Wednesday March 15
The American Pharoah (USA) debutant American Zombie led home a 1-2 for Eddie Hirsch in the Tile Importer Hcp (1000m) for 2yo fillies at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 15
After striking with the Savabeel filly Avebury in the Listed Canberra Guineas on Monday, John O’Shea took the wraps off the 2yo Savabeel debutant Ravello in the Arrowfield – A Tradition of Greatness Hcp (1400m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 15
Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley are gearing up for what could be a big day for their stable at Rosehill on Saturday.
Wednesday March 15
A good-looking daughter of So You Think carried the colours of Peachester Lodge to victory at Eagle Farm on Wednesday at her third start.
Wednesday March 15
The Matthew Dunn-trained Zelgaria became the eighth 2yo winner of the season in Australia for Snitzel following a professional win in the Racecourse Village Maiden Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 15
Group One-winning mare Coventina Bay has been retired and is now destined to head across the Tasman in preparation for the next stage of her career.
Wednesday March 15
Sakura Girl will chase the first leg of a major trans-Tasman double for Cambridge trainer Ben Foote at Trentham on Saturday.
Tuesday March 14
Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 14
A locally bred colt by former superstar international sprinter Harry Angel topped Day One of the 2023 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale at Morphettville today.
Tuesday March 14
Brad Widdup has had a lot of success with Kiwi bred mare Icebath, who he purchased from Inglis Classic and it looks like he might have found another talented Kiwi bred from the same source.
Tuesday March 14
Lot 17 was the first horse through the ring for Mill Park Stud at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale and provided a great result for all the staff when their pinhooked Hellbent colt from Chickasaw sold for $105,000!
Tuesday March 14
Easy in the market, the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Trapeze Artist colt Tumbling could not have been more impressive when winning easily on debut at Ballarat on Tuesday.
Tuesday March 14
Wiremu Pinn will be hunting more Group One success when he heads to Trentham this weekend.
Tuesday March 14
The field and barrier draw for the $5million Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday are out with race favourites Cylinder and Learning to Fly drawing next to each other in gates three and four and three first season sires represented in the world’s richest race for juvenile.
Tuesday March 14
Five-year-old mare Campionessa has made her mark in domestic weight-for-age company this preparation and her impressive progress will be rewarded with a trip to Australia.
Monday March 13
In a major development for the New Zealand breeding industry sensationally bred and performed, Group one winning racehorse PROFONDO has been secured for stud duties by a partnership headed by Windsor Park and Mapperley Studs.
Monday March 13
Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday March 13
The lightly raced 3yo Savabeel filly Avebury earned a valuable black-type success in Monday’s Listed Iron Jack Canberra Guineas.
Monday March 13
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott are never afraid to travel a progressive three year-old and Pierro gelding Stonecoat made a successful leap from a Gosford victory last month to the Listed SAJC Morphettville Guineas (1600m) in Adelaide on Monday.
Monday March 13
Arapaho’s last three runs have come in the Melbourne Cup, Apollo Stakes and Chipping Norton Stakes. So, with nothing of the calibre of Anamoe in Monday’s $200,000 Listed Canberra Cup, it was the perfect time to revisit the winner’s circle for the first time since the Premier’s Cup at Randwick last August.
Monday March 13
Bought for $35,000 to win a maiden hurdle at Warrnambool, the 6yo Rebel Raider gelding Rebel Racer made every post a winner in Monday's $302,250 Group II Adelaide Cup at Morphettville.
Monday March 13
The Listed SAJC Matrice Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Adelaide Cup Day provided a new stakes-winner for Shamus Award with consistent mare Another Award claiming her first Black Type victory.
Monday March 13
Prowess continued the meteoric rise of her sire Proisir on Saturday when becoming his fifth individual Group One winner after her victory in the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2050m) at Pukekohe.
Monday March 13
After falling just short with Shesallshenanigans in the Cinderella Stakes, Sweteenham Stud’s Toranado struck with the favourite Beltoro in the Listed CS Hayes Memorial Cup (1600m) at Morphettville.
Monday March 13
Five heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Monday morning with winners including a flashy Snitzel filly that holds an entry for the $1million Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes.
Monday March 13
The long weekend gets better and better for Arrowfield Stud as Show Royale led home a strong interstate challenge in the Listed Thomas Farms Cinderella Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Monday to credit Showtime with his first Stakes winner.
Monday March 13
Dual stakes winner Tutukaka has been sold with the well-related four-year-old to continue his career in Singapore.
Monday March 13
Trainer Dan Morton captured the two features at Ascot on Sunday with Another Chino opening his stakes account in the Listed WATC Schweppes RJ Peters Stakes (1800m) after She’s Fit ran away with the Listed Natasha Stakes.
Monday March 13
The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is just three weeks away and while there might only by 457 lots in the catalogue, the quality is second to none with recent stakes racing bringing pedigree updates galore.
Monday March 13
It’s been a good weekend for Pride of Dubai with a Group winner at Flemington on Saturday in Sirileo Miss, while Pride of Jenni ran out of her skin for second in the Group I ATC Coolmore Classic and then on Sunday he posted a new stakes-winner in WA when She’s Fit landed the $125,000 Listed WATC Natasha Stakes (2200m).
Sunday March 12
Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday March 12
A quinella for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in the Group III John McGrath Auto Black Opal Stakes (1200m) at Canberra on Sunday as Autumn Ballet created history in winning the feature on debut and in the process credited The Autumn Sun with his first stakes-winner.
Sunday March 12
The 5yo Super One gelding Another One closed in on $1million in earnings when making a successful foray to stakes company in Sunday’s Listed Seears Workwear National Sprint (1400m) at Canberra.
Sunday March 12
Levante’s Sydney autumn carnival mission has got off to the right start with a smooth trans-Tasman flight ahead of her campaign opener in next Saturday’s Gr. 1 George Ryder Stakes (1500m).
Sunday March 12
There were four Group I races in Australasia on Saturday, two in Australia and two in New Zealand with three of them won by horses having their first success at the elite level, so let’s take a look at the pedigrees, plus a couple of maidens that have won their way into the Golden Slipper.
Sunday March 12
South Australian based Rathmore Lodge are looking to make a splash at their home town sale with Ross Hatton and Max Schofer and their team presenting 17 yearlings for the Adelaide Magic Millions including the half-brother to this season’s top class juvenile Brave Halo.
Sunday March 12
OTI Racing’s Sea The Stars gelding Cepheus (GB) broke through for his first win in Australia in Saturday’s Group II Hyland Race Colours Ajax Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.
Sunday March 12
Talented Supido colt What You Need kept his record to a perfect two from two when resuming from a spell to win at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday March 11
Here is the full list of 128 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday March 11
Astute British trainer William Haggas knows exactly the type of horse to bring to an Australian carnival and he tasted success at Rosehill on Saturday when talented Wootton Bassett gelding Protagonist (Fr) made a winning debut at his first appearance in the $350,000 Group III ATC Sky High Stakes (2000m).
Saturday March 11
The $200,000 VRC Australian Cup Prelude (2000m) at Flemington on Saturday did not carry Black Type, but it did set the stage for the $3million Group I VRC Australian Cup to be held at the same venue on March 25 and the winner was progressive So You Think stayer Right You Are.
Saturday March 11
A stakes-winner at two and third to Giga Kick in the Group II VRC Danehill Stakes last spring, three year-old Capitalist colt Cannonball resumed from a spell at Rosehill on Saturday and defeated older rivals to win the Group III ATC Maurice McCarten Stakes (1100m).
Saturday March 11
Scallopini would make an excellent goodwill ambassador for Melbourne; he loves the place.
Saturday March 11
With Jamie Kah injured earlier in the day, Dean Holland picked up the ride on In Secret in the $1,500,000 Yulong Stud Newmarket Hcp (1200m) at Flemington and made the most of it.
Saturday March 11
It was the case of third time lucky for the Lisa Latta-trained stayer Platinum Invador ($22.80), who upset calculations in Saturday’s Gr.2 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) to register a deserved big race success.
Saturday March 11
Few doubted she possessed Group 1 ability, and while Espiona took a little longer than expected, the daughter of Extreme Choice achieved the feat in Saturday’s $600,000 Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill.
Saturday March 11
Three-year-old filly Prowess showed a combination of class and guts to upstage her older rivals in Saturday’s Gr.1 Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2050m) at Pukekohe.
Saturday March 11
Sirileo Miss bounced back from a disappointing performance in the Frances Tressady Stakes to make a one-act affair of the $200,000 Group III Matron Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.
Saturday March 11
Short-priced favourite Zougotcha got the job done in the Group II Chandon Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill and earned a shot at the Doncaster Mile.
Saturday March 11
Leading rider Opie Bosson brought up a special milestone at Pukekohe on Saturday when outstanding juvenile Tokyo Tycoon provided him with his tenth win in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m).
Saturday March 11
On Yulong Stud Newmarket Stakes Day at Flemington, the exciting 2yo colt Veight credited Yulong's first-season stallion Grunt with a maiden stakes success in a dramatic $300,000 Group II MSS Security Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m).
Saturday March 11
She was a maiden going into the Group III ATC Magic Night Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday, but the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained Merchant Navy filly Steel City justified the faith of punters when scoring a resounding victory as favourite.
Saturday March 11
Consistent in the elite fillies races this season and second in the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas last spring, Russian Revolution filly Revolutionary Miss scored a well-deserved win in the Group II VRC Kewney Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday, but the victory was not without drama.
Saturday March 11
A homebred for Coolmore by champion sire Snitzel, Shinzo picked the perfect race in which to break his maiden, coming with a late rush to win the Group III ATC Pago Pago Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday earning a start in next week’s $5million Golden Slipper.
Saturday March 11
Julie Harris and her team are being kept busy during inspections for the Adelaide Magic Millions Yearling Sale with a draft of six including quality colts by proven Group I sires Nicconi and So You Think.
Friday March 10
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday March 10
Narrowly defeated when a well-fancied third at Pakenham at his career debut on February 23, the Brave Smash (JPN) colt Brave Mead put his opponents to the sword in the Cookers Bulk Oil System Maiden (1200m) at Pakenham on Friday night.
Friday March 10
The VRC Oaks runner-up Pavitra will take her place in the Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes after proving a class above in the Group III Peroni Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Friday.
Friday March 10
An enduring association is riding the crest of a wave with a four-year-old who continues to exceed all expectations.
Friday March 10
Woodside Park Stud's Vancouver is on a hot run of late. His 3yo son Bencouver thumped his opponents by upwards of three lengths in a 1400m maiden at Pakenham on Thursday night, then the 3yo filly Vancouver Queen made a one-act affair of a competitive 1000m maiden at Muswellbrook on Friday.
Friday March 10
Andrew Forsman will be hoping gifted two-year-old Ethereal Star can deliver a winning top-flight lead on Saturday for her older stablemate Mustang Valley to follow.
Friday March 10
Sir Owen Glenn's Go Bloodstock is enjoying a memorable season with their two-year-olds, and a couple of Go Bloodstock-bred fillies could well fight it out for a Golden Slipper birth in Saturday's Group III Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.
Friday March 10
The Group III ATC Pago Pago Stakes and Magic Night Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday represent the last opportunity for juveniles to secure a slot in the $5million Golden Slipper and there are competitive fields in both races so let’s take a look at the sale mail.
Thursday March 9
Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Thursday with winners and result details.
Thursday March 9
The Chairman’s Sale has seen a colossal surge of high-level entries on the eve of the close-off date for submissions into the Inglis Breeding Stock Sales Series.
Thursday March 9
There might be a good race in the not-too-distant future for the American Pharoah (USA) filly Sisterhood after she treated her rivals with contempt in a 3yo fillies maiden over 1200m at Pakenham on Thursday.
Thursday March 9
It was only a modest maiden at Goulburn on a Thursday, but a well-deserved victory for Russian Revolution filly Miss Faberge was an important one for her famous dam Mica’s Pride.
Thursday March 9
Stakes placed at two of her first three starts, this Hellbent two year-old made light work of a maiden event at Bendigo on Thursday in the Trilogy Racing colours with more wins in store.
Thursday March 9
Fresh from success at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale where they sold a cracking Toronado (IRE) colt for $400,000, Daniel Brash and his team from Collingrove Stud are now back ready for action with another strong draft to be offered at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale in Adelaide.
Thursday March 9
Proisir’s emergence as a source of Group One success hasn’t escaped the attention of prominent Australian owner Carl Holt.
Thursday March 9
Trainer Lance Noble is in for a busy 24-hours this weekend.
Thursday March 9
In the past week two more stallions have hit the milestone of 100 winners for the season and these well proven Group I sires are well on their way to further success this season.
Thursday March 9
The sales season rolls into Adelaide for the Magic Millions Yearling Sale next week and Ian Smith of Edinburgh Park has four lovely fillies that are right up to the standard we expect from this top-class nursery.
Wednesday March 8
The yearling sale season finishes for Mill Park Stud with their home town sale next week and the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale will showcase a 12 strong draft from the famed South Australian Nursery.
Wednesday March 8
Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday March 8
A share in Proisir – sire of Saturday’s G1 Australian Guineas winner Legarto – sold for a sale-topping $265,000 in an outstanding result in the Inglis Digital March (Early) Online Sale.
Wednesday March 8
Placed at his first three starts, Irish Crickets made no mistake at his fourth in the Victorian Wakeful Club Maiden (1400m) at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 8
The Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) is firmly in the crosshairs of Australian syndicator OTI Racing with their kiwi pair Full Of Sincerity (Puccini) and Mark Twain (Shocking).
Wednesday March 8
A significant step up in class beckons Lauding following his maiden success at Taupo on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 8
A two-year-old Dundeel filly winning over 1000m on debut bodes well for the future of the John O’Shea-trained Captain Amelia.
Wednesday March 8
Expensive Snitzel colt Soldier Of Rome climbed off the canvas to make a winning debut in the Yes Yes Yes 1st Yearlings Maiden (1000m) at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.
Wednesday March 8
Chris Waller had four of the five runners in the Ranvet Maiden Plate (1400m) at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday, and they duly ran 1-2-3-4.
Wednesday March 8
The Randwick meeting at the Kensington track on Wednesday features juvenile maidens for colts and fillies that have drawn competitive fields so let’s take a look at the Sale Mail.
Tuesday March 7
A Pierro x Now Now filly – the last lot catalogued in Book 1 – joined a Toronado colt of Collingrove to share top-lot honours on the third and final day of the Premier Yearling Sale.
Tuesday March 7
The Price Bloodstock buying team have been running hot in Hong Kong of late with their savvy purchases including Hong Kong Classic Cup winner Super Sunny Sing (Nicconi) and Hong Kong Derby favourite Beauty Eternal (Starspangledbanner) and a debut winner at Ballarat on Tuesday seems also likely to find his way to Hong Kong.
Tuesday March 7
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday March 7
Johno Benner is looking forward to taking on leading juvenile Tokyo Tycoon with his lightly-raced filly Tulsi, even though he’s sure she will be better at three.
Tuesday March 7
The barrier trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning held plenty of interest with G1 winners Lion’s Roar and In the Congo both winning heats as well as star sprinters Lost and Running and Shades of Rose, but we’re interested in the juveniles and in particular King’s Gambit.
Tuesday March 7
The success of juveniles prepared by the Lindsay Park training team of Ben and JD Hayes has been impressive this season with Group I MRC Blue Diamond winner Little Brose, Inglis Banner winner Arkansaw Kid and MM Adelaide Classic winner Tacito among their star performers, so what have they purchased so far at Inglis Premier.
Tuesday March 7
A Starspangledbanner colt from Rosemont Stud topped Day 2 of the Premier Yearling Sale on a day that saw the colts rally back at the top of the market.
Monday March 6
Widden Stud’s promising young sire Written By achieved a big result late on Monday at Inglis Premier when the Gilgai Farm bred and sold colt from Holy Cow sold for $410,000 to equal the previous best sales result for the young sire son of Written Tycoon.
Monday March 6
Darley shuttler Harry Angel (IRE) posted an international stakes double last weekend and delivered a big result for Mill Park Stud at Inglis Premier on Monday with the half-brother to Berkeley Square and Senor Toba selling for $400,000.
Monday March 6
As we head into the afternoon on Monday, So You Think is setting the pace at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale with a quality colt from Danalicious secured by Belmont Bloodstock for $460,000 on behalf of West Australian owner breeder Bob Peters.
Monday March 6
They may be 18,000km apart, but Legarto’s win in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas (1600m) brought Warwick and Alice Jeffries a lot closer on Saturday.
Monday March 6
Trapeze Artist was not the only first crop son of Snitzel to post a smart winner last Saturday with Showtime getting in on the act to post his second winner when the Lindsay Park trained colt Tacito won the $200,000 Magic Millions Adelaide 2YO Classic (1200m) at Murray Bridge.
Monday March 6
Leading filly Prowess will book her passage to Australia with a performance to match expectations against older opposition at Pukekohe on Saturday.
Monday March 6
Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo has recorded his first Group One win as a sire after Gold Phoenix took top-level honours when capturing the Gr.1 Frank E Kilroe Mile Stakes (1600m) at Santa Anita on Sunday for trainer Philip D'Amato.
Monday March 6
Senga Bissett and Ivan Woodford-Smith of Ashleigh Thoroughbreds have enjoyed years of commercial success as proven Group I producing thoroughbred breeders in the Hunter Valley and their decision to retire has led to a couple of lovely young mares being offered in the current Inglis Digital Sale finishing on Wednesday March 8.
Monday March 6
We’re used to seeing impressive winners by Frankel popping up all over Australia, but it was another of the Juddmonte sires in Kingman that gave us a One to Watch on Sunday.
Sunday March 5
The most expensive filly ever sold at Oaklands – and the equal-second highest priced yearling overall – topped a strong opening day of the 2023 Premier Yearling Sale.