On a day when Russian Revolution sired his highest priced ever yearling at Inglis Easter, he also gave us an impressive debut winner at Hawkesbury.

While nothing threatened the $2,500,000 paid for the 2021 sale topper Magic (Snitzel), solid trade throughout the day saw an increase in average and median on the opening day of the Inglis Australian Yearling Sale.   

The first Australian yearlings by Coolmore's undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) have sold strongly at sales this year, but the cream of his crop are at Inglis Easter with two stunning youngsters selling for $950,000 and $900,000 on Tuesday.

Thoroughbred breeders will soon be able to access concessional government loans after a sustained lobbying effort by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA).

A milestone for Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel when a half-brother to Profundo became his first $1,000,000 yearling.

A stunning Written Tycoon half-brother to half-brother to Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorious was bought by Coolmore Stud for $1,400,000 late day one of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Bred and retained to race by Cressfield, Stratum mare Egyptian Symbol was a wonderfully tough and talented campaigner on the track and her first foal proved a sale ring superstar when selling at Inglis Easter on Tuesday for $1.5million.

James Harron bought a colt from the final crop of Not A Single Doubt for $975,000 on the opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale.

After the seven-figure mark was tested several times, Coolmore's Tom Magnier set the ring alight when having the final say at $1,400,000 for Arrowfield Stud's Snitzel colt out of the Bernardini mare C'Est Beau La Vie.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible broke the ice for his first seven figure sale at Inglis Easter on Tuesday when his colt from Calming Influence made $1million for Bhima Thoroughbreds, who have been in the Group I groove as vendors in recent weeks having sold both Forbidden Love and Imperatriz.

Dual Group I winning two year-old King’s Legacy was the busiest first season sire in Australia last year covering 212 mares at Coolmore last year and his half-brother by Pierro made $675,000 for Segenhoe Stud at Inglis Easter on Tuesday.

Exciting young Newgate sire Russian Revolution is the leading first season sire in Australia courtesy of flying 2YO’s Revolutionary Miss, Rise of the Masses and Russian Conquest and his very first yearling offered at Inglis Easter this year set a new benchmark for her sire when selling for $850,000.

Consigned for sale by Newhaven Park, Lot 5 into the sale ring at Riverside Stables on Tuesday morning made a big splash to start the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on a high when selling for $900,000.

Randwick trials on Monday morning featured six two year-old heats and the performance of this Pierro filly will have plenty of punters looking to get on when she returns to the races.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the 87-lot catalogue available to view on the NZB website here. 

Gifted filly Wolverine is in the mix to cross the Tasman in a bid to gate crash Fireburn’s party in the final leg of Sydney’s two-year-old Triple Crown series.

The equestrian world is in mourning following the sudden death of renowned horseman Heath Harris with his wife Krissy Harris issuing a statement today.

In a wake-up call to those that keep poor records, newly proposed legislation leaves no doubt that the ATO are no longer going to tolerate poor records of business clients, to the extent they will now make offenders do an ‘approved record-keeping course’. 

Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) sired his fourth stakes-winner over the weekend in Italy with progressive three year-old colt Il Grande Gatsby taking out the Listed Premio Pisa (1600m).

If anyone believed that a couple of recent defeats might have marked the beginning of the end for Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro), the Hong Kong megastar sent them a message at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Registration for the $1m Inglis Pink Bonus Series is now open.

Buckle up - the 2022 Inglis Easter Australian Yearling Sale begins on Tuesday, and it promises to be epic.

Darley continues its formidable reputation of providing breeders access to another three world-class northern hemisphere-performed sires who join its Kelvinside, NSW stallion roster in 2022: Palace Pier (Kingman), Pinatubo (Shamardal) and Victor Ludorum (Shamardal).

With his oldest Australian progeny set to race here next season, young Coolmore shuttler Saxon Warrior (Jpn) is on the board with his first winner in France from his first runner.

Champion 2YO Pinatubo (IRE) (Shamardal) was a late scratching from the Darley roster last year, but he’s back in the mix this year and will be joined by fellow superstars world champion miler Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman) and Group I winning 2YO Victor Ludorum (GB).

Widden Stud have won the race to stand Rebel Dane, who has shot to prominence as the sire of brilliant filly Fireburn.

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.

Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is hoping the second day of The Championships at Royal Randwick this weekend can provide even greater celebrations than those she had after day one on Saturday.

A stellar black-type season for Shocking continued on Saturday at Randwick where his daughter Nerve Not Verve outstayed her

Sunday after The Championships Saturday – Inglis Easter was packed and Maree McEwan was talking to some of the big players with their best horses heading in to what’s been a red hot 2022 market.

Royal Ascot glory – and a chance to defend his Everest crown – lay ahead for champion sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) following a record-equalling third consecutive win in today’s G1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick.

Owner Peter Walsh and trainer Simon Price were choked with emotion after the magnificent Siyouni filly Amelia's Jewel kept her record at a perfect three for three with a stunning performance in Saturday's $500,000 Group II Amelia Park-Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot.

Few races seem beyond Cherry Tortoni at his best and this often frustrating son of Night Of Thunder (IRE) was at the top of his game in Saturday’s $200,000 Listed Bet365 Golden Mile at Bendigo.

There were five Group I races contested in Australasia on Saturday including two horses winning at the elite level for the first time one of which put the spotlight on an emerging broodmare sire.

Purchased online for just $10,000, the Symon Wilde-trained Gundec looked a Derby winner in the making when breaking his maiden in the Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington last September.

Progressive I Am Invincible gelding Lombardo claimed his second Black Type win at Morphettville on Saturday when taking out the Listed SAJC Manihi Classic (1100m).

No black-type but a valuable prize for the Henry Dwyer-trained Holler filly Hollerlujah who made a winning debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Apiam Animal Health VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) at Bendigo.

Here is the full list of 129 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Street Boss (USA) filly Heresy led home a 1-2-3-4 for Godolphin in the Group III China Horse Club P J Bell Stakes (1200m) as the curtain came down on day one of the Championships at Randwick.

A great result for Victoria and an even better one for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry as the Bullbars gelding Mr Brightside led home a 1-2-3 for New Zealand-breds in Saturday’s $3,000,000 Group 1 The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.

Seven year-old Nicconi gelding Nature Strip is a sight to behold when he’s at his best and we saw that at Randwick on Saturday when he strolled away with the $2.5million  Group I ATC TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) for the third year in a row posting his biggest winning margin yet in the $2.5 million sprint.

Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB) nearly had the winner of the Group I ATC Australian Derby with Benaud a close second, but he got some consolation with The Cunning Fox reiterating his staying credentials when taking out the A$200,000 Bendigo St Leger Trial (2200m) .

Not for the first time, the Hitosu story is as much about his trainers as it is about the son of Maurice (JPN), who added Saturday's $2,000,000 Group 1 ATC Bentley Australian Derby (2400m) to his burgeoning record.

The outstanding filly Fireburn is making a believer of even her fiercest critics, becoming the first Golden Slipper winner since the champion Pierro in 2012 to add the $1,000,000 Group 1 ATC Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Drama surrounded the finish to Saturday’s Group One feature at Awapuni when the final result was settled by the judicial committee after a protest was lodged by the connections of runner-up Wolverine against first-past-the-post Maven Belle.

Trainer Janelle Millar was trying hard to keep her emotions in check as she waited for her gallant mare Zola Express to return to the Awapuni birdcage after providing the New Plymouth mentor with her biggest career victory in the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m).

The 6yo Shocking mare Nerve Not Verve may have earned a reprieve from the sale ring for the second consecutive year after she edged a stubborn Knights Order in Saturday’s Group II Schweppes Chairman’s Quality (2600m) at Randwick.

The late, great Sebring has been having quite the run with his 3YO's enjoying stakes success with Fangirl, Daisies, Mac 'n' Cheese and now in New Zealand with Amalfi Prince.

Enigmatic galloper Germanicus was back to his best when he produced an irresistible finish to take out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni.

Godolphin’s Teofilo (IRE) filly Honeycreeper could finish no better than third in the Tasmanian Oaks but will head to Randwick next week with a favourites chance in the ATC Australian Oaks after annihilating a field of three-year-old fillies in Saturday’s Group III Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Two of the stable stars for champion trainer Chris Waller are Torryburn Stud bred and sold 3YO's Home Affairs and Espiona and he now has a third Torryburn graduate star 3YO on the rise in Straight Arron, who charged to victory in the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The royally bred Shalaa (IRE) colt Semillion kick-started day one of The Championships at Randwick with a tremendously brave performance in the Widden Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale has hit Riverside with horses and buyers coming together on the sale grounds, and Maree McEwan spoke to some of the major players as inspections started.

The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity (NZ) concluded on Friday night with Hunter Valley-based Yarraman Park Stud securing the stakes-winning daughter of their resident sire I Am Invincible for NZ$480,500.

Passionate owner breeder Michael Christian is living the dream with his family at Longwood Thoroughbred Farm in Victoria with the growing success of their boutique breeding enterprise set to be showcased at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Doncaster/Derby Day at Randwick on Saturday, and we hope to kick off with a winner of the opening event, the Group III Kindergarten Stakes for two-year-olds.

As well as giving his retiring co-trainer Murray Baker a shot at an astonishing sixth and final win in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday, rapid improver Regal Lion is shining the spotlight on an emerging family-run New Zealand breeding and syndicating operation.

Southland trainer Robert Dennis will this weekend host a celebration to mark the happy ending of a turbulent journey to reunite his Ukrainian stablehand Alex with his wife Olena.

A Camden born girl raised on a farm with a love of horses has found the perfect job combining diverse business skills with a rewarding career in the thoroughbred industry.

Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield is a familiar source of stakes-winners and while current flagbearers such as Jamaea and Hellfest are top class Group winning fillies, it is the Cressfield bred colts that will take centre stage at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Buying an Arrowfield Easter filly is one of the best decisions an owner or breeder can make, with life-changing racetrack, sale-ring & future breeding results. 

Vendors offering yearlings by American Pharoah (USA) at Inglis Easter next week will be pleased to note the Triple Crown winner had a race to race double at Pakenham on Thursday with two promising maiden winners prepared by the Lindsay Park team and Peter Moody.

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

The first crop of Northern Hemisphere bred foals by Coolmore shuttler Justify (USA) are 2YO’s this year and already they are making an impression under saddle with a colt by the undefeated Triple Crown winner selling for $1.1million at Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream 2YO’s in Training Sale.

Three weeks after rocking the Australian sprinters with a Group One boilover in Melbourne, Little Avondale Stud has two chances of a repeat result at Randwick on Saturday.

It will be a homecoming for stallion Winning Rupert as the record-breaking son of champion sire Written Tycoon returns to Queensland to stand at Grandview Stud in 2022.

Clinton Isdale’s time with Big Story will be short and he is hoping to make an early impact with the youngster before he heads offshore.

Torryburn Stud will present half a dozen stunning youngsters at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale next week, but there is no denying the star of the show is the half-brother to dual Group I winning colt Home Affairs.

Here is the full list of 54 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Inglis Digital’s incomparable start to 2022 continued tonight with another boisterous sale which grossed $3,299,050.

A talented Pierro 3YO bred on the magic cross from the family of Champion 3YO Filly Alinghi made it two wins from three starts at Sandown on Wednesday in the colours of Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay.

There was a distinct international flavour to a 1600m midweeker for fillies and mares at Sandown. My Whisper, Yulong’s promising 3yo Frankel filly, made it three on the bounce when holding off a determined challenge by the 3yo Deep Impact filly Glint Of Hope (JPN).

Stakes-placed at his first two runs as a two year-old behind Sneaky Five and Anamoe, three year-old gelding The Art of Flying has taken a while to break his maiden but he got the job done in style at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The two-year-old Lonhro colt Amenable made a stunning career debut in a last to first performance over 1300m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

The 1200m juvenile maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday featured a quinella for promising young Coolmore sire Merchant Navy, who had the first two over the line in race favourite Standing Order and first starter Cadetship.

Emerging young stallions were again to the fore at Matamata on Wednesday, with debut three-year-old winners by Turn Me Loose and Vadamos in consecutive 1200m maidens, while earlier on the card Enraptured, a two-year-old by Preferment was an impressive debut winner.

Adrian Clark may have found his next Jennifer Eccles.

Astute breeder Ian Smith of Edinburgh Park Stud has placed a lot of faith in US bloodlines to upgrade his broodmare band with happy results highlighted by Group I performer Glenfiddich and $2.8million earning stakes-winner Eleven Eleven.

As his final nine Inglis Easter yearlings begin parading in Sydney, Not A Single Doubt reminds us why he is so sorely missed on the Australian stallion roster.

Newgate Farm have announced the fee for Snitzel’s Group I winning son Wild Ruler.

Coolmore takes great pleasure in announcing the addition to its 2022 roster of record-breaking, unbeaten stakes-winning juvenile Acrobat, the fastest 2yo in history over 1000m at Randwick.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

He’s been on nervous 99 for a while now, but Deep Field finally got his century of winners for this season with a debut victory at the relocated provincial meeting Scone on Tuesday for a homebred for Torryburn Stud.

It might have been wet in NSW this week, but there was still plenty of trial results for 2YO's right around the country to keep a track of including a fourth win for the unraced Ginger's Gal, entered for her debut on Saturday and a tune up for a colt trying to break his maiden with a G1 win.

Consistent stakes success built over time is what sets some vendors apart from their rivals with the current crop of two year-olds from Segenhoe Stud racing up a perfect storm in the lead up to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale next week.

Racing Australia Chairman John Messara AM has paid tribute to Myles Foreman following the announcement he is stepping down at the end of June after two years in the role of Racing Australia CEO.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is like no other in terms of quality of pedigree and with nearly all yearling images now uploaded for this iconic sale we thought a look at the siblings to Group I winners would be timely with 35 to consider.

A new Easter graduate stakeswinner just before the Inglis Easter Sale is always a perfectly timed result, and this year Williamsburg delivered it for Arrowfield.

His oldest progeny may only be three-years-old but Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino is already starting to leave his mark.

She combines the blood of champion sires Exceed and Excel and Street Cry and is the best of three stakes-winners bred on this cross, which has had 29 winners from 42 starters and is 7% SW to runner. The two sires also combine in the pedigree of another Group I winning sprinter in Elite Street, who is by Street Boss from a daughter of Exceed and Excel.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Unprecedented support from Australasia’s leading breeders and vendors has resulted in the biggest ever renewal of the Australian Weanling Sale.

Winner of the Group III Newcastle Newmarket in March last year, 6YO Your Song gelding Gem Song returned to his happy hunting ground to win the Group III ATC Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) at his first run back from a spell on Monday.

What a week it’s been for three year-old fillies by the late great Sebring! We’ve seen a couple of G1 contenders in Daisies and Mac ‘n’ Cheese and now an actual Group I winner with Fangirl scoring a richly deserved victory in the $500,000 ATC Vinery Stud Stakes (1850m) at Newcastle.

Scratched from the race on Saturday, Gem Song was reinstated for the Group III Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) when the meeting was switched to Newcastle and didn’t the son of Your Song appreciate his home track.

Tailed off last early, the 4yo Shamus Award mare Duais gathered her opponents in so quickly in the straight that Josh Parr had the luxury of standing in the irons, saluting the crowd over the final 50 metres of Monday’s $1,500,000 Group 1 Kia H E Tancred Stakes (2400m).

Showing his appreciation for the sting out of the track, the 3yo Snitzel colt Mr Mozart would not be denied in Monday’s Group III ACY Securities Doncaster Prelude (1500m) at Newcastle.

The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity, a stakes-winning daughter of I Am Invincible, is now live on Gavelhouse Plus with bidding set to close from 7pm (NZ time) on Friday.

Purchased for just 27,000 by David Redvers Bloodstock / Rosemount Stud at the 2019 Tattersalls December Mare Sale after failing to win in four starts, Promise Of Success (GB) has been a little star from the time she set foot in Australia.

Godolphin’s Teofilo (IRE) gelding Character stamped himself a serious chance in next Saturday’s Group 1 ATC Derby with a convincing win in the Group III Yarraman Park Tulloch Stakes (1850m) at Newcastle on Monday.