The late Japanese champion sire Deep Impact already has a Group I winning three year-old in Australia this season in Profondo and he may well have another if the cards fall the right way for this blue-blooded filly, who cast off maiden status at Pakenham on Thursday.

A string of recent winners for Rubick and a star 2YO in G1 Blue Diamond place-getter Jacquinot will make quite a few yearling buyers take a second look at Rubick and why not purchase one from a farm that has produced some of his best.

An impressive career debut by the Kris Lees-trained Willinga Beast in the First Justify Yearlings Maiden (1100m) at Canterbury on Thursday to become the eighth two-year-old winner of the season for champion stallion Snitzel.

After a buoyant Book 1 Sale, selling continued steadily on Day One of Book 2 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka 2022 National Yearling Sales Series. 

Rich Hill Stud stallion Vadamos provided two of the star turns during the opening day of the Book 2 session of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales at Karaka on Thursday.

Fresh from Inglis Premier success where they sold 13 yearlings for $1.55million, Colllingrove Stud are now all systems go for Magic Millions Adelaide (March 15 and 16) with a big draft of 16 to be offered after withdrawals.

Arrowfield Stud's super sire Snitzel flexes his muscles in Saturday's Group III Pago Pago Stakes with three sons vying for the golden ticket to the Golden Slipper, including the most expensive yearling of 2021.

International bloodstock agent Paul Moroney was unable to attend last year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale in the flesh, but he was pleased to be back this year as the border opened up to Kiwis returning home.

Regal Farm principal Shane Crawford was an active participant during the first three days of the National Yearling sale at Karaka and on Thursday he was at it again on the first day of the Book 2 sale.

A New Zealand racing dynasty has come to an end with the death last Sunday of popular Te Awamutu identity Des Riordan just weeks short of his 90th birthday.

Novara Park principal Luigi Muollo is over the moon with the debut performance of his stallion Staphanos at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale at Karaka this week.

Shalaa (IRE) is having a very good season with his two year-olds and while this colt wasn’t ready for a Magic Millions campaign last year, Toby and Trent Edmonds are certainly going to have a lot of fun with him.

Hyped as the next big thing in Hong Kong sprinting after winning his first two starts last year in brilliant fashion, Nervous Witness was beaten at his next three starts when only placing, but bounced back in style at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

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

Fresh from siring yet another Australian Group I winner at Randwick last Saturday with Converge taking out the Group I ATC Randwick Guineas, exceptional sire Frankel is poised to play a major role at the 2022 Inglis Chairman’s Sale with Juddmonte Farm to offer two mares in foal to the champion son of Galileo and one sired by him that is in foal to Kingman.

Yulong homebred Frankel filly My Whisper made a smooth transition from maiden company to midweek company scoring a dominant victory at Sandown on Wednesday, could she be the next Aussie stakes-winner for Juddmonte Farm’s champion sire?

The Karaka 2022 sale ring was alight with activity during the final afternoon of Book 1 selling, with a surge in buying carrying momentum through to the close of the Sale.

It took trainer Roger James several moments to compose himself after he set the auction ring alight at Karaka on Wednesday when he went to $900,000 to secure a ‘once in a lifetime’ colt at the National Yearling Sale.

The fireworks continued late on day three at Karaka when returning buyer Kevin Walls fought off the attention of an international audience to secure a Pierro colt that had plenty of admirers keen to secure him.

Mill Park Stud in South Australia is a thoroughbred nursery that consistently delivers results at the highest level right around Australia, from Derby contenders to Speed queens, and they always support their home town sale, the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale with a quality draft by a wide range of sires.

Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young were able to secure their pick of the fillies at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale on Wednesday when outlaying $475,000 for lot 467, the Written Tycoon filly out of Phoenix Park’s draft, in conjunction with bloodstock agent Andrew Williams.

Tony Pike feels the time is right to take on older horses at weight-for-age with his top three-year-old Field Of Gold.

Trans-Tasman trainer Michael Moroney will saddle a pair of light-weight chances in Saturday’s Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) with four-year-old gelding Poland joined by Kiwi mare Roch ‘N’ Horse in the time-honoured handicap.

The passing of legendary sire Galileo last year has opened the door for a new wave of sire talent to step up at Coolmore and St Mark’s Basilica is one of those younger sires being given a golden opportunity to succeed.

Strong demand for quality lots concluded Day Two of Book 1 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 96th National Yearling Sales Series. 

Most of NSW has had their racing washed out, but they got a meeting in at Wagga today run on a good surface and astute trainer Matthew Dale produced the most impressive winner of the day, a lightly raced three year-old by Deep Field.

Te Akau principal David Ellis has bought plenty of quality fillies at Karaka over the years, so it was a bold statement when he labelled lot 410, the Fastnet Rock full-sister to Group One winner Unforgotten, as the best filly he has seen at New Zealand Bloodstock’s sales venue in a decade.

There were smiles, handshakes and even a few tears of joy on the afternoon of the second day of the National Yearling Sale at Karaka when a pair of South Island breeding operations struck gold with youngsters from their respective drafts.

The pairing that bought last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix went back to the Karaka well on Tuesday to try and replicate their success.

The $1,100,000 Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale topper Crosswinds made a winning start to his career when outclassing three opponents in the Pipe Pro Directional Drill Maiden (1100m) at Ballarat on Tuesday.

Impeccably bred group winning juvenile Barbaric will retire to stud at Lyndhurst Stud for the 2022 breeding season. 

Fresh from their stunning Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) triumph at Ellerslie on Saturday, Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott were back in the limelight at Karaka on Tuesday.

Te Akau has been the all-conquering force in New Zealand juvenile racing for some time and they have another Group One two-year-old title firmly in their sights at Ellerslie this weekend.

New Zealand Bloodstock saw an exhilarating start to its 96th National Yearling Sales Series, with a strong buying bench welcomed both on the grounds and online, at the Karaka Sales Centre. 

Te Akau Racing’s David Ellis continued his domination of the auction ring at Karaka once again on the first day of the 2022 edition of the National Yearling Sale.

After a frustrating day of being an underbidder, Andrew Forsman finally got the filly he wanted at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale.

Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick was beaming after reaching the $1 million mark for a Waikato Stud bred and consigned yearling for the second time at Karaka.

There was a big smile on the face of the team at Waikato Stud as they watched the full-brother to Group One winner Mo’unga hit seven figures at Karaka on Monday.

New Zealand’s sole representative in the A$5 million All-Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19 is out.

Australian interest in the quality New Zealand horseflesh on offer during the New Zealand National Yearling Sale was high early on the first day of selling with many familiar names featuring on the results page.

Trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott are eyeing a tilt at the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in spring with Asterix after his victory in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Coolmore’s Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) was making headlines in North America on the weekend with a Group double courtesy of exciting 3YO colt Forbidden Kingdom and quality mare As Time Goes By, who became his fourth Group I winner when capturing the Group I Beholder Mile at Sant Anita.

Deep Field is not the only Australian sire that is a Hong Kong favourite with Star Witness also building an impressive record with one of his brightest prospects notching his third successive win at Sha Tin on Sunday.

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

A quality line up of racehorses, including international stakes winners, offered unreserved by Godolphin highlight a 157 lot Magic Millions March Online Sale with bidding opening tomorrow.

On the eve of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales Curraghmore’s Gordon Cunningham was again pleased to see the farm’s past-graduates do the talking on the track, no doubt paving the way for further confidence for the product he will present at auction this week.

Sales action moves to New Zealand on Monday for the Karaka Yearling Sales and Book 1 will feature nine yearlings from the first crop of Coolmore’s undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA), whose progeny are eligible to win a Ferrari for their owners if they are the first to win one of a selected list of Group I races or a sales incentive race such as the Karaka Million.

A steady influx of ex-pat Kiwi trainers and Bloodstock Agents that have arrived at the Karaka sales complex in the past 24 hours has put a bigger smile on the face of New Zealand Bloodstock Director of Sales, Danny Rolston.

Syndication is proving an invaluable tool in aiding Little Avondale Stud’s ongoing commitment to build on the quality of its broodmare band.

Last start Gr.1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Classic (1600m) winner Mascarpone has had his latest campaign halted after suffering a suspensory injury during an exhibition gallop at Ellerslie on Saturday.

Tony and Calvin McEvoy swept the Magic Millions SA feature double on a massive Murray Bridge Raceday as sale graduates swept two of the day's three Group Ones around Australia.

New Zealand-bred mare Yonce extended her unbeaten record to five with a gritty victory at Flemington on Saturday and will now look to tackle stakes company. 

The Golden Slipper picture became somewhat clearer today following impressive Stakes victories by two Inglis-sold 2YOs.

Simon Miller took the wraps off Amelia's Jewel in Saturday's Listed Mgib Supremacy Stakes (1000m) at Ascot, and the two-year-old daughter of Siyouni (FR) won like a filly with a future.

Here is the full list of 100 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

There were four Group 1 races contested in Australasia on Saturday and three of the winners were winning at the highest level for the second time while the fourth is a horse that did just what he was bred to.

A homebred for Shadwell, four year-old Deep Field gelding Al Muthana continued his upward spiral scoring his first Group victory at Turffontein on Saturday when capturing the Group II Wilgerbosdrift Hawaii Stakes (1400m) and has a half-sister entered for Inglis Easter.

The $2,000,000 Sydney Cup at Randwick is on the agenda for Crystal Pegasus (IRE) after the progressive son of Australia routed his opponents in Saturday’s Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) at Flemington.

With two wins and two stakes placing in four starts in France for Alain de Royer-Dupre, Zeyrek promised plenty in his adopted homeland, but it took eight starts for the son of Sea The Stars to breakthrough.

Josh Parr had not ridden a winner at Flemington before Saturday, and now he has two.

This is a pedigree update that breeder’s dream of.

Bjorn Baker has capped an outstanding day at the office by taking out the final race in Sydney, pledging to donate his percentage of Belluci Babe’s prizemoney to the flood appeal in Australia.

While Hitotsu was grabbing the headlines in the Group 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington, the Japanese champion Maurice (GB) had another promising three-year-old salute when Mazu captured the Listed Tokyo City Keiba Fireball Stakes (1100m) at Randwick.

The Frankel gelding Converge looked something out of the box when ending a successful two-year-old campaign with victory in the Group 1 JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm.

Racing in rare form, the Michael and Richard Freedman-trained Forbidden Love added a second Group 1 to her record when leading at every call in Saturday's $500,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Randwick.

While connections celebrated an outstanding return to racing with the Victoria Derby winner Hitotsu in the $1,000,000 Australian Guineas at Flemington, it was back to the drawing board for Spring Champion Stakes hero Profondo who never looked happy in his Victorian debut.

Twelve months after living up to expectations with a Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) favourite, Matamata trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott went back-to-back with a very different kind of triumph at Ellerslie on Saturday.

On the eve of the Karaka Yearling Sale, Westbury Stud’s Reliable Man struck twice at Flemington.

With a dominant performance at Wingatui by a rising star of the South Island’s three-year-old ranks, Michael and Matthew Pitman have added some black-type glow to a highly successful family association.

Classy colt Sword Of State displayed all of his fighting qualities when he downed speedy mare Babylon Berlin to win the Gr.3 Haunui Farm King’s Plate (1200m) at Ellerslie, after the pair went head-to-head over the final 300m of the contest.

Lightly raced filly Bellatrix Black ($17.20) upset the applecart at Ellerslie on Saturday when she stepped up from a maiden victory at Tauranga at her last start to take out the Gr.3 McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m).

By the time Eduardo passed the 300m mark in Saturday’s $500,000 Group II Hyland Race Colours Challenge Stakes (1000m) at Randwick, the defending champion had gassed old foe Nature Strip. Still, one of the great shocks of racing loomed large as the $61 chance Shelby Sixtysix became a menacing presence.

The 2008 Golden Slipper was run on a heavy 10 track with victory going to Sebring, who may well sire the winner of this year’s Golden Slipper with his star Gary Portelli trained colt Sejardan confirming his credentials with a powerful win in the Group II ATC Todman Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The Mark Newnham-trained Seven Veils dented a few reputations when leading at every call in Saturday’s Group II Yarraman Park Reisling Stakes (1200m) and booking her ticket for the Golden Slipper.

A $1,150,000 Inglis Easter purchase, stunning Zoustar colt Millane made a winning debut on Saturday at Flemington when taking out the Listed VRC Children Foundation Stakes (1000m) to bring a timely update for his half-brother to be offered at Inglis Easter 2022.

Two-year-old debutant Turf War showed plenty of courage as he held off all challenges to register the first victory for his sire War Decree when taking out the opening event at Wingatui on Saturday.

Both worth $1million, the Group I VRC Australian Guineas (1600m) and ATC Randwick Guineas (1600m) have drawn top class fields with five Group I winners contesting these races along with a plethora of up and comers.

Here is the full list of 66 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

It only seems fitting that the first metropolitan winner for promising young stallion Pariah should carry the same colours as his sire with Latvian racing to a commanding win at Moonee Valley on Friday night for the James Harron Bloodstock Colts Partnership.

For the fourth year in a row, Australian Bloodstock and Kris Lees combined to capture the Group III Horsepower Newcastle Newmarket (1400m) when Wandabaa found conditions to suit for a richly deserved maiden stakes success.

With high-profile owners on both sides of the Tasman, much is expected of Pierro’s three-quarter brother Loch Eagle and judging on his four and a quarter length romp at Newcastle, he may be ready to deliver.

When I saw the naming of this winner it was always going to be worth a story, but given it’s a three year-old debut winner by Frosted (USA) trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace let’s make him a One to Watch!

Raising foals and raising children is what makes the world go round for this week’s candidate, who has found a fulfilling way of life that has led to a very successful business.

Bulls trainer Raymond Connors has posted the not for sale sign on promising juvenile Trav after the son of Almanzor closed too well for his rivals to score by a neck from Havarti in the Milton Park Stables 2YO (1200m) at Awapuni on Friday.

Waikato Stud’s seven leading vendor titles at Karaka since 2014 have been underpinned by relentless demand for the progeny of Savabeel, and the all-conquering sire’s remarkable run of racetrack results this season has the respected nursery confident of another big sale in 2022.

With Karaka 2022 sandwiched between two stellar days of racing at Ellerslie, Mark Chitty is set to be a very busy man over the next 10 days.

The traditional Golden Slipper lead-ups, the Group II Todman Stakes and Group II Reisling Stakes at Randwick, take centre stage on Saturday. However, with the big wet in Sydney, we will head south to Flemington for an intriguing VRC Foundation Plate (1000m), where over half of the ten runners have yet to face the starter.

Magic Millions is honoured to present a rare opportunity to invest in superstar racehorse Mo'unga as he prepares for an exciting career at stud.

Elite G1-winning mare and former darling of the turf Daysee Doom is among the latest confirmed entries for the 2022 Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

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

The big wet in Sydney did not stop a set of barrier trials going ahead at Randwick this morning on the polytrack with six heats for juveniles that included a couple of interesting winners by Zoustar and Russian Revolution and a Karaka purchase for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

A Queensland winter campaign could be in store for promising juvenile Rudyard after his impressive debut victory in the MacMillan Accountants 2YO (1215m) at Arawa Park on Thursday.

Nick Fairweather and Nicole Brown are looking forward to offering their sixth draft at Karaka next week under their Carlaw Park banner.

As well as representing famous female families that have produced multiple generations of black-type stars, Pencarrow Stud’s draft for Karaka 2022 has also received a series of recent boosts with notable pedigree updates over the last few weeks.

Windsor Park Stud are proud to have bred, reared or sold 49 Group I winners and over 160 stakes winners that include the 2022 Karaka Million winner Dynastic, so what better place to begin your quest to bring home a champion from the Karaka Yearling Sales in New Zealand next week.

A group of outstanding international performers were lost from New Zealand’s stallion ranks two seasons ago, and Karaka 2022 will present a precious final opportunity for buyers to access yearlings from their very last crops.

The New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series has a new leader for the first time since December, but Saturday’s $90,000 Group Three McKee Family Sunline Vase (2100m) at Ellerslie gives the former front-runner an immediate right of reply.

Adrian Stanley has never had cause to regret his decision to leave his home province of Taranaki to pursue his dream of establishing a thoroughbred farm in the Waikato.

At the start of a new yearling sale season all freshman sires begin on an equal footing, but as each sale passes and commercial judgement is delivered on their offspring, some will rise from the pack to make a positive statement.

As we move through the autumn carnivals our leading sire lists are going to chop and change so we thought it was a good time to take a look at the various distance sire tables and the division leaders.