Last year’s runner-up Asathought avenged her narrow defeat in the Listed Riverton Cup (2147m) when she produced a dogged finish to claim the 2023 version of the traditional Riverton Easter weekend feature to credit her sire So You Think with his 50th stakes-winner.

Any thoughts that the Kiwis were taking pity with the defection of Group 1 Vinery Stud Stakes winner Prowess was dispelled when New Zealand Oaks heroine Pennyweka (NZ) was in a class of her own in the $1,000,000 Group 1 The Star Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

I Am Invincible had 44 yearlings sell at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale last year at an average $541,591 and the cheapest of them was a colt that sold for just $65,000 and he won his first stakes race on Saturday.

Underrated mare Belclare will head to the paddock with the title of Group One winner now firmly attached to her career record after blitzing her rivals in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Pukekohe.

Short-priced favourite Aft Cabin overcame a slow start and a chequered run to claim Saturday's $1,000,000 Group II Arrowfield Sprint at Randwick.

The $1million ATC Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday attracted a very competitive field of promising stakes fillies, but it was the Annabel Neasham trained maiden by Hellbent that claimed victory at just her second start in the colours of Lizzie Jelfs.

A stakes-winner at Flemington last spring, talented Deep Field filly Razeta added a second Black type win to her resume when beating the colts to win the $160,000 Listed ATC South Pacific Classic (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Godolphin’s Harry Angel (IRE) colt Tom Kitten staged a last-to-first performance in the Listed Grainshaker Vodka Fernhill Stakes (1600m) to kick-start day two of The Championships at Randwick.

The $1million Group I ATC Coolmore Legacy (1600m) at Randwick today has drawn a top class field of mares with superstar European import Alcohol Free (IRE) lining up against some of our very best, so this race is arguably the most interesting of the day.

Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An Irish bred daughter of Pride of Dubai, Deny Knowledge (Ire) showed some serious staying potential when stepping out in trip to score a commanding 10 length win in the $150,000 Geelong Country Oaks (2200m) on Good Friday.

The answer to that question is yes as both Bounding Away and Miss Finland were able to achieve the unlikely feat which faces Fireburn this Saturday in the $1million Group I ATC Australian Oaks and a look at pedigree reveals why Fireburn may well make it a hat-trick.

Swettenham Stud have announced their fees for the coming season with Toronado (IRE) remaining at $88,000 inc. GST.

Polygon has exceeded expectations this season and there is confidence in the camp that she can go to another level at Randwick on Saturday.

It is unlikely that there has ever been a major raceday dominated by horses bred outside Australia than day two of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday.

A brilliant Group II winning sprinter by Kingman, Calyx (GB) shuttled to Coolmore Australia for just two seasons and sired his first winner overnight in France.

Fastnet Rock four year-old Buckaroo showed serious promise in three runs in stakes races in Ireland last year and showed he was back better than ever with a first up win in the Listed Heritage Stakes (1m) at Leopardstown.

Exciting first-crop stallion Brave Smash (Jpn) will relocate to Yarraman Park Stud for the 2023 season.

Glenvallen Investments, an internationally owned racing entity, have engaged online dispersal sale specialists Bloodstockauction to put to market their elite Australian bloodstock portfolio.

The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) held its first continued professional development (CPD) day on Wednesday, bringing together a range of leading industry professionals from a variety of fields for a series of talks and discussions.

Proven broodmare Love Of Liberty – the dam of G1 Epsom Handicap winner Ellsberg – has topped the Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale tonight, selling to Yulong for $250,000.

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were some big performances at Ipswich on Wednesday, none more so than the three-year-old I Am Invincible colt Ring Of Steel.

The three-year-old Snitzel filly Beautiful Heart showed she is more at home on a heavy track than her Group 1 winning half-sister Hungry Heart when breaking her maiden over 1600m at Hawkesbury on Wednesday.

Fifth behind subsequent Listed Kindergarten Stakes winner Libertad when on debut at Randwick, the strapping Written Tycoon colt Critique made short work of some nicely pedigreed two-year-olds over 1100m at Ballarat on Wednesday.

Achieving 100% clearance is not always easy at the Inglis Australian Yearling Sale where there is often a selective market, however the Coolmore Australia team will not take a single horse back to Jerry’s Plains after selling all 30 yearlings offered for $11,910,000.

The 2023 Magic Millions Yearling Sale was highlighted by 20 yearlings that sold for $1million or more, but the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has well and truly eclipsed that figure with 26 sailing into seven figures, so let’s take a look at the mares producing the stars at Riverside Stables this week.

A stakes race might be on the cards in the not-too-distant future for Godolphin's two-year-old Kingman (GB) filly Zardozi, who kept her record at a perfect two for two over 1300m at Hawkesbury on Wednesday.

Superstar sprinter and miler Levante will present buyers with an incredible opportunity when she goes under the hammer at May's Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.

The Gr.3 Cuddle Stakes (1600m) was originally viewed as Pearl Of Alsace’s grand final, but the unbeaten mare has since convinced connections to raise the bar one more time.

Group One-winning stallion Press Statement will stand at Novara Park, near Cambridge, this coming breeding season.

Maree McEwan was out and about at the sales this week for Breednet with all the video links available for viewing in the one place, so check out what people were saying as this super successful sale unfolded.

An extraordinary two days of trade at Riverside has seen the Easter Yearling Sale rise against pre-sale trepidation and an industry-wide market correction to again assert itself as the ‘Best of the Best’ yearling sale in the Southern Hemisphere.

Here is the full list of 25 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The top lot for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale arrived late on Tuesday when Silverdale Farm’s stunning half-sister by The Autumn Sun to Group I ATC Golden Rose winner In The Congo sold for $1.8million.

Selling their first crop of yearlings foaled and raised from their new Hunter Valley farm, Jo and Greg Griffin of Lime Country Thoroughbreds were saving the best for last with a stunning Snitzel colt from Ultimate Fever selling late in the day for $1.6million to Coolmore Australia.

Southern Highlands based Milburn Creek got in the million dollar groove on Tuesday with a Zoustar filly from Sexy Eyes knocked down to Japanese buyer Katsumi Yoshida for $1million.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale is now live on Gavelhouse Plus, with the quality 92-lot catalogue available to view online

The Kia Ora / TFI partnership swooped on the $1.55 million I Am Invincible colt from English during Monday’s session of Inglis Easter and they struck again on Tuesday paying $1.4million for Arrowfield Stud’s Snitzel colt from Response.

Widden Stud sold two colts on Monday at Inglis Easter for $1.3million and got the same price for their stunning I Am Invincible filly from Prompt Response on Tuesday.

Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution has had a great run on the track this year emerging as the leading Australian second season sire by winners, earnings and stakes-winners with his achievements reflected in the sale ring when he produced his first million-dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Tuesday.

Yarraman Park are having their usual good sale at Inglis Easter and sold the first million dollar filly during the second session on Tuesday when the half-sister to Group I winner Booker sold for $1million.

Arrowfield Stud have enjoyed much success over the years investing in quality North American mares and Ms Bad Behavior (Can), purchased from the Fasig-Tipton Breeding Stock Sale in 2019 for $US600,000 delivered the goods with her first foal offered at Inglis Easter on Tuesday.

Plenty of New Zealand’s thoroughbred nurseries were celebrating the elite-level success of their graduates at Randwick on Saturday and Haunui Farm were firmly in the mix.

Group One performer Andalus may get another chance at Derby glory as he settles into his new home in Australia.

The autumn emergence of gifted staying filly Pennyweka has presented Jim Wallace with an opportunity to return to the main stage in Australia.

Have you had a chat to Maree McEwan at Inglis Easter? Check out the latest sale snippets following the first day of trade.

A fantastic opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale saw a remarkable 14 lots realise $1m or more as buyers stepped up to defy global economic trends and ensure Easter remains in a league of its own.

Frank and Christine Cook are some of the biggest owners in Sydney with their Mystery Downs colours carried by countless winners raced in partnership with many other owners from many different stables and one of those winners was Meryl, whose first foal hit the jackpot at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Monday.

It isn't easy to see the second and final day of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale being anything other than an I Am Invincible, Snitzel love fest.

Arrowfield Stud young gun The Autumn Sun sired his first million dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Monday when the full sister to Group III Canberra Black Opal Stakes winner Autumn Ballet sold for $1.2million.

Deep Field is the reigning champion sire in Hong Kong and with limited opportunities now to secure his stock, a colt from stakes-winner Granny Red Shoes proved a hot commodity at Inglis Easter on Monday.

It was a red-letter day for leading thoroughbred nursery Waikato Stud on Saturday following the elite-level success of two of their graduates at Randwick.

Coolmore’s Golden Slipper winning Group I sire Pierro set a new sale ring benchmark for himself when the half-sister to this year’s brilliant two year-old filly Learning to Fly sold for $1.75million at Inglis Easter on Monday.

Newhaven Park have been enjoying a great run on the track of late with Group I ATC The Galaxy winner Mariamia and Arts, who won the Group III ATC Adrian Knox Stakes, and their good fortune continued at Inglis Easter on Monday when the first foal from their superstar mare English sold for $1.55million.

Lime Country Thoroughbreds had the honour of selling the first million dollar filly at Inglis Easter when the half-sister by champion sire Fastnet Rock to Group I New Zealand Thousand Guineas winner Media Sensation sold for $1.1million.

The powerful China Horse Club / Newgate / Go Bloodstock / Trilogy stallion syndicate struck early at Inglis Easter on Monday securing a Snitzel colt from Arrowfield Stud for $1.1million.

Stakes-winning O’Reilly mare Bonny O’Reilly (NZ) delivered a Magic Millions sale-topper a few years ago for Widden Stud and she produced another million dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Monday when her I Am Invincible colt sold for $1.3million to Yulong.

Champion sire Snitzel posted his second million colt of this year’s Inglis Easter when the Newgate Farm consigned full brother to their young champion sire Russian Revolution sold for $1.4million.

Richard Johnston of Bylong Park Thoroughbreds can produce a very good So You Think having bred and raced his $6million earning Group I winning son Think It Over and a colt he bred and offered at Inglis Easter with Davali Thoroughbreds sold for $900,000 this morning to the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

The first of many yearlings to be offered at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale by champion sires I Am Invincible and Snitzel were offered this morning selling for $825,000 and $1.3million.

Whether a horse activity is a ‘business or hobby’ for income tax purposes has long been a subjective and difficult dilemma for tax advisers.

Flat racing returned with a vengeance at Leopardstown overnight with three races for Classic aspiring three year-olds and two of them were won by Aidan O’Brien for the Coolmore partners.

Breednet produce a quick easy reference nicks page for Inglis Easter and we’ve had a scan through to look for some that catch our eye, so is your yearling bred on a nick that clicks?

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

She will be offered in the Holbrook Thoroughbreds draft on behalf of her owners Bob and Sandra Peters of Peters Investments, just like their other mares in the catalogue Graceful Girl, Celebrity Miss and Pure Devotion.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Maurice (JPN)  had to settle for placings at Randwick on Saturday with Mazu in the Group 1 TJ Smith Stakes and Matcha Latte in the Group III Carbine Club Stakes, but the Japanese Horse Of The Year had a stellar weekend in his homeland.

The 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kicks off at Riverside Stables on Monday with the first of 457 lots catalogued to go under the hammer over two days.

With his oldest progeny just three year-olds, Glenthorne Park Thoroughbreds based sire Sebring Sun had a big result on Saturday when his speedy juvenile Sunnycoast won the $150,000 Capricornia Classic (1200m) at Rockhampton.

Luigi Muollo wasn’t able to be trackside at Awapuni to celebrate the victory of Pignan, instead keeping a close watch on his sire Staphanos’ poster girl from afar.

New Zealand-bred gelding Caboche was a placegetter in last year’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m), and a return to that distance paved his way to the winner’s circle in Saturday’s A$130,000 IMMIX, Metal Recycled Right Handicap (2400m) at Bendigo.

Maree McEwan is out at Riverside Stables talking to vendors getting ready for the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale starting on Monday, so let's see who she's caiught up with.

Reappearing for the first time since capturing the Group 1 Northerly Stakes in November, the star Siyouni (FR) filly Amelia's Jewel took up where she left off with a dominant performance in Saturday's Group III Pkf - Roma Cup (1100m) at Ascot.

The first day of the The Championships at Randwick featured four Group I races ranging in distance from 1200 to 2400m and all were won by horses with an NZ suffix and two were new G1 winners for champion sire Savabeel and all of them had Sir Tristram somewhere in the mix, a testament to the late Sir Patrick Hogan and his legendary sire that has left a lasting legacy.

Here is the full list of 107 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Widden Stud’s promising young sire Written By posted his second stakes-winner in Perth on Saturday when speedy colt Ripcord made a winning debut in the Listed WATC Perth Stakes (1100m).

Grahame Begg has been very patient with exciting Hellbent filly Magic Time, who kept her unbeaten record intact at Randwick when taking out the $200,000 Group III TC PJ Bell Stakes (1200m) bringing an update for her Inglis Easter bound half-brother by Dundeel.

When Major Beel crossed the line in the $2,000,000 ATC Australian Derby, he completed a clean sweep of the four Group 1 races to carry the (NZ) suffix on Day One of The Championships at Randwick.

The Lindsay Park team was wildly celebrating a memorable two-state double following the Listed Bendigo Golden Mile (1600m) win of the ever-improving Here To Shock.

Fresh off his win in the $5,000,000 All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley, the courageous Mr Brightside defended his title in the $4,000,000 Group 1 Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.

Arrowfield Stud’s blue-blood I Am Invincible filly Waltz on By added another Black Type win to her resume when winning the $200,000 Bendigo Guineas(1400m) putting the spotlight on several of her close relations to be offered by Arrowfield at Inglis Easter.

The Savabeel gelding I Wish I Win has a distinct liking for Sydney, taking a pot load of cash back across the southern border and across the Tasman.

A no panic ride from Craig Grylls paved the way for promising galloper Tavattack to claim his first win at stakes level when he took out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Awapuni.

The heavy Randwick track brought a few of the two-year-olds unstuck, but not the Dundeel colt Militarize who was in a race of his own over the final 200m of the $1,000,000 Group 1 ATC Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes.

Rejuvenated galloper Brando demonstrated all his fighting qualities when he outlasted his rivals in a desperate finish to the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m).

Irishman Joe Doyle claimed the biggest win of his short riding career in New Zealand when he guided Pignan to an upset victory in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni.

The Cummings brothers, James and Edward, have divided up the last four runnings of the Group III Tab Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick, and it was Edward’s turn with the Xtravagant filly Arts.

Imported Fastnet Rock gelding Surefire (GB) carried the famous Juddmonte colours to victory in the $300,000 Group II ATC Chairman’s Quality (2600m) ploughing through the testing heavy conditions to stake a big claim for the upcoming $2million Group I Sydney Cup next week.

With rapidly deteriorating conditions at Randwick, the Group III Fujitsu Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) turned into a slog fest, which suited the Victorian visiter The Fortune Teller just fine.

Lightly raced stayer Arby continued a purple patch of form for the father and daughter training combination of Darryn and Briar Weatherley when he stormed to victory in the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2000m).

An impressive debut winner at a recent midweek metro meeting, talented Russian Revolution colt Libertad took the quantum leap straight into stakes company producing a tenacious effort to outpoint quality filly Saltaire to win the $200,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

Widden Stud’s young Sebring stallion Supido has two very good stakes-winning colts this season in Buenos Noches and What You Need, but it was his lesser lights racing up a storm on Friday with three runners all winning including flying filly Vinolass.

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

The two-year-old Rubick gelding Shoresy kick-started his career with a hugely impressive win in Friday’s Rosemont Stud Maiden Plate (1000m) at Cranbourne.

Kitchwin Hills is renowned for producing top class race horses and they include Group winners Pierata, Dreamforce, Splintex, Dubious, Vow and Declare and Red Tracer just to name a few.

A Stakes placed mare in foal to sire-of-the-moment Proisir headlines a large and diverse catalogue of 408 entries in the Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale.

Michael Moroney has a pair of in-form New Zealand-bred prospects chasing feature events at Randwick on Saturday and is desperately hoping a third can also be presented with his opportunity.

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) and AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Program are pleased to announce that a long-term research project to minimise foetal loss in thoroughbreds will reopen in April.

There’ s a great new edition online of The Shortlist online featuring respected bloodstock agent Damon Gabbedy and his long-time client Rob Crabtree discussing their fruitful association with host Mick Sharkie.

Barrier trials at Warwick Farm on Friday morning featured five heats for two year-olds and two of them were won by youngsters sired by Widden Stud’s first season sire Trapeze Artist.