At the famous Melbourne racecourse where his sire made his name, talented New Zealand-bred gelding Horrifying produced a dominant front-running performance to claim the biggest win of his career to date in Saturday’s A$175,000 Flemington Cup 1849 (2800m).

Promising three-year-old Turn the Ace showed he won’t be fazed by the longer distances as he matures into his imposing frame after winning nicely over 1600m at Ruakaka on Saturday.

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike picked up a winning double at Te Rapa last Saturday and he was at it again at Ruakaka just seven days later where he produced tough two-year-old filly Pacific Dragon and veteran River Run for a similar result.

The $150,000 VRC Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday was expected to produce another victory for last start stakes-winning filly Quang Tri and it certainly looked that way when she shot clear of her rivals with a furlong to run.

The Tony Gollan-trained Spirit Of Boom pair, Honey Pot and Spiritualised did the sponsor proud with a battle royale in the Eureka Stud Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm, and in the context of the 2yo sire championship, the right one won.

The Clayton Douglas-trained Giga Kick kept his record at a perfect two-for-two with an impressive performance in the Trevor Clarke Hcp (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday. Interestingly, the first four across the line are homebreds that have taken their breeders to the heights.

When the Kris Lees trained American Pharoah (USA) gelding Flag of Honour won on debut at Newcastle last month he landed a massive betting plunge, but punters were not quite as confident at Rosehill on Saturday when he was stepping up in class and distance.

Bred in Australia, Golden Sixty’s record-breaking performance during the 2021/22 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn consecutive Horse of the Year titles at a special presentation held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Happy Valley Clubhouse on Friday night.

New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale graduate Golden Sixty’s record-breaking performance during the 2021/22 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn consecutive Horse of the Year titles at a special presentation held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Happy Valley Clubhouse on Friday night.

There is more to the Galileo sireline than just Frankel with his champion son Teofilo making his presence felt overnight as the sire of a new stakes-winner and the grand-sire of another.

Deep Field posted his 15th 2YO winner of the season at Scone on Friday and he did it with an impressive debut winner bred and retained to race by Kia Ora Stud.

Set to make her career debut in Saturday’s Trevor Clarke Hcp (1000m) at Flemington, Salaasel represents the crème de la creme for the Emirates Park operation.

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr have enjoyed much success wuth the Kiwi breds this season and you can Black Book this pair of debut 2YO winners at Geelong on Friday to make their mark in better company next season.

There might be a nice race in the not-to-distant future for Grand Impact after the two-year-old son of Satono Aladdin (JPN) made short work of his elders at his career debut over 1200m at Geelong on Friday.

Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) sired his second Group winner when talented  filly Just Cindy made it two wins from two starts when taking out the $175,000 Group III Schuylerville Stakes (6f) at Saratoga on Thursday.

The Canterbury trials for Friday were switched to Warwick Farm to be run on the polytrack and the juveniles were out in force with eight heats won by two year-olds including an I Am Invincible filly shooting to become the tenth winner from her blue hen dam.

There are a lot of ways to measure success in a sire, but for the truly elite stallions there is really only one and it’s Group I winners and on that score Fastnet Rock has no peers, so let's take a look at the mares he covered last spring.

Group One performer La Crique is being set for a trip across the Tasman this spring where she will be aimed at some rich Melbourne targets.

Frankel continued his relentless domination of European Group races overnight at Longchamp adding a 25th Group I winner to his ever growing tally.

July 15 is a significant date in the career of Bowness Stud resident sire D’Argento as it’s the anniversary of his debut win as a 2-year-old at Newcastle back in 2017.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Grafton Cup carnival attracts support from the city stables with the $45,000 Springboard to Fame 2YO Showcase (1200m) producing a trifecta for Newgate Farm sires with victory going to the Richard and Will Freedman trained Deep Field gelding Fashion Legend.

While Arapaho (FR) has won just two of his thirteen starts since his importation, the son of Lope De Vega (IRE) has returned his €140,000 purchase price back with interest highlighted by runaway victory in Thursday’s $200,000 Listed Southside Pharmacy Grafton Cup (2350m).

So You Think does not get a lot of two year-old winners, so when one of his babies wins on debut by three it’s always going to catch the eye especially when it’s bred on a ‘nick that clicks’!

Vinery Stud’s vintage finish to the Hong Kong season reached a crescendo at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening when Star Turn 3yo Sugar Sugar propelled Joao Moreira into a share of the lead for the jockeys’ premiership.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Admire Mars (Jpn) had just four entries in Tuesday’s record-setting JRHA Foal Sale, all offered by Northern Farm, and all four sold for an average price of ¥75 million  (~A$810,000) – 30% above the Sale average.

Aquis Farm has announced it will stand exciting Group I winning sprinter and 2021 Champion British Based First Season Sire, Aclaim, this spring.

A trio of quality mares and stallion Signore Fox have sold for a combined $1.285 million, contributing to an overall gross of $5.4 million in the Inglis Digital July (Early) Online Sale.

Here is the full list of 61 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It may have taken eight runs for Ranges to break his maiden but in his thirty-five starts, the rising 6yo son of Shooting To Win has been a model of consistency, which had its reward in Wednesday’s $200,000 Listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton.

There were a few worries before the short-priced favourite Billionair Baby broke his maiden over 1200m at Doomben on Wednesday and completed a magical few days for a renowned Eureka Stud family.

The Sooboog filly Boogie Dancer gave Jamie Kah a welcome back from holidays with a dominant performance over 1300m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

A flurry of winners for Hellbent gained further momentum at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a debut victory for the talented Chris Waller trained colt Ammahell.

The NSW Racehorse Owners Association is delighted to be hosting their champion horse awards in their pre-Covid glory on Thursday, 25 August 2022 in the Royal Randwick Ballroom. The Association is doubly pleased to be hosting Racing’s NSW’s awards as well, the highlight being the coveted Bart Cummings Medal.

The Richard and Chantelle Jolly-trained Heaven’s Wish became the 21st two-year-old winner of the season for Spirit Of Boom following a professional display at her career debut in a 1000m maiden at Murray Bridge on Wednesday.

The world’s best sprinter Nature Strip is not the only Nicconi in the Chris Waller stable with promising two year-old filly Waverider Buoy opening her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Anyone looking to strengthen their broodmare stocks in the countdown to the 2022 breeding season needs to look no further than the National Online Broodmare Sale on Gavelhouse Plus, which offers a selection of quality mares with outstanding racetrack and pedigree credentials.

The ‘Beast from the East’ Maurice (Jpn) has been making headlines this week at the JRHA Select Sale Sale where his yearling filly from Australian bred mare Mosheen topped the sale selling for r ¥450,000,000 (A$4.8m), so we thought a look at his Australian mare book for 2021 might be of interest.

After topping the yearling session of the JRHA Select Yearling Sale with her $4.8million Maurice colt, Fastnet Rock’s outstanding daughter Mosheen again made her presence felt at the foal session on Tuesday.

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

A winning double last week and a new five length winner on Tuesday has Yarraman Park’s exciting young sire Hellbent on an upswing as we head towards the end of the season.

Breednet produce an extensive list of interactive sire tables and we’ve just added a new addition to the list with the lucrative Golden Eagle sparking interest in four year-olds as a category, so who are the division leaders by earnings and winners.

Thoroughbred Breeders’ New South Wales is delighted to welcome Trish Egan (GAICD) as a new director on the TBNSW board bringing more diversity to a group that is achieving some major outcomes particularly in the area of staff training in the breeding industry.

Trainer John O’Shea has set his sights once again on the A$15 million The Everest (1200m) at Randwick this spring with his star sprinter Lost And Running.

The first day of the JRHA Sale featuring yearlings on Monday saw Mick Price Racing and Breeding secure the first foal of a daughter of Mosheen, while Satomi Oka Bloodstock purchased a modestly priced blue blood filly for Yulong’s Zhang Yue Sheng.

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

Narrowly beaten into second place in her first two starts, the latest winner for promising young sire Churchill (IRE) got the cash at Donald on Monday carrying the colours made famous by champions such as Tie the Knot and Spinning Hill.

The JRHA Select Sale was underway at Northern Horse Park on Monday, with 240 yearlings catalogued for the opening day followed by 200 foals for Tuesday.

Seventy-six lots into the yearling session of the JHRA Select Sale, and we have a new frontrunner in Northern Farm’s Maurice (JPN) colt out of Fastnet Rock’s 4-time Group 1 winner Mosheen.

The later season 2YO trials are always interesting and there’s been a big turnout in the past week, so here are all the results with breeding and sale data.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar passed the milestone of 150 winners for the season over the weekend and he’s achieved the feat from just 300 runners.

The Group I Prix Jean Prat (7f) at Deauville overnight was supposed to be an easy target for Godolphin’s two time Group I winning Dubawi colt Modern Games, but the drop in distance proved less than ideal with victory going to a filly.

Having delved into the 2021 mare book for Cox Plate winning sire So You Think last week, we thought it would be interesting to investigate another Cox Plate winning sire and this one covered the dam of the world’s best sprinter last spring.

Entries for the 2023 Inglis Yearling Sales series – all of which this year saw significant growth in gross, average or both – are now open.

Here is the full list of 61 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Juddmonte Farms super sire Frankel is edging close to his century of stakes-winners and racked up number 98 in the US on the weekend when he delivered the quinella in the Group I Belmont Oaks Invitational (2000m) on turf.

Promising young sire Menari is set to stand at Corumbene Stud this spring where he was bred and the brilliant son of Snitzel had a debut winner at Wodonga on Sunday trained by Anthony and Sam Freedman.

Brilliant Flying Artie colt Artorius again flew the flag proudly for Australia in the Group I Darley July Cup (6f) at Newmarket, surging home for third behind outstanding mare Alcohol Free and Naval Crown, who won the Group I Platinum Jubilee Stakes at his previous run.

Trainer Graeme Rogerson hopes a special visit by officials from the Moonee Valley Racing Club to his Tuhikaramea property in Hamilton on Sunday afternoon is a good omen for the spring prospects of exciting galloper Sharp ‘N’ Smart.

The short course sprinters got blown out of the water overnight in the UK when quality mare Alcohol Free claimed her fourth Group I win in the Darley July Cup (6f) at Newmarket with Artorius a late closing third.

Shuttling to Australia this spring for Coolmore, proven G1 sire Wootton Bassett (GB) featured overnight when his high class son Chindit returned to top form to win the Group II Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile (1m) at Ascot.

Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Defending champion Nerodio emerged from the gloom with a barnstorming finish to claim a second consecutive Listed Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday.

A 2YO son of record-breaking sire Deep Field has topped the 2022 Hong Kong International Sale after attracting a bid of HK$7.8 million (A$1.4million) at the Sha Tin Parade Ring on Saturday, as all 17 lots offered realised a total of HK$71 million.

Cross Talk capped a successful day for New Zealand-breds in Sydney on Saturday with a commanding performance in the final race on the Randwick card.

There are few more likeable mares around than the Headwater 4yo Mileva, who earned a fourth stakes success when pulling the Group III Neds Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) out of the fire at Caulfield on Saturday.

Exciting New Zealand-bred gelding Waihaha Falls produced one of the most impressive performances in Australasia on Saturday, outclassing his opposition by almost five lengths in the A$150,000 Bowermans Handicap (1200m) at Randwick.

Three weeks after clearing maiden grade at Geelong, up-and-coming stayer Duke Of Hastings delivered a repeat result at Caulfield on Saturday and headed a New Zealand-bred trifecta in the A$130,000 Neds Fully Loaded Handicap (2000m).

After two black-type placings, the 4yo Written Tycoon mare Tycoon Evie sent her worth soaring while completing a great day for Rex Lipp and Nicholas Hahn when capturing Saturday’s Group III Magic Millions Pam O’Neil Stakes (1600m) at Doomben.

Sporting the Eureka Stud colours carried to stakes success by his sire and dam, Simply Fly lived up to his heritage with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed Chief De Beers Stakes at Doomben.

In an energy-sapping finish, the Joe Pride-trained Taksu outbattled lightweight Jojo Was a Man in Saturday's $160,000 Listed Winter Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

A twelve-month break necessitated by an operation to remove some bone chips from a knee hasn’t held back promising winter galloper Butler, who resumed with a comfortable victory over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday.

A flying start to the day for Aquis Farm's first crop sires Kobayashi, Invader, and Jukebox with Midnight In Tokyo (Kobayashi) winning at Randwick, Nishikado (Invader) making a winning debut at Gawler, and Jukebox Flyer (Jukebox) a fighting second at Caulfield.

Making her career debut, the Peter Moody-trained, bred, and owned filly Cotel made all the running in Saturday's Take It To The Neds Level Hcp (1100m) for two-year-old fillies at Caulfield.

Aquis Farm’s Kobayashi is the sire of smart filly Midnight in Tokyo, who powered home from back in the field to win the open juvenile event at Randwick on Saturday.

Interesting racing overnight in the UK with a massive upset in the Group I Falmouth Stakes and new Group winners for Australian bred sires Starspangledbanner and Exceed and Excel.

An extraordinary renewal of the Tattersalls July Sale concluded with unprecedented figures for all key indicators, sale turnover exceeding 16 million guineas for the first time and a record average and median. The third and final day of the sale saw continued strength and depth to trade with seven lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more and a 96% clearance rate.  

Stratosphere has left outstanding individuals and it is no surprise that his first crop yearlings were exceptionally well received this year in the sale ring. His yearlings averaged over $36k (9 x service fee) providing breeders with one of the best return on service fee of any stallion in Australia. Stratosphere’s yearlings sold for $125k, $80k, $70k, $65k etc and were bought by many leadin

Stakes winners, G1 performers and broodmares with highly desirable domestic and international covers headline another strong and diverse Inglis Digital online sale.

Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A massive set of 20 trials at Randwick on the polytrack were run on Friday morning featuring 11 heats won by juveniles including a royally bred Zoustar colt that won by nine, a Churchill (IRE) colt that has class 3YO written all over him and an unraced Snitzel filly from THE family.

The 2022 National Broodmare and Stallion Share catalogue is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with 81 Lots.

A great-granddaughter of one of the incomparable Miesque making her career debut qualifies this filly for the Best On Breeding on Saturday.

Progressive Victorian farm Glen Eden Stud have made an exciting announcement with brilliant Group winning Written Tycoon speedster Finance Tycoon set to join their roster in 2022.

A field of blue-blood two year-old fillies lined up in the seven furlong maiden at Leopardstown overnight with victory going to a first starter by promising young sire Saxon Warrior (Jpn), who returns to Australia this spring.

The Tattersalls July Sale continued in robust fashion on the second day with a remarkable clearance rate of 99% and six lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more. The sale turnover is already the third highest on record after just two days of the three day sale.

Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice stands for $275,000 this spring making him the most expensive sire in the country, so we thought it might be interesting to see what his book looked like last year when he was listed as fee on application.

Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Having been part of the ownership that won  the race that stops the nation in 2021 with superstar mare, Verry Elleegant, the prominent Melbourne based ownership group – headed up by Ozzie Kheir – is aiming to repeat the dose this November with exciting Melbourne Cup hopeful, Loft.

Not even a bottomless track could spoil the winning debut of Lonhro blueblood Vientiane over 1100m at Canterbury on Thursday.

Despite dramas at the start, the Ribchester (IRE) colt River Ribble gave favourite backers little cause for concern when breaking his maiden over 1200m at Cranbourne on Thursday.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent was in hot form on Thursday with two new winners, Hell I Am scoring at Canterbury and then Tattenham breaking the ice at Cranbourne with a commanding win.

Yarraman Park’s promising young sire Hellbent added a fifth winner to his tally at rain soaked Canterbury on Thursday when talented gelding Hell I Am cast off maiden status with a determined length victory.

The Tattersalls July Sale got off to a record-breaking start with two lots selling for 500,000 guineas or more and turnover for the opening session eclipsing the previous record set in 2016 by 21%. Four of the ten highest prices in the history of the Tattersalls July Sale were set today.

Spring racing will be without charismatic So You Think gelding Think It Over, who will not ace again this year due to a tendon injury.

Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Coming to the end of his best ever season on the racetrack having sired the winners of over $18.6million, So You Think has been phenomenally popular with broodmare owners for the past four seasons covering 200 plus mares in each of those years, so let’s take a look at his 2021 book.

Cambridge Stud have been buoyed by the early interest in their freshman sire Sword Of State ahead of the coming breeding season.

A short  priced favourite for the opening race at Sandown on Wednesday, talented 3YO Pride of Dubai filly Hypothetical did the right thing by her supporters when cruising home to win by a length.

The barrier trials originally scheduled for Monday at Warwick Farm finally got run this morning following rain delay and there were seven 2YO heat winners on the polytrack including the half-sister to Group I Blue Diamond winner Tagaloa.