Pride Of Dubai - New Winner

Here is the full list of 20 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Promising two-year-old Ka Ron was unfortunate not to have made the perfect start to his career and will have the opportunity on Boxing Day to make amends.

There was only one stakes race in Australia on Good Friday and it produced a new stakes-winner for Pride of Dubai when Willie Pike steered Buckets Ridge to an impressive win in the Listed WATC Melvista Stakes (2200m) at Ascot.

Young Cambridge Stud stallion Sword Of State has landed another timely winning blow across the Tasman.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

In the lead up to the 2026 Magic Millions Yearling Sale we’re going back to the beginning of one of the great stories of bloodstock and how a bargain yearling changed the face of the Australasian racing and breeding industry forever.

A two time stakes-winner that was second in last year’s Group II WATC Derby, five year-old Pride of Dubai gelding Buckets Ridge was back in top form at Ascot on Saturday when winning the $125,000 Listed WATC GA Towton Cup (2200m).

Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are hoping a return to the right-handed way of going will help Qali Al Farrasha bounce back to winning form at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.

A quickie to end the year and wish our listeners a very happy Christmas as we pick apart the Magic Millions contenders that have jumped out of the woodwork in the past week, who do we like heading into the Christmas break?    

We saw a busy set of trials at Rosehill on Tuesday morning with five heats for juveniles won by some interesting horses including an I Am Invincible filly from a close relation to champion mare More Joyous and a filly by Profiteer that zoomed from last to first.