With the end of 2025 fast approaching it’s time to turn our attention to the final G1 race of the Australian racing year, and the last of the “big three” at the Ascot Pinnacles carnival - so who can win? 

On Wednesday we ran a story which has been very well read highlighting the decline in two-year-olds seen during the spring racing which got us to wondering what’s driving it – lack of races or lack of horses?

An orphaned foal bred in Victoria faced an uphill battle when he arrived at Larneuk Stud in the spring of 2021 and four years on he is now a winner!

With the end of 2025 fast approaching it’s time to turn our attention to the final G1 race of the Australian racing year, and the last of the “big three” at the Ascot Pinnacles carnival - It is of course, the $1.5 million Northerly Stakes run over 1800m at WFA, and this year marks its 50th running.

Stakes-placed at two and fourth in the Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes to Tempted, it seems amazing that D’Argento filly Sequista was not a winner until Thursday, but she picked a good day to break the ice claiming a $100,000 Inglis Xtra bonus for her Gosford victory.

Here is the full list of 34 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Countless headline acts are scheduled to take their place at next year’s Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, for which the catalogue is nearing its final stages of completion.

The auction renowned for producing world class racehorses at value prices is ready to do it all again following today's online release of the 2026 Magic Millions Tasmanian Yearling Sale catalogue.

Yulong purchased five colts from Inglis Classic at the start of the year and one of them was a half-brother to a filly called La Dorada, who had just won the Karaka Million and then went on Group I success later in the season.

Waitak’s class and versatility will stand him in good stead at Trentham where he chases a fourth top-flight title.

NZB is gearing up to mark the milestone 100th National Yearling Sale in New Zealand at Karaka in late January. The marquee section of that centenary sale, Book 1 of Karaka 2026, has drawn a catalogue worthy of the momentous occasion.  

The build up to next year’s highly anticipated Inglis yearling sales season continues with today’s launch of the 2026 Preview Magazine.

Graham White realised the dream of every breeder when Watch Me Rock won the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) and he can deliver a running double at the elite level in the Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) this Saturday.

The third and final day of Europe’s premier breeding stock sale concluded with DESERT SPRING heading proceedings at 220,000 guineas and a record average and median for the sale. A record-equalling eleven lots realised a million guineas or more and Tuesday’s turnover was the highest for a day in European auction history, eclipsing the benchmark set at last year’s December Mares Sa

It was a three winner Wednesday for Hellbent that included a metro double at Warwick Farm and it could be a very good week for the Yarraman Park based sire, whose quality daughter Vivy Air runs in the Group I WATC Northerly Stakes this Saturday.

St Jean (IRE) is sadly no longer with us and while Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours has set the benchmark for this unheralded stallion, a debut winner by the son of Teofilo in the Ciaron Maher stable was an eye-catching debut winner at Caulfield on Wednesday.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Untapped 3YO colt Patonga (Written Tycoon) topped today’s Inglis Digital December (Early) Online Sale, selling to Hong Kong interests for $255,000.

Down to a field of just five, Bjorn Baker’s 3yo Shalaa (IRE) filly Swordplay showed brilliant speed throughout to pull clear and win the Hawaii Five O @ Vinery Stud Handicap (1000m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday by more than three and a half lengths.

A well bred Wootton Bassett (GB) colt on the improve, Botanist opened his account with a bold front running win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday bringing a timely update for his half-sister headed to Magic millions in the Coolmore draft.

A $100,000 super maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday was a target race for astute trainer David Pfieffer and he duly got the cash with the heavily backed favourite.

The past few days have been a case of pinch me once, pinch me twice as Glen Massey couple Ian and Shelley Wright have celebrated Farag’s second consecutive win in Australasia’s longest flat race, the A$300,000 Jericho Cup.

World leading prices of 4,800,000 guineas and 4,500,000 guineas for fillies sold in training were realised by Group 1 winners BARNAVARA and PORTA FORTUNA at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on a day which saw turnover of 57,695,415 guineas exceed the previous record for the highest grossing day in European auction history, set at the December Mares Sale last year. 11 lots were sold for a millio

Vendors taking yearlings to the 2026 sales are always on the look out for something cooking in the pedigree, so who are some of the lucky ones this week?

The second Sceptre Session of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale is underway and Arrowfield Stud have secured something seriously special with Jon Freyer bidding 1.3million to purchase Chere Darmoiselle, a half-sister by Kingman to Champion Sire Too Darn Hot.

If you are someone that has been around racing for as long as we have you will have noticed a big difference in the way our leading stables now handle their juveniles and if you thought spring 2YO racing was on the wane you would be right.

Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A monster set of trials at Canterbury on Tuesday morning featured six heats for juveniles with a plethora of unraced youngsters looking to get some experience as we head towards the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic next month and five of the six heat winners are eligible.

CALIYZA was the star turn on the opening day of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale when realising 850,000 guineas to Ace Stud, one of five lots to realise 600,000 guineas or more. The first Sceptre Session was welcomed by a packed sales ring and saw 20 lots sell for 8,950,000 guineas at an average of 447,500 guineas.

Yulong purchasing as Ace Stud were active during the first session of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale overnight purchasing three of the top five lots including the session topping half-sister to Sunday’s Japan Cup winner Calandagan for 850,000 guineas.

Unbeaten filly Well Written is back in work and while exact plans have yet to be confirmed, a clearer picture of her New Year schedule is forming.

Smart filly Oratia Beauty went close to a major black-type credit last time out at Ellerslie and will get the opportunity to take care of unfinished business on the course at the next time of asking.

The 2026 NZB National Yearling Sales (January 25-29) offers buyers the cream of the New Zealand crop and in the weeks leading up to the sale we’ll go looking for pedigrees of interest for a myriad of reasons.

TBA issued a statement on Monday regarding the Black Type debacle with all the usual rhetoric that leads nowhere.

Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Last Saturday provided Australian racing fans with a bewildering array of 15 Black Type events spread across four states, so with a newly minted Group I winner and a couple of other horses we see as having G1 potential, a closer look at the pedigrees got me thinking.

Stephen Marsh has his sights set on further feature-race success, with his proven performer Provence confirmed for Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham.

New stakes winners for resident stallions Redwood and Tarzino were celebrated by Westbury Stud at the weekend.

The two-year-old race staged by the Levin Racing Club at Otaki every November has a proven record of unearthing top-level talent, and Te Akau Racing is hoping for more of the same with Sunday’s Levin Jumpouts 2YO (1100m) winner Kinnaird.

Last Saturday in Australia there were an astonishing 15 stakes races run in a time period most trainers see as being out of season, barring the Perth Summer Carnival, when we consider that our elite horses are programmed towards spring and autumn, so what is going on?

Aga Khan Studs don’t race a lot of geldings, but one that they do is Calandagan, who has taken giant strides in 2025 to become the Cartier European Horse of the Year and on Sunday he achieved the almost unthinkable with a history making win in the Group I Japan Cup (2400m).

Peachy Keen capped a super-consistent spring campaign with a last-gasp victory in Sunday’s $50,000 Happy Hire Cromwell Cup (2030m).

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh won the Gr.3 Jennian Homes Wellington Stakes (1600m) for the fifth time at Otaki on Sunday with emerging talent Ammirati, but this was a win unlike any other.

Yulong has wasted little time in making a mark on New Zealand racing this spring, and those emerald green and white colours were carried to another feature-race win by Azeezle in Sunday’s Levin Truck Services Levin Stakes (1200m) at Otaki.

While it may have taken until his fifth start to break his maiden, 3yo Pierata colt Kilbrannan has pedigree on his side and with the step up to 1300m, the Gary Portelli trained colt impressed at Newcastle on Sunday when breaking his maiden for Laurel Oak Bloodstock and partners.

Quality Toronado daughter Toropa upset her more fancied rivals and showed a blistering turn of foot to take the Listed Jungle Dawn Classic over 1400m, the second leg of The Pinnacles Mares Series at the Ascot carnival.

Ascot has played host to a remarkable crop of three year olds this season and another potential superstar was unveiled yesterday.

As the fastest ever 2yo over the Randwick 1000m when winning the Inglis Nursey at his only ever start, Fastnet Rock’s son Acrobat has proven extremely popular at stud, and on Sunday at the Sunshine Coast, the Paul Shailer trained Acrodance became his first winner.

Sporting the famed silks of Te Akau Racing, Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson’s Home Affairs colt Kinnaird started favourite at Otaki on Sunday, fighting all the way to the line to score on debut, becoming the second winner for his Coolmore based sire.

Having previously recorded eight black type placed efforts, the Annabel and Rob Archibald trained Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo started favourite in Saturday’s $160,000 Listed BRC Eureka Stud Tattersall's Classic (1200m), pulling clear in impressive fashion to record a thoroughly deserving first stakes victory.

Narrowly missing out last start in the Group 3 MRC How Now Stakes (1200m), the Richard and Chantelle Jolly trained Smart Missile mare Aviatress dropped back to the 1100m of the $175,000 Listed MRC Doveton Stakes on Saturday, charging late to snatch victory.

Stepping up to the 2000m for the first time off the back of his dominant victory on Melbourne Cup day in the Listed VRC TAB Trophy (1800m), Henry Dwyer’s progressive 3yo Ghaiyyath gelding Different Gravy was just as classy on Saturday, pulling clear to win the inaugural running of the $400,000 MRC Melbourne Classic.

It was a race that lived up to all the hype - the $1.5 million Winterbottom Stakes of 2025 provided the two horse war we were all hoping to see!

Here is the full list of 92 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Recording her first black type victory, the Grahame Begg trained filly Ruska Roma was simply too strong for her rivals in the $175,000 Listed MRC Twilight Glow Stakes (1400m) giving breeder/owner Jonathan Munz a stakes winner sired by his Group 1 Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth.

A $575,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Newgate Farm for PR Funds, Snitzel gelding Yorskhire has been a work in progress for quite some time, but the five year-old finally translated talent into a Black Type victory when taking out the $250,000 Group III ATC Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill.

Gr.1 Australian Derby winner Major Beel was back winning at stakes level when landing the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Bryce Heys was the trainer of ill-fated stallion Spieth, a brilliant stakes-winning sprinter who died after just four seasons at stud, and he is also putting the polish on his best runner to date Flying for Fun.

An inch-perfect ride by Mark Zahra has aided warhorse Here To Shock to add another stakes win to his belt as the Group One winner defeated the fast-closing Persian Spirit in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Five-year-old mare She’s A Hustler continues to meet every challenge, defeating more seasoned rivals at weight-for-age in the Gr.2 Zipping Classic (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Recording his first win for trainer Gavin Bedggood, the well-travelled Casino Prince gelding Casino Seventeen was coming off some handy runs with all falling into place on Saturday at Caulfield, with the 8yo gelding winning the $200,000 Group 3 MRC Eclipse Stakes (1800m), his fifth career black type victory.

Black-type success has always seemed to be a matter of when and not if for highly talented Almanzor (Fr) mare Mary Shan, but few would have expected it to come at the expense of a $1.50 favourite and reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year.

A homebred for Gerry Harvey, whose grand-dam Jezabeel won a Melbourne Cup, three year-old filly Pulsatilla is a new stakes-winner for Westbury Stud sire Redwood (GB) with the promise of more to come.

Race favourite Tshiebwe followed a perfect script as he galloped his way into contention for the Gr.3 NZ Campus of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) in January with a strong performance to take out the Listed Steelform Roofing Group Wanganui Cup (2040m) on Saturday.

Earlier this week we ran a story that was super well read on Street Boss (USA) and he featured on Saturday at Caulfield with a new stakes-winner when lightly raced filly Motorsports took out the $250,000 Group III MRC Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m).

Saddling up a pair of unraced juveniles in Saturday’s $175,000 Listed MRC Magic Millions Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield, it was Lloyd Kennewell’s colt Eternal Warrior that took the prize at big odds, and in the process handed Rosemont Stud’s Extreme Warrior his first stakes winner.

Unbeaten filly Circus Dancer defied $25 odds to keep her perfect record intact in the Listed O’Learys Fillies’ Stakes (1340m) at Wanganui on Saturday.

Opening Address was back in the winner’s circle for the first time since winning the Listed Batman Stakes (1800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day just over 12 months ago, when landing the Whispering Angel Handicap (1800m) at Caulfield on Saturday under apprentice Luke Cartwright.

The Chris Waller stable produced a promising debut 2YO winner at Rosehill on Saturday in the James Harron Bloodstock colours.

Two-year-old Incandescent put himself in the frame for the rich TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) in late January with a comprehensive victory in the opening event at Ellerslie on Saturday, the Independent Traffic Control (1100m).

Frankel foals were in hot demand highlighted by a colt that topped the third session of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale when realising 1,150,000 guineas, the third highest price for a colt foal ever sold in Europe. It was the second highest turnover ever for a day at the sale with seven lots realising 500,000 guineas or more, bought by seven different buying entities, and 31 lots realising 200,

Winner of the $1.5million Group I ATC Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill back in April, Dubai Honour (IRE) was back in the winning groove at Southwell in the UK overnight taking out the Listed Midnite Churchill Stakes (1m3f).

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Every now and again Richard Litt unearths a seriously good horse and he might have a well above average filly that cast off maiden status at Canterbury on Friday night which is good news for her full sister headed to Magic Millions 2026.

A dual Group I winning sprinter of $3.7million in prizemoney, In Her Time was a high profile acquisition for Yulong when snapped up for $2.2million at the 2021 Inglis Chairman’s Sale and she produced her second winner at Canterbury on Friday night.

An enticing three-in-one package, a progressive Zoustar 3YO qualified for Hong Kong and shares in several Stakes horses headline a diverse catalogue for the Inglis Digital December (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Just when you thought the Victorian Spring Carnival was over the Melbourne Racing Club are serving up another day of stakes racing with an astonishing seven Black Type races on the card, plus the first running of the $400,000 MRC Whispering Angel Melbourne Classic (2000m) for 3YOs.  

The $1.5million Group I WATC Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is the highlight event in Australian racing on Saturday and it’s a good time to reflect on arguably the most impressive winner of this race in recent years as her first foal will be offered at Magic Millions in January.

The $1.5million Group I ATC Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is set to offer up something special at Ascot on Saturday as the Overpass camp seek to achieve something that has never been done! 

Australian racing history will be made on Saturday if the mighty Overpass can win his third Winterbottom Stakes.

A part of the Magic Millions Showjumping and Polo Spectacular in January is the Off the Track Cup for thoroughbred industry personel and entries for the Sydney qualifier are now open.

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

John O’Shea and Tom Charlton love their Kiwi breds and have a promising three year-old in the stable by Hello Youmzain (Fr) that made it two wins from three starts when scoring at Hawkesbury on Thursday.

If you need your mare in-foal this season, first season sire Celestial Legend is currently striking at over 87% fertility.

Australian breeders have had exposure to the Havana Grey sireline this spring with his champion son Vandeek (GB) shuttling to Arrowfield Stud and his foals were in hot demand overnight - Strong trade on the second day of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale was headed by a 260,000 guineas HAVANA GREY colt, the highest priced foal sold in the session since 2018.

This year’s Melbourne Cup provided the ultimate fairytale result when Australian bred stayer Half Yours claimed a memorable victory for champion jockey Jamie Melham and popular trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy, but there has been a tragic twist to this story.

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

By champion sire I Am Invincible from Group I winning sprinter Volpe Veloce, this lightly raced three year-old filly was an eye-catching maiden winner at Geelong on Wednesday.

Two shares in Bjorn Baker and Darby Racing's star three-year-old filly Within the Law were well sought after in the Magic Millions Digital Sale (21-26 November) which concluded today with Yulong buying back into a filly they bred and sold as a yearling.

The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association is honored to announce the appointment of its first woman president at its recent AGM and to handing over the reigns to the first female duo, to lead the HTBA as President and Vice-President.

Exceptional Encosta de Lago filly English was rated the Champion 2YO and 3YO Filly of her generation and the Newhaven Park homebred produced her first winner on Wednesday when exciting Snitzel colt King’s English opened his account in the Te Akau tangerine.

Twelve months since the start of a frustrating run of Group One seconds in the TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m), Te Awamutu mare La Crique is ready to go one better in next week’s Trentham feature.

Ken and Bev Kelsos’ millionaire duo of Legarto and Alabama Lass are well on target for further major assignments as the feature summer racing period looms.

Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray took out the 2023 edition of the A$304,000 Jericho Cup (4600m) at Warrnambool with Nassak Diamond, and on Sunday they will be seeking to usurp their former stable runner in the marathon feature with Tempest Moon.

He is the leading sire of 3YOs so far this season and is set to have a huge impact on the yearling sales of 2026, so we are taking a closer look at this stalwart sire, whose long term impact is only just beginning.

The four-day Tattersalls December Foal Sale got off to a solid start with two lots by first season sires DRAGON SYMBOL and SHAQUILLE jointly heading proceedings at 75,000 guineas and increases in the turnover, median, average and clearance rate from the equivalent day in 2024.

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

With the foaling season drawing to an end for 2025 and the yearling sales season upon us Breednet have launched a new addition to our Premium stallion pages with a carousel arrangement now available to highlight foals born this spring or yearlings for the 2026 sales.

Just the two heats for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Tuesday morning and we saw winners by first season sire Home Affairs and the reigning champion sire Zoustar.

Cambridge Stud mare Jaarffi posted yet another stakes placing over the weekend, and trainer Lance Noble is hoping she can be rewarded for her consistency with an elusive black-type victory over summer.