Tuesday March 26
Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 26
Platinum Jubilee, arguably Australia's best bred three-year-old filly, will attract global bloodstock attention when she goes under the hammer at May's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.
Tuesday March 26
There were six juvenile heat winners at Warwick Farm on Tuesday that included talented Zoustar colt Espionage, who missed a start in last Saturday’s Golden Slipper, but one of the most anticipated triallers of the morning was Roselyn’s Star, however things did not go to plan for the son of Shalaa (IRE).
Tuesday March 26
Diss Is Dramatic is establishing a strong base for her future broodmare career, adding the Gr.2 Japan Trophy (1600m) to her burgeoning record at Tauranga on Saturday.
Tuesday March 26
Gavin Sharrock is confident his young protégé Sergeant Major can sign off his New Zealand career in perfect style.
Tuesday March 26
There has been a slight change in plans for Group One-winning filly Molly Bloom.
Tuesday March 26
Quality mare Town Cryer performed with distinction in her first appearance at Ellerslie and trainer Roydon Bergerson has every reason to expect another bold showing there on Saturday.
Tuesday March 26
Woodside Park have had good reason to be happy for adding proven stakes sire Shalaa (IRE) to their roster last year with the Group I winning son of Invincible Spirit siring a string of smart metropolitan winners since the start of this year including exciting juvenile winners Roselyn’s Star, Sassy Jenni and Southern Charm, plus a new Hong Kong stakes-winner.
Tuesday March 26
Breednet is the only place where you can see distance sire tables that highlight the merits of stallions according to the distance aptitude of their progeny which pits apples against apples rather than apples against oranges.
Monday March 25
With The Championships just around the corner and the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale featuring the best of the best there is a growing interest in the state of play as regards our leading sires and the deeds of their progeny on the racetrack and while there is usually a fierce fight at the top of the sires list by earnings, that is not the case this year.
Monday March 25
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday March 25
An incredible collection of the finest fillies and mares to be offered at public auction this year has been finalised for The Inglis Chairman’s Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online.
Monday March 25
Nucleonic is proving to be a broodmare gem for Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis, who shares in the ownership of the mare with Westonlea Bloodstock’s David and Matthew Peacocke.
Monday March 25
Yarraman Park’s young sire Brave Smash (Jpn) had a stakes-winner at Rosehill on Saturday in Brave Mead and also impressive debut winner at Sha Tin on Sunday when three year-old gelding Divano powered clear to win the opening race on the program.
Monday March 25
Last week we did a story on the rise of Fastnet Rock mares which proved somewhat prophetic when he sired the dams of three stakes-winners last weekend, two of them new Group I winners in Lady of Camelot (Written Tycoon) and Veight (Grunt), while new stakes-winner Climbing Star (Zoustar) has G1 ambitions, so we’ve updated the nicks data for yearlings from Fastnet Rock mares for Inglis Easter.
Monday March 25
It was a truly ‘Super Saturday’ for the Victorian breeding industry, as several of the state’s prominent stallions stamped their class in some of the country’s biggest races.
Monday March 25
There were six Group I races run in Australia last Saturday and four of them were won by new G1 winners so let’s take a look at the pedigrees which highlight some super successful nicks.
Monday March 25
West Australia’s favourite son Playing God added a new stakes-winner to his tally on Sunday when six year-old gelding Holy Enchantment scored a dominant win as favourite in the $150,000 Listed Pinjarra Cup (2300m).
Sunday March 24
Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday March 24
For all but the final 50 metres of Sunday's BMW Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin, Andrea Atzeni looked to have stolen the valuable feature on the Churchill (IRE) gelding Ka Ying Generation (IRL) before the swoopers Massive Sovereign (IRE) and Galaxy Patch launched down the centre of the track.
Sunday March 24
Weanlings by over 100 different stallions including the likes of Frankel, I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Zoustar, Written Tycoon and Proisir headline a fantastic catalogue for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale, which is now available online.
Sunday March 24
Monday night on Sky Thoroughbred Central Caroline Searcy presents the first of two 2024 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale Previews ahead of the elite thoroughbred sale at Riverside Stables, Warwick Farm on April 7 & 8.
Sunday March 24
Mick Price and Michel Kent Jnr celebrated a stakes double with young jockey Thomas Stockdale on William Reid Stakes Day at Moonee Valley.
Sunday March 24
While Coolmore Stud's senior citizen Fastnet Rock may be in the twilight of an extraordinary career, his influence only grows stronger through his daughters, who have the son of Danehill on the verge of his first Champion Broodmare Sire title.
Saturday March 23
Zoustar had a productive Saturday with two new stakes-winners starting with two year-old colt Growing Empire, winner of the Listed MVRC Moonee Valley Pearl and followed later in the day in Adelaide by four year-old mare Climbing Star, who took out the Listed SAJC Matrice Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.
Saturday March 23
Here is the full list of 118 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday March 23
With Ozzmosis jumping in the air and almost unseating Rachel King and several jockeys coming back with hard luck stories, the Group 1 Kia Ora Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill had an air of what might have been. Still, it did have a most likeable winner in Zapateo.
Saturday March 23
With a big weight advantage Cylinder was able to win the G1 VRC Newmarket Handicap at the expense of mighty I Am Invincible mare Imperatriz, but he was not a factor when she added a 10th Group One victory to her collection with another supreme performance in Saturday’s $1 million Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.
Saturday March 23
Runner-up in the Caulfield Guineas and Australian Guineas, Veight put a well-deserved Group 1 win on the board in Saturday's The Agency George Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.
Saturday March 23
The Melbourne form stood up big time in Saturday’s $5,000,000 Group1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill, with the Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Lady Of Camelot rallying under Blake Shinn to deny the game Coleman, who was under an injury cloud during the week.
Saturday March 23
New Zealand’s Group One three-year-old form was to the fore at Moonee Valley on Saturday, where Antrim Coast edged out Quintessa in a thrilling finish to the A$500,000 Gr.2 DCE Alister Clark Stakes (2040m).
Saturday March 23
Riff Rocket put a stamp on the champion 3-year-old stayer title when leaving his opponents without an excuse in Saturday’s Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas (2000m).
Saturday March 23
Talented mare Burgie turned a frustrating campaign around with a powerful finish to win Saturday’s Gr.3 Valachi Downs South Island Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton.
Saturday March 23
Vibrant Sun is eyeing the Group 1 Australasian Oaks after the daughter of The Autumn Sun ran down the game frontrunner Grinzinger Belle in Saturday’s Group III Dynamic Print Group Alexandra Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.
Saturday March 23
Yulong purchased two of the most expensive mares in the world last year paying 2.7million guineas for Via Sistina at the Tattersalls Mares Sale and €4,025,000 for Place du Carrousel at Arqana and they ran the quinella in the $1million ATC Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday at their first appearance in Australia.
Saturday March 23
Underrated mare Diss Is Dramatic found her winning groove again when she stormed home to claim the feature event at Tauranga, the Gr.2 Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy (1600m).
Saturday March 23
Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 BMD Group Sunline Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley provided a special reward for a part-owner who has spent the last few years wondering what might have been.
Saturday March 23
A stakes-winner last season at two, Brave Smash (Jpn) colt Brave Mead has kept up the good work this year and added another stakes victory to his tally at Rosehill on Saturday when taking out the $200,000 Listed ATC Darby Munro Stakes (1200m).
Saturday March 23
It has been a good couple of days for the former Coolmore shuttler Zoffany (IRE), as his daughter Osmose (FR) added Saturday’s Group III Bisley Workwear Epona Stakes at Rosehill to the victory of Fawkner Park (IRE) in the Albury Gold Cup on Friday.
Saturday March 23
Ten European breds and two New Zealanders had won the past twelve Group III Manion Cups, so few batted an eyelid when Post Impressionist (IRE) made an auspicious Australian debut with an almost embarrassingly easy win to credit William Haggas with his third win in the 2400m Rosehill feature.
Saturday March 23
Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar racked up a milestone on Saturday at Moonee Valley posting his 50th stakes-winner when talented colt Growing Empire scored a stylish victory in the Listed MVRC Valley Pearl (1200m) carrying the Yulong colours.
Friday March 22
Here is the full list of 53 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday March 22
A recent Royal Ascot winner, a dual Group-producing mare, a stallion share in Better Than Ready and mares carrying pregnancies to the likes of Justify and Russian Revolution headline a stellar catalogue for the Inglis Digital March (Late) Online Sale.
Friday March 22
Winless in six starts since stringing four on the bounce last winter, Fawkner Park (IRL) gave his opponents a start and a beating in Friday’s $200,000 Listed Commercial Club Albury - Albury Gold Cup (2000m).
Friday March 22
There were four heats for juveniles at the Randwick Trials on Friday morning and some interesting unraced winners by I Am Invincible, Blue Point (IRE) and Hayasugi’s sire Royal Meeting (IRE).
Friday March 22
Celestial Legend won the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas two weeks ago and while the colts he defeated Militarize, Café Millennium and Tom Kitten are all set to contest G1 races at Rosehill this Saturday, the Les Bridge trained son of Dundeel was given a tick over trial at Randwick this morning.
Friday March 22
Last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous could head to Sydney for the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick next month, it just may not be with current trainer Chad Ormsby.
Friday March 22
Golden Slipper day at Rosehill on Saturday features nine stakes races, five of them at Group I level so this is the big leagues and not surprisingly the two best stallions in the land are the two with the highest representation.
Thursday March 21
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday March 21
There are bigger fish to fry for promising Pierata colt Fearless, who cast off maiden status at Newcastle on Thursday in the James Harron Bloodstock colours.
Thursday March 21
This started as a story about another yearling who defied the vets to become a stakes-winner and ended up more of a Paul Moroney appreciation post.
Thursday March 21
Glamour filly Orchestral will defend an elite level title won by a former star stablemate when she makes her Australian debut later this month.
Thursday March 21
Mahrajaan will be given the chance to showcase his staying ability in Australia next month, provided the weather comes to the party.
Thursday March 21
A trip to Brisbane to compete in the Queensland Winter Carnival is on the cards for Positivity following her runner-up performance behind Pulchritudinous in last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham.
Thursday March 21
Outstanding mare Atishu has been confirmed as one of the headline acts for May's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.
Thursday March 21
One of the world’s best racehorses last year has been secured to stand at Windsor Park Stud in 2024.
Thursday March 21
Melbourne Cup winning stallion Gold Trip (Fr) has suffered a tendon injury that will require a period of treatment and rehabilitation with his long term future yet to be decided.
Wednesday March 20
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday March 20
Everest hero Yes Yes Yes has sired three stakes horses in Yes Lulu, Flattered and Nymphadora and broke through with his first winner at Belmont on Wednesday when the aptly named Want a Winner saluted on debut.
Wednesday March 20
She’s big and beautiful and I Am Invincible’s super talented filly Commemorative might be growing into her impressive frame as she produced a dazzling first up win in the Benchmark 72 event at the metro meeting at Wyong on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 20
Pierro posted a winning double at the metro meeting at Wyong on Wednesday with promising filly Pajanti making it back to back metro wins, while the Ingham family homebred filly Bright Red cast off maiden status.
Wednesday March 20
The open juvenile event over 1350m at the metro meeting at Wyong on Wednesday had a short priced favourite in Just Party and the talented son of Justify (USA) delivered the goods for punters when striding clear to win by more than a length.
Wednesday March 20
There might be a black-type race in the not-too-distant future for Lady In Pink as the 3-year-old daughter of Pariah returned from a 17-week break to capture the Sportsbet Fast Form (Bm64) (1300m) at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 20
Stables and racetracks were abuzz last week with the news that I Am Invincible's stakes-winning son Godfather, had been on-sold through Inglis Digital for a relative song after initially being acquired at the 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale for an incredible $1.1m.
Wednesday March 20
This year’s Golden Slipper features a full field and all bar three runners were purchased at auction and three were bought for $1million or more with the cheapest runner also the only Group I winner in the field.
Tuesday March 19
A colt by leading Hunter Valley based sire Extreme Choice topped the second and final day of the 2024 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville today.
Tuesday March 19
Glory awaits this weekend with the running of arguably the most important race on the Australian racing calendar. The breed shaping Golden Slipper is the nations answer to our almost unquenchable thirst for 2yo speed and precocity.
Tuesday March 19
Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 19
When classy four-year-old Chill Chibi takes his place in Sunday’s BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m), it will mark a significant achievement for breeder Nicola Chu.
Tuesday March 19
Te Akau Racing will hold a strong hand at The Valley on Saturday, with their seven-strong charge being led by their sprinting sensation Imperatriz, who will attempt to defend her crown in the Gr.1 William Reid Stakes (1200m).
Tuesday March 19
He beat all but glamour filly Orchestral in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie earlier this month and now Antrim Coast will be given his chance to test his talent across the Tasman.
Tuesday March 19
A likely trip across the Tasman is looming for promising stayer Trust In You.
Tuesday March 19
Multiple Group-winning mare Aquacade will begin the next phase of her career later this year.
Tuesday March 19
A full field of 16 plus one emergency will line up in the $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper this Saturday with the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable to send out seven of those runners including the favourite Storm Boy, who has drawn ideally in gate two.
Tuesday March 19
The win of Zougotcha in the $1million Group I ATC Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill last Saturday was a significant one for her broodmare sire Fastnet Rock as it gave him the kick he needed to dislodge Encosta de Lago from the top of the Australian Broodmare Sires List.
Tuesday March 19
The all important barrier draw for the Golden Slipper will be held later this morning and that will paint the final pre-race picture that is likely to see Storm Boy start a short priced favourite, but will the world’s richest race for juveniles reshape our 2YO sires list?
Monday March 18
The highest price for a first season sire on the opening day of the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale was achieved by Widden Stud’s dual Group I winner Russian Camelot (IRE), whose filly from Shakespearean Lass sold for $180,000.
Monday March 18
A beautifully presented filly by champion sire I Am Invincible made history when she sold for $400,000 to top Day One of the 2024 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale today.
Monday March 18
SA breeders acheived some great results on the first day of the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale.
Monday March 18
Here is the full list of 13 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday March 18
Tony Rider celebrated a classic dose of double delight in the Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday.
Monday March 18
A dark cloud is hanging over exciting galloper Adam I Am’s racing future after the son of Almanzor pulled up with a tendon injury following his win over 1400m at Ellerslie nine days ago.
Monday March 18
Stakes targets are beckoning exciting gelding Nereus following his win over a mile at Trentham on Saturday.
Monday March 18
There were some interesting trials at Rosehill on Monday morning with five heats for juveniles that included exciting prospect Linebacker and we had the first look at the filly that topped the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale last year at $1.8million.
Monday March 18
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Sunday March 17
Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday March 17
Shalaa (IRE) has been enjoying a fantastic run of late, and the Woodside Park Stud stallion broke new ground at Nakayama on Saturday when his Australian bred son Invincible Papa trotted up by nine lengths over 1200m on the dirt track.
Sunday March 17
The Australian Turf Club has advised the latest order of entry for the $5m, Group I TAB Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill on March 23rd with two new youngsters earning exemption from ballot after winning the Group III ATC Magic Night And Pago Pago Stakes last Saturday and both are by first season sires, who look to have exceptional representation this year.
Sunday March 17
With his win in Saturday’s Listed JC Roberts Stakes at Ascot, the Playing God gelding Lord Vampi earned a shot at the $400,000 Group II WATC Derby (2400m), a race won by his seventh dam, Hestia, eighty-four years ago.
Sunday March 17
Glenlogan Park and Lyndhurst Stud are sad to advise that one of Queensland’s best sires in recent years, Rothesay, passed away late last week at the age of 17.
Sunday March 17
Are you in Adelaide for the Magic Millions Yearling Sale running on Monday and Tuesday? Check out what vendors have been saying ahead of the sale with comments from a range of interstate visitors as well as South Australian based Chris Watson from Mill Park and Ross Hatton of Rathmore Lodge.
Saturday March 16
Russian Revolution added a new stakes-winner to his tally at Caulfield on Saturday when the last race on the card, the Listed MRC Bel Esprit Stakes (1200m), was won by the Kris Lees trained gelding Brudenell.
Saturday March 16
Here is the full list of 118 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday March 16
The high-class Flying Artie gelding Democracy Manifest is off to the Group 1 Doncaster Mile on Day One of the Championships at Randwick after a fighting win in Saturday’s Group II ATC Foundation Ajax Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.
Saturday March 16
The $1million Group I ATC Coolmore Classic (1500m) is one of the real blue ribbon races a mare can win with the honour roll littered with champions such as Sunline and Winx with talented four year-old Zoustar mare Zougotcha adding her name to the list at Rosehill on Saturday.
Saturday March 16
The MRC All Star Mile (1600m) might not carry Black Type, but with $3.75million in prizemoney it was the richest race run in Australia on Saturday and Pride of Dubai mare Pride of Jenni was in scintillating form to outgun the favourite Mr Brightside, who was looking to repeat his victory in the race last year.
Saturday March 16
Godolphin's Victoria Oaks heroine Zardozi bounced back from a sub-par performance in the Surround Stakes to claim Saturday's Group II Chandon Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.
Saturday March 16
Godolphin’s 4-year-old Ribchester (IRE) mare Red Card made it three wins from as many starts over the Rosehill 1100m when making all the running in Saturday’s Group III City Tattersalls Group III Maurice McCarten Stakes.
Saturday March 16
Winless since capturing the Group 1 Rosehill Guineas twelve months ago, the 4-year-old Lonhro gelding Lindermann looked back on track when a last start third behind the stars Think It Over and Fangirl in the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes and backed up with a runaway win in the Group III James Squire Sky High Stakes (200m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
Saturday March 16
Almost two decades after riding Creil to victory in the Gr.1 Avondale Cup (2200m) as an apprentice jockey, multi-talented horseman Chad Ormsby climbed the same mountain in a different way when Pulchritudinous won the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Trentham on Saturday.