesday afternoon when their star mare was sold through Magic Millions Online in a virtual sale for $4.15million.

Mark Twain took the first step in a long road leading to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) with an exhibition gallop between races at Tauranga on Wednesday. 

Joe Pride has had some very nice three year-old fillies running for the stable this season in The Black Cloud and In Flight and believes Toronado (IRE) filly Ragga Ragga is right there with them.

Stakes winner Collect Your Cash will continue his racing career in Australia after recently being purchased out of former trainer Shankar Muniandy’s Wingatui barn by leading Sydney trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Moira and Kieran Murdoch completed the racing season in winning fashion, with Divine Essence scoring her maiden victory at Tauranga on Wednesday.

The Gary Portelli-trained debutant Iron Hawk dealt punters a blow in the Schweppes Maiden Plate (1100m) at Warwick Farm but ended the season on a high for Written Tycoon, the soon-to-be-crowned Champion 2yo Sire in Australia and New Zealand.

Solidly supported Winchester opened his winning account when making all the running in the Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Hcp (1000m) at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday to notch up the 11th Australian juvenile winner of the season for Deep Field.

Cambridge Stud’s Almanzor (Fr) has had a solid season with Group winners in Australia and New Zealand headed by his imported Group I ATC Sydney Cup winner Circle of Fire (GB) and Joe Pride thinks he has a nice up and coming stayer by the high class son of Wootton Bassett.

Smart galloper Antino is building towards a return to the racetrack with an early season Group One target high on the agenda.

Blue Gum Farm is will stand three stallions this spring in proven Group I producer Flying Artie, newcomer Oxley Road and brilliant juvenile Sejardan and their breeding season has begun with the arrival of their first foal.

The opening day of Glorious Goodwood featured three Group races with the highlight Group I Goodwood Cup (2m) won in commanding fashion by comeback staying king Kyprios, who set a new course record, while veteran 24 year-old sire Oasis Dream also made an impact.

The last Australian runner for Blue Point (IRE) this season returned a winner at Ballarat on the synthetic track on Tuesday to credit his sire with his ninth Aussie first crop winner from 40 runners, but what will broodmare owners make of the son of Shamardal when he returns to Darley Victoria this spring?

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Group One performer Express Yourself will test her talents in Melbourne this spring, with part-owner and former trainer Nikki Hurdle entrusting her to the care of Cranbourne conditioners Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr.

The famed New Zealand nursery of Pencarrow Stud has produced champions such as Ethereal and Darci Brahma and are up and running for another season with the arrival of their first foal of the year.

Arrowfield Stud have announced they will sponsor two riders for Equimillion and are seeking expressions of interest from riders that compete on Arrowfield Stud bred horses, meanwhile Widden Stud have found the perfect representative in the shape of South Coast rider Lily-Rose Baxter, who competes on classy Sebring gelding Foxhill Cruise aka Pitcrew.

Two new Australian winners on Monday courtesy of Newzou (Pakenham ) and Madame Meteor (Albury) have brought Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar to 208 winners for the season which equals the Australian record set by I Am Invincible in 2021, but on the score of season wins Zoustar is history maker on that count by daylight!

Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Famed Cambridge nursery Trelawney Stud were announced the Sir Patrick and Justine, Lady Hogan Breeders of the Year at Saturday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Property Brokers National Breeding Awards.

Outstanding Waikato Stud stallion Savabeel again made the headlines at the 2024 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Property Brokers National Breeding Awards, securing his ninth Grosvenor Award, Dewar Award, and Centaine Award respectively.

The Seton Otway Horse of the Year went the way of star galloper Mr Brightside at Saturday’s New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro.

It was a memorable weekend for Cambridge Stud Bloodstock Manager Cameron Ring.

As an equine veterinarian Jim Marks was peerless, however, there was so much more to the man who brought new standards to his profession and all the while lived life to the full.

Anna Baigent was recognised for her dedication to the welfare of thoroughbreds when announced the joint winner of the Care and Welfare Award at the Entain Industry Excellence Awards on Sunday.

Showmanship’s return to winning ways at Caulfield provided breeder Haunui Farm with a result to savour.

King of Kranji Lim’s Kosciuszko (Kermadec) stole the show again in Singapore on Sunday, producing another scintillating performance to win the S$300,000 Lion City Cup (1200m) for the third time.

Since their addition to the Tax Act nearly 20 years ago, other than the contentious area of business or hobby, I cannot think of an area of horse related tax law that is so misunderstood or poorly applied than the Non-Commercial Loss (NCL) rules.

Cambridge Stud shuttle sires Almanzor (Fr) and Hello Youmzain (Fr) were both in top form at Deauville in France on Sunday with a new stakes-winner for the former and a new winner for the latter.

The cross country leg of the Olympic three day eventing was run last night at Versailles and Australian rider Kevin McNab was forced to retire when his horse Don Quidam sustained a soft tissue injury and as a result our reserve rider Shenae Lowings will be jumping in his place tonight aboard her trusty Aussie thoroughbred Bold Venture.

With his first Aussie bred two year-olds set to take off in Australia this season, Wootton Bassett (GB) added a new stakes-winner to his tally overnight in  France when unbeaten filly Angeal upped the ante to win the Group III Prix Six Perfections (1400m) at Deauville.

A dual Group I winning juvenile by Shamardal, Earthlight (IRE) shuttled to Darley Australia for three seasons and will have his first Australian runners next season and he featured overnight in France with his first stakes-winner when two year-old filly Daylight won the Group III Prix Cabourg (1200m) at Deauville.

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Victorian breeding industry has come together to celebrate an incredible year and honour its champions and rising stars at this year’s Victorian Breeding Awards.

The owner breeder sector of the bloodstock world got a good result in Adelaide on Saturday when progressive three year-old filly Lingani won the Listed SAJC Lightning Stakes and while her blue-blood sire America is no longer standing at stud, he does have a brother-in-blood that is standing at Gunnamah Stud in Victoria this spring.

Monday night sees the return of Caroline Searcy’s informative and entertaining thoroughbred breeding program Bred To Win in full broadcast quality on Sky Thoroughbred Central, showcasing new and proven stallions to mare owners throughout Australasia.

The Group I King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1m4f) produced a blow out result overnight with established stars Auguste Rodin and Dubai Honour out of the placings and a commanding victory taken by a German bred gelding named Goliath.

Set to be crowned Champion Australian First Season Sire of 2023/2024, Too Darn Hot (GB) added a new stakes-winner to his tally in the UK overnight at Ascot where two year-old filly Simmering won the Group III Princess Margaret Stakes (6f).

Here is the full list of 105 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.