Swettenham Stud are delighted to announce the appointment of Adam McLaughlin as the new Stud Manager at their Nagambie property, commencing 10th July 2023.

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

Formula One fans would have thrown a bet on promising two year-old Choisir colt Piastri, who opened his account with an easy win at Ballarat on Tuesday.

Kris Lees is never frightened to start a talented horse off in the country with Group I Queensland Oaks winner Amokura starting her career with an unplaced debut at Taree earlier this year and that venue was also chosen for a promising two year-old filly by Churchill (IRE) from the family of Champion 3YO Filly Samantha Miss.

Darryn Weatherley is eyeing an Australian spring raid with a couple of his stable’s leading lights, including Group One winner Pier.

Widden Stud have enjoyed great results mining the Encosta de Lago sireline through his influential son Northern Meteor and current champion sire Zoustar, but you can always add more strings to your bow and securing the best son of Deep Field is a strategy that fits with an established pattern of success at this world renowned farm.

The $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm last Saturday was the last of 74 Australian Group I races run this season that produced 61 individual Group I winners, so let’s take a look at the best of the best.

There was a big set of trials on Monday morning at Canterbury and while we are deep into the season there are still plenty of nice unraced juveniles learning their craft including the full sister to a filly that sold for $2million and a good-looking son of Satono Aladdin (Jpn).

A two time champion Australian sire and runner-up on four more occasions, Encosta de Lago took a little while to hit his straps as a sire of sires, but then along came Northern Meteor.

Bred on the magic Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross, lightly raced five year- old gelding Fenelon made it back to back stakes wins when taking out the Listed Lyon-Parilly Grand Prix de Lyon (2400m) on Sunday in France capping a great week for Fastnet Rock.

Time has been called on the racing career of Group One winner On The Rocks.

A highly successful season for Redwood (GB) continued at the weekend with another pair of significant home-bred winners for the Westbury Stud resident.

Widden Stud in Victoria is home to one of the most popular sires in the state in quiet achiever Magnus, who racked up his 100th winner of the season over the weekend.

Aussie bred Starspangledbanner gelding Beauty Eternal capped a sensational season with victory in the Group III Premier Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday taking his trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton closer to respective trainer and jockey championships.

Westbury Stud’s Redwood (GB) has a number of promising galloper son the rise and one of them is Tuchel (NZ), who scored a deserved win in the Group III Premier Plate (1800m) at Sha tin on Sunday.

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

The half brother by Pride of Dubai to this month's Group One winning juvenile King Colorado today smashed the all time record price for the Magic Millions Perth Winter Yearling Sale when he sold for $260,000 in the Swan Valley.

Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club today announced further exciting enhancements to Australia’s richest racing Carnival - the Sydney Everest Carnival.

The last four Group I races in Queensland mark the end of elite racing in Australia for the season so let’s take a look at the pedigrees.

The final G1 of the Australian season – today’s Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm for the fillies and mares – ended in a quinella for Inglis graduates as Palaisipan (So You Think) defeated Roots (Press Statement).

There was no joy for the Aussie contingent at Royal Ascot overnight with Artorius and The Astrologist running fourth and fifth behind an 80-1 rank outsider in the Group I Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Stakes and three of the four stakes-winners on the final day were by sons of Acclamation.

Here is the full list of 99 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Sporting the colours of world renowned Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida for the first time, the Chris Munce trained So You Think mare Palaisipan bowed out of Australian racing as a Group I winner after scoring a stylish victory in the $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

After two unlucky runs during the Queensland Winter Carnival, accomplished Kiwi-bred gelding Ucalledit has returned to New South Wales and turned his form around in Saturday’s Listed Drinkwise Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

The Group III Eureka Stud WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm is a story easily told. To the delight of the sponsors, Prince Of Boom went straight to the front and stayed there.

A popular win for the locals when the lone 3yo filly Noah 'N' A Deel scored a tenacious victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2137m) at Eagle Farm.

Kicking off a new campaign at Caulfield on Saturday after four months off the scene, highly promising New Zealand-bred gelding St Lawrence wasted no time in making his mark.

While rarely a headline-grabber, the 4yo Teofilo (IRE) gelding Character has been a great money spinner for Godolphin, and he claimed a fourth-stakes success in Saturday's Listed Tattersall's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

A disappointing acceptance of six runners in Saturday's Group III Tattersall's Cup at Eagle Farm provided the opportunity for Luncies (GB) to enter the winner's stall for the first time in 112 weeks.

A new addition at Blue Gum Farm this spring, Flying Artie will be represented at Royal Ascot later tonight when his Group I winning son Artorius lines up in the Group I Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, but closer to home his progressive three year-old Flying on a Limb made it three wins on the trot when saluting at Caulfield.

The $160,000 Listed Tattersalls Life Members Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday was contested by some well bred juveniles with victory going to the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained I Am Invincible filly Zoukerette.

Following a three-length romp at Bendigo on debut, the Rubick filly Outback Miss took the step up to city class in her stride with a dominant performance in the McCafe Hcp (1000m) at Caulfield.

The fourth day of Royal Ascot featured two Group I races with a first G1 winner for former New Zealand shuttler Charm Spirit and a third G1 win for a champion filly by Siyouni.

Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) posted his second Royal Ascot Group winner this week when Epsom Derby runner-up King of Steel captured the Group II King Edward VII (1m4f) overnight.

Sea Siren is not the only Group I winning daughter of champion sire Fastnet Rock to produce a Royal Ascot winner this week with 2014 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Amicus featuring overnight when her five year-old Galileo son Okita Soushi won the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes Handicap (1m4f).

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

One of the strongest and most diverse online catalogues ever collated has been finalised for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Sale.

Whanganui-based stallion Unusual Suspect (USA) has proved a more than useful sire.

We are down to the final Group 1 of the season, the Sky Racing Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm on Saturday, and as the betting suggests, it's a wide-open race.

Arrowfield Stud have again entrusted Bloodstockauction.com with their latest reduction of quality weanlings with 17 youngsters offered unreserved by a variety of their popular young sires.

Wanganui is becoming a happy hunting ground for the progeny of U S Navy Flag, with the The Oaks Stud stallion siring another two-year-old winner at the venue on Friday.

Juddmonte Farms champion sire Frankel went into Royal Ascot on 28 Group I winners and has moved to 31 after the first three days of the world renowned meeting, but his G1 charge has now come to an end as the champion son of Galileo does not have a runner in the remaining three G1 races, so let’s have a quick recap of these new elite level winners.

The third day of Royal Ascot and the third new Group I winner for Frankel, this one ridden by Frankie Dettori, plus a Group II winner from Aussie bred glamour girl Sea Siren and another US bred 2YO stakes-winner.

OTI Racing colours were carried to victory overnight in the UK at Royal Ascot by lightly raced three year-old Docklands, who won the Britannia Stakes Handicap (1m) over a massive field of 29 starters beating a new acquisition for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

The first foal of Group I VRC Myer Classic Stakes winner I Am a Star opened his account at Sale on Thursday.

I Am Invincible has had a late season flurry of promising two year-old winners with Victorian rider John Allen making a special trip to Gosford on Thursday to partner a lovely filly for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Gooree Park Stud are mourning the loss of their War Horse, Desert War, due to the effects of old age.  He was 22.

An extraordinary catalogue is being finalised for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Sale which will feature outstanding race mares Daisies and Literary Magnate, the dam of Australia’s newest G1 winner King Colorado and a host of other select-sale quality racing and breeding prospects.

Turning 23 this year, Darley heavy hitter Exceed and Excel was the Champion Australian Sire in 2012/2013 and has left over 200 stakes-winners worldwide during a long and glittering stud career and the future of his legacy as a sire of sires rests largely with a trio of Group I winning colts.

Day 2 at Royal Ascot produced the 30th Group I winner for Frankel, saw Frankie Dettori find the winner’s circle and a US raider salute, while a bargain cast off filly from Shadwell has proven an outstandingly good investment for her new owners!

A three time Group I winning sprinter at Royal Ascot, Darley shuttler Blue Point (IRE) broke the ice for his first stakes-winner at Royal Ascot overnight with talented colt Big Evs breaking his maiden with a wide margin win in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes (5f).

How do we define success as a racehorse? If it’s doing your best and having a go every time you step out then this $1million yearling has to be called a success.

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

After winning the 2yo fillies division at Canterbury with Tropical Squall, Gai Waterhouse and Adrina Bott saddled the Colts and Geldings division winner with the Shalaa (IRE) gelding The Little Pumper.

Samantha Logan always knew Saltcoats would be in her care for just a short time, so she made sure to enjoy every moment.

Unbeaten three-year-old Press Charges has been sold and will continue his career in Hong Kong.

Bold-striding filly Tropical Squall led at every call in a 1250m Fillies Maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday to credit Kooringal Stud’s Prized Icon with his first winner.

The first day of Royal Ascot featured three Group I races with a G1 quinella for Frankel in the Queen Anne, the crowning of a another super Siyouni colt for Coolmore in the St James’s Palace and a no show for the Aussies in the King’s Stand Stakes won by last year’s Coventry Stakes winner Bradsell.

The Group II Coventry Stakes (6f) at Royal Ascot overnight produced a virtual charge of the light brigade with 20 runners doing battle and it was the Coolmore owned Wootton Bassett colt River Tiber that showed his class to take the win.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

We’ve had a close look at the two major Australian sire son dynasties for Redoute’s Choice established by Snitzel and Not a Single Doubt, but the much missed legendary sire has a number of young sire sons starting off their stud careers, so this chapter of our series will highlight some of these guys.

Back in April last year I wrote, with unbridled joy, about the Land Tax victory Godolphin had with Revenue NSW.

Sunday's Magic Millions Perth Winter Yearling Sale has been boosted with the late supplementary of a half brother to this month's Group One winning juvenile King Colorado.

Go Racing director Albert Bosma loves when a plan comes together, especially when it culminates in a top hat and tails.

Barrier trials in Sydney were at Rosehill on Tuesday with five heats won by juveniles including the newly gelded half-brother to a Group I winner and a couple of unraced yougnsters by Deep Field.

The Group II Coventry Stakes for two year-old colts at Royal Ascot tonight features a very short priced favourite and he is River Tiber, a super talented son of Wootton Bassett (GB), who is set to shuttle to Coolmore Australia for his third season this spring.

The Goffs London Sale is held on the eve of Royal Ascot in the heart of London at Kensington Place Gardens and traditionally showcases tried horses that are entered for Royal Ascot with the top lot a two year-old colt called Givemethebeatboys that sold for £1,100,000 and he holds an entry for the Group II Coventry Stakes.

Much missed Golden Slipper winning sire Sebring has several young sons making an impression at stud and one of the quiet achievers is Sebring Sun, whose 58.8% winner to runner strike rate is making owner breeders sit up and take note with smart filly Acappella Sun saluting at Rosehill last Saturday and Lika Sun an impressive winner on Monday.

Here is the full list of 18 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Exciting young sire Brave Smash (Jpn) is Australia’s leading first season sire by winners and added a tenth to his tally on Monday with an eye-catching debut victory at Newcastle for Power of the Brave in the Prime Thoroughbreds colours.

Widden Stud’s  young I Am Invincible stallion Overshare posted a promising juvenile winner at Ballarat on Monday when Under and Over saluted as a short priced favourite.

A son of Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino named after a former international footballer kicked another winning goal at Awapuni on Saturday.

Proisir’s remarkable season went to another level at the weekend with his progeny’s earnings surpassing $4 million and the first time that mark has been reached in New Zealand stallion history.

French Oaks queen Blue Rose Cen was not the only impressive filly seen in action at Chantilly on Sunday trained by Christopher Head and ridden by Aurelien Lemaitre with exciting Justify (USA) two year-old Ramatuelle blitzing the opposition to win the Group III Prix du Bois (1200m).

A two time G1 winner going into the Group I Prix de Diane (2100m) (French Oaks) at Chantilly on Sunday high class Churchill (IRE) filly Blue Rose Cen showed her class to score a resounding four length victory.

Deep Field was the champion sire in Hong Kong last season and he had an impressive debut winner at Sha Tin on Sunday that will be one to follow next season and was his most expensive yearling sold in 2021.

Born in the very first crop of foals sired by Redoute’s Choice, Not a Single Doubt managed a couple of modest Listed wins before retiring to stand alongside his famous father at Arrowfield Stud and what an amazing success story he became with a fledgling sire dynasty set to ensure his influence for generations to come.

Here is the full list of 57 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Of the 118 foals from Spirit Of Boom's 2020 crop, there is just one grey, Spirit Of Brodie, who broke his maiden with a fighting win over a 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

An up and coming staying prospect trained by Mark and Levi Kavanagh, progressive Churchill (IRE) gelding First Immortal  took another step forward at Flemington on Saturday with a stylish victory.

The leading second crop sire by earnings, winners and stakes-winners, Russian Revolution added a new two year-old winner to his tally on Saturday when Line of Law saluted at Kembla and now shares the lead as Australia’s leading sire by 2YO winners.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible had his usual good Saturday with four Australian winners including a Rosehill  double for Garrison and Attractable, but the best was still to come with the Yulong bred and raced three year-old filly Lady Hamana winning the Listed Scurry Stakes (5f) at Sandown in the UK overnight.

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

The Lindsay Park team have had plenty of success over the years with fillies carrying the Coolmore colours that include Group I winners Personal and Irish Lights, the combination featuring at Ipswich on Saturday when the Ben and JD Hayes trained mare Lady of Honour won the $200,000 Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m).

A stone-cold ride by Chris Parnham saw the Universal Ruler filly Rusty Dreams power to a last-to-first victory in the Listed WARO-Belmont Guineas (1600m) at Belmont on Saturday.

Not An Option relished the Good 4 surface presented at Flemington on Saturday, with a strong win in the Brian Beattie Handicap (1420m).

The 6yo Al Maher mare Chassis broke through at stakes level in a competitive Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich on Saturday.

Progressive Zoustar gelding Zoumon went to the post a well backed favourite in the Listed ATC McKell Cup (2000m) Rosehill on Saturday and gave everything he had under pressure to fight off all challengers and win by a head.

Former Kiwi Regal Lion showed terrific fight to land the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday for trainer Annabel Neasham.

The 2yo Artie Schiller (USA) powerhouse Steparty made light of his topweight to keep his record at a perfect three for three in Saturday's Rod Johnson Hcp (1420) at Flemington.

The progressive filly Tutta La Vita looks sure to be a major player in the 3yo filly features in the spring despite making hard work of breaking her maiden over 1400m at Rosehill.

Here is the full list of 49 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A positive atmosphere fuelled by the recent NZTR announcement on prizemoney increases saw strength across the buying bench with New Zealand proven sires coming out on top at NZB's 2023 National Weanling and Broodmare Sale at Karaka. 

The Lindsay Park Racing team have had an exceptional season with their juveniles and produced another talented debut winner at Geelong on Friday by Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro.

Riversley Park’s Sam Beatson was active at Friday’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling and Broodmare Sale with three purchases, including a sale-topping weanling colt by Per Incanto.

Gordon Cunningham is a man that knows a good Ocean Park.

Multiple stakes performer Windermere was the highlight lot of the broodmare session at Friday’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka and fetched $120,000 to the bid of Little Avondale Stud’s Sam Williams. 

Waikato thoroughbred nursery Kaha Nui Farm were the leading buyers at Friday’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling and Broodmare Sale with four purchases, headed by Lot 67, a filly by leading sire Proisir.

Hong Kong buyer Nancy Wong made her presence felt at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling & Broodmare Sale on Friday with seven purchases.