Former long-serving New Zealand Bloodstock employee Danny Rolston is loving life with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

After earning the ire of stewards with a disinterested last when on debut at Randwick in February, the 2yo filly Shaken looked every inch the horse she is bred to be when opening her winning account over 1000m at Wyong on Tuesday.

There were just four heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Tuesday morning, but we did see two fillies that finished third and fourth in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic back in January.

We’re in the final month of the Australian racing season and the same two stallions that ran the quinella last year are on track to repeat the effort this year, but is it a record breaking season?

Coolmore’s champion Aussie bred sire Fastnet Rock might be turning 22 this year, but he posted his 43rd Group I winner in Ireland last weekend with quality mares Via Sistina and Stay Alert running one-two in the Pretty Polly Stakes so there is no better time to take a closer look at his legacy as a sire of sires.

It’s no wonder that renowned breeder Catherine Remond elected to keep a share in this two year-old Deep Field filly that made a winning debut  at Muswellbrook on Monday.

Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Young sire Winning Rupert continued a great month for the Grandview Stud stallion with two more metropolitan wins on Saturday thanks to 3yo filly Semana and 4yo mare Seonee.

With his first Australian bred progeny to race here next season, Invincible Spirit’s dual Group I winning son Magna Grecia (IRE) has his first stakes-winner on the board with the Listed Prix Yacowlef (1000m) won by speedy colt Myconian.

Returning to Coolmore Australia this spring, Starspangledbanner posted a new stakes-winner on Sunday in France with three year-old filly Exxtra taking out the Listed Prix Kistena (1200m) at Deauville.

The Group II Railway Stakes (6f) at The Curragh on Sunday for juvenile colts produced a quinella for Wootton Bassett with Bucanero Fuerte edging out the race favourite Unquestionable.

The Group I Irish and German Derbies were run overnight with hot favourite Auguste Roding leading home a first four trained by Aidan O’Brien at the Curragh, while in Hamburg it was Sea the Moon colt Fantastic Moon that scored a decisive win.

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

In 2023, Inglis yearling sales achieved a higher average and median that its nearest Australian competitor, as well as attracting more official buyers at Classic, Premier and Easter per 100 horses sold, ensuring more vendors achieved the results they dream about.

The Australian Studbook is one of the great impartial sources of factual data that often predicts the future if you know what you are looking for.

It was a good Saturday for Oaklands Stud’s Lonhro stallion Exosphere, who sired a new stakes-winner in Perth when Upper Limits won the Listed Aquanita Stakes and he also has a very promising horse in Hong Kong with Dream Winner going three for three at Sha Tin.

After placings in the Fairetha Stakes, Raconteur Stakes and Belmont Guineas, the 3yo Exosphere gelding Upper Limits had his day in the sun in Saturday’s Listed Aquanita Stakes (2000m) at Belmont Park.

There is tremendous mutual respect between Japanese and Australian breeders with some of our very best racemares now calling Japan home including recent Group I Tatts Tiara winner Palaisipan, while Japanese bred sires have made their presence felt in Australia most recently with Brave Smash (Jpn) the current leading first season sire by winners.

Champion Australian sire Fastnet Rock featured in Ireland overnight with a Group I quinella in the Pretty Polly Stakes (1m2f) at The Curragh won by Via Sistina defeating Stay Alert.

Here is the full list of 108 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It’s been a long time between drinks for six year-old Deep Field gelding Riddle Me That, who had not won a race since 2020, but he relived the glory days when taking out the $200,000 VRC Winter Championship Final (1600m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Trainer Chrissy Bambry celebrated her recent engagement with a huge result at Hastings on Saturday when Flower Of Wanaka downed a solid line-up of fillies and mares in the Listed Team Wealleans Tauranga Classic (1400m).

It’s been a steep learning curve this year for talented Extreme Choice gelding Knight’s Choice, who capped his meteoric rise with a resounding win in the $300,000 Group III Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

The rising 8yo gelding Irish Songs earned a second stakes success fourteen months after his first to claim the Listed Glasshouse Hcp (1400m) at the Sunshine Coast.

Fresh from winning the Listed ATC McKell Cup (2000m) at Rosehill two weeks ago, progressive Zoustar gelding Zoumon added the $300,000 Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) to his tally at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Popular Albury-based trainer Mitch Beer and the unstoppable Blake Shinn combined to capture Saturday's Santa Ana Lane Sprint Final (1200m) with the rising 6yo gelding Mnementh.

Four-year-old mare Ancient Girl (NZ) has maintained her perfect record since joining the stable of Steve O'Dea and Matthew Hoysted with a determined victory at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

The Mark and Levi Kavanagh trained Churchill (IRE) three year-old First Immortal has been one of the finds of the winter in Victoria and capped his rise through the grades with a dominant victory in the $200,000 VRC Mahogany Challenge Final (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Placed in three of his previous six stakes attempts, Renosu made no mistake at his seventh when leading at every call in the Listed VRC AR Creswick Stakes (1200m) down the Flemington straight at his first start past 1100m.

Kiwi bred Dolphin Skin was well beaten by Steparty in her first two starts, so with the defection of the nominal favourite in Saturday's Listed  Schweppes Taj Rossi Final at Flemington, the Telperion filly found the perfect spot to break her maiden.

Promising three year-old gelding Resonator was offered in the Inglis Digital Sale this week by China Horse Club, Newgate and partners, but passed in shy of his modest $150,000 reserve and was quick to prove his worth with a bold front running win at Rosehill on Saturday.

With three of the six starters, Spirit Of Boom had a stranglehold on Saturday’s Butler McDermott Lawyers Bruce McLachlan Classic (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast, and they duly clocked in 1-2-4.

Lindsay Park have been unstoppable with their juveniles this season and produced a lovely late season prospect in Stellar Olympus, who made a winning debut in the $150,000 VRC Next Generation Series Final (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Sensationally backed import Chorlton Lane (IRE) made a winning Australian debut over (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

A quality Australian Zoustar gelding, bred and sold by Ian Smith’s Edinburg Park topped the 2023 Hong Kong International Sale at Sha Tin on Friday evening.

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

The New Zealand thoroughbred industry is mourning the loss of one of its great characters with the passing of Stuart Hale on Friday, aged 74.

Fresh off a Group 1 Royal Ascot treble, Frankel (GB) is hot property worldwide. Australia cannot get enough of the undefeated champion, who has a record thirty-one Australian-born foals in 2022.

Eureka Stud’s freshman sire Encryption is enjoying a stellar start to his career and he had winner number five with a debutant on Friday.

Grebeni received no favours from the barrier draw in Saturday's $300,000 Group III Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Gold Coast, where he will attempt to stretch his winning sequence to four.

Justify has had a thumping first season in Australia and he added another promising one to his arsenal with a five-length debut winner in Victoria on Friday.

There were four two-year-old heats at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday with all the winners yet to race including a couple of promising types by Trapeze Artist.

The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale is now live online on Gavelhouse Plus, with 54 lots on offer.

Another Award (Shamus Award) and She’s All Class (I Am Invincible), two hugely desirable race mares, are the latest high profile entrants confirmed for the Inglis Digital online platform.

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

One of the most successful shuttle sires to ever come to Australia, More Than Ready (USA) was a much loved favourite at Vinery Stud.

There will be no winter blues for veteran trainer Jim Wallace this year, who will shortly return from a well-deserved break overseas.

The Lindsay Park training partnership of Ben and JD Hayes have had an outstanding season with their juveniles and sent out another promising two year-old winner at Bendigo on Thursday by Trapeze Artist.

A Deep Field gelding bred by Tasmanian based  Grenville Stud that topped the 2022 Hong Kong International Sale when selling for HK$7.8 million (A$1.4million) was an interesting winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening with the 2023 edition of this sale to be held this Friday.

With an enviable history of producing highly sought after sale ring yearlings and champions of the track, ‘Edinburgh Park’ offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure and build on a proud history of the highest level of success in the Australian thoroughbred industry.

Bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills was “rapt with the prices’’ and grateful for the “phenomenal service’’ after selling two of the top three lots in the Inglis Digital June (Late) sale, the second biggest in the platform’s history.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Breednet Premium Stallions Directory has been given a massive boost with addition of a hypothetical mating box allowing the user to enter their mare’s name to get an instant five generation tabulated pedigree with any duplications highlighted.

A $1.2million Inglis Easter purchase, the first foal of Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy opened her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

It was a rewarding day for Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray at Cambridge on Wednesday, with the local training partnership heading home with a winning double.

Defying his inexperience, the Spirit Of Boom debutant Town Crier made short work of six rivals in the Mount Franklin Maiden Plate Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

The two year-old colts and geldings maiden over 1200m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday produced a stirring battle to the line with a pair of Zoustar colts trading blows all the way to the finish until Zouprince finally poked his nose in front of Dazzle Legend with nearly four lengths back to the next horse.

Bred and sold by Newhaven Park, talented Written Tycoon filly Taormina made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Pierro has been in hot form of late racking up his 100th winner of the season last weekend and the winners kept coming at Eagle Farm on Wednesday with the Ingham family homebred two year-old filly Utopian Wine opening her account at her second start.

Two year-old maidens at Warwick Farm today for fillies as well as colts and geldings hold plenty of interest with the most expensive I Am Invincible filly sold in 2022 set to debut as well as the three-quarter sister to G1 Stradbroke winner Trekking ad the half-brother to Home Affairs.

When Street Cry (IRE) arrived in Australia for the first time 20 years ago as a Group I Dubai World Cup winner by Machiavellian, Australian breeders had no clue what to make of him, but his sireline delivered six Australian Group I winners this season including the best of them in Anamoe, so it’s time to get on board or get left behind.

Breednet have put together a gallery of all the Group I winners this season that were offered at auction and had yearling images with the most expensive being two time Group I winning I Am Invincible filly In Secret purchased by Godolphin for $900,000 at Magic Millions.

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.