Following his fighting third in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, the Lindsay Smith trained Tuvalu and jockey Jarrod Fry had their day in the sun in the $1,00,000 Group 1 Hyland Race Colours Toorak Hcp (1600m) at Caulfield.

Progressive mare Darci La Bella added a valuable black-type victory to an already outstanding race record when she strode clear to win the Gr.3 Grangewilliam Stud Taranaki Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Hawera.

Young Godolphin stallion Astern looked to have a lock in the Caulfield Guineas with Aft Cabin, but with his injury-enforced absence, it was time for another son of Astern to step up in the $3,000,000 Group 1 feature.

Newgate Farm’s Deep Field posted a Group double of new stakes-winners on Saturday with English Riviera saluting at Caulfield in the Group III MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes before speedy mare Sky Command ploughed through the heavy 10 at Randwick to win the Group III ATC The Nivison (1200m).

The best middle-distance horses in the land turned up for Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group 1 Neds Might And Power Stakes (2000m) and it was a race for the ages.

James Cummings would not commit to a start for Paulele in next week’s Everest after the son of Dawn Approach (IRE) captured the Lexus Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Top class Snitzel colt Best of Bordeaux was second in the Group I ATC Golden Slipper last season and showed he was back to that form at Randwick on Saturday when making the best of heavy 10 conditions to win the Group II ATC Roman Consul Stakes (1200m).

It may have taken an extra seven days to come to fruition but Matamata mare La Crique got a deserved success at the highest level when she took out the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata on Saturday.

Local runner Paisley Park showed he had taken plenty of improvement from his first-up performance at Te Rapa last month when he came with a withering late burst to score in the Listed Team Wealleans Matamata Cup (1600m).

Local runner Pier dominated his three-year-old rivals in the closing stages of the AHD Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m), dashing away to win the Group Two feature in fine style.

Danny O’Brien’s Saracen Knight (IRE) is in the form of his life, which may have connections regretting his absence from the nominations for the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Deep Field filly English Riviera has always promised to win a stakes race and got the job done at Caulfield on Saturday when scoring a tenacious victory in the Group III MRC Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) carrying the Seymour Bloodstock colours

Blake Shinn made it three wins in the first four races on Caulfield Guineas Day when finding a narrow seam to capture the Listed Neds Village Stakes on Godolphin homebred Gravina.

Grahame Begg raised a few eyebrows when declaring Cardinal Gem a Group 1 horse after winning his most recent start on a heavy 10 at Flemington.

The Listed MRC Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday only had six runners, but we might have seen an exceptional juvenile with I Am Invincible colt King’s Gambit winning by five lengths untouched to become the first stakes winner for a joint venture between Newgate Farm and Gooree Stud.

Valiant Stud will present five quality juveniles at the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale on Tuesday and all have breezed in sub 11 seconds.

Happy news overnight with the owners of champion mare Winx confirming their superstar has at last produced her first foal with the early morning arrival of a filly by Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro.

Last month we highlighted an exciting filly by Kingman that had Group I potential and that was fulfilled overnight when Commissioning won the Group I Newmarket Fillies Mile (1m).

Here is the full list of 49 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

The first Australian bred foals by Wootton Bassett (GB) are being born here this spring, but a stunning filly by the Coolmore shuttler will be headed to Australia after being purchased at Tattersalls October Yearling Sale this week by bloodstock agent Jeremy Brummitt.

The next generation of racetrack stars have strutted their stuff at three breeze up sessions for the upcoming Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale.

Group placed 3YO Barbie’s Fox – who has defeated the likes of Snapdancer, Lyre, Flit, Missile Mantra etc – is one of a number of appealing entries in the Inglis Digital October (Early) Online auction.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar posted some good results at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale this week and his top seller is an interesting one as her dam is now in Australia and recently produced a filly by Frankel.

The big wet in Sydney meant the barrier trials on Friday morning went ahead on the polytrack at Warwick Farm with two heats for juveniles producing winners sired by Snitzel and Exceed and Excel and both are full siblings to stakes horses.

A record-breaking Tattersalls October Book 1 Yearling Sale was dominated by two sires, Frankel and Dubawi, who provided every single one of the 12 yearling colts that sold for 1million guineas or more and Godolphin signed for seven of them.

The remarkable trade continued on the third and final day at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale with two sons of FRANKEL headlining the session on a day that saw a further 24 yearlings sell for 500,000 guineas or more, taking the three-session total to 73. Turnover for the three day sale was a record 126,671,000 guineas, up a massive 47% on last year’s sale, whilst the average a

The final breeze ups ahead of Tuesday’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale were this morning completed at Warwick Farm, with the final 31 juveniles put through their paces in difficult conditions.

Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Joe Pride will have two runners in the $15million Everest with Private Eye joining stablemate Eduardo after Inglis selected him to replace their first choice Snapdancer, who has been sidelined with a hoof issue.

The New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association, in partnership with the Keith and Faith Taylor Equine Scholarship Trust, are offering the opportunity of a lifetime for one young industry participant.

If he were around today, Aub Walsh would get a kick out of Golden Mile carrying the Godolphin silks in Saturday's $3,000,000 Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Champion trainer Chris Waller has had some luck for Yulong training their dual Group I winning filly Hungry Heart and he produced a promising winner in their colours at Mornington on Thursday.

If you are an Australian breeder that has been supporting Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (GB) then results coming out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 this week will have you feeling pretty chuffed!

Juvenile stakes racing continues at Caulfield on Saturday with seven acceptors for the Listed MRC Debutant Stakes for colts and fillies.

Keeneland has cataloged 3,691 horses for its 79th November Breeding Stock Sale, which will begin Monday, Nov. 7 after Keeneland hosts the Breeders’ Cup World Championships the preceding Friday and Saturday. Click here for the catalog for the sale, which features proven producers, coveted broodmare prospects who were successful racehorses and royally bred weanlings at all levels of the market

Explosive trade on the second day at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale saw eight yearlings sell for 1,000,000 guineas or more, the highest priced yearling in the world in 2022 and the European turnover record for a day at auction also broken. Whilst the progeny of DUBAWI dominated yesterday, it was yearlings by the remarkable FRANKEL who hit the headlines on day two with four of the

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Wednesday with winners and result details.

Returning to the track fifty-eight weeks after her maiden success at Sale, Black Caviar's daughter Invincible Caviar returned to the same track to claim a second victory.

Joe Pride informed the stewards before the race that the intention was to lead on Cinderella Days, and the three-year-old daughter of Astern did just that when never headed in a benchmark 64 over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The three-year-old Fastnet Rock filly Cabaca wiped $36,000 off her $300,000 purchase price when breaking her maiden over 1580m at a rain-sodden Canterbury on Wednesday.

Few stable have a better strike rate with the progeny of Magnus than Robbie Griffiths and Mathew de Kock, who have another progressive type in the three-year-old filly Entremet.

Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale got off to a strong start at Park Paddocks in Newmarket with a trio of yearlings by DUBAWI selling for a million guineas or more and increases in turnover, average and median with the star of the show bred by Australian breeder John Camilleri's Fairway Thoroughbreds.

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

At the 2018 Karaka Book 1 Yearling Sale, Yulong invested $120,000 on a rare white filly by Charm Spirit (IRE) from legendary white mare The Opera House and she delivered a special foal for them this week.

Rosemont Stud’s Shamus Award has shot to fame as a sire of serious stayers and classic horses with an impressive maiden winner at Mildura on Tuesday looking a likely contender for the future.

Plenty of interest at the Rosehill barrier trials this morning with two heats for juveniles, a heat featuring two Everest contenders and an impressive showing for an unraced three year-old Zoustar filly trained by Chris Waller.

James Harron has today confirmed his Everest slot will be filled by undefeated three year old colt Giga Kick.

Over the years I’ve written numerous articles outlining what the ATO and case law accepts as being a horse breeding and/or racing ‘business’ for income tax and GST purposes. As a specialist adviser in Primary Production tax, the bias towards this topic makes perfect sense as this is the most common query we advise upon for new and existing clients.

After a big weekend of stakes racing in Sydney and Melbourne there has been some change on the sire tables so let’s take a look at the division leaders and they aren't all the expensive sires.

An avalanche of Kiwi-bred success in Australia last Saturday is going to have plenty of people pondering their next foray into the Kiwi market and they don’t have to wait long.

Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution had three new stakes horses on Saturday and sired a new metro winner on Monday when well bred colt Insurrection scored at Warwick Farm.

Victorian bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills has bought some lovely fillies at the sales in recent years and one of the big success stories has been Written Tycoon filly Odeum, winner of the 2020 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas.

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

Andrew Forsman has made a whirlwind start to his solo training career, highlighted by a red-letter day at Flemington on Saturday where he saddled She’s Licketysplit to win the Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) and Mr Maestro to win the Listed Super Impose Stakes (1800m).

Given an economical trip just behind the speed by rider Damian Lane, the daughter of Turn Me Loose cruised into contention early in the long run home at Flemington and looked to have plenty of petrol in the tank as she moved to the lead with 300m to run. The Andrew Forsman-trained runner had more than enough in reserve to draw clear and win by a comfortable length on the line.

A half-brother to Group I ATC Champagne Stakes winning sire The Mission, progressive I Am Invincible colt Atlantic Ocean kicked off a new preparation with a stylish win at Warwick Farm on Monday.

The Spring of 2022 has marked a spectacular breakthrough for Smokin’ Romans (NZ) (Ghibellines), the $52,500 Karaka yearling purchase who is now a Group One-winning millionaire. 

The powerful Te Akau Racing operation has celebrated six consecutive wins in the DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m), and it is no surprise to see an early tangerine tinge within the first month of qualifying races for the 2023 edition of the $1m race on January 21. 

Kirsten Rausing of Lanwades Stud has bred a lot of good horses, but none better than dashing grey Frankel mare Alpinista, who capped a remarkable career with a half length win over Churchill colt Vadeni in the Group I Group I Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (2400m) at Longchamp.

Promising young Galileo son Churchill (IRE) is currently at Coolmore Australia for his fifth season and featured overnight with a new Group I in France when Blue Rose Cen took out the Group I Prix Marcel Boussac Criterium des Pouliches (1600m) at Longchamp.

Here is the full list of 70 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A bargain priced I Am Invincible yearling might have needed some time to come into his own, but when the now four year-old gelding was unleashed by Barry Lockwood at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday it was hard not to be impressed.

Talented staying three-year-old Sharp ‘N’ Smart touched down in Sydney on Sunday as he prepares for a two-start campaign in the Harbour City.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s endeavours to make the best of a difficult situation in the wake of Saturday’s Hastings abandonment have met with the approval of the majority but not all stakeholders.

Fresh off a win in the Listed Balaklava Cup, the Shamus Award gelding Noname Lane held off the local hopes Just Folk and Hi Stranger in the $200,000 Listed Seymour Cup (1600m) at Bendigo on Sunday.  

A new stakes horse at Randwick and an impressive maiden winner at Bendigo on Sunday have made it a good weekend for Yarraman Park young gun Hellbent.

Chalk two up for a couple of Queensland stalwarts as Top Echelon joined Easy Rocking on the leader board for two-year-old winners.

Star 3YO Zougotcha (Zoustar) asserted herself the filly of her generation with a dominant G1 Flight Stakes win on a hallmark day for Inglis graduates which included a G1, G2 and G3 quinella as well as a G2 and Listed trifecta.

There were two Group I races in France overnight in the lead up to Sunday’s Arc meeting, but there was no joy for champion mare Verry Elleegant, who was controversially left out of the Arc.

Four Group I races spread between Sydney and Melbourne and five winners thanks to a rare dead heat in the time honoured ATC Epsom Handicap at Randwick, so let’s take a look at those pedigrees.

Australian juvenile stakes racing started with a bang on Saturday in Sydney and Melbourne with new stakes-winners for Snitzel, Zoustar and Exceed and Excel.

Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Grahame Begg is set to have his very first runner in the Melbourne Cup with tough staying mare Lunar Flare securing her place in the race that stops the nation with a stylish win in the Group III VRC Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

A powerful Group I Victoria Derby (2500m) audition by Mr Maestro capped a special day at the office at Flemington on Saturday for Andrew Forsman.

A dream spring for Smokin’ Romans went to another all-new high at Flemington on Saturday, scoring his first Group One victory in the Turnbull Stakes (2000m).

Twelve months after a career-high win in the Group 1 Epsom Hcp, the 5yo Al Maher gelding Private Eye scored a barnstorming victory in Saturday's Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) down the straight at Flemington.

The future of blue-blooded mare Excelida was already guaranteed as a valuable addition to Cambridge Stud’s broodmare band, but she added a further boost to her credentials with a richly deserved first stakes win in Saturday’s Group II Rose Of Kingston Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

Remarkable broodmare Baggy Green was expected to have a leading Group 1 Metropolitan Hcp prospect in Benaud, but when that son of Reliable Man scratched due to accidentally being treated with a prohibited substance on Tuesday morning, it paved the way for Benaud's older half-brother No Compromise to uphold the family honour.

Top Ranked (IRL) and Ellsberg crossed the line locked together in the $1,500,000 Epsom Hacp (1600m) at Randwick, and after an interminable wait, the judge could not separate them.

The favourite Lost And Running triumphed in a battle of The Everest contenders in Saturday’s Group II Bisley Workwear Premiere Stakes at Randwick.

New Zealand filly She’s Licketysplit showed she will be a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming Gr.1 Schweppes One Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 12 with a strong performance to take out Saturday’s Gr.2 Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.

It was a close run affair; however, Giga Kick kept his record at a perfect four for four in the Group II HQ Tavern Danehill Stakes (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Zoustar filly Zougotcha has been the find of the spring carnival emerging from a winter break as a maiden winner and progressing at Randwick on Saturday to down the best fillies in the land by winning the Group I ATC Flight Stakes (1600m).

Royally-bred Snitzel colt Williamsburg will back up in next week's Gloaming Stakea after staging a last to first performance in Saturday’s $250,000 Listed Drinkwise Dulcify Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Godolphin's magnificent servant Cascadian (GB) took his prizemoney past the $5,000,000 barrier, turning the $1,000,000 Group II Fujitsu General  Hill Stakes (2000m) into a three-and-a-quarter length romp.

Exceed And Excel may have missed with the $1,200,000 colt Mach Ten in the Breeders’ Plate at Randwick, but he struck shortly after with the Godolphin homebred Zulfiqar in the Listed Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington.

Champion trainer Gai Waterhouse had amazingly never won a Group III ATC Gimcrack Stakes (1000m) until today, but that all changed when exciting Zoustar filly Platinum Jubilee zoomed home at Randwick to win the first juvenile fillies stakes race of the season.

Matamata visitor Cognito put his cards on the table for a Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) bid next month with an impressive victory in the Inglewood Stud Guineas Trial (1400m) on Saturday.

The Group III Arrowfield Breeders' Plate (1000m) at Randwick has a history of showcasing a future topliner. The 2022 edition will be no different, with the Snitzel colt Empire Of Japan doing the right thing by the sponsor.

Promising filly Blue Solitaire showed she could be a strong local contender for the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month with a stylish maiden victory at the venue on Saturday.

The first race at Moonee Valley last night produced an impressive maiden winner for the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

It might be a Group III scamper for unraced colts, but the Group III ATC Breeders’ Plate (1000m) has a knack for producing a serious colt that can go on to be a champion sire.

Group One winner Imperatriz pleased in her exhibition gallop at Te Rapa on Friday prior to her impending trip across the Tasman.

Promising filly Legarto has put herself firmly into Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) calculations with her first-up victory at Te Rapa on Friday.

The Group I ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) is the first Group I event of the season for three year-old fillies and the honour list is long and impressive, but the 2016 winner stamped herself as something exceptional and her first foal will be out to win his first stakes race at Randwick on Saturday.

Enthralled by the deeds of the latest American superstar Flightline, you may want to have something on Beluga Express in Saturday's Listed Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

Waikato Stud stallion Tivaci has the chance of recording back-to-back wins in the Gr.1 Flight Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

New Zealand Bloodstock has made the decision to postpone its Breeze Ups for the 2022 Ready to Run Sale, with the revised contingency dates being held on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 October at Te Rapa Racecourse.

Mark Walker prepared three winners of the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) in his first stint as head trainer for Te Akau’s Matamata barn and holds pole position to add to his classic tally.