Thursday March 13
Collingrove Stud are being kept busy this week with parades now underway for the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale next Monday and Tuesday with their draft of eight yearlings by eight different sires offering plenty of diversity and including a filly by exciting young sire Tassort and a colt closely related to promising 2YO Skyhook.
Wednesday March 12
“You will have received voting material from the ATC proposing two resolutions that would allow Rosehill Gardens to be sold at any time in the future without members having any further say in the matter.”
Wednesday March 12
The open juvenile event at Sandown on Wednesday attracted a good field with cream rising to the top as $1.4million Snitzel filly Conscience edged out regally bred I Am Invincible filly Sisstainable to score a long head win.
Wednesday March 12
Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday March 12
The well-related Railway Man – today’s Inglis Digital March (Early) sale topper – will race the next phase of his career in Hong Kong after being purchased by Pure Bloodstock for $210,000.
Wednesday March 12
Dundeel had a couple of blueblood filly winners on Wednesday out of G1 winning mares that have more to offer on both the racetrack and for the future at stud.
Wednesday March 12
Coolmore Stud have released an interesting video through their social channels on Storm Boy as he builds up for a European campaign and no doubt a Royal Ascot tilt under Aidan O’Brien.
Wednesday March 12
Group One targets are in the offing for Tajana after she broke through for her maiden win in the AKW Farrier LTD 2YO (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 12
From being hidden behind the hedge as a foal due to being born with his left near-fore leg sitting at a stark angle, to proudly representing Waikato Stud and it’s white, green and royal blue colours on the world stage, the decision to retire I Wish I Win (ex Make A Wish) from racing has been made with the son of Savabeel having granted many wishes in his dazzling career.
Wednesday March 12
Windsor Park Stud’s first season sire Circus Maximus is on the board in the southern hemisphere with his first Australian runner a winner at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 12
The current racing season has delivered more success for Newhaven Park with a new round of star graduates to emerge from their sales drafts and at the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale next week, buyers will get the chance to seek out some of their future stars.
Wednesday March 12
Fresh from selling the sale-topper at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in Sydney when their colt by The Autumn Sun from Talimena sold for $520,000, Fergal Connolly and his team at Valiant Stud are now focusing on Magic Millions Adelaide where they will present five youngsters by five different sires and they will be available for inspection from Thursday.
Wednesday March 12
Widden Stud are used to presenting huge drafts of yearlings at the major sales, but have gone short and sweet for Magic Millions Adelaide with a draft of 10 that includes a colt by the current leading two year-old sire in the country Ole Kirk and five youngsters by Widden’s proven G1 sire Trapeze Artist.
Tuesday March 11
Just two days after the Joseph / Jones Racing team won the Listed Canberra National Sprint with bargain priced Zoustar gelding Zouatica, they produced another modestly priced yearling by a red hot sire to win at Goulburn on Tuesday.
Tuesday March 11
Here is the full list of 10 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 11
Julie Harris of Holbrook Thoroughbreds is taking just three youngsters across to the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale and they all hold interest with two by Hellbent and Castelvecchio and the third is from a stakes-winning daughter of Fastnet Rock.
Tuesday March 11
Entries for NZB’s 2025 National Weanling Sale are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on Thursday 26 June.
Tuesday March 11
A lot of attention is paid to the first season sires table, but it’s the second season when things get really interesting for a lot of sires as we saw at this time last year when The Autumn Sun took off like a rocket and with four stallions in this cohort already siring G1 winners this season we’re taking a closer look at these guys.
Tuesday March 11
There’s plenty of anticipation ahead of regally-bred colt Hostility’s raceday debut at Matamata on Wednesday.
Tuesday March 11
Olly Tait and his team at Twin Hills Stud are headed next to South Australia for the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale next week with a select draft of seven that includes a filly by So You Think and two youngsters by his young sire son Peltzer, who stands at the Cootamundra based nursery.
Tuesday March 11
Well-related colt Tardelli will make a return trip to Wellington in his bid to add a black-type victory to his burgeoning record.
Tuesday March 11
Ellerslie’s inaugural Champions Day was a memorable one for New Zealand’s leading stable, Te Akau Racing, with their tangerine and blue silks taking out two of the major prizes.
Tuesday March 11
The Golden Slipper picture is cloudier than ever after last weekend’s key races with five horses now exempt from ballot and boom colt Wodeton is just into the field, but vulnerable to possible latecomers from the Group III ATC Pago Pago Stakes and Magic Night Stakes to be run this Saturday.
Monday March 10
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday March 10
Melbourne Cup hero Fiorente has finally, a bit poetically and a bit sadly, sired a two-mile Cup winner and you can buy the half-brother at Inglis Easter by a Golden Slipper winner.
Monday March 10
There were a lot of people made happy by the result of the Listed SAJC Morphettville Guineas (1600m) on Monday when the unbeaten run of race favourite Sabaj was brought to an end by progressive Deep Field filly Gala Queen, a half-sister to multiple Group I placed Group III winning mare Semana.
Monday March 10
Fresh from siring a Group II double at Randwick on Saturday with fast juveniles Tempted and Tentyris, Street Boss (USA) kept the ball rolling with another stakes-winner on Monday at Morphettville when four year-old mare Elphinstone landed the Listed SAJC Colin Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m).
Monday March 10
There were five heats for juveniles at Randwick on Monday morning with Golden Slipper contenders West of Swindon and Bellazaine both in action, plus some well bred unraced heat winners including the brother to G1 winner Captivant and the Farnan first foal of Champion NZ 3YO Filly Jennifer Eccles.
Monday March 10
Classy juvenile Landlock turned a few heads when pushing million-dollar colt Return to Conquer right down to the wire in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m), but the performance came as no surprise to his trainer Cody Cole.
Monday March 10
Raymond Connors has collected every major two-mile prize in New Zealand, and now he is dreaming of a possible tilt at Australasia’s most coveted staying scalp, the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).
Monday March 10
A stunning family double for Tony Rider on Champion’s Day elevated the Milan Park principal into rare territory.
Monday March 10
Trainers Simon and Katrina Alexander have always felt distance would be La Crique’s best friend, and they will give her the opportunity to step up over ground when they head to Australia with her later this month.
Monday March 10
Wootton Bassett (GB) already has his stripes as a sire of sires thanks to Almanzor (Fr), but one of his other Group I winning sons Wooded (IRE) was credited with his first stakes-winner overnight when Woodshauna took out the Listed Prix Monetenica (1300m) at Chantilly.
Sunday March 9
Here is the full list of 61 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday March 9
Promising Alabama Express filly Glasgow Lass had been luckless in two attempts at black type this campaign but got the job done on Sunday with victory in the Listed Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m).
Sunday March 9
Zoustar is one of the hottest sires in the country right now producing last Saturday’s Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap winner Joliestar with 35 of his glamour yearlings set to light up the sale ring next month at Inglis Easter, but it was one of his cheapest yearlings that became his latest stakes-winner at Canberra on Sunday.
Sunday March 9
It’s coming to the end of a busy sales season for Chris Watson and the team at Mill Park Stud with the leading South Australian nursery poised for action at the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale next Monday and Tuesday with their draft to feature one of the very last yearlings to be offered at auction by the great champion Lonhro.
Sunday March 9
They’re the two highest priced yearlings by Kia Ora Stud’s Golden Slipper winner Farnan and they fought out the finish of the Group III Black Opal Stakes (1200m) at Canberra on Sunday with the ‘cheapie’ King Of Pop prevailing over Farcited.
Sunday March 9
Monday night sees the Autumn return of Caroline Searcy’s Bred To Win promoting the thoroughbred breeding industry and informing both the stalwarts of the game and newcomers about the latest bloodstock news and much more.
Sunday March 9
The Autumn Sun’s Group One placed daughter Snow In May got the first stakes win on the board at Canberra on Sunday when taking the Listed Canberra Guineas (1400m).
Sunday March 9
Talented import Buckaroo (GB) was one of the WFA stars of last year’s spring carnival and we had a first look at his younger half-brother in the $150,000 VRC Australian Cup Prelude (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday and Middle Earth (GB) did not disappoint.
Sunday March 9
An interesting result at Hawkesbury on Saturday was the win of Mahogany Girl in the $150,000 Polytrack Provincial Midway Championship Qualifier (1400m) as while stallions sometimes come back to racing after a stint at stud, mares rarely do it, but she has proved it is not only possible, but profitable!
Sunday March 9
Cambridge Stud-owned sprinting mare Joliestar proved she is among the best of Australia’s sprinters with an outstanding performance to win Saturday’s A$1.5 million Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington.
Sunday March 9
Woodside Park’s Shalaa produced his fifth stakes winner of the season when Jennilala produced a tough performance to win the Group III Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington for her new trainer.
Sunday March 9
Twin Hills Stud’s super consistent Smart Missile produced his 26th stakes winner on Saturday when Triple Missile won the Listed Bunbury Stakes (1400m).
Sunday March 9
Fresh off a Friday double, Vinery Stud’s red-hot Ole Kirk did it again on Saturday with two debut winners taking him to the top of both first season sire tables.
Sunday March 9
Reigning champion sire I Am Invincible had a seven winner Saturday and three of those winners were stakes-winners with Vinrock (2YO colt)and Enriched (3YO colt) joined later in the day by the Godolphin homebred mare Commemorative, who scored a dominant win in the Group III ATC Wenona Girl Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
Saturday March 8
Here is the full list of 106 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday March 8
The $750,000 Group I ATC Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday attracted a crackerjack field of serious G1 talent and when they got to the winning post it was one of only two runners in the race that was not a G1 winner that got the prize and it was the glorious Wootton Basset import Royal Patronage (Fr).
Saturday March 8
A troubled third when resuming from a spell in the Group II ATC Expressway Stakes in Sydney last month, super talented Zoustar mare Joliestar put that form behind her when powering to victory in the $1.5million Group I VRC Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday March 8
There’s always been a bit of something about Tom Kitten and he was mighty getting back to Group One winning form at Flemington on Saturday, staring down a brave Mr Brightside to prevail in the All Star Mile.
Saturday March 8
Waikato Stud’s rising star stallion Super Seth has sired his first two Group One winners within the space of seven days, with Linebacker capturing Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 The Agency Randwick Guineas (1600m) a week after Feroce’s heroics in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m).
Saturday March 8
A Cox Plate winning champion sire for Waikato Stud, Savabeel is not known for his short course older sprinters, with the exception of I Wish I Win, but he has a good one in Jedibeel.
Saturday March 8
Gilgai Farm have been basking in the glory of selling a million dollar yearling at Inglis Premier last week and also featured at Randwick on Saturday having bred and sold All Too Hard mare Little Baia, who scored a valuable first stakes win in the Group III ATC Aspiration Quality (1600m).
Saturday March 8
Memories of a confidence-denting defeat in last month’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m) were blown away on Saturday as Willydoit powered to a dominant victory in the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
Te Akau Racing, Blake Shinn and fantastic filly Damask Rose created a piece of New Zealand racing history when they took out the inaugural running of the richest race in the land, the newly minted $3.5 million Listed The NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
The $300,000 Group II VRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) always looked a race for the up and comers with talented I Am invincible colt Vinrock making it two wins in as many starts with a dominant two length win.
Saturday March 8
Raymond Connors’ green and red colours will forever be known for six victories in the Great Northern Steeplechase (6400m) at Ellerslie between 1998 and 2019, but the respected Manawatu horseman returned to Auckland on Saturday and took the spoils in another major test of stamina.
Saturday March 8
Pin up boy El Vencedor signed off his latest local campaign with the final leg of a winning Group One treble when he downed gallant mare La Crique in a thrilling finish to the Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
Godolphin and Street Boss launched into Golden Slipper calculations winning both Group II lead ups at Randwick - the Reisling Stakes and Todman Stakes on Saturday, with both out of Exceed And Excel mares.
Saturday March 8
Eight weeks after celebrating what they thought was a career pinnacle in the Gr.1 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham, the connections of blue-blooded mare Provence were treated to something even more special in Saturday’s Gr.1 HKJC World Pool New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
By champion sire I Am Invincible from the family of world champion racehorse Winx, Enriched is a colt with pedigree aplenty and now he has a Black Type victory to his name after taking out the Listed ATC Fireball Stakes (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday March 8
Just a week after the former Bennett Racing flag-bearing Written Tycoon stallion Southport Tycoon was announced for Widden Stud Victoria, the Bennett Racing colours were again to the fore and this time on a two year -old filly by Written Tycoon that won the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday March 8
Expensive colt Return To Conquer extended his unbeaten record to four as he brought up a significant milestone for the Te Akau Racing operation when winning the Gr. 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
Ken and Bev Kelso bought Alabama Lass in Melbourne as a yearling two years ago, and a stunning performance in Saturday’s Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie has them plotting a return.
Saturday March 8
Ex-pat Kiwi rider Michael (Mick) Dee gained early success on his latest race day return to his homeland when he guided favourite Island Life to victory in the Gr. 3 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday March 8
A gelding by reigning champion sire I Am Invincible returned the highest price at the 2025 Hong Kong International Sale (HKIS) on Friday night at Sha Tin after fetching a bid of HK$5 million (A$1,021,200)
Friday March 7
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday March 7
2025 looks like being another exciting year for Victorian breeders.
Friday March 7
The Darby Racing team did it again on Friday when online purchase Sandpaper won the Newcastle Stakes (Group III).
Friday March 7
Outstanding mare Estriella and the G1 winner Royal Merchant are the latest elite entries confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
Friday March 7
Vinery Stud’s freshman Ole Kirk has created a big impression with his first crop and he produced two new winners on Friday at Newcastle and Ballarat.
Friday March 7
A breeding right in Bivouac, a share in G1 winner Port Lockroy and mares in foal to the likes of So You Think, Ozzmosis, Pinatubo and Zousain headline a quality catalogue for the Inglis Digital March (Early) Online Sale.
Friday March 7
Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson will head to Champions Day at Ellerslie on Saturday with a number of leading prospects, and the country’s leading trainers are looking forward to being a part of the monumental meeting.
Friday March 7
A smorgasbord of stakes racing is set to unfold over the next few days with G1 racing in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand on Saturday, followed by the Canberra Black Opal meeting on Sunday and the Adelaide Cup meeting on Monday with the Black Type action starting at Newcastle later today.
Thursday March 6
We’ve taken a look back through the most expensive mares sold at auction in Australia last year to see just what stallions they ended up going to and 12 of them were bought by Yulong and all of them went to Yulong sires bar one.
Thursday March 6
Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday March 6
There were four heats for two year-olds at Rosehill on Thursday morning with some interesting winners including an unraced colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) and we had first looks at a pair of regally bred I Am Invincible youngsters that sold for $3million and $1million.
Thursday March 6
The Victorian breeding industry lost an unsung hero and a link with history with the recent passing of Bill Birch, stud manager for 27 years at the famed Mornmoot Stud at Whittlesea.
Thursday March 6
Talented filly Dream Of The Moon got her three-year-old season back on track at Riccarton Park on Wednesday, saluting fresh-up in the Book A Suite For Autumn Racing 65 (1200m).
Thursday March 6
Slot holder Daniel Nakhle has a key chance for the locals in Saturday’s $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m), but his focus will also lie much earlier on the card on Champions Day, with his star sprinter Crocetti contesting the Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m).
Thursday March 6
New Zealand-based syndicator Go Racing are looking forward to a bumper day of racing on Saturday, where they will be represented in feature races on both sides of the Tasman.
Thursday March 6
The NZB Filly of the Year title has been locked up by Leica Lucy (NZ) (Derryn), but the two remaining races in the series both carry plenty of prestige in their own right – starting with the $250,000 Group Three Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
Thursday March 6
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday March 5
Four days after the Super Seth / O’Reilly nick produced a Group One winner in Australian Guineas winner Feroce, it produced an impressive debut 2YO winner at Warwick Farm with the Waller/McDonald duo in Kilman.
Wednesday March 5
Yulong are no stranger to purchasing elite Northern Hemisphere mares for big money and added another to their collection on Tuesday securing reigning Eclipse Champion Female Sprinter Soul of an Angel (Atreides--Factor One, by The Factor), which set a new record price for the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform.
Wednesday March 5
With the official covering stats released by Australian Studbook this week we’re delving into the data to find the interesting stuff – here are the stallions that served the dams of Group One winners in the last 12 months.
Wednesday March 5
Magic Millions advise after careful consideration the Gold Coast March Yearling Sale will be delayed two weeks.
Wednesday March 5
New Zealand has been a great source of thoroughbred talent for leading Australian syndicator OTI Racing, and on Champions Day at Ellerslie this Saturday they are aiming to secure New Zealand’s richest prize.
Tuesday March 4
Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 4
The 2025 Premier Yearling Sale today concluded with Book 2 action, wrapping up a “somewhat extraordinary’’ week of trade at Oaklands.
Tuesday March 4
The selling schedule for next week's Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale has been changed due to adverse weather conditions forecast during the lead up to the auction.
Tuesday March 4
Million dollar yearlings always have a story and while Gilgai Farm were basking in the glory of selling their stunning Toronado (IRE) colt from Hardly Surprising for $1million at Inglis Premier this week, up in Queensland Basil Nolan and his family at Raheen Stud were also feeling the joy.
Tuesday March 4
With the official covering stats released by Australian Studbook this week here’s a look at which stallions got the Group One winners.
Tuesday March 4
Tony Pike will be represented in a number of the Champions Day features this Saturday, including the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m), the first top-flight appearance for his promising juvenile Lucy In The Sky.
Tuesday March 4
The Inglis Premier Yearling Book 1 Sale this week exceeded expectation with some pretty solid results and a number of notable pinhook success stories, so let’s take a look at some of the best.
Tuesday March 4
Just minutes later, the Rosemont bred Lot 201, a flashy colt but world-class stallion Frankel, became the second million dollar horse sold at Oaklands Junction this week, rewarding its breeder for their support of their home auction.
Tuesday March 4
Ellerslie has been the home of several of Orchestral’s career highlights, and trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are hoping she can add another on Saturday when she contests the $1 million Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m).
Tuesday March 4
Shaune Ritchie couldn’t have wished for a smoother run with Tuxedo into Saturday’s $1.25 million Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m).
Tuesday March 4
Feroce’s stunning Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) victory was celebrated in several of New Zealand’s most prominent stud farms over the weekend.