Fresh of her heroics in the $1million Magic Millions Fillies and Mares race at the Gold Coast, late blooming Choisir mare Snapdancer turned a competitive looking Group III Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick into a two and three-quarter lengths romp.

At age six, So You Think flagbearer Think it Over is at the height of his strength and power which was demonstrated to great effect at Randwick on Saturday when he blitzed a quality field in the Group II ATC Apollo Stakes (1400m).

Punters that took the short odd on Probabeel went straight to the bar after the star New Zealander found a way to win Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield.

Ocean Park’s outstanding daughter Tofane was scheduled to be sold at the National Broodmare Sale last year, before the decision was made to give her one more season on the track.

 Chris Waller has an embarrassment of riches in the 3yo filly ranks and it was no surprise to see his Sebring filly Fangirl and the much-vaunted Extreme Choice filly Espiona fighting out the finish of the Group II Light Fingers Stakes.

Talented colt Marine One has been a work in progress for much of his career to date with one step forward and one step back, but he took a giant leap on Saturday at Caulfield when winning the Group II MRC Rubiton Stakes (1100m) over a select field of sprinters.

Lost And Running banked more than $2million with just a Listed win to his name, but the son of Per Incanto has few peers in the sprinting ranks and is out to prove it following his win in Saturday’s Group III Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Despite the limited crowd on course due to COVID protocols, there were still plenty of joyous scenes in the Te Rapa grandstand as the connections of outstanding racemare Levante celebrated her second consecutive Group One win with victory in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m).

The Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday drew a big field of two year old fillies with Sydney visitor Revolutionary Miss stamping her superiority to become the first stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Russian Revolution.

Unquestionably one of the most valuable fillies in the nation, the Frankel filly Argentia emerged from an injury enforced lay off to stage a thrilling last to first performance in Saturday’s Group III Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Giant filly Self Obsession showed she has a heart to match her imposing frame when she triumphed in a torrid finish to the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa.

An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa.

Julius Sandhu will head to Caulfield in a fortnights time with a chance of a maiden Group 1 after his blueblood colt Lofty Strike made it two from two in the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g)  (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Placed in the Group I ATC Golden Rose and Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes during the spring, Fastnet Rock gelding Coastwatch launched his autumn campaign with a first up victory in the Group II MRC Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $150,000 ATC Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday did not carry Black Type, but it did feature an interesting mix of first starters and up and comers with I Am Invincible filly Mumbai Jewel charging over the top to score a thrilling win.

Race favourite Maven Belle showed she has a touch of class about her as she eased clear in the final 100m to take out the Gr.3 Platinum Homes 2YO Classic (1200m) at Te Rapa.

There were a couple of very impressive three year-old winners at Moonee Valley last night that will be aiming up at stakes races in coming weeks.

Scoring a stylish win at Fairview in South Africa on Friday was five year-old Stratum mare Freedom Seeker, an $80,000 Inglis Premier purchase for World Wide Bloodstock  from the draft off Grenville Stud.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes winner Profundo was the top lot at Magic Millions 2020, but the second highest priced offering was an Exceed and Excel colt that sold for $1.8million and he saluted on debut as a gelding at Moonee Valley on Friday night as Plagiarized.

Tony and Calvin McEvoy thought outside the square to send talented Zoustar mare Zoushine to Tasmania for her first run back from a spell in the $150,000 Group III Bow Mistress Stakes (1200m) and were well rewarded when she scored a half length win.

Required to travel three-wide the trip, Tasmanian Magic Millions graduate The Nephew kept finding under pressure for a courageous victory in Friday’s $150,000 Listed Schweppes Tasmanian Derby (2200m) at Hobart.

The Adam Trinder trained filly Miss Charlie Brown chose the right time to return to form when opening her stakes account in the Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m) at Hobart on Friday.

There is something for everyone on Saturday with the proven WFA stars doing battle in the CF Orr Stakes and Apollo Stakes, an array of top-class 3yo fillies in the Triscay Stakes and Kevin Hayes Stakes, while the babies face off in the divisions of the Blue Diamond Prelude.

A son of Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB), Hypnos’ victory in the Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (2000m) at Awapuni on Friday proved to be a sentimental one for co-trainer Roger James.

Based in Melbourne, this horse loving girl from Kalgoorlie has become a familiar face at Australian yearling sales and has a key role in the social media of Breednet.

Entries for Inglis’ 2022 Breeding Stock Sales Series – which saw significant growth across all renewals last year – are now open.

While browsing the index of sires represented among the catalogues for Karaka 2022, some will be drawn to the proven stars, while others zero in on the exciting first-season stallions about to make their debuts. But in between those two categories lies an outstanding range of emerging sire talent, with progeny starting to make their mark on racetracks and with the promise of a whole lot more to co

Two of the top three fillies on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table are set to clash in Saturday’s eighth leg, and both come from a stable inextricably linked to this Te Rapa feature.

Highview resident Wrote (IRE) has penned a timely new chapter in his fledgling stallion career with a first success in Australia.

The Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) last month featured just five runners, but the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) on Saturday looks a lot more competitive with six winning colts engaged in the field of nine - is there a future stallion in the mix?

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The dust has settled after a record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale where the median price soared by 25% to $100,000, so we’re taking a look at the performance of first season sires with a surprise name at the top of the list.

Taranaki mare Sinarahma showed her brilliance when capturing the Listed Property Brokers Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Hastings on Thursday.

After a fading fourth on a heavy track at Canberra when on debut, the Nick Olive-trained Nalabelle made no mistake at her second, cruising to an 8-length win over 1000m at Wagga on Thursday to credit Arrowfield Stud’s Pariah with his first winner.

There were five heats for two year-olds run at Rosehill on Thursday morning with all winners being second acceptors for the Golden Slipper and including an impressive winner for Merchant Navy, plus three that sold as yearlings for $1million or more.

Due to heavy rain earlier in the week there have been some amendments to the Auckland & Waikato Karaka 2022 Yearling Inspection Tour hosted by bloodstock agent Stuart Hale, including an additional half-day to be conducted on Saturday, while Windsor Park Stud have been added to Friday’s schedule.

Pencarrow Stud and its instantly recognisable ‘V in a box’ brand have become synonymous with quality bloodstock, and its latest crop of blue-blooded yearlings will be offered exclusively at Karaka 2022 in March.

A return to his favourite track, a proven ability to mix it at the top level and an impressive lead-up trial all point to another bold showing from quality Shooting to Win sprinter Mascarpone on Saturday.

Stakes-winning galloper Equation (Press Statement) will be aimed at the lucrative Sydney Autumn and Brisbane Winter carnivals after being purchased by Annabel Neasham and Brian McGuire for $205,000 in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Auction.

Toby and Trent Edmonds unleashed an impressive debut winner at Ipswich on Wednesday by Flying Artie.

Champion trainer Peter Moody saddled two short priced favourites by I Am Invincible at Sandown on Wednesday and both three year-olds saluted in style with Black Type goals on the horizon.

The auction that gives buyers more incentives than any other, the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, is set to deliver more stars for the future with today's online release of a first class catalogue.

Roots may not be at the top of the pecking order of three-year-old fillies in the Chris Waller stable, but there looks to be a stakes win in the not too distant future for the Press Statement filly. On Wednesday, she came with a barnstorming finish to down her elders over 1200m at Warwick Farm.

With his oldest European progeny just turned three, Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) gave the promise of better things to come here in Australia when posting his first Southern Hemisphere winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Racing NSW today announced a further $25 million annual increase in prizemoney, with total returns to owners and participants in NSW now over $336 million annually.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has appointed Bruce Sharrock as its next chief executive.

Group placed mare Short Fuse was a must have for Novara Park Stud principal Luigi Muollo when he saw her listed on gavelhouse.com, bidding to $92,500 to secure her.

The most successful Classic Sale in history ended this evening with multiple records smashed and a huge cross-section of participants on both sides of the industry ledger enjoying remarkable outcomes.

The final day of the record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a range of happy people for a range of reasons.

Nearly four years of challenges, toil and determination had their reward for Invercargill horsewoman Sally McKay when Palmetto won the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui last Saturday.

There were only two yearlings by champion sire to be offered at Inglis Classic and both fillies came up on the final day of trade with Ciaron Maher Bloodstock securing the well bred pair.

The money told the story in the Pipe Pro Directional Drilling 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Tuesday with the two well-backed debutants Do It La and Red Rapid fighting it out.

New Zealand has a reputation far greater than its small size when it comes to breeding quality racehorses, and Karaka 2022 allows buyers to access those outstanding bloodlines that have earned accolades throughout the thoroughbred world.

Leanach Lodge graduates have enjoyed widespread racing success, particularly the Karaka class of 2020 and this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Book 1 draft compares most favourably, according to principal Ross Mackay.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible is in hot pursuit of Nicconi to take over at the top of the Australian General Sires List and while his progeny are certainly not plentiful in Karaka Book 1, the two fillies that are catalogued are bred on nicks that have delivered proven success.

Craig Thompson has a golden touch breeding 2yo Stakes winners and he struck again with Sheeza Belter in the RL Magic Millions WA Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.

Despite getting drenched during an early morning yearling parade on Waitangi Day Monday, Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is struggling to take the smile off her face as she prepares for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka next month.

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

Mane Lodge front man Neil Osborne first sold at an Inglis Sale at Newmarket in 1979 - Fast forward 43 years and the 70-year-old today realised an achievement - “not a dream, because it wasn’t really anything I thought would ever realistically happen’’ .

The second session of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Monday proved a showcase for first season sires who provided three of the top four lots and as we head into the final day of Book 1 the first season sire standings look like this.

It wasn’t hard to find a happy person on Day Two of the Inglis Classic Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a few of those smiling.

Another day at Inglis Classic and another stellar colt by Extreme Choice ups the ante to set a new record for most expensive horse ever sold at this sale and also most expensive yearling by his Newgate Farm based sire.

Only three heats for two year-olds at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning with stakes-winner Ebhaar redeeming herself with a heat win following her Widden Stakes failure and an unraced filly bred to go fast and early caught our eye when she did exactly that.

Fan favourite Elephant is headed across the Tasman to kick off a new campaign that has him aimed at gaining a start in the A$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19.

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.

The favourite Sheeza Belter staged a memorable performance to come from near last for an unlikely victory in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 2yo Classic (RL) (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.

Day One of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is done so let’s hear from some of those involved in the buying and selling on a strong day both ways.

With 200m to run in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (RL) at Pinjarra on Sunday, there would be half a dozen hard-luck stories, none more so than the Rommel filly Pixie Chix who was blocked for a run and bounced around like a pinball.

Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible produced an eye-catching debut two year-old winner at Bendigo on Sunday.

Short priced favourite Bello Beau kept his record at a perfect three for three when leading every step of the way in Sunday’s $150,000 Listed Alfa Gold Sovereign (1200m) at Launceston.

Talented American Pharoah (USA) mare Merneithmade it back to back wins in the $200,000 Group II Santa Monica Stakes (7f) at Santa Anita on Saturday.

A stakes-winner at two, talented Pride of Dubai four year-old Fancy Man looks set for further success in 2022 after returning to win the Listed Winter Derby Trial (10f) at Lingfield on Saturday.

Sitting in their kitchen on a damp Sunday afternoon, putting together promotional videos for the eleven members of their 2022 New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale draft at Karaka in March, Inglewood Stud owners Gus and Bianca Wigley are hard at work.

Impressive three-year-old filly La Crique has had her immediate future confirmed as she gets set to tackle the boys at Ellerslie in both the Gr.2 AJC Avondale Guineas (2100m) followed by the Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m).

Extreme Choice has been a hot commodity at the sales this year and he put the spark into the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Sunday when his colt from Murtle Turtle sold for $775,000 to James Harron Bloodstock.

Born in Darwin and raised in WA, Sydney is now home for this hands on horse girl that has made a career in racing photography and social media.

Ambergate Farm had a couple of winning graduates on Saturday and Kevin Drew is proud to present three yearlings for sale at Riverside Stables for Inglis Classic on Monday and Tuesday.

The Blue Diamond or the Golden Slipper – that is the question facing trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy following the dominant win of their star filly Xtravagant Star (Xtravagant) in the $2m Inglis Millennium at Randwick.

Saturday got off to a disappointing start for Go Racing, but a six-year-old in the form of his life turned things around with a brilliant performance in the Gr. 3 White Robe Lodge (1600m) at Wingatui.

Underrated three-year-old Palmetto defied a betting drift to claim the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui with a swooping late run that carried him to a comfortable two length victory.

After more than three years as a star of the South Island’s country cups, under-rated stayer Kilowatt stepped up to stakes class for a career-best victory in Saturday’s Listed Alleviate Administration Dunedin Gold Cup (2400m) at Wingatui.

Here is the full list of 94 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Godolphin’s likeable Dawn Approach (IRE) colt Paulele loves Randwick where he is undefeated in five starts, the latest coming when leading at every call in Saturday’s Group III Petaluma Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m).

There was a flood of money for the striking Xtravagant filly Xtravagant Star in Saturday’s $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium (RL) at Randwick, and she did not disappoint

The unstoppable Jye McNeil made it four wins in a row when guiding the three-year-old Snitzel colt Generation to victory in Saturday’s Group III Ive Print Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Hollywood-handsome Capitalist colt Sebonack earned a spot in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes following a dominant win in the Group III Lamaro's Hotel Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

The International Racehorse Owners Network (IRON), headed by Muskoka Farm owner David Boehm, had its first big payday when the I Am Invincible filly Cythera made a winning career debut in Saturday's Listed Darley Lonhro Plate at Randwick.

Maree McEwan has been out and about talking to more of the major players at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale so let’s hear from some of them.

Stakes-winning gallopers and well-related broodmares in foal to some of the most in-demand stallions in the country headline another strong renewal of the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Here is the full list of 59 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A leading contender for Saturday’s $2,000,000 Inglis Millennium is a fourth-generation descendant of a mare with a legion of fans in the first decade of this century.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week including a couple of impressive youngsters by Shalaa, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Flying mare Marabi and star colt Artorius are a dream-team in anyone’s language but Greg Perry isn’t shouting the odds ahead of Melbourne’s feature sprints.

The build up to the Inglis Classic Sale continues strongly and Maree McEwan has spoken to some of the major players.

A few weeks ago we did a story on Breednet highlighting the fact that first two foals of Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me were about to take to the track and the first of them Waltz on By was fourth in the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Preview and the second raced tonight.

Yarraman Park’s exciting young sire Hellbent delivered his second winner at Pakenham on Thursday evening when Hell Hath No Fury broke the ice as a short priced favourite.

New Zealand currently boasts some of its most exciting young sire talent, and now another batch of well-credentialled newcomers are set for eagerly-anticipated debuts during Karaka 2022.

Last start Group winner Tiger Heart is headed to Sydney after selling for a record price of $650,000 in today's Magic Millions February Online Sale.