The purchase of two-time stakes winner Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) for $75,000 on gavelhouse.com this week means that breeder Warwick Jeffries is about to enhance his broodmare band with two of the South Island’s best-performed racemares from recent seasons.

Zoustar colt Ozzmosis won the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes last spring, while highly rated I Am Invincible colt King’s Gambit is looking for his first G1 and both were in action at the Randwick trials this morning.

One of the interesting sales on the final day of the recent Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale was lot 720 - an imposing chestnut claimed for $50,000 by Gai Waterhouse, Adrian Bott and Kestrel Thoroughbreds.

The connections of short-priced favourite Legarto are in for a massive payday following Saturday’s $450,000 Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, irrespective of the result.

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) Board has today regrettably announced the resignation of its chairman, Cameron George, effective 31 July 2024.

Te Akau Racing’s unbeaten filly Captured By Love is set to face her sternest test to date when she heads to Ellerslie on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m).

Anamoe might have retired to stud as Australian Horse of the Year with nine Group I wins on his glittering CV, but in the breeding barn in terms of popularity in numbers he has not finished first.

All roads lead to the Gold Coast next week for the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale (March 11 and 12) and Telemon Thoroughbreds will present a draft of six including three by the farm’s proven and promising sires Sidestep and Sun City.

Off the back of a successful Premier Yearling Sale in Melbourne, the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and Inglis are proud to announce a four-year partnership extension which will see the $500,000 Inglis Banner (1000m) run at Flemington during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Expensive $1.5million Pierro colt Pasima has been working towards a win in recent weeks and got the job done with a powerful late surge to claim victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Outstanding G1 mares Hope In Your Heart, C’est Magique and Pennyweka are the latest trio of star entries confirmed for this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

Zoustar’s good looking son Zousain has found a winning vein in recent weeks and posted his fifth winner at Doomben on Wednesday with an impressive first starter that has aspirations for the Queensland Winter Carnival.

The Waterhouse/Bott 2-year-old production line struck once again at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a quinella in the TAB Handicap (1100m).

Aegon will join Desert Lightning in the Kiwi-trained raid on next week’s A$4 million All-Star Mile (1600m) after receiving a wildcard for the race on Tuesday alongside fellow New Zealand-bred Ayrton.

Stephen Marsh’s immediate focus is on Ellerslie this Saturday with stable star Velocious, but he’s also got an eye on a following juvenile prize.

Darley have today announced the retirement of their champion sire Exceed and Excel, who covered his final book of 56 mares last spring.

Sales action returns to the Gold Coast next week for the Magic Millions March Yearling Sale (March 11 and 12) and Lyndhurst Stud Farm will present a big draft of 34 featuring 19 youngsters by the farm’s flagship sire Better Than Ready.

A Hanseatic colt of Rosemont topped the final day of action at Oaklands as the 2024 Premier Yearling Sale concluded.

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

The Australian Studbook have today released the official covering statistics for the 2023 breeding season with 22 sires covering books of 150 or more mares which was significantly down on last year when 31 stallions were in the 150 plus club.

Sad news out of Victoria this week with the death of Bob Norris following a long illness.

The Inglis Premier Book 1 Yearling Sale this week produced some good pinhook winners with 17 yearlings selling for more than $50,000 up on their weanling purchase price, so who were the best of them?

Champion mare Seachange was a flagship performer for The Oaks Stud and her legacy continues to be felt on both sides of the Tasman.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale Book 1 featured strong representation by a wide range (21 in total) of first season sires and once again Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) made his presence felt.

The Golden Slipper picture is becoming more clear with the $5million event at Rosehill on March 23 set to feature a battalion of runners trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

A sister to G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes placegetter and former sale-topping Inglis Premier graduate Bruckner today realised a sale-high $925,000 at Oaklands.

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

There were only two yearlings offered at Inglis Premier by the world’s best sire Frankel and both will join the stable of Griffiths De Kock Racing.

Waikato Stud celebrated trans-Tasman success at the weekend with female representatives of two of their leading families and the nursery is well-placed to continue reaping future rewards.

Last week Mike and Debbie O’Donnell of Fairhill Farm were celebrating G1 success having produced Group I MRC Blue Diamond winner Hayasugi and this week their Fairhill Farm brand has been front and centre at Inglis Premier featuring on some notable pinhook winners.

Exciting young sire Alabama Express might be flavour of the month after siring five quick winners including Golden Slipper contender Shangri La Express, but back in May 2022 he certainly was not.

Leading Victorian nursery Blue Gum Farm had a big result earlier this year when selling a colt by Snitzel at Magic Millions for $1.3million, but they elected to keep two lovely fillies by Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire back for Inglis Premier and the first of them from Charleston Dancer topped the Sunday session selling for $650,000 and the second sold this morning for $925,000.

With her short-time licence in Japan coming to a close, Rachel King rode three winners at Nakayama on Sunday but missed out on the big one on Mosheen’s son Danon Ayres Rock in the Group II Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho Deep Impact Kinen (2000m), which fell to a son of another star Australian mare.

Hong Kong star on the rise Helios Express is just one win away from a remarkable clean sweep of the prestigious HK 4YO Classic Series following a heart-stopping victory in the second leg, the Hong Kong Classic Cup (1800m)  at Sha Tin on Sunday.

A Snitzel filly from a family synonymous with the Premier Yearling Sale and race day success topped today’s opening day action of the 2024 sale at Oaklands.

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

It may not quite have risen to the excitement of watching the Prized Icon filly Tropical Squall win the Group 1 Surround Stakes at Randwick on Saturday. Still, Kooringal Stud had plenty to cheer about when Bandi's Boy, a son of The Brothers War (USA), booked his ticket to the $1,000,000 Newhaven Park Country Championships final at Randwick on April 6 when winning the $150,000 qualifier at Moru

It’s been an exciting week for first time Inglis Premier vendor Mitch Pearce with Crossley Thoroughbreds presenting a lovely draft of yearlings, but the real proof of the pudding comes in the sale ring and day one was a ripper.

Few debutants make a stronger statement than the Toronado (IRE) gelding Moby Dick, who put a field of thirteen maidens to the sword over 1200m at Pakenham on Sunday.

Peter Moody is feeling happy to get to the end of the first session of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale having already secured what he thought were the colt and filly of the sale.

Twin Hills Stud consigned the only yearling to be offered at Inglis Premier bred on the same cross as Golden Slipper favourite Storm Boy being by Justify (USA) from a daughter of Fastnet Rock and they were well rewarded when she sold for $460,000 on Sunday to Clinton McDonald Racing / Shane McGrath.

There were four Group I races run in Australasia on Saturday and two of those winners are new G1 winners and both have added further gloss to a couple of exceptional nicks that run at 10.7% SW to runner and 14% SW to runner.

An extraordinary spectacle unfolded overnight at Meydan during the Listed UAE One Thousand Guineas, revealing not only the exceptional talent of the winning horse but also showcasing the remarkable horsemanship of William Buick.

Rider Masa Hashizume enjoyed one of his best days in the saddle when he claimed a winning treble at Ellerslie, including an impressive victory aboard Jaarffi in the newly minted $350,000 Rangitoto Classic (1500m).

A half-brother to $1.7million earning Group II winner Kissonallforcheeks, three year-old Russian Revolution gelding Russian to the Bar made it back to back stakes wins when taking out the Listed WATC Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 119 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Quality mare Hinged won the Group I ATC Surround Stakes in 2022 and was well fancied to win the Group II ATC Guy Walter (1400m) on the same program two years later at Randwick today, but she was nosed out in a thriller by progressive Hellbent mare Hell Hath No Fury with both mares running in the colours of Brae Sokolski’s Yes Bloodstock.

Exciting I Am Invincible  filly Estriella secured a huge pay day for her owners when winning today’s $1m Inglis Sprint at Flemington as well as the $200,000 Inglis Pink Bonus.

The $1million Group I ATC Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday was supposed to be a walk in the park for glamour mare Fangirl, but once again, as we have seen him do so many times in the past, So You Think’s battle seasoned warrior Think It Over was having none of that.

Facing his biggest test to date, the 6-year-old Exosphere gelding Phearson rolled to the front shortly after the start of Saturday's Group III Liverpool City Cup at Randwick and just kept on going.

Roger James is now the most successful trainer in the history of the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m), but even that enormous achievement was overshadowed at Ellerslie on Saturday by the new superstar of his Cambridge stable.

Multiple Group One winning mare Atishu has claimed a berth in the A$4 million All-Star Mile (1600m) with a strong victory in the Gr.2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Drakaina’s commanding victory in Saturday’s Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1400m) at Wingatui completed a remarkable rise to prominence for a filly that was bought for just $3,000.

Appearing for the first time since failing to stay in the VRC Oaks last November, the Prized Icon filly Tropical Squall was back to her brilliant best under a pumped-up Adam Hyeronimus in Saturday’s Group 1 Drinkwise Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Te Akau Racing’s former trainer Jamie Richards had a stranglehold on the Mufhasa Stakes (1400m) on New Zealand Derby Day, and his successors Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson continued that tradition at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Unheralded Almanzor filly Positivity sprang an upset at Ellerslie on Saturday when she fought doggedly in the run home to take out the Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) and claim her first stakes victory.

Underrated mare Maria Farina outsprinted several of the country’s top gallopers to secure Saturday’s Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie.

Edged out in the Group II Autumn Stakes, Group II Australia Stakes, and Group III Caulfield Guineas Prelude, the stars aligned for Southport Tycoon in Saturday's $1,000,000 Group 1 Howden Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington.

Widden Stud’s Zousain had a good day at the office on Saturday with a debut winner at Morphettville in Dyer, while at Flemington he went close to a stakes-winner when promising filly Drifting finished a gallant second to the race favourite Bold Bastille in the Listed VRC Furphy Stakes (1000m).

Emirates Park homebred filly Manaal won the Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes on debut last spring putting her young sire Tassort on the map with a stakes-winner as his first starter and now she is likely to be his first Golden Slipper runner after a stylish win in the Group II ATC Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m).

Super talented Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy is a hot favourite for the Golden Slipper and the powerhouse bay justified the lofty opinion of punters when cruising to victory in the $300,000 Group II ATC Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

A facile winner on debut of the $500,000 Inglis Banner (RL) at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day, defeating Hayasugi, Bold Bastille disappointed as a short-priced favourite behind the future Blue Diamond winner in the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude.

Smart four-year four-year-old mare Sans Doute recorded her third victory in succession when successful in the Resimax Group Plate (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale starts on Sunday and Maree McEwan has been out at the sales this week talking to our vendors for Breedmet, catch up with what people are saying.

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

Winless since capturing the Listed Summer Scorcher at Ascot three years ago, Indian Pacific jumped straight to the front and never looked back to land the Listed Entry Education Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

The Happy 70th Paul Sinclair Hcp (1200m) for two-year-old at Moonee Valley on Friday settled down to a match race from go to whoa between the Shalaa (IRE) filly Sassy Jenni and the Capitalist colt Sky Cap.

With her Ole Kirk half-brother headed to the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, the Tony Gollan-trained Venturer scored a timely win over 1000m at Ballina on Friday.

Te Akau Racing have locked in the next assignment for their star sprinter Imperatriz, with the nine-time Group One winner looking to add to her elite-level tally in the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington next Saturday.

Winning a Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) is nothing new for Roger James, with the Cambridge trainer looking to extend his tally in the Classic to an even half dozen at Ellerslie on Saturday, while training partner Robert Wellwood will be looking for his first.

Legarto catapulted herself into the spotlight in last year’s A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m), and Te Akau Racing is hopeful another Kiwi filly can follow suit in the Flemington feature on Saturday.

The remarkable rise of Justify (USA) enters another phase on Saturday with two chances to add a first Australian Group 1 winner to those garnered in Europe and America.

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

The trips from Washington DC and New Zealand to Pakenham were worthwhile for the family of trainer Rachael Frost when the Shamexpress filly Mislead scored a hard-fought win in the $300,000 Sportsbet Future Stars Final (1400m) on Friday night.

Supporters of the favourite Bel Air were on the edge of their seats for the entire 1400m of the $175,000 VOBIS Gold Bullion at Pakenham on Friday night.

Entries for the Southern Hemisphere's premier breeding stock sale, the Magic Millions Gold Coast National, are now open.

Dual Guineas winner Aberlour’s racing future lies in Australia, following her majority sale to clients of Warwick Farm trainer Joseph Pride.

Group One winner Jon Snow got off the mark as a sire on Thursday when his son King Of The North took out the Farewell Dave Bradford (1400m) at Matamata.

The Alma Vale Kitchwin Hills partnership might only have four yearlings in their Inglis Premier draft, but they include the full brother to an exciting unbeaten Group winning sprinter and siblings to two more stakes-winners.

With the end of the 2023-24 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series rapidly approaching, a high-quality field of fillies will head to Ellerslie and chase crucial points in Saturday’s $150,000 Group Three McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m).

Set to offer 30 yearlings at Inglis Premier by 22 different sires, the Collingrove Stud draft really does have something for everyone, but the half-sister to recent Group I Centenary Sprint Cup winner Victor the Winner is a filly that offers racing potential right now and also residual value for the future.

Trevor Delroy has supported Dundeel (NZ) from his early days at Arrowfield Stud and that commitment paid off again when the yearling colt from Naivasha (Lot 294) made $250,000 at the Perth Magic Millions last Friday.

The 2007 VRC Oaks heroine, Arapaho Miss, is among the senior citizens at Westbury Stud. Still, the daughter of Danehill Dancer (IRE) continues to produce the goods, with the 4-year-old Reliable Man (GB) gelding Roaring Engine climbing off the canvas to win over 200m at Sandown-Hillside and his 3-year-old half-brother by Tarzino scoring a last to first win over 2040m at Doomben so impressively he i

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When Waller Racing/ Mulcaster Bloodstock appeared on the buyers list at the Perth Magic Millions purchasing a Dundeel filly from Aliberani for $150,000, someone like me takes that as a tip you don’t want to ignore.

Placed at her last two starts in the Group II Mystic Journey Stakes and Listed Black Pearl Stakes, Megamea had her day in the sun Wednesday’s Armidale Stud Vamos Stakes (1400m) at Launceston.

The punters were right on the ball when they unloaded on Excelleration in Wednesday's $300,000 Group III Launceston Cup (2400m).

Craig Williams and Craig Newitt shared a plane to Launceston and split the first prizemoney when the judge could not separate Keats and Indispensable in the Listed Steve's Liquor Hellova Street Stakes (1600m).

Crossley Thoroughbreds is a new name in the Inglis Premier vendor index and is the first bloodstock enterprise for Mitch Pearce, a young man with a passion for horses that has had a good grounding with some of the best farms in Victoria.

After having little luck at his first two stats, solidly supported favourite Invader Zim enjoyed a trouble-free passage to get the job done in the DrinkWise Maiden Plate (1200m) at Rosehiill on Wednesday.

Kia Ora Stud's progressive 3-year-old Pierro filly Pajanti emerged from an 18-week hiatus to open her winning account in the James Squire Maiden Plate (1200m) at Rosehill on Wednesday.

We were impressed when Into You broke her maiden over 1400m at Ballarat on February 14 and even more so when the daughter of No Nay Never staged a last-to-first performance in the Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives (Bm64) (1600m) at Sandown Hillside on Wednesday.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale is not short on quality, but a colt by a super popular sire from a mare that traces directly to one of the best female Golden Slipper winners in history is always going to turn heads. 

Six years after being bought for just $8,500 from New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale, Live Drama (NZ) (Ghibellines) has retired with more than $330,000 in prize-money to her name and is being sold as a valuable broodmare proposition in the latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com.

The $1million Group I VRC Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday has drawn a full field and there is a very interesting filly in the field with Te Akau set to unleash another potential G1 star in Australia, while Veight will be out to replicate the deeds of his sire Grunt.

Two Bays Farm will be kept busy this week at Inglis Premier presenting a diverse draft of 14 for themselves and clients, who include celebrated Victorian breeder Tony Santic’s Makybe with a member of his iconic Makybe Diva family sure to generate good interest being by the young sire of the moment in Royal Meeting (IRE).

Newhaven Park are presenting a quality draft of 16 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale that features four yearlings by their exciting young first season sire Cool Aza Beel, but the most interesting youngster in the lineup is one whose fortunes have shot into the stratosphere since the start of the year.

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

There were plenty of fireworks in the Karaka sales ring on Tuesday evening at the inaugural NZB Kiwi slot auction, with all nine slots up for grabs far exceeding their $450,000 reserve.