Time may have run out for Snitzel to catch Rebel Dane for Champion 2yo Sire honours; however, the champion Arrowfield Stud stallion has plenty riding on the result of Saturday's Listed Tattersall's Life Members Stakes at Eagle Farm.

Worth $700,000, the Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm this Saturday is the last Group I of the Australian racing season and traditionally produces a great contest with high class mares looking to head off to stud as Group I winners.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar achieved a special sale ring feat this year in siring not only the most expensive yearling sold in Australia in 2022, but also the most expensive weanling, so we thought an in depth look at his 2021 book of mares would be interesting given his fee this year has increased to $198,000.

Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) added a new Australian winner to his tally when promising gelding Lord Randolph opened his account at Pinjara on Thursday.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

After letting her supporters down at her first three starts, the Impending filly Fly Nice became the fifth first crop winner for Impending when consenting to put her best hoof forward in the S & S Equipment Hire Maiden Plate (1000m) Plate at Moe on Thursday.

Off the back of strong results at their weanling dispersal sale at Karaka last week, Valachi Downs are heading towards the business end of their unreserved broodmare and stallion shares dispersal sale on plus.gavelhouse.com.

Lyn Prendergast still can't believe the bargain she got when she outlaid $4000 for two-race winner Original Gangster on gavelhouse.com.

El Vencedor has added to the family’s Queensland roll of honour and will return home for a deserved break following a commanding performance to win at Doomben.

An early morning phone call from the NSW Mounted Police on Wednesday brought sad news to Daybreak Farm with our lovely Lenny tragically no longer with us.

After a sparkling career on the track, the Yulong-bred, raised and owned mare, Hungry Heart (Frankel {GB} x Harlech {GB}) has been retired and will take her place alongside her own dam Harlech (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) in the Yulong broodmare band.

Outstanding racemare Watch Me Dance has been supplemented to the racehorse section of Sunday's Magic Millions Perth Winter Sale in the Swan Valley.

Former New Zealand Bloodstock Sales Manager Danny Rolston is heading to Hong Kong for his next challenge.

Promising juvenile filly Wessex scored her second career win when taking out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (1200m) at Pukekohe Park on Wednesday.

A new feature has just been added to the Breednet Blackbook which enables the bulk entry of horses from sales in one simple process.

A rails-hugging ride by Reece Jones paved the way for the Sebring filly Lady Harlem to break her maiden at start four over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The Chris Waller-trained Alberich became the 16th two-year-old winner of the season for Snitzel when making a winning debut over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The Ben and JD Hayes-trained Deep Field filly Field Of Praise made an impressive career debut at Cranbourne on Wednesday when coming with a sweeping run from near the tail of the field to land the Security123 Maiden Plate (1200m).

A flurry of weekend winners and a memorable juvenile trifecta at Ipswich last Saturday have propelled Eureka Stud’s Spirit of Boom to the top of the leading sires by 2YO winners table.

The horse’s natural reproductive period coincides with the light-filled days of summer, so the desire to breed mares early in the year means that many foals are born at a darker time of year than Nature intended.

When a 2YO with a pedigree wins a trial by 12 lengths running more than a second faster than every other heat you just have to take a closer look.

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The cheapest colt by Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible sold at the 2021 Magic Millions Yearling Sale made a winning debut at Pakenham on Tuesday.

It is an unfortunate fact of life that it can take many years before a breeding and/or racing activity can generate a profit and tax losses are highly likely in the early years.

Rejuvenated mare Atishu will be vying to add a Group One crown to her mantle at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

At the yearling sales every year at the top of the market we hear countless stories from buyers claiming to have abought a Slipper horse or a 2YO type, but the reality is our four Group I winning 2YO’s this season do not come from anywhere near the top of the market.

Victorian heavyweight Written Tycoon is the reigning Champion Australian Sire having taken the title last year for the first time and he’s a fascinating stallion having started at a low base before elevating himself to the elite sire ranks and his last two books of mares in particular hold plenty of interest.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Recently Krissy Harris was thrilled to receive a call from Tayla Gilmore of Godolphin Lifetime Care pledging support for the TSHA.

There was a big set of trials on the turf at Rosehill on Monday morning with nine heats won by juveniles including two expensive unraced I Am Invincible colts that have both already been gelded and an Emirates Park blueblood filly, whose dam has had three foals to race that are all stakes-winners.

Vinery Stud’s promising young sire Star Turn already has a stakes-winner in Hong Kong in Cordyceps Six and now he also has one in Singapore with speedy three year-old Golden Monkey winning the Singapore Sprint Sng G3 (1200m) at Kranji on Saturday beating another Star Turn in Silent is Golden.

The Group I Prix de Diane (2100m) at Chantilly on Sunday produced a popular win for talented Frankel filly Nashwa, who gave her rider Hollie Doyle her first success in a Classic race.

Australian bred geldings filled the trifecta in the Group III Premier Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday with victory going to Sebring 5YO Beauty Joy, who defeated Lucky Express (Toronado (IRE) and Healthy Happy (Zoustar).

The Group III Premier Plate (1800m) at Sha Tin on Sunday was won by five year-old Olympic Glory  (IRE) gelding Tourbillon Diamond.

Here is the full list of 74 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Already a Group I winner of the MRC Blue Diamond Stakes at two, Flying Artie colt Artorius confirmed his standing as an elite sprinter with an unlucky third in the Group I Platinum Jubilee Stakes (6f) at Royal Ascot and will now be given another chance to enhance his record in the Group I July Cup next month.

Newgate Farm’s leading first season sire Russian Revolution added a new winner to his tally on Sunday when the powerful Kris Lees stable unleashed promising colt Brudenell.

Inglis Digital graduates continued their stunning season of success today as Holyfield (I Am Invincible) won the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich and Naval Seal (Snitzel) and Nasraawy (Snitzel) saluted at Rosehill and Flemington respectively.

One of just four live foals in the first crop of Hardham, the David Brideoake-trained Affordable became the first winner for the son of Redoute's Choice when opening his account at the second time of asking at Bendigo on Sunday.

Tony Gollan’s faith in his former star sprinter Spirit Of Boom continues to reap rich rewards, with the pair combining to win both divisions of the two-year-old races over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

The highly anticipated Group I Platinum Jubilee Stakes (6f) was the centrepiece of the final day at Royal Ascot with the race producing a Dubawi quinella for Godolphin with Australian 3YO colt Artorius a late closing dead heat third with Campanelle, while Home Affairs faded to finish unplaced.

The final day of Royal Ascot did not unfold quite as the Aussies would have liked with Godolphin dominating the G1 Platinum Jubilee Stakes, but there was plenty of interest in the remaining three stakes races which also produced a possible Golden Eagle contender.

The admirably consistent Devoted made it three wins in as many weeks with a typically gritty performance in Saturday’s Listed WAROA-Belmont Guineas (1600m).   

Here is the full list of 135 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Shooting To Win mare Centrefire completed a red-letter day for trainer Chris Munce when she defied a fast-finishing Maybe The Best in the Listed Kingsley Lawson Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) at Ipswich.

A Group III winner at two and three, four year-old I Am Invincible gelding Holyfield hit top form at Ipswich on Saturday to score a dominant length and a half win in the Listed Eyeliner Stakes (1350m).

Talented former New Zealand three-year-old Texas Tea hinted at a bright future across the Tasman with a commanding victory in Saturday’s A$130,000 Sir Henry Bolte Handicap (2000m) at Flemington.

The Listed VRC AR Creswick Stakes at Flemington (1200m) on Saturday was billed as a clash between two exciting 3YO sprinters in Star Patrol and Passive Aggressive and they duly filled the quinella with the Fastnet Rock filly keeping her unblemished record intact.

A picture-perfect ride by Willie Pike paved the way for the Chris Waller-trained Skyman (GB) to open his stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Drinkwise W J McKell Cup (2000m) at Rosehill.

Almanzor (FR) met with an incredible response to his first crop at the sales, with just two of the 58 yearlings sold making less than the $55,000 outlay for the Danny O'Brien-trained Grinzinger Bishop.  

Followers of Breednet would be well aware that we are very keen on two year-old Maurice (Jpn) gelding Kibou, featuring him in Juvenile Trial Watch stories and then making him a One to Watch when he saluted at Warwick Farm and he stepped it up a notch again at Rosehill on Saturday.

The late-season surge of winners for Spirit Of Boom continued at Ipswich on Saturday with a 1-2-3 finish in the Sirromet Wines Bundamba Plate (1200m).

High profile Coolmore shuttle sires Justify (USA) and Saxon Warrior (Jpn) both posted impressive debut winners in the Northern Hemisphere on Friday.

An inspiring ride by Frankie Dettori on unbeaten Frankel filly Inspiral saw last season’s Champion 2YO Filly charge home from back in the field last night at Royal Ascot to win the Group I Coronation Stakes (1m) running away.

More explosive racing at Royal Ascot on Day 4 and Inspiral wasn’t the only star 3YO competing with last season’s dual Group I winning colt Perfect Power confirming his potential as an elite sprinter of the future when winning the Group I Commonwealth Cup (6f).

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The 59 Lot broodmare and stallion share offering as part of the dissolution of Matamata Stud Valachi Downs is now live on Gavelhouse Plus featuring the dam of four time Group I winner Tofane.

A vibrant atmosphere coupled with dynamic bidding saw a successful day of trade at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 National Weanling Sale. 

There were mixed emotions at Karaka on Friday as 20 weanlings presented as Valachi Downs’ final offering at a physical sale found new homes when sold at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale.

Central Districts horseman David Goldsbury secured the colt he was after at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka on Friday.

Retired horse dentist Vern Trillo has bought back into a familiar family at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka on Friday.

The star of the show at Royal Ascot on Day 3 was blue-blooded young stayer Kyprios, who became the third Group I winner from his blue hen dam Polished Gem when taking out the Group I Ascot Gold Cup, so we thought it might be interesting to see if the new Pedigrees 360 software could shed some light on the genetic magic behind this exceptional family.

Champion trainer Chris Waller had his first taste of Royal Ascot when I Am Invincible colt Brazen Beau finished a close second in the 2015 Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes and he featured this year as a sire when his 2YO colt The Ridler scored a surprise victory in the Group II Norfolk Stakes (5f).

More scintillating racing at Royal Ascot on Day 3 with Yulong taking a turn in the winner’s circle with a top class daughter of legendary sire Galileo, who also sired royally bred stallion Kyprios to win the Group I Ascot Gold Cup.

Leneva Park might be a relatively new player in the stallion market, but in standing a pair of Group I winning sons of breed shaping sires Deep Impact and Invincible Spirit, this Victorian farm have given themselves and their supporters a flying start to success.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

2022 is shaping as a memorable year for Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible, who is poised to claim his first Australian Champion Sire title by earnings and will have the favourite Home Affairs in the Group I Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot this weekend, so let’s take an in depth look at the stellar book of mares he covered last spring.

Written Tycoon is assured of clocking in third behind Rebel Dane and Snitzel for champion 2yo sire, his best finish since Capitalist led him to the juvenile sire title in 2015-16.

With his brilliant win in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot on Tuesday night, Nature Strip confirmed his place as the world’s best sprinter. Quite an achievement for a horse that was passed in as a yearling. How can yearling buyers ensure that they don’t let such opportunities slip through their fingers in future? Promoters of the revolutionary new pedigree software Pedigrees 360,

It has been non-stop for the staff of Valachi Downs at Karaka this week as they prepare to offer a quality line-up of young stock in their dispersal sale at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale on Friday,

New Zealand Bloodstock Director of Business Development Mike Kneebone is in a buoyant mood ahead of the sales company’s annual weanling sale at Karaka on Friday.

International bloodstock agent Paul Moroney is happy to once again be back on home soil to attend New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka this week.

Winner of the 2010 Melbourne Cup, quality European stayer Americain (USA) has been laid to rest after suffering a paddock accident that resulted in a broken leg.

Aussies had more reasons to celebrate after the second day of Royal Ascot overnight with the now Australian owned Starspangledbanner stallion State of Rest (IRE) capturing the Group I Prince of Wales’s Stakes (1m2f)  and it’ not the first time a Cox Plate winner has won the race with So You Think triumphant in 2012.

John Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds have already tasted success with champion sire Frankel, who has given them high class Group winning 3YO filly Argentia and he is also the sire of their latest winner, who is from the 2013 Arqana Deauville Yearling Sale top lot.

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

Lyndhurst Stud Farm's Better Than Ready countered the challenge of Spirit of Boom in the race for individual 2yo winners when the Trent and Toby Edmonds trained Corfe Castle opened his winning account in the Whisper Paper Maiden Plate (1100m) for colts and gelding at Doomben on Wednesday.

There was some welcomed good news for trainer Danny Bougoure when the Spirit Of Boom filly Spirit Of Milan made a hugely impressive career debut in the Racecourse Village Maiden Plate (1100m) at Doomben on Wednesday.

The Altomonte family owned Corumbene Stud is delving into the business of standing stallions this spring with their homebred sires Menari and Standout and the famous orange and brown colours were in the winner’s circle at Randwick on Wednesday carried by first starter Tashi.

Only five runners went to the post for the Ladbroke It Hcp (1300m) for two-year-old fillies at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday, but it was not short on drama.

The Chris Waller stable was still riding the overnight high of Nature Strip’s dazzling Royal Ascot triumph last night with the winning mood continuing at Randwick as $1million I am Invincible colt Eponymous made a winning debut.

Former Kembla Grange-based trainer Elsie Green, one of the great characters of NSW racing, has died aged 88. Elsie will be remembered for her best winner Hurry On Spec who caused a huge upset when he won the 2004 Stayers Cup-LR (2400m) at Rosehill at $60/1.

Entries are now open for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2023 National Yearling Sales Series, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place next summer at the Karaka Sales Centre. 

The Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes (1000m) on the opening day of Royal Ascot was billed as a match-race between star Australian sprinter Nature Strip and American speedster Golden Pal.

Freakish sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) confirmed his status as the World’s Best Sprinter with a breathtaking display of sustained speed to dominate his rivals in the G1 King’s Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot overnight.

Thanks to Covid and the massive prizemoney on offer in Australia, it’s been a while since an Australian bred and trained sprinter has had the opportunity to dazzle on the world stage and Nature Strip showed last night exactly why we have the reputation for producing the best sprinters in the world.

Amazing first day at Royal Ascot and if you’re interested in the pedigrees of the stakes-winners on opening day you can see them all here including undefeated champion miler Baaeed and glamour 3YO Godolphin colt Coroebus.

The opportunities will come thick and fast later this month when the Swan Valley hosts the 2022 Magic Millions Perth Winter Sale.

Trainer Michael O’Callaghan pulled off a remarkable pinhooking feat when he sold juvenile colt Crypto Force at Goffs London Sale this week for £900,000 achieving a sensational result with the son of Little Avondale shuttle sire Time Test (GB).

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) is the final Group I race of the Australian season and will be run on Saturday June 25 at Eagle Farm with the star Ciaron Maher and David Eustace  trained mares Away Game and Snapdancer keeping up to the mark with a barrier trial this morning at Deagon.

A set of barrier trials on the polytrack at Randwick on Tuesday morning produced five 2YO heat winners including a son of Deep Field that looks another speed machine to carry the colours of Bon Ho, made famous by Everest winner Classique Legend.

Australian racing is currently among the most vibrant and competitive in the thoroughbred world, and a group of high-class New Zealand sires – whose progeny can regularly be sourced from Karaka – are right in the thick of the action on that lucrative stage.

The Australian General Sires List has produced a thrilling battle between I Am Invincible and So You think with some $300,000 splitting the pair whose earnings both top $18million, but that’s not the only sire division looking at a close finish with two former Group I winning 2YO’s going head to head in another.

The annual Goffs London Sale for tried racehorses ahead of the Royal Ascot meeting produced fireworks overnight with McKeever B/S Gai Waterhouse A Bott & Go Bloodstock combing to purchase Epsom Derby runner Hoo Ya Mal for a whopping £1.2million.

Our next chapter in the Price Point series of stories looks at a group of a dozen stallions that includes four first season horses and the stallion that has sired more 2YO winners this season than any other.

As we move into the back end of the season, all those Russian Revolution 2YO’s that were stepping out in trials earlier in the year are now making their presence felt on race day with Russian Benefits the latest to salute, winning on debut at Mornington on Monday.

A bright future is being tipped for promising filly Po Kare Kare after her two-length win at Gosford last Thursday.

Comeback horse Alligator Blood’s Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) triumph has Cambridge trainer Tony Pike hoping that one of that horse’s most notable rivals can have a similarly successful return to racing next spring.

Trainer Peter Ho was not surprised when Dashing Triumph defied market expectations to win the Tung Wan Shan Plate (1000m) for Griffins at Sha Tin on Sunday under Dylan Mo despite the El Roca gelding starting at 27-1 on the basis of a modest trial last month.