Wednesday July 26
Godolphin unearthed a promising colt in Mural Crown who lowered the colours of some expensive bluebloods in an exciting career debut in the Furphy Maiden Hcp (1200m) at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Wednesday July 26
The Breednet Premium stallion pages are proving a great resource for mare owners with over 4000 hypothetical matings created as of this morning, have you had a go?
Wednesday July 26
Prolific breeder and owner John Singleton has made the decision at age 82 to sell his Strawberry Hill Stud breeding portfolio and the farm with Magic Millions to conduct the dispersal at the Mount White property on August 29.
Wednesday July 26
Few shuttle stallions have ever come to Australia with a race record like this one and his first foals born in the Northern Hemisphere this year are seen as something special.
Tuesday July 25
The foaling season has begun in New Zealand with Pencarrow Stud announcing the arrival of their first foal, a filly from 2008 NZB Filly of the Year Insouciant.
Tuesday July 25
Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday July 25
Few trainers have more success with the progeny of Widden Stud’s evergreen stallion Magnus than Robbie Griffith, and he looks to have unearthed another likely type in Rey Magnerio.
Tuesday July 25
One of Victoria’s most successful boutique broodmare farms, proven Group I nursery Gilgai Farm have released an image of their first foal of the season and he’s also a first in Australia for Darley shuttler Pinatubo (IRE).
Tuesday July 25
Backed as if unbeatable, the 2yo Mikki Isle (JPN) filly Brok Café took on her elders in the Brave Smash @ Yarraman Park Maiden Hcp (1300m) at Newcastle on Tuesday, and despite a brief scare, it was plain sailing.
Tuesday July 25
Widden Stud are offering a great deal with six sons of champion sires available at a discounted rate for breeders who select two for their mares and all are Premium stallions on Breednet, so if you are breeding on a budget and can’t afford the big guns, let’s get testing some Hypothetical Matings on the sons of guns!
Monday July 24
Rebel Dane might be best known for siring Golden Slipper winning filly Fireburn, but he has another filly making a name for herself and that’s Anphina, who scored a determined win in the $135,000 Northern Territory Derby at Fannie Bay last Saturday.
Monday July 24
The late Bede Murray was very good at looking after a nice two year-old filly and his son Paul has taken his time with this promising daughter of Russian Revolution, who made a winning debut at Wagga on Monday.
Monday July 24
There were eight heats for juveniles run at Warwick Farm with some interesting winners including the unraced half-sister to Magic Time and an unraced Justify (USA) colt bred for classic races, while proven stakes class filly Kimochi looks ready to pick up where she left off.
Monday July 24
Lindsay Park Racing is proud to announce that Will Hayes is joining Ben and JD to complete the Hayes training partnership as of August 1st, 2023.
Monday July 24
Rich Hill Stud proprietor John Thompson admitted he was caught off guard at Saturday night’s Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro, where he received the Entain NZTBA Personality of the Year award.
Monday July 24
New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Buick as the latest addition to the burgeoning bloodstock team, beginning late July.
Monday July 24
Champion Australian jockey Hugh Bowman was at his best riding in Kranji on Sunday steering the red hot favourite Golden Monkey to a popular victory in the $400,000 Singapore Derby SngG1 (1800m).
Monday July 24
Grenville Stud’s young Snitzel stallion Stratosphere posted his first stakes-winner when Greatham Boy took out the $1100,000 Golden Horseshoe Sng G3 (1200m) at Kranji on Sunday by a length.
Sunday July 23
Here is the full list of 68 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday July 23
The response to our ‘red flags’ stories regarding factual data from the Australian Studbook has led to another story and this one highlights a stallion that clocked up his first century of seasonal winners over the weekend and it won’t be his last.
Sunday July 23
A brilliant Group 1 winner of one of Australia’s toughest elite-level races, the Epsom Handicap, Murrulla Stud is excited to offer Ellsberg for his debut breeding season in 2023, in conjunction with his ownership group.
Sunday July 23
The most expensive yearling from the first Australian crop of Deep Impact shuttler Saxon Warrior (Jpn) became his first Australian winner when scoring on debut at Sale on Sunday.
Sunday July 23
The New Zealand thoroughbred breeding fraternity came together on Saturday night to celebrate a stellar season of elite-level achievements at the Property Brokers National Breeding Awards at Karapiro.
Sunday July 23
Former Darley stallion Kuroshio has an emerging star in Kairyu, who kept her record at a perfect two-for-two with a dominant performance in Saturday's Group III Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh.
Sunday July 23
Winless in ten starts, the Exceed And Excel colt Ex Cetera (GB) broke his maiden over 1600m at Hanshin in June last year at his 3yo finale before emerging among the slickest sprinters in Japan this term.
Sunday July 23
Aidan O’Brien had a strong hand in the Group I Irish Oaks (1m 4f) at The Curragh overnight with the race favourite Savethelastdance finding a soft track and conditions to suit to become the 98th Group I winner for legendary sire Galileo.
Saturday July 22
Exciting New Zealand-bred galloper St Lawrence is continuing his rapid rise through the grades, collecting the sixth win of his seven-start career in the A$130,000 Catanach’s Jewellers Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday July 22
Here is the full list of 115 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday July 22
The Gingerbread Man 5yo Phanta went straight to the front under a minimum of urging by Brad Parnham and ran the opposition into the ground in Saturday’s Listed HG Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Belmont Park.
Saturday July 22
The two class acts, Ingratiating and General Beau, fought out the finish of Saturday's $200,000 Group III Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday July 22
Victorian visitor Barbie’s Fox found the perfect spot to open her stakes account in the Listed Toyota Winter Challenge (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens.
Saturday July 22
Talented Hellbent filly Hell Hound was not far away in some competitive stakes races last spring and found her best form to win at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday July 22
In a performance that had to be seen to be believed, topweight Justaskme produced a sensational late run to claim victory in the feature event at New Plymouth on Saturday, the Listed Sinclair Electrical & Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m).
Saturday July 22
Peter Moody believes promising Pierro filly Mollynickers has spring potential following her dominant win in the $175,000 MRC VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday July 22
Ouroboros put the stamp on an excellent debut season for Harry Angel (IRE) when rewarded for his consistency with a fighting win in Saturday's Quayclean Hcp (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday July 22
Aquis Farm's Invader has unearthed several promising two-year-olds towards the back end of the season, and Kitri kept the roll rolling when storming to victory over 1200m at Doomben on Saturday.
Saturday July 22
Bred and sold by Newhaven Park, talented Written Tycoon filly Taormina made it two wins in as many starts when scoring at Rosehill on Saturday giving her jockey Tim Clark a big career milestone in posting his 1500th winner.
Saturday July 22
Darley shuttler Blue Point (IRE) has been making every post a winner with his first crop of European bred two year-olds and added a second stakes-winner to his tally when action Point led all the way to win the Listed Newbury Rose Bowl Stakes (6f) overnight in the UK.
Saturday July 22
A triple Group I winner in Australia of over $8million in prizemoney, Cascadian is a very popular member of the Australian Godolphin stable and his three year-old full brother Isle of Jura opened his winning account in the UK overnight, but not for Godolphin.
Saturday July 22
Headline filly Jamaea will be joined by a series of high quality racing and breeding prospects – as well as a share in exciting young stallion Proisir – in the Inglis Digital July (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.
Friday July 21
Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday July 21
Breednet race results and sire tables are the fast track to a mine of information on stallions that are producing winners every day and our Hypothetical Mating option for Premium stallions has seen over 3300 pedigrees created since it was launched at the start of the month – that’s a lot of broodmare owners doing homework!
Friday July 21
With four wins and two seconds from six starts, the 2yo Sidestep gelding Beau Rain has been a little star for trainer Bill Kenning, his latest success coming over 1300m at Townsville on Friday.
Friday July 21
Plenty of interesting trials at Rosehill on Friday morning with Melbourne Cup hopeful Goldman striding out well to win his heat and on the juvenile front there were seven heat winners that included the unraced sale-topper from the 2022 Magic Millions.
Friday July 21
Following an excellent debut when fifth behind Barber in the Group III Blue Diamond Prelude at Sandown-Hillside in February, the Peter Moody-trained Amigo created a good deal of interest when he reappeared over 1000m at Caulfield on June 24, and he was just plain awful.
Friday July 21
Originally to be held on 26 and 27 August, the Waikato Stallion Parade weekend will now be held a week earlier on 19 and 20th of August.
Friday July 21
Now back in Australia for another season at Coolmore, Justify (USA) unleashed another impressive juvenile winner at Leopardstown overnight with the Aidan O’Brien trained filly Opera Singer saluting in style to earn a step up to stakes company.
Thursday July 20
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday July 20
Bryce Heys won’t be rushed with talented I Am Invincible filly Dancing Alone, who resumed from a lengthy spell to score an easy win at Kembla on Thursday.
Thursday July 20
Trainer Andrew Forsman is hunting more black-type with Wessex when she heads south to New Plymouth on Saturday to tackle the Listed Sinclair Electrical And Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m).
Thursday July 20
Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Trapeze Artist filly Lady of Poise has had a good grounding at the barrier trials and made a winning debut at Kembla on Thursday.
Thursday July 20
The Inglis Digital sale this week of Miss Roseiano to Tom Magnier for $1.275 million was a great result for many parties, but none more so than Noorilim Park in Victoria who bred and sold her as a yearling and have well and truly arrived as a respected producer of elite thoroughbreds with new managers Tom and Shelly Murtagh delighted to join their team.
Thursday July 20
If you are planning on inspecting stallions next month the following list will help you plan your trip with parade dates and times for NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
Thursday July 20
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are hoping to target the $10million Golden Eagle (1500m) in the spring with talented Zoustar colt Zoology, who was last seen finishing second in the Group III Jersey Stakes ay (7f) at Royal Ascot.
Wednesday July 19
Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday July 19
Following a pair of barrier trial wins at Lark Hill, Keshi Boom went off a short-priced favourite at her debut over 1200m at Belmont on Wednesday and got the job done with a minimum of fuss to ring up 23rd 2yo winner of the season for Spirit Of Boom.
Wednesday July 19
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has revealed a promising spring hope at Avondale on Wednesday, with debutant Elemental producing an eye-catching victory in the Westbrook Wines Maiden 2YO&3YO (1400m).
Wednesday July 19
After the Rubick gelding Undivided defeated Capitalist’s Encap in the colts and gelding division, it was time for the Rubick’s French Endeavour to lower the boom on Capitalist’s Love And Light in the 2yo fillies division at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday July 19
Standing at Kooringal Stud this spring, Merchant Navy broke new ground at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when siring his first winner at a distance of 2000m or more when progressive filly Venetian Blue saluted as favourite.
Wednesday July 19
A rails-hugging ride by Tom Sherry proved the winning formula for the Rubick gelding Undivided, making a successful career debut in Wednesday’s Bowermans Maiden Plate (1100) for 2yo colts and geldings at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday July 19
The Lindsay Park training partnership of Ben and JD Hayes have had an outstanding season with their juveniles and made it back to back wins with striking chestnut Trapeze Artist filly Flying Concello at Sandown on Wednesday.
Wednesday July 19
The season might be drawing to a close but there are plenty of unexposed juveniles looking to put a win on the board to put themselves in the picture for early spring stakes races and several are engaged at Warwick Farm today.
Tuesday July 18
Here is the full list of 20 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday July 18
The extraordinary success of Inglis Digital continued this afternoon when outstanding filly Miss Roseiano (Exceed And Excel) became the most expensive horse sold on the platform this year, realising $1,275,000 to Tom Magnier.
Tuesday July 18
Highview Stud newcomers Divine Prophet and Santos are receiving warm welcomes from the New Zealand breeding community.
Tuesday July 18
Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Sherwood Forest made his first public appearance this year at the Foxton trials on Tuesday and he pleased trainer Bill Thurlow with his hit-out.
Tuesday July 18
Heavily backed favourite Mount Olympus enjoyed a pleasant day out at Ballarat on Tuesday, barely breaking a sweat in a seven-length romp in a 1200m maiden on the synthetic track.
Tuesday July 18
Australian bred triple Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Sea Siren was making international news last month when her classy three year-old Galileo filly Warm Heart won the Group II Royal Ascot Ribblesdale and overnight in Ireland that filly’s younger full brother opened his account with an impressive maiden win.
Monday July 17
Ian's Finale proved far too good for the older horses at Devonport on Sunday winning in dominant fashion and becoming Stratosphere's 7th individual first crop winner in the process.
Monday July 17
The response to our ‘red flags’ stories regarding factual data from the Australian Studbook has led to another story, this time highlighting a stallion that is setting the pace for two year-old winners this season.
Monday July 17
Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday July 17
Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield have a great record for securing Group I winning racemares and giving them every opportunity at stud and one of their younger mares Secret Agenda produced her first winner on Monday at Echuca.
Monday July 17
A stellar campaign in Hong Kong for Lucky Sweynesse has increased the focus on his New Zealand-based sire.
Monday July 17
The powerful Godolphin stable did not win a juvenile Group I this season, but they did produce plenty of stakes-winning two year-olds and we saw four of their stakes-winning colts step out and win trials at Hawkesbury on Monday morning, so which looks to have more to offer?
Monday July 17
The Hong Kong racing season has concluded with the final meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday featuring multiple winners for champion Australian trainer and jockey John Size and Zac Purton and the leading sires list was also topped by Australian bred sires.
Monday July 17
It’s been a super weekend for Australia’s soon to be crowned champion first season sire Justify (USA), whose star two year-old filly Ramatuelle thrashed the colts to win the Group II Prix Robert Papin (1200m) at Chantilly on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
Here is the full list of 57 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday July 16
Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC) has teamed up with Pony Club Australia (PCA) to launch a National Pony Racing Series, which is scheduled to kick off in Brisbane next month and run across five states (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, and South Australia), culminating in 'The Finals' during the Autumn carnival in Sydney next April.
Sunday July 16
Darby Racing has a likely type in the Capitalist filly Omilana who shed her maiden tag over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
Spirit Of Boom is seemingly on an unstoppable quest for leading 2yo sire of individual winners as the Stewart and Taylah Mackinnon debutant Allow Me launched down the centre of the track to make the perfect start to her career at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
The Group II Superlative Stakes (7f) at Newmarket was won in spectacular fashion by exciting two year-old colt City of Troy, a son of Triple Crown winner Justify (USA), who returns to Australia this spring for Coolmore.
Sunday July 16
By former Windsor Park Stud shuttler Charm Spirit, talented three year-old colt Shaquille backed up from his win in the Group I Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot last month to claim his second G1 win when taking out the Group I Darley July Cup (6f) at Newmarket overnight, wonder if his connections have heard of The Everest!
Saturday July 15
Here is the full list of 120 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday July 15
The Sessions filly Ihts Closing Inn extended her winning Sequence to five when proving much the best in Saturday’s Listed Montague - Belmont Classic (2200m) at Belmont Park.
Saturday July 15
A look through the winners list at any metropolitan meeting in Australia invariably features a selection of European bred winners, but few are better bred than Fastnet Rock gelding Tazaral (IRE), who won at Randwick on Saturday for Peter and Paul Snowden.
Saturday July 15
Multiple Group One performer Young Werther notched the second victory of his career when prevailing in a close finish at Flemington on Saturday over 2000m for trainer Danny O’Brien under a well-timed Billy Egan ride as he claimed runner-up Milford on the line.
Saturday July 15
When Shamus Award gets a good horse it tends to be seriously good with the Joe Pride trained gelding Brutality becoming his sixth individual million dollar earner when lugging 62kg to victory at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday July 15
The $150,000 VRC Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday is a trial race for the Derby and Oaks next season designed to highlight up and coming young stayers and victory went to progressive Zoustar colt Sunsource.
Saturday July 15
A brave performance by Millefiori to take out the final race on the card at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Winter Sprinters’ Championship Final (1400m) has edged trainer Mark Walker even closer to the magical 200-win mark for the 2022/23 racing season.
Saturday July 15
Punters did not have a moment's worry when the More Than Ready (USA) filly Tango Fever made a winning debut for the Robert Heathcote stable in Saturday's Ladbrokes Yard Comments Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Saturday July 15
The Autumn Sun filly Coco Sun stayed perfect at two for two when opening her stakes account in Saturday's Listed Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville Parks.
Saturday July 15
With the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude under her belt, Exploring was the class act in the VRC Member Annabel Cobain Hcp (1000m) at Flemington. Despite being burdened with topweight, the daughter of Brazen Beau was not for catching.
Saturday July 15
After a promising but winless first preparation, the Shalaa (IRE) gelding The Little Pumper is beginning to look like the finished article after making it two on the bounce with a dominant performance at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday July 15
Golden Sixty’s record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year at a special presentation in Hong Kong on Friday night.
Saturday July 15
Group I racing continued overnight in the UK and France with Juddmonte based champion sires Frankel and Kingman producing the winners in outstanding mare Nashwa and exciting colt Feed the Flame, who staked a big claim for the Arc.
Saturday July 15
The first son of champion sire Kingman to go to stud, Calyx (GB) shuttled to Australia for Coolmore for two seasons and is on the board with his first stakes-winner with the Group II Duchess of Cambridge Stakes (6f) at Newmarket taken out by Persian Dreamer.
Friday July 14
Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday July 14
Champion sire I Am Invincible has had 18 two year-old winners this season - six of them are stakes-winners - and two regally bred fillies racing in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday will be looking to improve his tally.
Friday July 14
Australia’s leading first crop sire by earnings, Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) added an eighth Australian two year-old winner to his tally when well bred filly Batrana made a winning debut at Geelong on Friday.
Friday July 14
There were six heats for juveniles at the Randwick trials on Friday morning and some interesting unraced winners by Pierro, I Am Invincible, Written By and Snitzel, plus the reappearance of one of the best 2YO fillies this season in Platinum Jubilee.