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.

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

The Newgate roster for 2022 has an important new addition with news Group I winning sprinter Wild Ruler has been retired after finishing unplaced in the Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate last Saturday.

The Jamie Richards-trained Self Obsession cemented her place at the top of the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) market with yet another game victory when landing the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on Wednesday.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale this week provided encouraging results for a number of first season sires with Lean Mean Machine repeating his success at Inglis Classic where he led the first season sire averages for three or more sold.

Noverre, a Group 1-winning son of Savabeel, will join his sire on the 2022 Waikato Stud stallion roster. 

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has his third Group I winner with quality mare Mizzy now the winner of the 2021 ATC Canterbury Stakes following the disqualification of the winner Savatiano.

Richard and Michael Freedman are no strangers to success with the Extreme Choice breeding having won the Golden Slipper last year with Stay Inside and $1million in prizemoney with another of his Group winning sons in Tiger of Malay with their impressive debut winner by the Newgate sire on Tuesday well worth further investigation.

It’s official – the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale of 2022 has been the best ever.

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

The Premier Sale was another 2022 record breaker and Marie McEwan rounded out the final day with some of the big names.

Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison is counting down the days to the start of New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale next week.

The Australian Studbook have today released official covering statistics for the 2021 breeding season with 34 stallions covering books of 150 mares or more and seven of those covering 200 plus, so who where these super busy guys?

Australian Studbook have today released official covering statistics for the 2021 breeding season and it’s always interesting to see what the market made of the most expensive sires in the land.

The Group III Mannerism Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday was won in style by progressive mare Flying Mascot, who highlighted a nick we have come to associate with Karaka.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings has been asked to attend a Racing NSW stewards inquiry on Tuesday after it was revealed Savatiano returned a positive swab following her Group 1 Canterbury Stakes win last year in which she defeated Zoustar mare Mizzy by a short half head.

The Premier Sale has continued at pace with another day where buyers and sellers were buoyant and Maree McEwan spoke to some of them.

The third-highest priced horse ever sold at Oaklands was the star attraction on another stunning day of trade as the 2022 Premier Sale continued its surge.

Kiwi import Bellman got off the mark in fine style when winning a 1400m maiden on debut at Hamilton by an effortless four lengths for trainer Lindsey Smith.

Casey Lock was questioning her father’s (trainer Peter Lock) sanity when he outlaid $2,000 for a two-year-old filly at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2019 May Sale, but now she is hailing him a genius.

Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Grant Cullen are hoping to snare top honours in the Gr.2 Little Avondale Lowland Stakes (2100m) at their home track on Wednesday with Love Letter.

Two very interesting million dollar debutants are entered for two of the major Golden Slipper lead ups at Randwick on Saturday along with the current favourite ad second favourite.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week including the return of a $2.1million baby today, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Blue blood Group I winning Deep Impact colt Profondo continued his preparation towards an autumn campaign with a good tough trial win at Warwick Farm on Monday morning.

Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will be represented by a trio of Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) contenders at Ellerslie this weekend with White Noise given the nod as their top seed.

For the second consecutive year, the A$750,000 Group One Lamaro’s Hotel Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield has produced an outstanding result for New Zealand Bloodstock and the kiwi thoroughbred industry.

For Team Hawkes, it was the simplest of decisions - When a Victorian farm has bred and sold horses such as All Too Hard, Ole Kirk and Masked Crusader to you that have gone onto G1 glory, buying off them again is smart play.

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

The Williams family have decided that it is now time to commit to market Macedon Lodge, which has been fastidiously developed under their stewardship over several decades.

No surprise to anybody that the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale kicked off very strongly on Day One and Maree McEwan got talking to vendors and buyers.

Corumbene Stud’s George Altomonte took home the Exceed And Excel x Bahia colt when bidding fell short of his $950,000 reserve at the 2020 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Although he is unlikely to make Godolphin's top ten, Cascadian (GB) has been a magnificent servant for the global superpower, contributing $3,886,075 to the coffers.

While many people around the country were easing into a pleasant Sunday morning with coffee and some quiet contemplation on the week that was, Te Akau Racing boss David Ellis was hard at work putting the finishing touches on his preparation for the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales which commence at Karaka on March 7.

The most expensive yearling by Zoustar sold in 2021 when selling for $1.25million, this well named colt scored a scintillating debut win on Sunday at Ballarat.

Don’t miss the extended 90-minute 2022 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale Preview this Monday night at 8.30pm AEDT on Sky Thoroughbred Central (Foxtel ch 528)

A pair of talented Inglis-offered 3YOs announced themselves as key carnival contenders at Caulfield today with strong wins ahead of future big-race targets.

There were six Group 1 races contested in Australasia on Saturday producing some interesting winners, two with a double cross of Danehill, two line bred to the legendary Eight Carat and one with a Kiwi suffix that’s very much an Aussie bred.

Smart Kiwi stayer Defibrillate was back in winning form when successful in the Listed Mornington Cup Prelude (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday for trainer Patrick Payne.

Here is the full list of 93 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Verry Elleegant has been blessed with that indeterminable something has served her well with an amazing ability to find a bit extra when it matters most. It has carried her to eleven Group 1 wins, the latest coming with a typically brave performance when defending her title in the $600,000 Tab Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick (1600m) on Saturday.

For fans of undefeated I Am Invincible mare Marabi, the Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday vindicated what all of us had been thinking for some time and that was that she was a serious Group I class sprinter.

The Group I ATC Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday was billed as a match race between the boom Chris Waller trained fillies Espiona and Fangirl, but at the winning post it was their stablemate Hinged that won the day to become the first Group I winner for her sire Worthy Cause.

The economy of Turkey has been struggling in recent years, but there will be something to celebrate tonight, with the Epaulette colt Daumier providing a third Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes in four years for Anthony and Sam Freedman.

Sierra Sue has doubled her Group One tally with a strong win in the Gr.1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

When she's good, she is very good, and the All Too Hard mare Forbidden Love was at the top of her game in Saturday's Group II Guy Walter Proven Thoroughbreds Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Classy juvenile filly Maven Belle made it three wins from three starts when she swept to a clearcut victory in the feature race at Matamata on Saturday, the Gr.2 J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).

Underrated stayer Langkawi came off the ballot and into the winners’ enclosure at Matamata on Saturday when he produced a determined finish to claim the Listed Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (2000m).

Tim Clark was happy to stick to the fence on hot favourite Ellsberg, who railed like a greyhound when capturing Saturday’s Group III Cellarbrations Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick with a minimum of fuss.

Consistent performer Mascarpone capped a frustrating run of five consecutive placings to claim his first victory at the highest level when he took out the Gr.1 El Cheapo Cars WFA Classic (1600m) at Otaki bringing a big pedigree update for his half-sister to be offered at Karaka Book 1.

Bred and sold by Newhaven Park, Xtravagant filly Lavish Girl was too strong for blue-blood fillies Argentia (Frankel) and Yearning (Snitzel) at Caulfield on Saturday when taking out the Group II MRC Angus Armanasco Stakes (1400m) to become the third stakes-winner for her promising young sire.

A soft winner over 900m on a slow track at Newcastle on February 12, the David Atkins-trained Promitto took the quantum leap to stakes company in his stride when he found conditions to suit in the Group II Elite Sand and Soil Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Four-year-old Tavistock mare Flying Mascot added a second Group Three victory to her burgeoning CV when landing the Mannerism Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

The famed Joie Denise family delivered another Group winner for John Singleton at Caulfield on Saturday when Snitzel gelding Castlereagh Kid carried his colours to victory in the Group II MRC Autumn Classic (1800m).

Laurel Oak Bloodstock's Rebel Dane filly Fireburn revelled in the bottomless conditions in Saturday's Group III Furphy Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) at Randwick to book her ticket for the Golden Slipper and become the first stakes-winner for So You Think as a broodmare sire..

Fourth in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes on this day in 2020, Finance Tycoon was transferred to Danny O’Brien after winning the $1million The Showdown last April, but a wind operation has restricted the son of Written Tycoon to three starts in six months.

Local runner Alabama Gold broke his maiden status in emphatic fashion when he led from go to whoa to take out the Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) at Matamata on Saturday.

2017 Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling (IRE) has found a home at stud and will stand at William Fox’s Kenmare Castle Stud in Ireland this year as a National Hunt sire.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Godolphin don’t buy many yearlings at the sales, but a Fastnet Rock filly they snapped up from the Cressfield draft at Magic Millions in 2020 for $600,000 gave them a big result when winning the Group III MVRC Typhoon Tracy Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

Annabel Neasham is enjoying a hot run with her two year-olds and got the cash at Canberra on Friday when flashy Deep Field colt Sweet Ride captured the $40,000 Black Opal Preview (1000m).

Things are flat out at Oaklands Junction for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale inspections and Maree McEwan has been out speaking to some of the major players.

Despite not beating a runner home in the Breeders’ Plate and Pierro Plate, the John Thompson-trained Snitzel colt Nipotino relished a heavy track and a drop in grade to open his winning account in a 2yo maiden over 1100m at Canterbury on Friday night.

A crushing blow for trainer Julius Sandhu and owner Paul Lofitis with the well-fancied Lofty Strike withdrawn from the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes and another missed opportunity for Snitzel to close the gap on a rampaging I Am Invincible in the race for the champion stallion.

The in-form Stephen Marsh stable ventures to Matamata on Saturday with six strong runners, including a two-pronged attack in the Gr.3 Fairview Matamata Slipper (1200m) headed by favourite Andalus ($2.70) and debutant Night Raider ($26).

A boy from Wagga whose love of thoroughbreds came initially from trying to turn a coin into a note at the races is enjoying life in one of the most coveted media jobs in bloodstock.

With Per Incanto flying high on three sires’ premierships and young associate shuttle stallion Time Test on the board from his first domestic crop, the good times are continuing to roll for Little Avondale Stud.

Those impressed with So You See’s eye-catching debut win at Pakenham on Thursday will have the opportunity to buy her three-quarter brother at Karaka in just over a week’s time.

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

Heavily backed off a luckless second on debut, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained filly Denied earned a start in the Group II VRC Sires' Produce Stakes when breaking her maiden at Pakenham on Thursday.

The Group I ATC Surround Stakes will be run at Randwick this Saturday and the winner of that race in 2018 was top class filly Shoals, whose full sister cast off maiden status with an impressive win at Kilmore on Thursday.

The red hot 2022 sales season has arrived in Melbourne for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale and Maree McEwan has stepped out for the first time to talk to some of the players.

It has been a good few days for promising Windsor Park Stud stallion Turn Me Loose, whose three-year-old daughters Helluvah Return and Mazzini both broke maiden ranks at Wanganui on Thursday.

There was no better bred horse in the juvenile maiden at Newcastle on Thursday than this Snitzel colt, who duly saluted on his way to bigger and better things adding some serious value to his full sister that will be offered at Inglis Easter.

Entries for the Southern Hemisphere's leading breeding stock sale, the Magic Millions Gold Coast National, are now open.

Making her first appearance since finishing a troubled seventh on debut at Geelong last September, Yulong Stud’s Frankel filly My Whisper left six opponents without an excuse in a 3yo fillies maiden over 1200m at Kilmore on Thursday.

Owned and operated By Peter Buckley and Leeanne Smith, Greta West based Bucklee Farm will present a draft of 14 at Inglis Premier that includes a Deep Field colt with loads of upside and a Magnus colt that has runner written all over him.

The most represented first season sire at Inglis Premier starting this Sunday is Yulong based Grunt (NZ), so if you’ve been impressed with the stock of this dual Group I winning son of O’Reilly at earlier sales then you need to hot foot it to Oaklands where 27 will be offered for sale.

Valachi Downs stallion Savile Row made the perfect start to his career as a sire when his daughter Perfectly Suited scored on debut at Wanganui on Thursday.

New Zealand’s biggest yearling sale is set to be boosted by some leading ex-pats returning home to purchase at Karaka.

Levante has established herself as New Zealand’s pre-eminent sprinter this season and will now be given the opportunity to star in one of Australia’s premier short course events.

Karaka 2022 will be more of the same but with a distinctive twist for highly respected horsewoman Kerrie Cox.

At this time of year there is great interest in the progeny of first season sires stepping out at the trials so Breednet are tracking them and our report for this week features 10 stallions with unraced trial winners in the pipeline and one that hasn’t had a trial winner, but has had six to trial this month that have all run well.

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

Inglis Digital has hit a new milestone with over $11 million grossed in the first two months of the calendar year, $1.8 million more than the same period in 2021.

The 2022 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale continued to break records across the board today as the Book Two auction brought down the curtain on a historic two days of selling.

It was a case of third time’s a charm for Miss Ella when she was a convincing winner of the Listed Grangewilliam Stud “Derryn” Oaks Prelude (1600m) at Pukekohe on Wednesday.

The well-travelled Lim's Cruiser stuck his nose out where it mattered most in a thrilling finish to Wednesday’s Listed Steve's Liquor Mowbray Stakes (1600m) at Launceston.

Benefitting from a picture-perfect Harry Coffey ride, the admirably consistent Glass Harmonium (IRE) gelding Aurora's Symphony scored a dominant win in Wednesday’s $250,000 Group III Launceston Cup (2400m).

Sporting the same colours carried to victory by Still A Star last year, the Bill Ryan-trained Take The Sit powered to a maiden stakes success in the Group III Armidale Stud Vamos Stakes (1400m) at Launceston.

Daniel Brash and his team at Murchison based Collingrove Stud will be run off their feet with a crackerjack draft of 28 yearlings to be offered at Inglis Premier that includes the progeny of many of Victoria’s leading sires including three by Toronado (IRE).

Two Bays Farm are offering a sensational draft of 10 yearlings – six on behalf of Makybe - at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale and are in the midst of a purple patch of form for past sales gradates that include Sunday’s Listed Tasmanian Oaks winner Bundle of Fun.

Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC) is excited to announce that an exhibition pony race will open the card on a big day of racing at Murray Bridge Race Club Gifford Hill track, which features the richest juvenile race in South Australia, the Magic Millions SA 2YO Classic on Saturday 5 March 2022.

From the nutrient-rich soils and temperate climates of an upbringing in New Zealand, to the Karaka sale ring and then on to the racetrack – it’s a simple formula, but one that has paved the way to triumph in some of racing’s greatest prizes across Australasia, Asia and even further afield.

A colt by Playing God topped proceedings while records were smashed across a sensational first day to the 2022 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale.

The Kembla meeting on Tuesday produced a couple of very interesting, lightly raced Kiwi bred fillies that both won nicely and are both entered for the Group I ATC Australian Oaks on April 9.

The final field was declared for Australia’s first two-year-old Group 1 of the year on Tuesday with 16 acceptors for the MRC Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.