An Arrowfield stud bred two year-old was expected to win the juvenile event at Flemington on Saturday, but the one that saluted was not the one punters were thinking.

The two-year-old Snitzel filly Hip Hip Hurrah kept her record at a perfect two for two with a fighting win in a thrilling Listed Kia Ora Woodlands Stakes (1100m) at Scone on Saturday.

OTI Racing colours were carried to victory overnight in the UK by a couple of lightly raced impressive three year-old winners and given the likelihood so many of their horses ultimately come and race in Australia we decided to take a closer look.

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

Having opened bidding on Wednesday, Karaka-based breeder Rosemary Carter was in for the long haul to secure Burgundy Rose (NZ) (Burgundy Rose) with a final winning bid of $52,500 for the stakes-placed sprinter on Friday night.

From Scone to Doomben, Morphettville, Flemington, and Belmont, a mind-boggling seventeen-stakes races will keep enthusiasts entertained on Saturday – some off-season.

It was a local winner of Friday’s $200,000 Listed Darley Scone Cup (1600m), but perhaps not the one punters were hoping for.

Gooree Park has announced that prolific sire, Your Song, will again stand this season at a fee of $5,500.

Two proven sires with over 120 individual winners this season between them will comprise the 2023 Riverdene Stud stallion roster, and at a reduced advertised service fee from last year’s covering season despite a steady stream of ongoing success.

From a select group of only four broodmares based at Curraghmore, Sir Owen Glenn has now bred two Group One winners on opposite sides of the Tasman and over wildly different distances.

A $6,000 yearling purchase, the 2yo Mikki Isle (JPN) gelding Love Shuck provided Canberra-based trainer Todd Smart a career highlight in the $200,000 Inglis 2yo Challenge (1100m) at Scone on Friday, but he was made to sweat for it.

Over 300 industry leaders, clients, and supporters attended the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association 2023 Annual Awards in Scone to recognise the Hunter’s elite equine athletes and celebrate the achievements of remarkable people in our industry.

The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association is very proud to pay tribute to three exceptional employees, in the fields of administration, horsemanship and leadership.

Mogumber Park has tapped into the precocious Capitalist sireline with news his Group 2 winning sprinter Marine One will stand alongside Champion WA 2yo sire Safeguard at Bullsbrook.

Darley’s sire phenomenon, Dubawi – who produced seven individual Group 1 winners in 2022 – has notched up his 254th stakes winner overnight with 3YO San Antonio capturing a noted Epsom Derby trial: the Boodles Dee Stakes at Chester.

The 2yo Cable Bay (IRE) filly Tiz Time opened her winning account when downing the highly touted Grunt debutant Miraval Rose in a maiden plate over 1200m at Pakenham on Thursday.

The HTBA President’s Award for Lifetime (Industry) Achievement is presented in recognition of an individual for their many years of dedication and service to Thoroughbred breeding, research and education and for campaigning to preserve and protect the Hunter Valley’s proud Thoroughbred breeding industry and heritage.

The 2yo Your Song gelding Super News made a winning career debut in the Coca-Cola Europacific Maiden (1100m) at Wyong on Thursday in a manner that suggests better days ahead.

Given that he was a 2YO winner pre-Christmas, won the Group 1 Champagne to cap a tremendous juvenile season … then ran Anamoe to a half-length second in the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas at three, it’s hardly surprising Captivant was a popular choice for breeders when he retired to Kia Ora Stallions last spring.

Although not listed on the Aquis Farm roster for this spring, Champion British First Season Sire, Aclaim covered 77 mares in 2022 in his sole trip down under.

Tasmania’s Grenville Stud have announced a fee increase for Stratosphere after a strong season with his first crop runners.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down his second Federal Budget last night, with many new tax announcements and initiatives.

Frankel’s 115th stakes winner overnight – in the Group 3 Chester Vase – may well provide champion jockey, Frankie Dettori, with a third and final Epsom Derby after Arrest notched up his third race victory with a 6.5 length romp.

One of the country's most talented, untapped and lightly raced fillies will provide buyers with a rare opportunity in the upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast.

There is no shortage of horse racing and/or breeding operations who want to maximise the usage of their property through the providing of agistment services.

Dual Group One winning mare Roch ‘N’ Horse has been retired, with owners Sam and Catriona Williams announcing who will be her initial mating.

New Zealand’s Waikato Stud have announced book full for Ardrossan off the back of his impressive first season results.

One of fourteen horses sold at Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale following the death of The Queen, Naval College (GB) improved on his Australian debut second at Randwick on April 25 to open his account in the Precise Air (Bm64) (1800m) at Randwick Kensington on Wednesday.

A luckless fifth on debut at Warwick Farm on April 19, the elegant 2yo Maurice (JPN) filly Azula made no mistake at start two when leading at every call over 1400m at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.

Last year's Champion first season stallion in North America, Bolt d'Oro (USA), sired his third winner from his one Australian-conceived crop when Bolted In made a winning debut at Balaklava on Wednesday.

With the late scratching at the barriers of Grand Larceny and Rhesus, the Zoustar debutant Hearcomesthestar faced off against five opponents in the Ladbroke It Maiden Plate at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday and still found herself posted three deep the trip.

Kitchwin Hills have announced fees for Graff and Dubious for 2023.

Queensland’s Grandview Stud have announced fees for their two stallions, Winning Rupert and Norealism.

Gavelhouse Plus auctions have been a rich source of quality additions to the Yulong broodmare band over the last 12 months, and that trend continued on Tuesday with the $800,000 purchase of Group One winner Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy).

We all get a little bedazzled at the massive prices forked out for bloodstock: indeed, there have been no less than 46 seven figure lots at the Gold Coast Magic Millions and Inglis Easter alone in 2023.

There were a dozen trials at Warwick Farm on Tuesday with the opening act a win for Golden Slipper winner, Fireburn, but it was the 2YO heats that really caught the attention … especially the performances of some unraced youngsters.

‘Value to be found’ is a proven fact at the Inglis Gold sale with stakes winners and well-respected buyers choosing to source their next stable star at Oaklands Junction.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible has experienced any number of highlights over the past couple of seasons: Home Affairs, Imperatriz, In Secret, Lombardo and Marabi to name just a handful of his Group 1 winners.

Former explosive juvenile Paris Dior is the headline act of the first release of supplementary

There’s very little chance that Woodside Park’s Mark Dodemaide will be moving far from the TV on Saturday afternoon, particularly given that Overpass will be tackling the sprinting elite in the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s newly formed National Weanling and Broodmare Sale catalogue is now live, with the 253-lot Sale set to be held on Friday 16 June.

Horse racing can be a harsh mistress and the funeral of Dean Holland is a stark reminder of the dangers facing jockeys every time they hop into a saddle.

Six people and four horses were inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame on Sunday night in a gala dinner in Hamilton.

Luigi Muollo’s Novara Park Stud near Cambridge will stand four stallions this season, spear-headed by exciting young stallion Staphanos at $15,000 + GST.

A stakes double on Sunday highlighted by Champagne Color (JPN) in the Group 1 NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo underscores the tragedy of losing Duramente (JPN) at just nine in 2021.

Monumentally picturesque, Torryburn Stud, was the inspiration for Doreatha Mackellar’s famous poem, ‘My Country’ – land of sweeping plains et al – but the farm’s run of success in recent years has hardly been confined to Our Country.

Plenty of action at Hawkesbury racecourse on Monday morning with 14 barrier trials, which included a solid hit out from 3-time Group 1 winning mare, Duais, who can’t be far off a return to racing.

Headed back to Coolmore Australia this spring, Churchill (IRE) posted his tenth stakes-winner in Ireland on Sunday when lightly raced colt Sprewell stamped himself as a Derby contender with a dominant win in the Group III Derby Trial Stakes (1m2f) at Leopardstown.

The magic Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross might have a new Group I winner in the making with progressive mare Via Sistina scoring a resounding six length win in the Group II Dahlia Stakes (1m1f) at Newmarket.

Godophin have had a big weekend with their fillies winning the Group I Kentucky Oaks with Pretty Mischievous and then the Group I Newmarket 1000 Guineas with Exceed and Excel filly Mawj.

Former Chris Waller trained stablemates ran the quinella in the Group III Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with Straight Arron defeating Sword Point .

Here is the full list of 56 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

So You Think is one of the best stallions in the country and while his glamour Group I winning mare Nimalee sold for $3.6million at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale last Thursday evening, earlier that day I took a drive to the Southern Highlands to check in on the progress of a So You Think gelding following a different path in life.

Every breeder or buyer’s aim is usually focused on finding the next Group 1 winner.

When Blue Gum Farm was presented with the opportunity earlier this year to stand Flying Artie, the decision would not have been a coin toss.

After Godolphin celebrated its first Kentucky Oaks with the homebred Into Mischief filly Pretty Mischievous at Churchill Downs on Friday, the stage was set for a series of firsts in Saturday's Kentucky Derby.

The Listed Wagga Cup win for Wicklow (IRE) last Friday gave cause for celebration in a number of camps and not just for his primary part owner Richard Pegum, who also shares in the ownership of his younger half-brother County Kilkenny (IRE), an impressive maiden winner in the first event at Wagga on the same day.

Champion sire I Am Invincible is closing in on the milestone of 100 stakes-winners with seven year-old gelding Fifteen Rounds adding to the tally when landing his first Black Type victory in the $160,000 Listed Australian Turf Club Trophy (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

The upcoming Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale will feature a major dispersal of stock from Ian Smith’s Edinburgh Park and their success was highlighted on Saturday when quality three year--old Merchant Navy filly Royal Merchant claimed her first Black Type win in the Group II SAJC Tobin Bronze Stakes (1200m).

The first of the European G1 3YO classic races was run overnight with Frankel colt Chaldean taking the prize in the Group I 2000 Guineas at Newmarket for Frankie Dettori in the Juddmonte colours.

Here is the full list of 125 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Annabel Neasham's magnificent Zaaki (GB) returned triumphantly to the Sunshine Coast on Saturday to earn his third consecutive win in the $500,000 Group II Tab A.D. Hollindale Stakes (1800m).

The Kiwi domination of Group 1 contests this autumn continued at Morphettville on Saturday as the least experienced runner Ruthless Dame triumphed in the $500,000 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) for Fillies and Mares.

It was a big day at the Sunshine Coast for Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB) with Renaissance Woman storming into Queensland Oaks favouritism and Essonne claiming her first Black Type win.

It took eight starts and six wins for Yellow Brick to earn the respect he deserves, but the 3yo son of The Mission made an army of new admirers with his dominant performance in Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Brandons Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast.

Palmetto had to wait seven starts for his first win in Australia, but the second came much more quickly – and in a race worth A$500,000.

Last start H C Nitschke Stakes winner Caste continued on an upward curve with an impressive performance in Saturday’s Group II Queen Of The South Stakes (1600m) at Morphetttville.

The Joe Pride trained So You Think gelding Think About It has charged through the grades this year and looks set to keep his winning run going in Brisbane with a stylish first up victory in the Listed Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford on Saturday.

The talented Matt Laurie-trained filly Chilled continued the winning run of Woodside Park Stud’s new resident Shalaa (IRE) with a fighting win in Saturday’ Listed Without Fear Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville.

Russian Revolution has been running hot with his two year-olds this season, but none of them have won more races than the Kevin Kemp trained filly Russian Alliance, who posted her fifth win from six starts when upping the ante to score a tenacious win in the Group III Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Sunshine Coast.

Back with the tailenders on the home turn, the 3yo Reliable Man (GB) filly Renaissance Woman stormed home to claim Saturday’s  Aquis Stallions Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) at the Sunshine Coast.

The father and daughter training partnership of Kelvin and Aimee Tyler were to the fore at Riccarton on Saturday when they produced class performer Lightning Jack to win the Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m).

Trained at Alice Springs by Will Savage, Savatoxl earned a second win in the Group III D C McKay Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville to become racing’s latest equine millionaire.

Yulong were the biggest buyer at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale and Broodmare Sale this week, but a mare they bought out of the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale last year for 350,000 euros looms as a future stakes-winner in Australia for Frankel.

Speedy North Island visitor Illicit Dreams proved too fleet of foot for her two-year-old rivals when she took out the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton.

While comparisons with his older stablemate Sharp ‘N’ Smart are inevitable, promising two-year-old colt Solidify is the son of Redwood currently in the limelight after adding his first win at stakes level to a burgeoning career when taking out the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Services 2YO Stakes (1200m) at Te Rapa.

The strapping Better Than Ready colt Chrysaor added his name to the rapidly growing battalion of Chris Waller-trained horses heading to Queensland for the winter following a hugely impressive win in the  Thymely Food Co Hcp (1200m) at Gosford on Saturday.

The Listed Newmarket Stakes (1m2) run overnight in the UK produced a stakes quinella for Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor (Fr) with the race won by an expensive yearling purchase for Godolphin in Castle Way.

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Two mares realised $400,000 or more in today’s Australian Broodmare Sale, bringing to an end a stellar week of Breeding Stock Sales Series trade at Riverside, while Group I winner Graceful Girl who passed in last night was recorded as a $1.1million sale today.

A fourth win in the Listed Raine and Horne Wagga Wagga Cup (2000m) for owner Richard Pegum and a fifth for Chris Waller as the import Wicklow (IRE) scored a hard-fought victory in the $200,000 feature on Friday.

Two prestigious races for the fillies and mares, the Group 1 Furphy Robert Sangster Stakes and the Group II Queen Of The South Stakes, highlight a champagne day of racing at Morphettville on Saturday.

Stakes mares, proven producers and broodmares covered by popular stallions including Proisir headline another bumper catalogue for the Inglis Digital May (Early) Online Sale.

Kris Lees is never afraid to take a smart juvenile to the country to break the ice and he unleashed Brave Smash (Jpn) filly La Boqueria at Coffs Harbour on Friday for an easy win.

There was a busy set of 15 trials at Canterbury on Friday morning and seven were for juveniles with a couple of eye-catching heat winners by Pierro and Zoustar.

The record breaking Inglis Chairman’s Sale last night produced eight mares that sold for $1million or more and seven of those were bred in Australasia and six of them were purchased initially as yearlings.

A Chairman’s Sale described as “staggering’’, “incredible’’ and “the crème de la crème’’ tonight concluded with superstar mares Nimalee and Montefilia both selling for north of $3m.

The first mares in foal to I Am Invincible’s champion son Home Affairs were offered at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale and proved much in demand with Tell Your Mama (USA) providing the best result when selling for $800,000.

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

The Inglis Chairman’s Sale produced another big banger hot on the heels of Montefilia with the Matthew Smith trained Group I ATC Queen of the Turf Stakes winner Nimalee selling for $3.6million.

Offered in the Newgate Consignment, four-time Group I winner Montefilia was offered as a breeding and racing proposition at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale with Yu Long adding another gem to their star studded broodmare band at $3.4million.

The consistent Anacheeva gelding Rolls bid his trainer Maddie Raymond a fond farewell when winning the $300,000 Listed  Sungold Milk Warrnambool Cup (2350m) on Thursday.

Sacred Falls mare Icebath (NZ) has been a stalwart of the Brad Widdup stable for the past three years racking up a series of lucrative wins and placings before finally a G1 victory in the VRC Empire Rose Stakes last spring.

A dual Group III winning mare by Woodside Park’s value sire Rich Enuff, Dosh was the first broodmare to sell for seven figures at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday afternoon when fetching $1.35million.

From a 3-mile maiden win as a 5yo on debut at Oldcastle in Ireland to a three-length triumph in the $400,000  Brandt Grand Annual Steeplechase over 5500m at Warrnambool, it's been some journey for Rockstar Ronnie (IRE).

Gavelhouse Plus has become Te Akau Racing’s platform of choice for selling high-quality mares as they retire from the racetrack, and that trend is continuing over the next week with the sale of G1 Newe Zealand Oaks winner Belle En Rouge (NZ) (Burgundy Rose) and Burgundy Rose (NZ) (Burgundy).

Prominent Western Australian Breeders Gold Front Thoroughbreds are excited to announce that their highly credentialled sire, Awesome Rock, will be standing for a fee of $9900 in the upcoming breeding season.

Now a five year-old stallion, quality miler Chindit has won at his first run of the year in each of four seasons of racing taking out the Listed Paradise Stakes (1m) at Ascot overnight prompting speculation he may race in Australia later in the year.

Almanzor (FR) has already proved a stallion force to be reckoned with in feature age group events with his first two crops excelling at the elite level.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.