Saturday May 11
Seymour-based nursery, Leneva Park, has undergone some changes ahead of the 2024 breeding season and has been rebranded to become Lovatsville under the leadership of Sam White, who has secured a three-year lease for the property.
Friday May 10
A pair of mares on desirable covers shared top billing at today’s Australian Broodmare Sale, bringing to a conclusion a successful week of breeding stock trade at Riverside.
Friday May 10
Parmalove, the dam of this season’s NZ Champion 2YO-in-waiting Velocious and a late withdrawal from The Chairman’s Sale due to a minor cut prior to travelling to Sydney, is the standout entry in another ‘full’ Inglis Digital Online Sale.
Friday May 10
Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday May 10
Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are hoping to make their mark in the three-year-old filly ranks during the Queensland Winter Carnival, starting at a rain-soaked Sunshine Coast on Saturday.
Friday May 10
Sea What I See (IRE) will make her stakes debut in Saturday's Listed Thomas Farms Centaurea Stakes (2019m) at Morphettville. This will be her sixth start of preparation, and nothing has come close to her.
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Friday May 10
The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s newly launched RESTART Racehorse Aftercare Programme are a sponsor at the upcoming Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association National Titles (May 23 – 26) with horses that spent time in Hong Kong eligible for a range of bonuses.
Friday May 10
Not shuttling to Australia this spring, Justify posted a milestone 30th stakes-winner in the UK overnight when progressive colt Capulet won the Listed Chester Dee Stakes (1m2 ½ f) for the Coolmore partners.
Friday May 10
Outstanding filly She’s Extreme became the equal second-most expensive horse ever sold at an Inglis Chairman’s Sale when realising $3.4m to the bid of Coolmore at Riverside this evening.
Thursday May 9
Three times Group I placed, The Autumn Sun filly Tutta La Vita will be looking to improve on that in the upcoming Group I BRC Queensland Oaks next month, but she’ll be carrying a new set of colours after being purchased by John Stewart’s Resolute Racing for $3.2million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale.
Thursday May 9
Group I placed C’Est Magique has never won a stakes race, but that didn’t stop her being one of the most sought after mares at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday night with Tom Magnier securing the daughter of Zoustar for $1.7million.
Thursday May 9
A homebred for Arcella Thoroughbreds, talented So You Think mare Banana Queen has been a favourite of the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou stable working through her grades over the past three seasons before winning the Group III Tibbie Stakes at Newcastle last year to cap her appeal as a broodmare prospect.
Thursday May 9
With three recent Group I winning three year-old fillies, The Autumn Sun is a sire on the up and his Group II winning daughter Autumn Ballet proved a hot commodity at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale selling for $1.6million to the bid of Tom Magnier.
Thursday May 9
The Robert Heathcote stable have had a lot of success with the progeny of top producer Funtantes and the best of her four winners is Group I Tatts Tiara winner Startantes, who was snapped up by Widden Stud for $1.15million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday.
Thursday May 9
A Group I winner of the ATC Champagne Stakes (1600m) at two and then a Group I VRC Oaks (2500m) winner at three, She’s Extreme was extremely good and that’s why she sparked a protracted bidding duel at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale before Tom Magnier won the day with a final bid of $3.4million.
Thursday May 9
It’s rare enough for any filly to win more than one G1 Oaks event and rarer still for them to be offered at public auction, so the appearance of Satono Aladdin (Jpn) mare Pennyweka (NZ) at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale produced some fiscal fireworks before she was knocked down to Panthalassa Syndicate (Yulong) for $1.6million.
Thursday May 9
It was the second trip around the Inglis sale ring for quality Brave Smash (Jpn) filly Kimochi at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday evening and while she made just $21,000 at the weanling sale in 2021, she shot out the lights out this time when knocked down to Islay Vale (Yulong) for $2.2million.
Thursday May 9
We saw another promising three year-old filly by The Autumn Sun salute on debut at Kyneton on Thursday and she is a half-sister to enigmatic dual Group I winner Nettoyer.
Thursday May 9
Australian bred horses have competed very successfully in South Africa over the years and a significant number of Aus bred mares are now at stud over there and one of them is the dam of talented four year-old Royal Aussie, who won the Group II Drill Hall Stakes (1400m) at Greyville in South Africa on Wednesday.
Thursday May 9
Classic trials continued overnight in the UK with the Group III Chester Vase and Listed Cheshire Oaks producing two exciting new stakes-winners, but for one of them the glory of victory was short lived.
Wednesday May 8
Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday May 8
Waikato Stud presents a roster of seven stallions for the 2024 season, headlined by New Zealand’s sire sensation, Savabeel.
Wednesday May 8
A heavy track proved no impediment for the highly regarded Russian Revolution debutant The Gambling Greek in the Cascade Maiden Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 8
The talented 2-year-old Blue Point (IRE) colt Blue Renegade did enough right for most of the 1000m of the Sportsbet Jockey Watch Maiden Plate at Sandown-Hillside to open his winning account at start two.
Wednesday May 8
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott unleashed $2.6million Zoustar filly Clean Energy at Warwick Farm on Wednesday after scratching her last week due to an awkward barrier and while the heavy track was less than ideal today it did not stop the sister to champion filly Sunlight making a winning debut.
Wednesday May 8
Trial watchers were keen to see the opening race at Warwick Farm on Wednesday to find out what would happen when $1million Extreme Choice colt Emirate was let off the bridle.
Wednesday May 8
Exciting two-year-old Magice replicated the early feats of his Group One-winning relative with an impressive maiden victory at Matamata on Wednesday.
Wednesday May 8
Karaka Millions riches are set to be amplified next season, with horses eligible for the lucrative NZB Karaka Millions Series racing for an additional $1m in bonuses.
Wednesday May 8
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale showcased the progeny of many of our new first season sires and six of them had weanlings sell for $100,000 or more so let’s take a look at their top sellers.
Wednesday May 8
A Group I winning sprinter by Kodiac, Cambridge Stud shuttler Hello Youmzain (FR) is on th board with his first winner after Allee de Bercy saluted on debut at Chantilly overnight.
Wednesday May 8
Queensland’s perennially prolific RAHEEN STUD will field two exceptionally bred, Group 1 winning stallions in 2024 – TOP RANKED and HEROIC VALOUR.
Tuesday May 7
Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday May 7
The most successful Inglis Australian Weanling Sale in history concluded today with all key financial metrics hitting record highs.
Tuesday May 7
Holbrook Thoroughbreds will offer three mares at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday including two on behalf of Peters Investments and a third in foal to Zoustar, whose service fee has climbed to $275,000.
Tuesday May 7
Fresh from producing the top lot at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale earlier this week, Alma Vale Thoroughbreds are now turning the focus on broodmares with four quality mares to be offered in the Chairman’s Sale on Thursday evening and they are in foal to super commercial sires I Am Invincible, Wootton Bassett (GB), Home Affairs and Russian Revolution.
Tuesday May 7
Highline Thoroughbreds’ profile as a source of quality youngsters continues to grow with Discretion Rules their latest black-type success story.
Tuesday May 7
Finding mares with genuine upside at the breeding stock sales can be a tricky task and Lime Country Thoroughbreds have the proven track record for the astute investor with an eye to the future.
Tuesday May 7
In a strategic move aimed at enhancing its service offerings and client experience, Australia’s most recognised and respected Bloodstock Taxation Accountants, Carrazzo Consulting, are delighted to announce their forthcoming merger with the progressive Top 100 Chartered Accounting firm, Baumgartners, effective 1 July 2024.
Tuesday May 7
The first two year-old stakes race of the year in Ireland was run at The Curragh on Monday and the Aidan O’Brien trained winner has a name that is going to be familiar to so many people… Whistlejacket!
Tuesday May 7
Novara Park has stuck solid with its stallion roster, maintaining the service fees for all stallions for the 2024 breeding season.
Tuesday May 7
Two new three year-old stakes-winners in two days for Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) with Oaks contender Gala Real successful on Sunday at Longchamp followed by Wootton Verni, who took out the Group III Prix Greffulhe (2100m) at Saint Cloud overnight.
Monday May 6
An I Am Invincible filly for the Alma Vale/Kitchwin Hills partnership which realised $575,000 capped off a record opening day of the Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside.
Monday May 6
Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday May 6
Gilgai Farm have bred champions such as Black Caviar, All Too Hard and Ole Kirk and they also bred and sold eye-catching debut winner Ailyak, who scored at Werribee on Monday for the Ciaron Maher stable.
Monday May 6
In an exciting, but also somewhat emotional development for Widden Stud, a staffing restructure will be taking place, marking a new chapter in the esteemed history of the Valley of Champions.
Monday May 6
The Autumn Sun has been doing some exciting things of late with his three year-old filles and gave us a One to Watch on Monday when another of them opened her account at Werribee.
Monday May 6
Juvenile filly Renovations has already achieved a lot in a short space of time and trainer Cody Cole is excited to see what she can do as a three-year-old.
Monday May 6
The form of outstanding Fastnet Rock mare Via Sistina (IRE) was once again franked overnight in the UK when the Fastnet Rock mare she defeated to win the Group I Pretty Polly Stakes last year came out and won the Group II Dahlia Stakes Stakes (1m1f) at her first run this season.
Monday May 6
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is a big name in the world of soccer, but is also making a mark as a racehorse owner with Wootton Bassett (GB) filly Gala Real, who he co-owns, showing serious Group I potential with a storming win in the Listed Prix de la Seine (2200m) at Longchamp on Sunday.
Monday May 6
The Group I Newmarket One Thousand Guineas (1m) for the fillies delivered a surprise package of a result as did the colts edition on Saturday with victory going to the half-sister by Kingman to Woodside Park Stud’s new recruit Benbatl (GB).
Sunday May 5
Here is the full list of 56 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday May 5
The winner of the 2021 Group 1 WATC Railway Stakes and Group II Western Australian Derby, the 6-year-old Iffraaj (GB) gelding Western Empire turned back the clock to win Sunday’s $200,000 Group III Tabtouch Northam Stakes (1300m).
Sunday May 5
One of Australia's premier thoroughbred studs, Yarraman Park proudly acknowledges a momentous milestone in the world of horse racing and breeding in Australia.
Sunday May 5
Inglewood Stud’s young stallion War Decree will stand at a slightly increased fee of $7,000 +GST in 2024, up from $5,500 in 2023.
Sunday May 5
The winner of both of his starts at two, Mosheen’s son Danon Ayers Rock (JPN) lost his unbeaten record when finishing midfield in his seasonal debut in the Group II Deep Impact Kinen at Nakayama on March 3 before returning to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s Listed Principal Stakes (2000m) at Tokyo.
Sunday May 5
The build up to this month's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast has intensified with the release today of the first supplementary lots.
Sunday May 5
While the close relatives Sierra Leone and Forever Young (JPN) engaged in a not-so-friendly family spat down the straight, Mystik Dan enjoyed an unhindered rail run to capture the 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Dowms, completing a memorable weekend for jockey Brian Hernandez Jr and trainer Ken McPeek.
Sunday May 5
The newly created Alma Vale /Kitchwin Hills Partnership run by Verna Metcalfe (General Manager of Alma Vale and Kitchwin Hills) and Stud Manager Oscar Englebrecht has hit the ground running this year and have been kept busy at Riverside Stables this week with a draft of 24 youngsters to be offered at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale next Monday and Tuesday.
Sunday May 5
There were emotional scenes at Riverside as the Tyreel Stud team watched one of their favourite fillies Coco Sun (The Autumn Sun) win the G1 South Australian Derby at Morphettville and her dam, who is back in foal to The Autumn Sun, will be offered in the Inglis Broodmare Sale on Friday.
Sunday May 5
An unbeaten colt by a champion sire won the Group I Newmarket The Two Thousand Guineas (1m) overnight, but it wasn’t the one most people thought.
Saturday May 4
Here is the full list of 112 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday May 4
Twelve months after Super Smink captured the Karrakatta Plate - WA Sires Produce Stakes double with Super Smink, trainer Daniel Morton achieved the feat again with the top-class Frosted (USA) colt Bustling.
Saturday May 4
The Lindsay Park racing team have always had a good opinion of Poifect and it was justified at Morphettville on Saturday when she strolled to a commanding win in the Listed SAJC Adelaide Guineas (1600m).
Saturday May 4
Hot off the back of a trifecta in the South Australian Oaks, The Autumn Sun kept the run going when Coco Sun provided a first Group 1 hometown success for Jamie Kah in Saturday’s $1,000,000 Thomas Farms South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville.
Saturday May 4
A half-brother to Golden Slipper winner and Champion 2YO Fireburn, Hallowed Crown gelding Kintyre might have claimed his last start win in the Group III ATC Frank Packer Plate in the steward’s room, but this time he got the win at the post taking the Group II BRC Queensland Guineas (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday by a neck.
Saturday May 4
New Zealand-bred star Antino put a frustrating spring campaign behind him with a superb first-up performance in Saturday’s A$300,000 Gr.2 U&U Recruitment Victory Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Saturday May 4
  It was a good result for the Victorians in a thrilling finish to the $250,000 Group III Richmond Club Hawkesbury Gold Cup, with the well-supported Just Folk defeating the top-weight Detonator Jack.
Saturday May 4
Following seconds in the Group III Lord Reims Stakes and Group II Adelaide Cup, the glorious 5-year-old Alpine Eagle mare The Map rose to new heights in Saturday’s Group III Sportsbet Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2500m) at Morphettville.
Saturday May 4
The colours of the Rosemont Stallion Alliance were carried to victory on Saturday in the Group III $250,000 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) with expensive Zoustar colt Schwarz showing his class to score a decisive win.
Saturday May 4
You can’t underestimate a tough, fit filly in good form and the Les Ross trained Mishani Lily is just that and she proved too good for the colts when taking out the Listed BRC Dalrello Stakes (1000m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday to credit her sire Kobayashi with his first stakes-winner.
Saturday May 4
Making her first start in Australia after being purchased at the 2023 Tattersalls December Mare Sale, Coco Jamboo (IRE) gave connections an instant return in Saturday’s $250,000 Group III Pioneer Services Hawkesbury Crown (1300m).
Saturday May 4
Alabama Express posted a new stakes-winner at Riccarton on Saturday with Discretion Rules winning the Listed Berkely Stud Champagne  Stakes (1200m) and he now registers as a first stakes-winner for his sire, whose previous first stakes-winner Karavas was disqualified from her win in the Group III VRC Ottawa Stakes last spring due to a positive swab.
Saturday May 4
Fresh off a 37-week break, Godolphin’s 4-year-old Astern mare Parisal earned a third stakes success with a commanding performance in the $200,000 Listed Hawkesbury XXXX Gold Rush (1100m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Saturday May 4
Super Photon’s growing reputation was put to the test in Saturday’s Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa, and the exciting colt rose to the challenge in style.
Saturday May 4
The most expensive yearling by Written Tycoon sold in 2023, Media World broke his maiden at start four in the St Johns Park Bowling Club Clarendon Stakes at Hawkesbury on Saturday.
Saturday May 4
With his top-class son Bustling an odds-on favourite in the WA Sires’ Produce Stakes, former Darley shuttler Frosted (USA) was off the mark early with the honest 2-year-old colt Snack Bar making all the running in the Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Hcp (1400m) at Caulfield.
Saturday May 4
Three year-old racing is taking off in Europe as the warmer weather returns and while the A graders will take their place in Guineas races this weekend there are plenty of others quietly on the rise and we saw a few in action at Newmarket overnight.
Friday May 3
Zousain has posted his second new winner this week at Cranbourne on Friday evening when the Phillip Stokes trained filly The Dabble Effect scored on debut.
Friday May 3
Merchant Navy was relocated last year from the Hunter Valley to a new home at Kooringal Stud at Wagga and he featured at the big Wagga Cup meeting on Friday when his talented mare Subliminal won the $75,000 Queen of the South (1400m).
Friday May 3
First Light Racing and a big syndicate of owners had a bit to cheer about on Friday when progressive I Am Invincible colt Invincible Spy won the $80,000 Wagga Guineas (1600m).
Friday May 3
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday May 3
An ice-cold ride by Tyler Schiller saw the favourite Fawkner Park (IRE) come from last to land Friday's $200,000 Listed Lucas Road Sealing 2024 Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (2000m).
Friday May 3
Platinum Thoroughbreds is pleased to announce its 2024 roster - three well credentialled stallions from three prolific sire lines... and great value too!
Friday May 3
With the prospect of Group One glory both now and in the spring, Saturday looms as an exciting afternoon for Stephen Marsh.
Friday May 3
Endued brought his Hong Kong future a big step closer with a four-length victory in the Rohan Mudhoo Trust 2YO (1200m) at Woodville on Friday.
Friday May 3
As I Am Invincible rapidly closes in on Snitzel’s record seasonal earnings of $29,258,000 he is doing so despite what has been, to date, a relatively quiet season for his juveniles in Australia.
Friday May 3
Eureka Stud is excited to offer Group I performed Extreme Choice son Don Corleone to Queensland breeders this spring.
Friday May 3
Twin Hills Stud are expecting to be busy this week at Riverside Stables with a draft of 16 for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale that features youngsters by hot sires such as Wootton Bassett (GB) and Too Darn Hot (GB), whose service fee this year has risen to $110,000.
Friday May 3
The historic Wakefield Stud, the birthplace of Melbourne Cup winner Subzero, has been purchased by the owners of another historic Scone farm, Middlebrook Valley Lodge. The farm was officially settled during the week, and the new owners are excited to see the farm return to it’s former glory days.
Friday May 3
Confirmed for the Coolmore Australia roster for 2024, Churchill (IRE) was in hot form overnight with a pair of lightly raced new stakes-winning three year-olds in Pandora’s Gift and Fast Tracker.
Thursday May 2
On Thursday, Kooringal Stud’s Prized Icon had two progressive first-crop 3-year-olds step up to the plate at Wyong.
Thursday May 2
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday May 2
Rosemont Stud are proud to present our stallion roster for the 2024 season.
Thursday May 2
By a Japanese-bred sire who now stands in Turkey out of a German-bred mare that resides in Japan, the 7-year-old gelding Mystery Island (JPN) carried the colours of Melbourne Cup winner Americain (USA) to a career highlight victory in the $300,000 Listed Sungold Milk Warrnambool Cup (2350m).
Thursday May 2
Vinery Stud will present a select draft of four for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale next week and they include two by the farm’s promising young sire Exceedance, not to mention the half-sister to $1.3million earner Strait Acer.
Thursday May 2
Busy set of trials at Rosehill on Thursday morning featured six heats won by juveniles that included some unraced youngsters by I Am Invincible, Better Than Ready and Shalaa (IRE) and one of them has a half-sister headed to the MM National Yearling Sale.
Thursday May 2
The Inglis Australian Weanling Sale marks the sale ring debut for the next generation of sire hopefuls and our first season sire gallery offers a great quick comparison on type for this next young cohort of sires.
Thursday May 2
The Inglis Select Weanling Sale next Monday and Tuesday will be a busy one for Dr Richard McClenahan, his wife Kim and their team with a 14 strong draft by nine different sires sure to make serious appeal to pinhookers and end users alike.
Thursday May 2
He’s the best stallion in Western Australia and statistically one of the best in the country so Darling View Thoroughbreds have announced a deserved increase for their flagship sire Playing God.
Wednesday May 1
Widden Stud are proud to announce fees on a top class roster of 18 stallions spread between NSW and Victoria with our flagship sire Zoustar soaring to new heights in 2024 on the racetrack and in the sales ring.