The Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale kicked off on Friday with US investor John Stewart and his Resolute Racing securing the top lot when bidding €1.4million for a colt by Wootton Bassett that is closely related to his champion son and Group I sire Almanzor.

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

Well-bred Stakes winner Mirra View (More Than Ready) is one of several standout entries in the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Appearing for the first time since finishing third on debut at Cranbourne in April, the 3-year-old Zousain gelding Viasain gave his elders a hiding in the Global Turf Maiden Plate (1100m) on the Ballarat Synthetic on Friday.

Swettenham Stud’s I Am Immortal has a promising 3-year-old in Immortal Shield, who bounced back from a fast-finishing third on debut to space his rivals in the Brandt Maiden Plate (1200m) on the Ballarat Synthetic on Friday.

The 3-year-old action hots up on Saturday with the running of the Group III Vain Stakes and Group III Quezette Stakes at Caulfield and the Listed Rosebud Hcp at Rosehill where the opening race, the Schweppes (Bm72), will see Sunlight’s $1,400,000 Justify colt Dawn Service and the $1,600,000 Snitzel colt Imperial Force striving to shave $82,500 of their purchase price.

Young Victorian farm Lovatsville has enjoyed a brilliant first year in operation and their stallions were in fine shape when parading for a big crowd on Thursday.

Closely related to Choisir’s triple US Group I winner Obviously, three year-old Starspangledbanner filly Soprano became a new stakes-winner for her sire when taking out the Group III Prix de Lieurey – Fonds Europeen de e’Elevage (1600m) at Deauville in France overnight.

The $200,000 Listed ATC The Rosebud (1100m) at Rosehill this Saturday marks the beginning of a new season of stakes racing for our three year-olds and while no winner of this race has ever gone on to win the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) for which it is an obvious lead up race there have been some nice winners so let’s take a look at the colt contenders.

Here is the full list of 25 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Cambridge trainer Maxim van Lierde dreamed of campaigning a horse in Melbourne when he spent time at Lindsay Park last year, and now that has turned into a reality.

The Press Statement filly Runranirun did just that when making a stunning career debut in the New Zealand Bloodstock Super Maiden Plate (900m) at Newcastle on Wednesday.

The Thoroughbred Showcase at 2024 Ekka in Brisbane this week has been so well received and in the ridden hack classes it was a Coolmore bred son of Pierro that took the top prize.

Standing again at Darley Victoria this spring, 2020 European Horse of the Year Ghaiyyath (IRE) is on the board with his first winner after Stanhope Gardens scored an easy victory at Beverely in the UK overnight.

For fans of legendary racehorse and champion sire Lonhro there are few opportunities to access his bloodline if you have a mare and want to breed to race in Victoria, but Larneuk Stud can put you on the path to the winner’s circle.

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

Sparingly-raced Freight Train bounced back from a disappointing run in the Group II Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley in March to score a first-up win over 1600m at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

A One to Watch when winning easily on debut at Pakenham in June, the Lindsay Park Racing trained Justify (USA) colt Ndola was then beaten into second place at Caulfield last month when he was most unlucky, but he bounced back in no uncertain terms at Sandown on Wednesday with a commanding victory.

There would be few horses with more frequent flyer points than Aegon, and the well-travelled gelding racked up a few more earlier this week when he hopped across the Tasman.

Denise Martin’s Star Thoroughbreds had much racetrack excitement and financial reward from Group I winning mare Invincibella and the familiar purple and white stars were carried to victory at Randwick on Wednesday by a three year-old Castelvecchio filly that is closely related to the $3million earner.

After missing a run due to his barrier manners in the final week of the season, Theblade made a belated career debut in the $100,000 Street Boss @ Darley super maiden (1100m) on a bleak day at Randwick-Kensington (1100m), and it proved worth the wait.

An outstanding line-up, highlighted by a select group of world class breeding prospects including Group III winner Steel City, will headline the Magic Millions August Virtual Sale later this month.

Brilliant winner of the Group I ATC Golden Rose in 2015, statuesque Lonhro stallion Exosphere has passed away at Oaklands Stud in Queensland due to complications arising from colic surgery.

Fillies by The Autumn Sun proved a revelation last season claiming three Group I classic victories and while the horse himself is sidelined from stud duties this spring due to injury a couple of his daughters are making news today.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A spanner has been thrown in the works for Legarto’s spring preparation, with the multiple Group One winner having strained a muscle following her trial at Te Rapa last week.

Karen Fursdon’s solo training career opened with a winning chapter and she went oh so close to a fairytale ending at the weekend.

The heavily backed Flying Artie filly Twin Engine did the right thing by punters when opening her winning account with a 5-length romp over 1400m at Ballarat on Tuesday.

Thoroughbred showjumpers were also starring at the Ekka with the 1.20m Queensland Thoroughbred Off the Track Showcase Class won by NSW visitor Makaylah Fenwick and her eight year-old Olympic Glory (IRE) mare Grace and Glory.

Thoroughbreds are taking centre stage this week at the 2024 Ekka in Brisbane and the led classes were dominated by a very interesting mare.

Thanks to the long-term support of Majestic Horse Transport as well as new partner Dunstan Horsefeeds, NZB is pleased to announce that the popular Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will return for its fifth edition in 2024.

Lovatsville are well prepared for a busy week with the Victorian stallion parades in full swing and their exciting quartet including leading first season sire Royal Meeting (IRE) will be on show this Thursday (15th), Friday (16th) and Sunday (18th).

Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Murray as the new President of the organisation, following the successful tenure of James O'Brien, who has stepped down after 16 years of dedicated service to TBV and the Victorian breeding industry.

Runner-up in the Golden Slipper and a two time Group II winner at two and three, Best of Bordeaux was the highest rated 2YO Colt of 2021/2022 and has his first foals arriving this spring with Embrook Stables delighted with their colt born last week.

Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were four heats for Group and Listed horses on the course proper at Warwick Farm on Monday morning featuring some Everest hopefuls and some top class mares including one having her first outing in the Yulong colours, while a couple of three year-old colts that have been entered for the Cox Plate were also in action.

Good news on the Victorian breeding front with the announcement that So You Think’s promising young stallion, INFERENCE, will continue standing south of the Murray in 2024.

Leading Queensland nursery Eureka Stud will open their gates this Sunday for a stallion parade featuring champion Queensland sire Spirit of Boom, exciting young sire Encryption and newcomer Don Corleone, the first son of exceptional sire Extreme Choice to stand in the sunshine state.

Grenville Stud is pleased to announce that Stratosphere will be standing the 2024 breeding season at $6,600 inc GST.

Bella Lodge owner Charlotte Manuel has been involved in racing for her entire working life and a visit to the Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association National Titles at Stonewall earlier this year proved the catalyst for her coming on board to sponsor a rider for this year’s Equimillion.

Zoustar could only manage second to Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible last season on the Australian General Sires List, but Widden Stud’s flagship sire had all the momentum during the last quarter and has hit the ground running in the first 11 days of the new season.

Joseph O’Brien has never been frightened to travel a good horse and tasted G1 success in Germany on Sunday when Wootton Bassett stallion Al Riffa improved off his last start second to City of Troy in the G1 Coral Eclipse to win the Group I Grosser Preis von Berlin (2400m).

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Breeding horses is not that complicated – you take a son of the champion sire and a daughter of the champion broodmare sire and voila!

Five-year-old gelding Golden Path continues to go from strength to strength and made it three wins in succession when winning the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Champion Sire FRANKEL has sired 100 Group/Graded winners in a record time of 3144 days, ahead of Danehill (also bred by Juddmonte), Deep Impact, Galileo and Dubawi.

The Group I Phoenix Stakes (6f) at the Curragh featured just five runners and four of them were colts, but it was the Juddmonte homebred filly Babouche that ran out an easy winner, while an unbeaten daughter of Frankel has G1 aspirations.

Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Returning from a 43-week break, See You In Heaven had connections worried when performing below expectations in a recent barrier trial. The top-class daughter of Divine Prophet showed she saves the best for race day when putting the field to the sword when defending her title in Saturday’s Group III Grand Syndicates Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.

The million-dollar Zoustar entire Schwarz needed to call on all his courage to triumph in a desperate finish to Saturday's Darley Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Narrowly beaten on debut at Eagle Farm, the progressive 3-year-old Zousain gelding Mister Bianco made it two from three when taking the inside route to triumph in the Access Insulation Sunshine Coast Hcp (1300m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

The Blue Point (IRE) colt Blue Stratum made it two on the bounce when denying the hard-charging Last Druid in the Dominant Hcp (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday and likely booked a start in next week’s Vain Stakes.

A long-range plan to snare a $100,000 Inglis bonus paid off for connections of Cosmo Centaurus when the son of Cosmic Force made a winning debut in the Butler Mcdermott Lawyers Maiden Hcp (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Outstanding sire Kingman produced a new juvenile stakes-winner overnight with promising filly January winning the Listed Churchill Stakes (7 ½ f) at Tipperary and interestingly she is from a daughter of Fastnet Rock.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Winner of the Group I ATC Doncaster Handicap (1600m), Brutal was at his best as a three year-old and the promising sire son of O’Reilly put his first winner on the bboard for a new season when the Lindsay Park trained gelding Four Ace scored at Geelong on Friday.

There was not a lot of love for Just Like Gaby in the betting ring when she made her debut down the 1000m Flemington straight on July 20. Still, there was enough to like about her fighting fourth behind the undefeated First Settler to suggest she is a leading chance in Saturday’s Dominant Hcp at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Last year’s Tarzino Trophy Day at Hastings will live long in the memory of Sam Bergerson.

It’s been a stellar week for Pencarrow Stud broodmare Huluava.

The New Zealand breeding industry is poised to ignite with the arrival of two exceptional young shuttle sires this year, both multiple Group I winners by champion sires.

Newgate is thrilled to announce the premiere of their 2024 Virtual Stallion Parade, showcasing the biggest, strongest, and best stallion roster in the farm’s history - The online premiere will be held live on Monday, August 12th at 7 PM (AEST) on Newgate’s Facebook page.

Outstanding Galileo stallion Teofilo has already sired three winners of the Melbourne Cup in Without a Fight (IRE), Twilight Payment (IRE) and Cross Counter (GB) with his six year-old gelding Crystal Black putting himself into the picture for this year’s race after winning the Group III Ballyroan Stakes (1m4f) at Leopardstown overnight.

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent has shot to fame with a couple of outstanding Group I winning mares in Magic Time and Benedetta and a filly by the son of I Am Invincible was an eye-catching winner at Newcastle on Thursday.

A royally bred horse with a name to match, Federer made a belated career debut over 1400m at Ballarat on Thursday and won like a horse with a future.

Trans-Tasman Group One winner Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) became the fifth mare to break the million-dollar barrier on Gavelhouse Plus when she sold for $1,452,500 on the online platform on Thursday evening.

As a three-quarter sister to world champion Winx, three year-old Pride of Dubai filly Wings of Desire carries a heavy weight of expectation and she took another step forward at Newcastle on Thursday when scoring her second win in a Benchmark 64 event over 1250m.

Retirement for sprint queens such as Imperatriz, In Secret, Espiona and Zapateo has opened up the speed division ahead of a new season with a raft of fresh contenders in the mix to secure Everest slots this year including that horse from the West, who is already assured of a slot.

Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn were instrumental in their premiership defence last season, adding 64 victories to their 169 win haul, and their southern base have kicked of the new term in similar fashion.

After finishing the season strongly, Blue Point (IRE) took up where he left off when Salsa Fellow broke through at start three in the Brandt Maiden Plate (1000m) at Ballarat on Thursday.

A Group I winner at two that trained on to win again at G1 level as an older sprinter, Artorius was conceived at Newgate Farm and subsequently earned a place on their star studded roster with his first foals being born this spring.

At last year’s Equimillion, bloodstock agent Satomi Oka and her long time friend and racehorse owner Jane Petrie came along to watch me have a roll around the Olympic arena at SIEC on my off the track jumper and 12 months down the track the pair have combined forces to sponsor a rider for this year’s event.

Talented race mare Zoe’s Promise (Swear) will be retired immediately and bred to this season after topping today’s Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

This time two years ago, quality colt Jacquinot was preparing for a glorious three year-old season that would bring him Group I victories in the ATC Golden Rose and MRC CF Orr Stakes and now the next stage of his career is unfolding for Widden Stud with the arrival of his first foals.

The New South Wales Racehorse Owners’ Association is proud to announce the 2023/24 finalists for its flagship event, Racing’s Night of Champions.

A classy field of synthetic specialists assembled at Riccarton Park in search of the rich spoils on offer in the inaugural Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m), but the glory went the way of local trainers Russell McKay and Ashley Harrington with Spartan.

It’s been a week to remember for the Woodsford family.

Three weeks ago, US Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) sired the trifecta in a midweek colts maiden at Randwick and while we are yet to see the winner of that race Clear Proof go around again, the two colts he defeated are now both winners highlighting the strength of form from that race.

A $260,000 I Am Invincible colt would be considered ‘a cheapie’ in the context of a stallion whose progeny routinely sell for $1million and more, but the debut victory of this fellow would suggest ability is certainly not lacking.

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.