Possibly the most anticipated non-stakes of the season, the VRC Member Philip Jacobsen Hcp (1100m) for two-year-old fillies at Flemington featuring two bluebloods making their career debuts.

Easing favourite Usmanov went straight to the front in Saturday’s Listed Grinders Coffee Lightning Hcp (1000m) at Eagle Farm, and the strapping son of Choisir simply ran his opponents off their legs.

Given a positive ride by Craig Williams, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Volcanic Rock opened his stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Authentic Security The Phoenix (1500m) at Eagle Farm, which likely earned him a shot in next weeks $1million Group 1 JJ Atkins.

Coolmore have already enjoyed success at the highest level through the use of the late Deep Impact, notably through dual Group I winner Saxon Warrior (Jpn) and they have another superstar by the Japanese champion sire in Snowfall, who won the Group I Epsom Oaks (1m 4f) overnight by a staggering 16 lengths.

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

There were six heats for juveniles run at the Rosehill trials this morning and plenty of interesting winners, but none more so than a baldy faced filly by the sire that has everyone talking in Extreme Choice.

Some of the best breeding stock ever to be offered anywhere in the world on an online sale highlights a stunning catalogue for the Inglis Digital June (Early) auction.

Eureka Stud’s gun sire Spirit of Boom passed a milestone on Friday siring his 100th winner of the season becoming the 13th stallion to achieve the feat.

This week’s Bloodstockauction catalogue offers a great opportunity to secure a successful son of champion sire SNITZEL.

Created to give off the track thoroughbreds a performance pathway away from the race track, the Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association has now issued over 900 competition licences and will hold classes at more than 60 shows in NSW, Queensland and South Australia this year, but the best is still to come!

Promising juvenile Verbek has made quite the impression on trainers Luke and Robert Price.

If you’ve just bought a mare at the recent sales, you’ll now be pondering which stallion could be her perfect match, so we’re going to look hard at the options in various price points in coming weeks offering facts and statistics that might bring clarity for the undecided.

Galileo’s champion son Highland Reel (IRE) has been a popular shuttler to Swettenham Stud in Victoria for the past three season covering over 400 mares and he posted his first Northern Hemisphere winner overnight in the UK with Highland Premiere saluting.

Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Despite the stakes action centring around Group 1 Queensland Oaks day at Eagle Farm on Saturday, a two-year-old fillies race at Flemington is, understandably, generating enormous interest.

Stakes performed galloper Phaistos was the highest seller on the final day of a record breaking National Sale on the Gold Coast today.

Thoroughbreds Breeders’ NSW is saddened to learn of the death of Barador Stud’s founder Jim Bartholomew at the age of 87, a Life Member of the Association and former President.

West Australians are awake up to promising young sire I’m All the Talk, who had a stylish two year-old winner at Wyong on Thursday in Walkin’talkin’, who is prepared by his former trainer Gary Portelli.

If you’ve just bought a mare at the recent sales, you’ll now be pondering which stallion could be her perfect match, so we’re going to look hard at the options in various price points in coming days and weeks offering facts and statistics that might bring clarity for the undecided.

Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) is on the board with his first winner after promising colt Il Grande Gatsby saluted at Rome in Italy.

For seasonal breeders such as the horse, the lengthening days of spring have long been associated with increased fertility, enhanced performance, improved coat condition and better health and well-being.

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The third last lot in the ring, a filly bred and offered for sale by Melbourne Cup winning jockey Scott Seamer, proved the day's top seller on Day Two at the 2021 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale on the Gold Coast late this afternoon.

Still, in his first preparation, the David Vandyke-trained Orbisyn was quoted a $34 chance for the TAB Everest after keeping his record at a perfect four for four over 1350m at Doomben on Wednesday.

The Annabel Neasham-trained Verne may have earned a trip to Brisbane for the Listed Oxlade Stakes at Eagle Farm on Stradbroke Handicap Day after the two-year-old son of Snitzel overcame a troubled run to break his maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Mick Price had the honour of training the first winner for his VRC Derby hero Tarzino when Jungle Magnate made a winning career debut over 1400m at Sandown-Hillside on Wednesday.

A trio of expensive yearling purchases searching for their first win did battle over 1400m in the opening event at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The Inglis Digital June (Early) Online Sale catalogue is shaping as “the best ever’’ in terms of breeding stock, with several high-profile entries already confirmed.

A colt by champion sire Snitzel topped Day One of the 2021 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale when selling for $500,000 at the Gold Coast today.

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

Given the evolving Covid situation in Victoria, the Great Southern Sale will be pushed back three weeks to the new dates of Sunday July 4 and Monday July 5 at Oaklands.

There are only two yearlings by Newgate Farm’s red hot sire Extreme Choice entered for the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale and the first of them sold on Tuesday with Bowness Stud enjoying a great result with their filly from She Brings Hope, a mare they purchased for just $2,500 at the 2018 Inglis Great Southern Sale.

21-year-old New Zealander Charlie King has gained a place on the prestigious Godolphin Flying Start, a two-year Thoroughbred Industry Management and Leadership Programme, which commences in Ireland in August.

Promising juvenile Tutukaka will be out to break maiden ranks when he contests the Listed The Phoenix (1500m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

The very last yearling by Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Redoute’s Choice was offered for sale this morning at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale and will have every opportunity to succeed having been snapped up by Waller Racing/ Mulcaster Bloodstock for $210,000.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week with Not A Single Doubt suggesting he’ll go out with a bang, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

The difference between the price a horse makes as a yearling and then 12 months on when he’s found to be a limited racehorse was highlighted by an interesting winner at Port Macquarie on Monday.

John Messara AM was today unanimously appointed by the Directors of Racing Australia as an Independent Director and elected as Chair of Racing Australia, replacing Greg Nichols whose term as Chair concluded in April 2021.

Widden Stud Victoria, in collaboration with renowned horseman Matt Upton, are delighted to introduce our complete pre-training and spelling facility, available to both home and offsite clients.

The three day Magic Millions National Yearling Sale begins on Tuesday at the Gold Coast featuring a large and diverse catalogue that includes several siblings to recent stakes-winners that have come along this year, so let’s take a look at them.

A heart-stopping win by Kukeracha (NZ) (Night of Thunder) in Saturday’s A$600,000 Group One Moet & Chandon Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm completed an incredible clean sweep of all six Derby races in Australia this season by three-year-olds sourced in New Zealand.

Kiwi bred four year-old Sky Darci was last seen winning the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin back in March and he returned to that venue on Sunday to win the Group III Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m).

Here is the full list of 70 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The winning run of Efforia (JPN) has come to an end after he was nosed out by Shahryar (JPN) in a pulsating finish to the Tokyo Yushun (2400m) (Japanese Derby) at Tokyo racecourse on Sunday.

With five winners around Australia on Saturday, Widden Stud Victoria’s Nicconi quietly passed the milestone of 100 winners for the season over the weekend and mong those winners was the talented Gary Portelli trained filly Nicci’s Fling.

Red hot young sire Extreme Choice shot back to the top of the leading 2YO sires list on the weekend thanks to exciting colt Tiger of Malay, but with less than 30 living yearlings in his second crop, time is fast running out to buy one this year.

It was a case of pure elation for Dr Chris Phillips at Eagle Farm on Saturday as the respected equine veterinarian watched on as three-year-old Kukeracha, a horse he bred, triumphed in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m).

Talented Easter 2YO Tiger Of Malay (Extreme Choice) firmed from $21 into $7 with TAB for the G1 JJ Atkins in a fortnight following a strong win in the $1m G2 BRC Sires Produce Stakes at Eagle Farm.

Here is the full list of 125 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Torryburn Stud are nearly at the end of a long and very successful sales season with a small draft of four for the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale this week that includes a cracking I Am Invincible colt that should have been sold earlier this year if things had gone to plan.

 A trio of 4yo Godolphin stalwarts that have won $5million between them tackled Saturday's Listed Magic Millions Helen Coughlan Stakes (1200m) for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm. It was the expensive purchase Exhilarates that came up trumps.

Spirit of Boom is fast closing in on 100 winners for the season and went close to siring his first Group I winner on Saturday when Jonker beat all bar Vega One in the BRC Kingsford Smith Cup, so the Edinburgh Park draft featuring two of his yearlings to be offered at the Magic Millions National Sale next Tuesday will be a must inspect.

Last with just 200 metres left to run, Jamie Kah threaded the needle on Vega One (Lope De Vega) to snatch an unbelievable win in Saturday’s $700,000 Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm.

With seven of the 18 runners in Saturday’s $600,000 Group 1 Moet and Chandon Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm, supporters of the Chris Waller stable were spoiled for choice.

The Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday carried a whopping $1million in prizemoney with the winner Tiger of Malay becoming the third stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s Extreme Choice, who has now moved back to the top of the Australian 2YO Sires List by earnings.

Strapping two-year-old Atullibigeal gained revenge on his last start conqueror when he strode clear in the closing stages to take out the Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie.

After 15 starts and over two years out of the winners stall, the 4yo Snitzel gelding reloaded made it two wins on the bounce with a dominant performance in Saturday’s Group III Lord Mayors Cup (1800m) at Eagle Farm.

The Desleigh Forster-trained Apache Chase is off to the Stradbroke after lowering the boom on Ayrton in Saturday’s $250,000 Group III Fred Best Classic (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

A number of mares from this week’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale have been killed in a float accident at Jerry’s Plains this morning.

Made a Breednet ‘One To Watch’ following a successful career debut at Wyong on May 13, Fastnet Rock gelding Park Avenue made it two for two with a fast-finishing win over 1100m at Randwick on Saturday.

Perennial French Champion sire and current third in the European standings, Siyouni will be made available at the Haras de Bonneval during 2021, to cover mares to Southern Hemisphere time at a fee of €100,000.

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

Newgate young gun Flying Artie has enjoyed a memorable first season with his debut crop of two year old runners and produced an eye-catching winner at Goulburn on Friday when Flying Tyrol zoomed home from a clear last to finish first!

Star Turn has another promising type in the John Sargent-trained My Snow Queen, who opened her winning account with a three and a quarter length romp in an all-aged fillies and mares maiden over 1300m at Goulburn on Friday.

Selling Sunset was off the mark at her third start in a 2yo maiden over 1200m at Casino on Friday to chalk up the fifth winner for Aquis Farm’s Divine Prophet.

A million dollar yearling from a million dollar mare caught the eye at Goulburn on Friday when breaking the ice.

Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are poised for further late-season juvenile success as they take a dual-pronged attack on Saturday’s Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie with Mustang Valley and Samarkand.

With two $1million races for the two-year-olds, Saturday's Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm and the Group 1 JJ Atkins (1600m) on the same track a fortnight later, there is still plenty to play for in the race for Champion First Season Sire and Champion 2yo Sire.

A busy set of trials at Randwick on Friday morning included seven won by juveniles including a Not a Single Doubt colt that has now had two trials for two wins.

The record breaking Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale highlighted the demand for mares in foal to Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible with the two highest priced mares on the final day of trade on Thursday both selling in foal to him.

The 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale rounded out a remarkable three day's trade on the Gold Coast today with records being smashed across the board.

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

Newgate Farm enjoyed another seven figure result at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Thursday selling Diddles for $1million having purchased her just last year from the Inglis Chairman’s Sale for $300,000 from Strawberry Hill Stud.

A $675,000 investment at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale last year for Newgate Farm on Group I winning mare Volpe Veloce paid big dividends at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Thursday when the daughter of Foxwedge sold for $1.9million.

Neville Murdoch and his team at Larneuk Stud had a bit to celebrate this week having bred and raced two smart lightly raced winners at Sandown on Wednesday.

Kitchwin Hills are pleased to announce brilliant Group I placed sprinter Graff will join the roster in 2021.

A trainer-owner combination in its infancy will look to continue a roaring start when Lady Maroal contests the Listed Mainland Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.

A half-century of devotion to the thoroughbred industry, and to one family, has earned Gary Fennessy of Lindsay Park the supreme accolade in the 2021 Australian Stud and Stable Staff Awards (SSSA).

The Australian Derby winner Levendi (Pierro) will stand as a stallion in Tasmania after topping tonight’s Inglis Digital May (Late) Online Auction, selling to McShane Bank for $365,000.

Former outstanding sprinter Quilista topped the second day of the 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast today when selling for $1 million.

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A third behind the subsequent dual Group 1 runner-up, Hilal, when making her career debut back in February, proved sound enough form for the Star Thoroughbred colour-bearer Divina to breakthrough over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Golden Slipper winning sire Vancouver was represented by an impressive debut juvenile winner at Canterbury on Wednesday in Cape Breton and followed up to win the next race with talented filly Canadian Spice, both horses prepared by champion trainer Chris Waller.

Glen Eden Stud’s Rebel Dane is making a statement for breeders to pay him closer attention after Lloyd’s Crown opened his winning account at Sandown before Rebel Shadow made a promising career debut when second at Canterbury.  

Victorians created fireworks on day one of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, which was on target to be the strongest broodmare sale on record when they spent more than $35,747,500 or over 52% of the total spend.

Of the Top 10 stallions on the Australian general sires list by earnings, eight were active last season, so we thought we’d take a look and see just how many Group I winners and producers were covered by the stallions actually out there doing the best job in delivering winners and importantly stakes-winners for their supporters.

Records were smashed across the board on an incredible opening day to the 2021 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast today.

The big results keep coming at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with the Shadwell Dispersal producing a highlight in Group I SAJC Derby winner Qafila, who sold for $2million.

Eminent racing and breeding journalist, bloodstock agent, historian and renowned pedigree authority, Brian Russell, passed away peacefully in his family home at North Richmond on Saturday, 22nd May 2021, aged 90.

The million dollar mares keep coming at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale with Denman's Group III winning daughter  Humma Humma snapped up by Widden Stud for $1million.

Glorious grey Stratum mare Greysful Glamour has been a stalwart of the Mark Newnham stable since he started training and she certainly made a splash at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday when selling for $1.5million.

Melody Belle was not the only daughter of former outstanding sire Commands to sell for seven figures at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday with the Glenesk Thoroughbreds consigned Bella Vella knocked down for $1.9million to Rosemont Stud.

Opie Bosson knows the time is right for Melody Belle to stop racing. But it didn’t mean he wasn’t affected by it.

The first few hours of the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Tuesday produced some fireworks with New Zealand superstar and 14 time Group I winner Melody Belle selling for $2.6million, while quality Group II winner Mizzy fetched $2.2million.

Explosive Jack, the prince of Australian racing, will be looking to etch his name in the record books when he lines-up in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Standing in Australia for Coolmore this spring, outstanding sire Wootton Bassett (GB) featured overnight siring his fourth Group I winner when exciting filly Incarville charged home for victory in the Group I Prix Saint-Alary (1m2f) at Longchamp.

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

An unbeaten two year old and Group II winning three year old by So You Think, Peltzer has been retired to Twin Hills Stud for the 2021 breeding season and will stand at a fee of $16,500 inc GST.

For most of the week, Lucy Tanner helps look after wind turbines that help power Palmerston North.