Wednesday May 21
The Magic Millions National Weanling Sale is on this Sunday and Vinery Stud aren’t wasting time bringing anything to the Gold Coast other than quality with a select draft of four that includes one of only two colts in the sale by champion sire Zoustar.
Wednesday May 21
Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday May 21
Prized Icon has returned to his birthplace of Gooree Stud to stand the coming season this spring and posted a two state metro double on Wednesday in Sydney and Melbourne.
Wednesday May 21
Off the back of three jump out victories, the Mark Walker trained Samudra (Snitzel), the first foal of dual Group 1 winner Pippie (Written Tycoon) defeated I'mateez, the Capitalist half-brother to ten-time Group 1 winner Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) in Wednesday's Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1000m) on the Sandown Hillside track.
Wednesday May 21
A heavy 10 at Warwick Farm on Wednesday led to an avalanche of scratchings and for those runners that remained to brave the conditions it was survival of the fittest with Exceedance posting a winning double.
Wednesday May 21
Promising young sire Brutal has had a flurry of winners since the start of May and added a new juvenile winner to the tally at Ipswich on Wednesday when the Kelly Schweida trained colt Brutal Glory saluted.
Wednesday May 21
Talented sprinter Lhasa was at the peak of his powers on the Cambridge Synthetic on Wednesday, schooling his rivals despite a hefty weight impost.
Wednesday May 21
The National Weanling Sale will be staged at Karaka on Thursday 26 June and has a catalogue of 134 lots plus supplementaries to be announced.
Wednesday May 21
It’s a full circle moment for Group One performer Express Yourself this week, with the daughter of Shamexpress being offered once again on Gavelhouse.com.
Wednesday May 21
Fresh from siring his second Group I winner this season in Port Lockroy, Better Than Ready remains one of the very best value sires in Australia with Lyndhurst Stud keeping his fee at an affordable $27,500.
Wednesday May 21
Equate '25, Australasia’s leading innovation summit for the thoroughbred industry, today announces its full lineup of keynote speakers.
Tuesday May 20
Blue hen Al Anood has called it a day at age 21 and was retired from stud duties earlier this year, but she added a new winner to her tally on Tuesday at Kilmore and with two precious fillies born in 2023 and 2024 her legacy remains a work in progress.
Tuesday May 20
Here is the full list of 19 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday May 20
Vinery Stud has announced that Peter Orton will leave the business after 25 years, prior to this year’s breeding season.
Tuesday May 20
Perennial Group One bridesmaid Babylon Berlin is set to take on the next stage of her career when she is offered at Magic Millions’ Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale next week.
Tuesday May 20
A perfect gift continues to keep on giving for expatriate Kiwi horsewoman Emma-Lee Browne who is now in the luxurious position of having a guaranteed Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) runner with a homebred.
Tuesday May 20
Lhasa has matched up in quality sprinting fields on the turf this campaign and he will pay for that success at Cambridge Synthetic on Wednesday as a clear topweight in the Ride For Jimmy 1300.
Tuesday May 20
A star studded renewal of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale will kick off next Tuesday (May 27) with glamour girls Zougotcha and Atishu vying for top honours, so we’re taking a quick look back to check in on some of the stars from the past.
Tuesday May 20
The recent Inglis Chairman’s Sale once again demonstrated the top end of the breeding market in Australia remains very strong, but for aspiring breeders seeking a more accessible entry point there is no shortage of opportunity.
Monday May 19
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday May 19
Widden Stud’s Zoustar has a narrow lead over Pride of Dubai on the Australian General Sires List following a weekend that produced a new stakes-winner in Australia in Stardom and also one in the US with Lunar Impact taking out the Listed Mizdirection Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday.
Monday May 19
Balcairn trainer Karen Parsons is the latest member to be inducted into the 1000-win club after she reached the milestone at Riccarton’s synthetic meeting last Thursday.
Monday May 19
Francee’s victory in the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) was of special significance for Haunui Farm on a number of fronts.
Monday May 19
A Frankel colt from Loch Lein was the top seller at the 2024 Goffs Orby Book Yearling Sale when selling to Godolphin for €2million and he made a hugely impressive winning debut overnight at Newmarket.
Monday May 19
A Group I winner at two and then a Group winner again last year at three, Wootton Bassett colt Bucanero Fuerte was retired to stud at the end of last year, but after hitting a hurdle with his fertility was returned to training.
Sunday May 18
Promising Exceedance colt Bellagio World was purchased for $220,000 from the 2024 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale by Winning Stud / Satomi Oka Bloodstock (FBAA) and he opened his winning account in Japan on the weekend with a victory in Tokyo.
Sunday May 18
Here is the full list of 66 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday May 18
Weanlings by I Am Invincible, Zoustar, Wootton Bassett and Justify headline a stellar catalogue for the Great Southern Weanling Sale, for which the catalogue is now available online.
Sunday May 18
Kia Ora Stud’s Golden Slipper winner Farnan added a new winner to his tally on Sunday with a debut victory at the Sunshine Coast for Bourbon County.
Sunday May 18
There were a couple of nervous moments for Kurtis Pertab ahead of War Queen’s debut at Hawera on Sunday, but the filly brought her trial form to the races and delivered a tidy victory in the Grangewilliam Stud (1200m).
Sunday May 18
Thanks to Netflix documentary Race for the Crown, US racing is enjoying somewhat of a popular renaissance and for those interested in what happened in this year’s $2million Preakness Stakes at Baltimore this weekend, read on.
Sunday May 18
Two blueblood juvenile fillies by champion sires from Group I winning mares made the two year-old event at Morphettville on Saturday a watch race and they duly ran the quinella.
Sunday May 18
Lean Mean Machine has notched up his second stakes winner after talented four year old gelding Title Fighter powered through the gloom to win the iconic Listed Straight Six 1200m at Flemington yesterday.
Sunday May 18
A sire of rare versatility Wootton Bassett (GB) added a new stakes-winner to his tally overnight in Ireland where promising staying three year-old Carmers made it two wins from as many starts in the Listed Navan Yeats Stakes (1m5f).
Sunday May 18
The first big Group I mile event of the year for the older horses in Europe was run overnight at Newbury in the UK with the Lockinge Stakes (1m) producing a new Group I winner for champion sire Dubawi.
Saturday May 17
It is a very rare occurrence for a stallion to provide the trifecta in any race, let a lone a stakes race, but it happened at Scone on Saturday when The Instructor led home a trifecta for his sire Russian Revolution in the $200,000 Listed Luskin Star Stakes (1300m).
Saturday May 17
Here is the full list of 110 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday May 17
The Queensland Winter Carnival is proving to be a happy hunting ground for Imperialist, who collected his second Brisbane black-type prize in Saturday’s A$250,000 Gr.3 HKJC World Pool Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben.
Saturday May 17
This time last year Bella Nipotina won the $1.5million Group I BRC Doomben 10,000 (1200m) before going on to claim victory in The Everest and it will be no surprise to see this year’s winner Sunshine in Paris also attempt the same feat.
Saturday May 17
The final group race of the two-day Scone Cup carnival was a case of needing to see it, to believe it as Scott Singleton’s locally trained mare Melody Again came from last to win the $250,000 Group 3 Arrowfield Dark Jewel Classic (1400m).
Saturday May 17
A four year-old son of I Am Invincible, Caballus has never lacked for talent, however his path has not been smooth since selling for $1million as a yearling back in 2022.
Saturday May 17
Emma-Lee and David Browne’s victory in the A$300,000 Listed Lexus Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday was enormously valuable in more ways than one for the Kiwi couple.
Saturday May 17
Kerrie Tibbey’s Goodwood Farm often send a small, but select draft to the Magic Millions Adelaide yearling sale, and Saturday’s Listed Magic Millions Bright Shadow Stakes winner In Flight (Flying Artie) joins $11.9m earner Private Eye as another graduate of the farm purchased by the very same connections at the Adelaide sale.
Saturday May 17
Starting as one of the outsiders in the 15 strong Listed Coolmore Denise’s Joy Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday, the Chris Waller trained Written Tycoon filly Summer Flame continued her solid form to record her first black type victory for owners Rosemont Stud.
Saturday May 17
The top lot at the 2024 Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale when selling for 1.3million guineas, lightly raced Frankel stallion Sir Delius (GB) justified his price tag when winning the Group III BRC Chairman’s Quality (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday.
Saturday May 17
Birthday boy Chris Munce was experiencing a stellar day at Doomben on Saturday adding Cool Archie’s Group 2 BTC Spirit Of Boom Classic (1200m) victory to his earlier victory of Brookhaven in the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1600m) the race prior.
Saturday May 17
Visiting Brazilian hoop Bruno Queiroz is making every post a winner in his local riding stint by adding a maiden New Zealand stakes success to his bag of tricks as he guided gallant mare Francee to a thrilling victory in the Listed James Bull Rangitikei Cup (1600m) at Trentham.
Saturday May 17
A masterful front-running ride by Warren Kennedy and powerhouse performance from So You Think colt Do You Just turned Saturday’s Listed Skycity Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Ellerslie into a one-horse race.
Saturday May 17
Promising three-year-old Celestial Wonder showed plenty of courage as she put in a resolute finishing burst to take out the Evergreen Bloodstock (1100m) at Ellerslie.
Saturday May 17
A homebred for Torryburn Stud, talented Zoustar filly Stardom opened her Black Type account at Scone on Saturday in the $200,000 Listed Woodlands Stud Stakes (1100m) to the great delight of her breeder John Cornish, who was at the track.
Saturday May 17
Saturday’s Harrison’s Carpet Hard Flooring 3YO (1600m) at Trentham brought the curtain down on Coulthard’s three-year-old season and hinted at an even brighter future as a four and five-year-old.
Saturday May 17
A Royal Ascot hero back in 2010, Starspangledbanner is well known for his slick juveniles and produced one at York overnight in the UK where Secret Hideaway won the Listed Marygate Fillies Stakes (5f).
Friday May 16
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday May 16
Racing third up from a break, the Kris Lees trained New Zealand bred Tavistock gelding Tavi Time ran away with Friday’s $200,000 Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m), his first race win since recording victory in the Group 3 Summer Cup (2000m) last campaign.
Friday May 16
Two years ago Canberra trainer Todd Smart executed a plan to win the $200,000 Inglis Scone Challenge with a gelding called Love Shuck and he repeated the achievement at Scone again this Friday with another speedy youngster in Cashbook.
Friday May 16
The two day Scone Cup Carnival kicked off on Friday and the very first race produced a promising debut winner for champion sire I am Invincible that got punters off to a flying start.
Friday May 16
Group One-winning mare Bonny Lass (NZ) (Super Easy) will head across the Tasman after being bought by Widden Stud for $480,000 on Gavelhouse Plus on Thursday with a likely visit to Southport Tycoon later this year at Widden Victoria .
Friday May 16
Boom Justify colt Ruling Court would have been resting easy in his box after the running of the Group II Dante Stakes (1m 2 ½ f at York overnight with race favourite The Lion in Winter beaten comfortably in this key lead up race for the Group I Epsom Derby on June 7.
Thursday May 15
Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday May 15
Grahame Begg has been very patient with this expensive I Am Invincible two year-old filly and on Thursday found a suitable race in which to kick her off with happy results all round.
Thursday May 15
The build up to this month's Magic Millions National Weanling and Broodmare Sale continued today with the release of the completed supplementary catalogues.
Thursday May 15
The Murray Bain Service to Industry Award honours the outstanding achievements of those in our industry who champion exceptional service to industry with hands-on practice and not at a safe distance.
Thursday May 15
Over 300 industry leaders, clients and supporters attended the Hunter Thoroughbred Association’s 34th Annual Awards night in Scone.
Thursday May 15
The rich sprinting races roll on and it's Queensland's turn to take centre stage with the BRC’s running of the $1.5 million G1 Doomben 10,000 (1200m).
Thursday May 15
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) is pleased to release two new modules on TBA Learning – The Australian thoroughbred industry’s home for online learning education.
Thursday May 15
Capitalist has been racking up the juvenile winners this season and added another to the tally at Hawkesbury on Thursday when the Nathan Doyle trained colt Hidden Motive won as he pleased.
Thursday May 15
In my many years of dealing with clients with breeding and racing properties, it has been very common to consult to them on the tax implications where there is a full or partial sale of the property for subdivision purposes.
Thursday May 15
The countdown to NZB’s 2025 National Weanling Sale is underway, with a compact yet quality catalogue of 134 youngsters now available to view online at www.nzb.co.nz.
Thursday May 15
Do You Just steps up to a more suitable distance at Ellerslie and a bold showing is expected from the colt in his juvenile grand final.
Thursday May 15
When the opportunity arose to stand Prince of Caviar at their Riverbank Farm, owners Russell and Caroline Osborne didn’t hesitate.
Thursday May 15
Shaune Ritchie has opposing expectations for Nereus and Davideo when the stablemates line-up together in Saturday’s Gr.3 JRA Chairman’s Quality Handicap (2000m) at Doomben.
Thursday May 15
A Group III winner last year at two, Whirl made every post a winner at York overnight when leading all the way to win the Group III Musidora Stakes (1m2 ½f) in a canter.
Thursday May 15
Mark Newnham has had a great season so far In Hong Kong and produced an impressive winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening when Royal Meeting (IRE) three year-old King Lotus charged home to win.
Wednesday May 14
A share in world class stallion Extreme Choice topped tonight’s Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Sale, selling for $540,000.
Wednesday May 14
Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday May 14
Dundeel has had a flurry of female stakes-winners this season including Group I SA Derby winner Femminile and Richard Litt is hopeful his filly Ella Hazel can add her name to the tally.
Wednesday May 14
Just days after posting his first stakes-winner when Steel Trap won the Group III SAJC David Coles AM Stakes in Adelaide, King’s Legacy has produced another promising winner.
Wednesday May 14
A homebred for Go Bloodstock, well bred I Am Invincible gelding Maori Chief has a spring in his step at present and made it back-to-back wins at Randwick when scoring on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 14
Craig Grylls’ near-unassailable lead in the national jockey’s premiership was given a further boost early at Matamata on Wednesday, with deserving maiden winner Viva Glam featuring in his winning treble.
Wednesday May 14
A two year-old Zoustar filly that is a three-quarter sister-in-blood to Group I winner Mizzy and was purchased for a modest $250,000 as a yearling looks to have been well bought after making a winning debut at Randwick on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 14
The Oaks Stud has announced its 2025 stallion line-up, headlined by U S Navy Flag, who will stand for $12,500 + GST.
Wednesday May 14
Talented two year-old Justify (USA) filly Just a Journey cast off maiden status at her second start at Kembla last month and had no trouble carrying winning form to town to score at Randwick on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 14
New Zealand syndicator Go Racing looks like they have struck gold once again from the same source following Alacritous’ impressive maiden victory in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 14
Darryn and Briar Weatherley are dreaming of Group One glory once again with their star galloper Pier, who is bound for Queensland after an impressive exhibition gallop at Matamata on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 14
Quality three-year-old Super Photon will be the master of his own destiny in Melbourne with his length of stay to be determined by his performance on Saturday.
Wednesday May 14
Darley certainly didn’t pull any punches when announcing Too Darn Hot (GB) would be returning to Australia this spring at a fee of $275,000, but a close look at the second season sires table shows why this stallion is head and shoulders above his rivals.
Tuesday May 13
There were plenty of interesting stories to come out of last week’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale, but one of the most fascinating was the blurring of the line between racehorse trainer and bloodstock agent.
Tuesday May 13
Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday May 13
Aquis Stallions is proud to announce Prost - the explosive, Group 2 and 3 winning son of Snitzel – as the latest addition to our stallion roster for 2025.
Tuesday May 13
Five heats for juveniles at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning included three unraced youngsters by Extreme Choice, Anders and Capitalist, plus we got the first look at the $1.4million Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Sunlight.
Tuesday May 13
Gifted Ace High filly She’s A Dealer will cross the Tasman later this week in a bid to make her mark at the highest level.
Tuesday May 13
Now that the dust has settled from that stellar Inglis Chairman’s Sale last week, we thought it was worth taking a look back at the sale origins of the million dollar mares that were purchased as yearlings.
Monday May 12
Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday May 12
Godolphin would have had high expectations for a filly foal born in 2021 by Too Darn Hot (GB) from their 2014 Champion Australian 2YO Earthquake.
Monday May 12
A highlight of this week's Bloodstockauction.com sale is an exciting draft from Arrowfield Stud, a dozen well related yearlings (all unreserved) who would be a stand-out in any stable!
Monday May 12
Standing at Widden Victoria, Camelot’s high class dual Group I winning son Russian Camelot (IRE) is a young stallion more expected to make his mark next season, but he’s on the board with his first winner after Morgana saluted at Mornington on Monday.
Monday May 12
Gr.1 Blue Diamond (1200m) winner Little Brose will be officially unveiled to the public at Little Avondale Stud’s open day on Thursday afternoon.
Monday May 12
Romanee Conti has been a pillar of Pencarrow’s broodmare band for decades, and her lineage continues to go from strength-to-strength, with her descendant Tomodachi adding to that legacy over the weekend.
Monday May 12
Simon Miller has maintained from day one that his Playing God three year old West Star is a horse with “x-factor” and the gelding proved it yesterday with an absolutely dominant win in the G3 Northam Stakes.
Monday May 12
A decorated Trelawney Stud family has another potential black-type performer within its ranks with the emergence of Madiyya.