Malt Time has gone close this preparation to major success and she will head south later this week in a bid to tick that box.

Graham Richardson is hoping a successful week for his female contingent can continue after Snazzytavi was a stand-out victor at Te Rapa on Saturday.

Talented middle-distance specialist and million-dollar earner Defibrillate has been retired.

The $3million Magic Millions 3YO Guineas over 1400m at the Gold Coast on January 13 will be targeted by the biggest stables in the country with Racing Queensland and Magic Millions releasing an order of entry for the Top 30 contenders as of Sunday.

It’s been a good weekend for Woodside Park sires with Vancouver getting his first Group I winner in Overpass, while Shalaa (IRE) delivered a French stakes-winner overnight when Siam Paragon won the Listed Prix Luthier (1500m) at Deauville on the all weather track.

Widden Stud are always on the lookout for new stallion prospects that fit their established profile for success and are thrilled to announce the acquisition of high class I Am Invincible colt I AM UNSTOPPABLE, who was an unbeaten stakes-winning 2yo and closed out his spring campaign with a brave second in the $2million Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

The focus is fast switching from the breeding season to the yearling sales season and with a record number of yearlings sold in Australia in 2023 for $1million or more we’ve already seen three of them come out and win stakes races this spring.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With those dastardly Europeans cooling their heels,  the $304,000 Haymes Paint Jericho Cup over an energy-sapping 4600m at Warrnambool on Sunday was won by our friends across the Tasman with the mare Nassak Diamond.

The $1,400,000 Snitzel colt Head Of The Herd has double the number of barrier trials as he has race starts, but he is beginning to pay his way with a second win at start four at Hawkesbury on Sunday.

With two stakes-winners among his three winners at Ascot on Saturday, Playing God is in rare air this season with his five individual stakes-winners of seven stakes races putting him in exulted company.

Sensational sprinter Overpass (Vancouver) scored a deserved first G1 win in emphatic fashion in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot this evening, capping off a red-letter day for Inglis graduates who won seven Stakes races in four States across two countries.

Sydney Showjumping Club had their annual championships event on Saturday and Sunday at Richmond just west of Sydney and with his new owner Kathy O’Hara still on the sidelines with a broken foot, champion showjumper Tom McDermott took the reins on champion sprinter Nature Strip in his first official competition.

Champion sire I Am Invincible has a growing number of sons at stud and one of them is Santos, who was relocated from Aquis to Highview Stud in New Zealand earlier this year and sired his first Australian stakes-winner on Saturday at Doomben when West of Dalby won the $160,000 Listed BRC Mode Stakes (1200m).

While it might not match the adulation for his close relative Northerly, the Vancouver speedball Overpass is building a huge fan club in the west after adding Saturday’s $1,500,000 Group 1 Crown Perth - Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot to his success in the $4,000,000 The Quokka.

Here is the full list of 123 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

"The guys that own him were really disappointed when he drew wide but I said to them when he came over here and worked on Tuesday, 'this is really his favourite track’, he gets himself into such a good rhythm here and it's the only race all Summer that I had an opportunity to bring him back here to Doomben," Gollan said.

A multiple Group II winner with a couple of G1 placings to her name, Russian Revolution mare Revolutionary Miss had a class edge over her rivals in the $200,000 Group III MRC Summoned Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday and held off a wall of challengers to take the win.

Veteran stayer Stockman produced a remarkable come-from-behind performance to land his fourth black-type win in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Christmas Cup (2400m) at Rosehill.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum’s homebred mare Ghaanati added to her already considerable value when opening her stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Premier Signs Doveton Stakes at Caulfield.

The loss of much missed Victorian favourite sire Magnus was highlighted on Saturday when he had a race to race Group double at Caulfield with Just Folk landing the Group III MRC Eclipse Stakes (1800m) followed by King Magnus in the Group III MRC Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1400m).

The winner of the Hobart Cup in February, Military Mission (IRE) has given connections thrills this spring in the Group III Newcastle Cup and Group III Herbert Power Stakes before closing out a successful campaign in Saturday’s $750,000 Group II Whispering Angel Zipping Classic (2400m) at Caulfield.

As Williamsburg and Rustic Steel were involved in their personal duel down the straight, it was plain sailing for the Exosphere gelding Phearson to make a winning stakes debut in Saturday’s Group III James Squire Festival Stakes at Rosehill.

The Snitzel filly Serasana completed a red-letter day for Kia Ora Stud at Caulfield when she made a one-act affair of the $300,000 Group II  Neds Sandown Guineas (1600m).

New Zealand’s oldest racing club celebrated its 175th anniversary with the running of Saturday’s Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m), and the Listed feature could have had no more fitting and popular winner than Kelly Coe.

A patient ride by Bailey Rogerson paid off in spades as she guided Just As Sharp to a convincing victory in the Listed Trevor & Corallie Eagle Memorial 3YO (1500m) at Te Rapa.

A reputation for being a perennial placegetter is now a distant memory for Glamour Tycoon, who scored her second win in a row with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui.

Enigmatic galloper El Vencedor capped off some consistent form and provided trainer Stephen Marsh with a winning black-type double when he bolted clear to win the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa.

Leading Sydney jockey Nash Rawiller is forming a potent partnership with New Zealand-bred gelding Toesonthenose, who scored a comfortable win in Saturday’s A$160,000 Vale Ray Markey Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill.

After giving yeoman service to Josh Julius, Just Folk is now a stakes-winner for Gavin Bedggood after toughing it out in the Group III Lamaro's Hotel Eclipse Stakes at Caulfield to break a winning drought that extends back to the Group II Ajax Stakes at Rosehill in March 2022.

A heartbreaking second when nosed out in the Group III Thoroughbred Club Stakes, the Grunt filly Miraval Rose took luck out of the equation when going coast to coast in Saturday’s Listed Mercedes-Benz Berwick Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

The much anticipated debut of talented Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy at Rosehill on Saturday produced the desired result when the powerhouse bay jumped straight to the front and kept going.

Kia Ora Stud took a fancy to a couple of yearlings by Exceed and Excel at the Magic Millions, splashing out $1,400,000 for an Ichihara colt and $1,100,000 for a filly out of the Group II winner Sweet Sherry.

Three Coolmore sires all in the Hunter Valley this spring - St Mark's Basilica (Fr), Starspangledbanner and Wootton Bassett (GB) - produced the top three lots in the Tattersalls December Foal Sale on Friday at Newmarket. 

A homebred for Rob Love and his family’s Love Racing, Capitalist filly Milliondollarmumma made light work of her first metropolitan victory scoring easily at Moonee Valley on Friday night to bring a nice pedigree update for her Magic Millions bound half-sister.

Here is the full list of 63 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

The Laurel Oak Bloodstock colours were in the winner’s circle at Randwick on Friday afternoon when expensive Zoustar filly Zouphoria broke the ice with a resounding win and she has a half-sister headed to Magic Millions 2024.

The lure of the $50,000 Super Maiden (1500m) at Mudgee on Friday did not go unnoticed by the Annabel Neasham stable with victory going to their lightly raced Brave Smash (Jpn) gelding Rush Attack.

Champion Victorian jockey Blake Shinn will be in action in New Zealand on Boxing Day at Pukekohe Park as well as at the lucrative Karaka Millions meeting at Ellerslie on January 27.

A Group I win on the resume for a well bred colt does not guarantee a career at stud and the vast prizemoney on offer has encouraged connections of two Group I winning colts last season to continue their careers next year as geldings.

There is a big card of stakes racing at Caulfield on Saturday with eight Black Type races to be decided including the Listed MRC Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) for juveniles featuring the progeny of four of our first season sires.

The world's best racehorse Equinox has danced his last dance and been retired to stud after his resouncing victory in the Japan Cup (2400m) last Sunday.

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

There were originally going to be some super interesting juvenile trials at Canterbury on Thursday morning, but Sydney’s wild weather forced them to move to the polytrack at Warwick Farm and as a result there were many scratchings with only a couple of trials that actually took place, but that was enough for us to get a look at a couple of youngsters likely to give Tassort his next winner.

Johnathan Parkes has had many memorable wins throughout his riding career, but his victory aboard Chase at Otaki on Thursday would feature right up there sentimentally.

Trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood were far from surprised that Zabmanzor bridged the significant gap from maiden company to black type success with such aplomb at Otaki.

After two encouraging barrier trials, the Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy makes his highly anticipated debut in Saturday's Kia Ora Prague Hcp (1100m) at Rosehill Gardens.

A beast on the track, the best of Bivouac was as good as the best we’ve seen over the short course in the modern era.

The second day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale saw robust trade, with twelve lots making in excess of 100,000 guineas.

The dam of this season’s Group winning three year-old Encap, Enquare was sold on Inglis Digital this week for $500,000 after initially passing in with a successful sale negotiated shortly after.

The 6-year-old Turffontein gelding First Accused went one better than his second to The Inevitable twelve months ago to open his stakes account in Wednesday nights Listed Jackson Security Newmarket Hcp at Launceston.

Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

G1 superstar She’s Extreme – one of the best credentialled fillies to race in Australia this century – is the first confirmed major entry into next year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

A beaten favourite in a Pakenham maiden on November 10, the Sioux Nation (USA) filly Socks Nation did not let her supporters down a second time when putting eight opponents to the sword in Wednesday’s Ladbrokes Owners Incentive Scheme Plate (1500m) at Sandown-Lakeside.

Placed in four of his first five starts, Vomo Island returned from an 11-week break as a gelding to earn an overdue victory in Wednesday's $60,000 1800 Respect Super 3yo Maiden Plate (1200m) at Wyong.

“It’s certainly not something you see every day!” - If you have been in the industry and seen as many foals born as Verna Metcalfe has, that is saying something.

A Zoustar filly from a Group I family, Ginger ‘n’ Pink cast off maiden status with an easy win at Sandown on Wednesday at her first run back from a spell.

Explosive finishes are becoming a habit for Geriatrix, and co-trainer Andrew Scott is hopeful the eye-catching colt can produce another in Thursday’s Gr.3 Elsdon Park Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki.

A successful first campaign will draw to a close on Thursday for future Group One hope Up The Anti when the promising three-year-old is stepped up in grade on his home track at Otaki.

Howden, the global insurance group, have announced two new horse racing sponsorships with Victoria Racing Club (VRC) in Australia and The Bahrain Turf Club (BTC), reinforcing its commitment to the global equine market and strengthening its connection to horse racing.

The Magic Millions Queensland Off-The-Track Showjumping Qualifier at Darling Downs Showjumping Club was held on Sunday with Kolora Lodge’s Peter McMahon and Royal Talisman posting a brilliant win.

The last crop of foals by legendary sire Redoute’s Choice were foaled in 2019 and his last ever yearling to be sold at Inglis Easter opened her account at Bendigo on Tuesday for the Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable.

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

The 98th National Yearling Sales Series will take place at Karaka from Sunday 28 January to Friday 2 February featuring 682 of New Zealand’s finest yearlings in Book 1 and another 442 in Book 2, so we’re taking a closer look at what buyers can expect in terms of sire talent.

The quest to find the next stakes star from the Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale has begun with the release of the quality online catalogue for the 2024 edition of the popular auction.

It’s nearing that time where the movie Love Actually finds its way onto television screens around the world, but it’s a mare by the same name that is getting Thomas Russell and his partner Pip D’Arcy-Brain excited this festive season.

Modest purchase Bella Carolina has proved herself to be an exceptional investment for Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison.

Two heats for juveniles at Randwick on Tuesday morning and we might have seen the winner of the 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic, which is not surprisingly trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

The vast prizemoney on offer during spring the spring carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne can skew the leading sire lists by earnings, so we’ve taken a look at the leading sires by stakes-winners although even that measure of success can now be taken with a grain of salt given the lack of Black Type on a couple of the best races in the country, while some traditional Black Type races have been

November is nearly at an end and for young first season sires looking to post a winner in December you would nearly need to have progeny seen out at the trials right about now, so let’s take a look at who has ammo in the locker.

Here is the full list of 26 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

If you competed at the Thoroughbred Sport Horse National Championships in the Friday show jumping classes make sure you tune in to tonight’s Thoroughbreds Are Go on Sky Thoroughbred Central (Foxtel Ch 528).

There will be no resting on laurels for New Zealand Bloodstock after last week’s record-shattering Ready to Run Sale. Instead, the release of the catalogues for Karaka 2024 has launched the countdown to the pinnacle event on the sales calendar.

Precocious two-year-old Velocious is proving a gem of a filly on two fronts for Inglewood Stud.

Josh Shaw tasted Group glory with Hinepara last year and he has got a craving for more.

Frank Ritchie had anything but a relaxed watch as Gwen’s Daughter descended down the Pukekohe straight on Saturday, but he was delighted when she prevailed in the Stella Artois Championship Qualifier (1500m).

Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) posted a new juvenile stakes-winner in North America when Just Steel captured the $222,505 Listed Ed Brown Stakes (6 ½ f) at Churchill Downs and his all Australian female family has produced two Australian Group winners this spring in Muramasa and Banana Queen, so you just know there are going to be a lot of 2024 sales yearlings that get a pedigree update for

Oaklands Stud based Exosphere has had two Australian Group w winners this spring in Skybird and Spacewalk and added a new US Group winner to his tally on the weekend when French bred gelding Easter won the Group II Sea Biscuit Handicap (1 and 1/16th m) at Del Mar.

Here is the full list of 58 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When Kermadec gets a good one, he gets a really good one, so when a well bred three year-old filly by him makes a winning debut for champion trainer Chris Waller we want to take a closer look and this girl has a lot of relatives headed to yearling sales in 2024.

Equinox (JPN) showed why he is rated the world’s best racehorse with an unforgettable performance in the 43rd running of the A$11,000,000 Group 1 Longines Japan Cup (2400m) at Tokyo on Sunday.

A competitive juvenile event at Newcastle on Sunday featured some well bred types with Deep Field filly Deep Joy arriving late on the scene in driving rain to claim a half length win.

Sad to learn of the passing the former Cambridge Stud shuttler Stravinsky (USA), who died on November 21 at the JBBA Shizunai Stallion station at the age of 27.

New Zealand import Jimmysstar kept his unblemished Australian record intact with a super-impressive win in Saturday’s A$175,000 Freeway Ford Shooting Stars (1500m) at Cranbourne.

Unbeaten three-year-old December stamped himself as a galloper to watch over the next few months after taking the next step in his development at Wanganui on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 133 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

What an incredible forty minutes for legendary trainer Neville Parnham, his son Steven, and Darling View Thoroughbreds outstanding stallion, Playing God.

The Neville Parnham-trained Zipaway emulated his sire Playing God when capturing Saturday’s $500,000 Group II Sky Racing - WA Guineas (1600m) at Ascot.

A $10,000 yearling that has won over $600,000, the 5-year-old Galah gelding Let's Galahvant earned a third stakes success when running down the favourite Magnificent Andy in Saturday's Carbine Club Of WA Stakes at Ascot.

Another good day for Newgate Farm's Tassort with Onemoretwomany making it two for two in Saturday's Magic Millions Gai Waterhouse - Crystal Slipper Stakes at Ascot after Astapor did the same at Doomben.

Purchased as a yearling for $1,050,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions, Zarastro failed to measure up to expectation as a colt and was re-offered in 2022 on Inglis Digital where he was snapped up by Tony Gollan for $32,500 and the five year-old I Am Invincible gelding scored his first stakes win on Saturday with a commanding victory in the Listed BRC Tattersalls Recognition Stakes (1350m).

Graham and Linda Huddy are great supporters of racing both on the track and in after racing life care and particularly with their Peachester Lodge showjumping teams, but their talented Capitalist mare Comrade Rosa is set for a career at stud rather than the jump arena after posting her third stakes victory at Doomben on Saturday.

With a spectacular performance in The Illawarra Mercury Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday, Detonator Jack delivered a second consecutive New Zealand-bred victory in the A$1 million race.

The 6-year-old Irish import Charterhouse (GB) opened his Australian account for the all-conquering Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable in Saturday’s $500,000 Listed Ladbrokes Cranbourne Cup (1600m).

Brazen Beau’s speedy son Taunting led at every call in Saturday’s Procon Developments Apache Cat Classic (1000m) at Cranbourne.

With a rail-skimming ride aboard Campionessa in the Gr.2 Dunstan Horsefeeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m), comeback jockey Matt Cameron completed a feature double at Pukekohe on Saturday that marked his best day back in the saddle.

One Bold Cat took his promising career to a new level in Saturday’s Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) at Pukekohe, delivering a third feature prize of the month for Robbie Patterson.

Despite a tardy start, the 2-year-old Tassort colt Astapor had little trouble keeping his record at a perfect two for two in Saturday’s Select Fire Systems Plate (1100m) at Doomben.

Almost all of the spring’s brightest two-year-old talent gathered at Pukekohe on Saturday for New Zealand’s first black-type juvenile race of the season, but it was the unbeaten filly Velocious who soared above her contemporaries and dominated the Listed Counties Challenge Stakes (1100m).

In a contest largely focussed on glamour mare Babylon Berlin, talented entire Sacred Satono made the most of his six-kilogram weight advantage to storm home in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) on Saturday at Pukekohe.