It was impossible not to be impressed by the winning return of Fangirl in the Group II ATC Apollo Stakes with the daughter of Sebring now surpassing Criterion as his highest stake earner and this $7.5million earner has her pedigree origins in Western Australia, so not surprisingly there are a couple of Perth Magic Millions yearlings to be offered from her family.

Lynward Park manager Troy van Heemst was busy transporting his yearlings and tack to the Swan Valley on Saturday morning but he wasn’t too occupied to talk about the chances of Bondi Bubbles in the RL Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjarra.

Nearly a year away from racing has done nothing to dim the ability of Justify (USA) filly Learning to Fly.

Momentum for this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale reached new heights at Randwick today when star 3YO filly Kimochi (Brave Smash) – who will be offered at the sale at Riverside in May – scored a scintillating win in the G2 Light Fingers Stakes.

Here is the full list of 101 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Tassort added a fourth winner to his tally at Bendigo on Saturday when the Anthony and Sam Freedman trained filly Ameena bolted clear to win as she pleased on debut.

The Gary Portelli trained filly Kimochi was a model of consistency last spring starting in six stakes races to place in all of them without winning, so when she poked her nose in front to take out the $300,000 Group II ATC Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday few could begrudge her the sweet taste of success.

Emerging talent Aberlour extended her winning sequence to three and completed a southern Guineas double with a tour de force in Saturday’s Listed ILT Ascot Park Hotel Southland Guineas (1600m) at Ascot Park.

The odds-on favourite Jimmysstar had punters on their feet as he spent the length of the straight defying the stubborn Savannah Cloud in the Listed The Elms Hcp at Flemington when the dreaded outsider Makram (IRE) emerged from the pack.

An unimpressive trial created a touch of uncertainty around glamour I Am Invincible mare Imperatriz ahead of her first-up run in Saturday’s $1 million Group I Black Caviar Lightning (1000m) at Flemington, but the Te Akau superstar wonder-mare blew all those doubts away and carried on her winning way.

No horse has done more to champion the cause for Grandview Stud’s Winning Rupert than the 4-year-old mare Semana.

The $300,000 Group II ATC Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday is the traditional starting point for elite WFA horses seeking autumn glory in Sydney and the first three over the line showed cream does indeed rise to the top with Fangirl breathtakingly good in beating her stable-mate Militarize with Think It Over a gallant third.

It has been thirty years since a Victoria Derby winner returned to win the Group III CS Hayes Stakes (1400m)at Flemington, but Riff Rocket achieved the feat like a horse with further Group 1 wins in sight.

Yarraman Park bred, sold and co-owned I Am Invincible gelding King of Sparta arrived at Randwick on Saturday with residual fitness in his favour after winning the $1million Magic Millions Snippets (1200m) last month and he duly took the prize in the Group II ATC Expressway Stakes (1200m).

Three weeks after announcing her arrival among the season’s elite three-year-olds in breathtaking style on Karaka Millions night, Orchestral treated Ellerslie to an encore in Saturday’s Gr.2 Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas (2100m).

Talented stayer Asterix returned to the scene of his greatest triumph when he stormed home to take out the Gr.2 Eagle Technology Avondale Cup (2400m) at Ellerslie.

Making her first start since being edged out in the Group II Fillies Classic (1600m) at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate day last October, Grinzinger Belle opened her stakes account in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III The Tab Vanity (1400m) at Flemington.

A multiple Group II winner with a couple of G1 placings to her name, Russian Revolution mare Revolutionary Miss is going to be a massive drawcard when she is offered for sale later this year and added another feature win to her CV at Flemington on Saturday when taking out the Group III VRC France Tressady Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

James Harron Bloodstock have a talented battalion of two year-old colts running this season and they include progressive youngster Aardvark, who resumed from a spell to win the Listed VRC Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday to become the 18th stakes-winner for his sire Capitalist.

The Pam Gerard and Mike Moroney stable have been enjoying considerable success of late including with class three-year-old Pendragon, however, it was his stablemate of the same age in Pericles who stole the limelight on Saturday with an eye-catching victory in the Listed SKYCITY Horizon Uncle Remus Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie.

After purchasing the Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy, Coolmore took a stranglehold on the Golden Slipper after the professional performance from exquisite Snitzel colt Switzerland in Saturday’s Pierro Plate (II00m) at Randwick.

Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were a number of first season sires with irons in the fire for the juvenile event at Canterbury on Friday night and it was Newgate Farm’s Brutal that got the winner with his talented filly Totoka diving through late between runners to snatch an eye-catching win.

After placing in three of his six starts, the Grunt gelding Dragoon broke his maiden over 1600m at Moonee Valley on Friday.

The tireless efforts of co-trainer and part-owner Hollie Wynyard were rewarded at New Plymouth on Friday when comeback galloper Titled took out the Landmark City of New Plymouth Cup (1800m).

One of the most interesting races this weekend is the Group II ATC Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick with nine of the 12 runners resuming from a spell and if you’ve been following our trial stories you will know Learning to Fly has been given a very solid grounding for her return which is good news for the six different vendors that will all offer yearlings from her famous family at I

Miss Finland, Star Witness, All Too Hard, Ole Kirk, and the Godolphin pair, Microphone and Ingratiating have their names etched on the Talindert Stakes trophy, and the royal blue silks are to be carried by a fascinating first starter at Flemington on Saturday.

Willow Dale Farm vendor Eva Highley has raised the bar every year at the Perth Magic Millions since a final yearling-sale season in the Hunter Valley back in 2018.

The Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale is on next week (February 22 and 23) and the big draw card is Playing God, whose largest ever foal crop are poised to play a big role and if you need reminding why this is a big deal we decided to revisit and update our Australian Studbook Red Flags story from last year that charted his rise.

We have an interesting juvenile maiden at Canterbury on Friday evening that features the progeny of five first season sires, so let’s check out the sale mail.

Here is the full list of 34 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When the half-sister by Pierro to a Golden Slipper winner rolled the hot favourite on debut at Goulburn on Thursday, you just know you’re going to want to find out more!

Roger James and Robert Wellwood are still in awe of what Orchestral produced when winning last month’s $1.5 million TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) at Ellerslie, and the Cambridge trainers are looking forward to stepping her out once more at the Auckland venue on Saturday.

Shaune Ritchie is bullish about kicking off a new association on a top note at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Five heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Thursday morning featured some interesting winners including Golden Slipper favourite Storm Boy in explosive form and an unraced Snitzel colt trained by Chris Waller was an eye-catcher.

Solid trade at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale produced some healthy pinhook results with four of the top eight pinhooks sold by Sledmere Stud.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

G1 winner Startantes and Stakes-winning Extreme Choice mare Extremist are the two latest star attractions confirmed for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale, for which entries are now officially open.

A line has been ruled through an Australian autumn campaign for Crocetti, with the son of Zacinto heading to the spelling paddock after a standout three-year-old term.

A bright spot in a tough couple of weeks for trainer Shay Keating as her 3-year-old  filly Into You broke her maiden in the Veolia Maiden Plate (1400m) at Ballarat on Wednesday.

The highly-regarded Zousain filly, Chateau Miraval, lived up to the wraps when making a winning debut at Randwick Kensington on Wednesday, but it was a close-run thing.

Arrowfield Stud's talented blueblood Miracle Of Love died of a suspected heart attack during a barrier trial at Scone on Wednesday.

The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is done and dusted with three days of trade combining the old Highway Session into the main catalogue achieving an average almost the same as last year so a good enough result for the majority of vendors with most purchasers believing they found good value.

They say timing is everything in this industry and Glenlogan Park’s Steve Morley’s certainly wasn’t complaining when his half sister to Saturday’s $2m Inglis Millennium winner Fully Lit topped the final day of the Classic Yearling Sale.

Here is the full list of 12 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A talented grey by champion sire Lope de Vega with a pedigree that would easily measure up to Tattersalls or Arqana, this Robert and Luke Price trained filly is destined to win a lot better races.

Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Zousain filly Drifting had been showing nice potential at the trials and kicked off her career with a commanding win at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

Fresh from siring Fully Lit to win the $2million Inglis Millennium last Saturday, Hellbent delivered a magical result for first time vendors Riverstone Lodge at Inglis Classic on Tuesday when their filly from Rose of Savannah sold for $320,000 to BK Racing and Breeding.

Yarradale Stud Manager Davy Hanratty is confident this year’s consignment of 24 yearlings to the Perth Magic Millions is the best since he arrived at Gidgegannup in 2011.

The latest fortnightly auction on gavelhouse.com has been given a black-type boost by the addition of quality racetrack performer Aromatic (NZ) (Sacred Falls).

For the sires whose oldest progeny are three year-olds the next six months are a virtual judgment day with the clock now ticking to decide their fate in terms of commercial success going forward.

Godolphin unleashed an interesting debut winner overnight at Wolverhampton with the full brother to their 2018 Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter bolting in on debut.

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

The most expensive filly ever sold at Inglis Classic was the star of Day 2 as debut sale vendors North enjoyed the dream start to their new venture.

Hunter Valley vet and avid thoroughbred breeder Dr Richard McClenahan is no stranger to success at Inglis Classic having bred a colt by Capitalist from Theatric that topped the sale in 2021 at $625,000 in the Kitchwin Hills draft, but this year was a little different with McClenahan consigning his yearlings under his own Mullaglass Stud banner and he hit a home run when the Justify (USA) filly fro

When Flame of Hestia, the two year-old half-sister by Too Darn Hot (GB) to dual Group I winner In Her Time, bolted in at her first barrier trial for Kris Lees last month it put the spotlight on her yearling full sister who lit up the sale ring at Inglis Classic on Monday making for $600,000 for new vendor North.

He probably should have won the Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes two years ago had he been allowed to start and Pedigree Dynamics' Jane Henning cannot resist the unique pedigree challenge presented by Swettenham Stud new recruit Lofty Strike. 

The Warwick Farm trials this morning kicked off with a super interesting heat featuring Everest winner Think About It and the new Joe Pride stable acquisition Mazu with five heats won by juveniles including two winners for Microphone and the return of exciting colt Straight Charge.

Exciting sprinter Master Fay is set to test his talents across the Tasman, with the six-year-old gelding booked to fly to Melbourne next week to chase elite-level targets, while his yearling full brother will be offered at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale next month.

Scott Eagleton might not have had the best seat in the house to watch Molly Bloom’s latest success, but it didn’t detract from the satisfaction derived from the star filly’s return to winning ways.

With the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale in full swing and a run of sales to follow the demand for information that can narrow the search for buyers and enhance their chances of success is at a premium so we’re taking a look at overall stats for proven active sires.

The Group I Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond are fast approaching and we’ve almost certainly seen the winner of both and there were four super interesting stakes-winners on Saturday all putting their hat in the ring, so let’s take a look at the pedigrees and see why some nicks might not as good as you may think.

Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu hopes a Street Boss colt he bought for a Day 1-topping $375,000 is his next Voyage Bubble, the HK Derby winner Yiu also sourced from the Classic Yearling Sale.

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

The winner of the last two Launceston Cups, Aurora's Symphony kept his perfect Tasmanian record intact with a track-record-breaking win in Sunday's $300,000 Group III Ladbrokes Hobart Cup (2400m).

A blowout for punters in the Listed Magic Millions Thomas Lyons Stakes at Hobart as Carleen Hefel came with a barnstorming finish from last on the Street Boss (USA) gelding Just A Tribute.

At the 2015 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, Mick Price paid $100,000 for a colt by Not a Single Doubt and Extreme Choice would go on to be a life changing horse for all those connected with him winning two Group I races before emerging as one of the hottest sires in the country and Price was happy to pay $320,000 for one of his sons at Riverside Stables on Sunday.

The Patrick Payne-trained Wings Of Song continued her domination of the 3-year-old fillies races in Tasmania with a hard-fought win in the Listed Viso TAS Insurance Brokers Strutt Stakes (2100m) at Hobart on Sunday.

Joe O’Neill of Prime Thoroughbreds has a happy knack for finding value at Inglis Classic having purchased $1.2million earning filly Rubisaki at this sale back in 2018 for $85,000 and he struck early at the sale this year purchasing fillies by So You Think and Pierro on Sunday.

It was a magical ten minutes for broodmare Geordie Girl on Saturday as two of her progeny won feature races in succession.

The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starts at 10am this morning and if you want to catch up with what the vendors are saying ahead of the sale check out all the sale snippets at Breednet – have you had a chat with Maree?

Here is the full list of 117 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Undefeated colt Fully Lit (Hellbent) made a clean sweep of the $2m Inglis Millennium and $400,000 Inglis Pink Bonus with a devastating victory in today’s 2YO feature at Randwick.

The $200,000 Group III MRC Senet Peter Le Grand Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday was won in commanding style by exciting filly Estriella and then later in the day five year-old mare Real Danger won the Listed WATC Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Bunbury to make it four stakes-winners on the day for I Am Invincible.

Fresh off an 11-week break, the 5-year-old Alpine Eagle mare, The Map, put in a career-best performance in Saturday’s Listed JRA Plate (2006m) at Morphettville.

Mr Brightside needed to call on all his champion qualities to snatch victory from the free-running Pride Of Jenni in the $750,000 Group 1 Sportsbet CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield.

The high-class Medaglia d'Oro (USA) gelding Kallos earned his chance in the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate after emerging from a twenty-three-week hiatus to claim the $300,000 Group II McCafe Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $250,000 Group III ATC Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) was the comeback race for Group I winning colts Griff and Tom Kitten, but with race fitness on his side and a weight advantage I Am Invincible colt Caballus claimed the prize over talented filly Makarena.

Matamata trainers Ken and Bev Kelso have long believed Legarto had the potential to excel over 2000m, and their stable star proved them right on Saturday with a sparkling performance in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa.

Quality mare Yonce scored a richly-deserved Group Three victory when landing the Carlyon Cup (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday for trainer Ciaron Maher.

After breaking her maiden at her previous start in the fillies division of the Group III Blue Diamond Preview, became the first filly in nine years to add the $300,000 Group II Sportsbet Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield.

One of the unluckiest horses in the top echelon of New Zealand racing in recent times, Bonny Lass turned things around with a supreme front-running performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1200m) at Te Rapa.

Promising galloper Wallen produced one of the standout performances on Legends Day at Te Rapa, claiming the inaugural Sir Patrick Hogan Karapiro Classic (1600m) in sensational fashion.

If Saturday’s Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa was the final New Zealand appearance for Molly Bloom, the Group One-winning filly farewelled her homeland on a high.

Expensive I Am Invincible colt Bodyguard looked good winning the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial (1000m) at Flemington last spring and even better when resuming from a spell to score a dominant win in a hot clash of colts in the $300,000 Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

A field of eight 3-year-olds put their autumn aspirations on the line in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Hyland Race Colours Autumn Stakes at Caulfield, and Snow Patrol and Southport Tycoon singled out for a stirring finish.

The form of highly raced Snitzel colt Switzerland was franked at Randwick on Saturday when Castanya, the filly he beat on debut at Randwick last month, came out and won the Listed ATC Lonhro Plate (1000m) at her second start.

Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Pierro was running hot on Friday night with a winning treble courtesy of Simeon saluting at Moonee Valley, while Don Pedro got the cash in the second race at Canterbury with progressive three year-old Les Vampires following up in the very next race with a dominant win as a short priced favourite.

Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) posted his 20th Australian winner of the season when promising filly Miss Chenery opened her account at Canterbury on Friday night.

The favourite Yellow Sam won the initial running of the Group III Kevin Sharkie Mystic Journey Stakes (1200m) at Hobart, which had been known for 18 years as the Bow Mistress Stakes.  

In a landmark acquisition for Swettenham Stud and the Victorian breeding industry, the illustrious LOFTY STRIKE joins the Swettenham Stud roster for the 2024 breeding season.

A hard-fought win by the odd-on favourite Bold Soul gave Patrick Payne a third consecutive win in the Listed Graham Family Funerals Tasmanian Derby (2200m0 at Hobart.

Te Akau Racing has landed at least one of Legends Day’s major prizes in each of the last five editions of the showpiece Te Rapa meeting, and trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson have assembled another formidable contingent for Saturday’s 2024 version.

Saturday’s $175,000 Group Two David & Karyn Ellis Fillies’ Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa is the eighth leg of the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series for 2023-24, and top-of-the-table filly Molly Bloom (NZ) (Ace High) is back to try to add to her imposing lead.

After an action-packed six days of trading at Karaka 2024, results have been accumulated from the incredible Book 1 and Book 2 yearling sessions held from 28 January to 2 February at the Karaka Sales Centre.

Progressive stayer The Underbelly commenced what could be a highly successful weekend for Robbie Patterson and underrated sire The Bold One.

As Deep Field looks to put a stamp on his all-too-short career with his record-priced son High Octane in the colts and geldings division of Saturday's Group III Sportsbet Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield, the fairytale could be thwarted by the highest-priced son of his Newgate heir apparent Cosmic Force.

Inspections are in full swing head of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale starting this Sunday with Riverside Stables packed with horses and people searching for their next winner, so let’s hear what some of our vendors have to say – have you had a chat with Maree?

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.