Popular Port Macquarie trainer Neil Godbolt can’t believe his luck in having an American Pharoah (USA) in his stable with leggy gelding Buck Pharoah opening his account at his home track on Thursday.

A rare opportunity to participate in the world’s richest race on turf has arisen, with a slot in The Everest up for sale.

Four Group 1s evenly divided between Flemington and Randwick on Saturday with a massive twenty stakes races, including four intriguing events for the two-year-olds, but wait, there’s more.

The list of Australia’s busiest sires for 2020 highlights the trend away from Danehill line stallions with only five of the Top 20 being direct Danehill male line descendants and include none of the top six that covered 200 plus mares.

Talented three-year-old The Irishman made a winning start for new trainer Mark Newnham when successful over 1400m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman will have a rare afternoon off on Saturday, but his eyes will be firmly fixed on high-class three-year-old Aegon, who will start a warm favourite in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) in Sydney.

There were six heats for two year-olds at Rosehill on Thursday morning featuring winners for first season sires Capitalist and Tivaci with the fastest heat taken out by a well bred filly by Not a Single Doubt.

Currently leading the first season sires list and the overall two year-old sires list, Newgate Farm’s Capitalist added a seventh winner – six in Australia and on in NZ – to his tally at Launceston on Wednesday evening.

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

Fresh from achieving 100% clearance at Inglis Premier, the Mill Park team are ready for more sales action at the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale (March 9, 10) where they will present a top class draft of 12.

The Rich Enuff gelding Orbisyn looks to have a very bright future after making a winning career debut in very testing ground over 1100m at Doomben on Wednesday.

The Stephen Nickalls-trained Llanacord landed the Group II  Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings on Wednesday to provide the Rangiotu trainer, who part-owns the three-year-old filly, with his biggest moment in racing and young High Chaprral stallion Contributer (IRE) with his first stakes-winner.

Far from disgraced when sixth in the $500,000 Inglis Banner at Moonee Valley in October last year, the two-year-old Headwater colt Predetermined emerges from an 18-week hiatus to open his winning account over 1200m at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

The two-year-old Snitzel colt Mr Mozart has still plenty to learn and a bit of filling out to do; however, there is no denying his talent.

Dual Group Three winner Crosshaven has been sold to Hong Kong interests after his connections accepted an offer that was too good to refuse.

In-form galloper Defibrillate is giving his New Zealand owners a great thrill, having strung together four consecutive wins in Melbourne, and he will be vying to extend it to five at Flemington on Saturday.

The Australian Studbook have today released updated statistics on the busiest sires in Australia in 2020 and despite the prevailing doom and gloom that cast a pall over last spring due to the worldwide pandemic and ensuing economic uncertainty, some 28 stallions still covered books of 150 or more mares, which was two more than in 2019.

With only three legs remaining in the 2020-21 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, Wednesday’s $100,000 Group Two Little Avondale Stud Lowland Stakes (2100m) at Hastings looms as a must-win for anyone with hopes of catching Amarelinha (NZ) (Savabeel). 

Another major Australian yearling sale and another dominant showing from Cambridge Stud shuttler Almanzor (Fr), who had four yearlings average $182,500 at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale in Victoria this week.

A sublime three days of trade at Oaklands has seen almost every conceivable record smashed as the Premier Yearling Sale took on a new level of success.

Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

By any assessment the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale was a runaway success so here’s the last instalment from Maree McEwan’s chats out and about with those involved.

Golden Slipper winner Vancouver posted his 25th Australian winner this season when talented filly Canadian Spice finally broke the ice at Kembla on Tuesday.

The most expensive yearling by Dundeel sold at Inglis Premier this week was a $550,000 colt from Ruby Falls secured by John O’Shea Racing/ Suman Hedge Bloodstock and his half-sister broke the ice in good style at Bendigo on Tuesday.

Darley shuttler Frosted (USA) was making news at Inglis Premier this week when his filly from Miss Steele sold for $420,000 and he was back in the news again on Tuesday when siring his fourth Australian winner at Bendigo.

Warwick Farm trainer Annabel Neasham is looking forward to lining up New Zealand-bred colt Mo’unga in the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday.

Talented three-year-olds Unition and Suffused have been sold and will do their future racing in Hong Kong.

The last sixty lots of Inglis Premier Book 1 Yearling Sale were sold this morning with a colt by leading Victorian sire Toronado (IRE) topping the session when snapped up by Paul Moroney Bloodstock, who knows a thing or two about the sire having purchased his Flemington stakes-winner Shelby Cobra from Premier in 2019 for $130,000.

Respected trainer Colin Little swung into action during the final session of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale on Tuesday to secure a Pierro colt bred on the magic cross for $240,000.

Thanks to Greg and Jodie White from Robrick Lodge for their generous sponsorship of the TSHA classes at the 2021 Peel River Produce Show Jumping Championships which produced some great showjumping in Tamworth last weekend with winners by champion sires Fastnet Rock and More Than Ready(USA).

The popularity and strength of the Inglis Select Yearling Sales Series was again to the fore at Oaklands today as Day 2 of the Premier Yearling Sale continued on an upward spiral.

Deep Field has achieved some impressive results in Hong Kong so it was no real surprise when the Hong Kong Jockey Club swooped on one of his best colts at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale on Monday.

Sean Dingwall and his family have spent years developing the Caithness Breeding brand and got a big result at Inglis Premier on Monday when selling a $600,000 Capitalist colt.

Many Australian fans would have fond memories of the Lloyd Williams import The United States (IRE), who won the 2016 Group 1 Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill.

The NSW Racehorse Owners’ Association has hit the ground running for 2021, recruiting two new Board members, both of whom contribute valuable business experience coupled with passion and enthusiasm for horse racing.

There were eight heats won by two year-olds at the Gosford trials on Monday morning including a dominant win for the half-sister by American Pharoah (USA) to Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Irish Lights.

Dual Group I winning colt Ole Kirk has been officially retired to Vinery Stud following his unplaced run in Saturday’s Group I VRC Australian Guineas, while last year’s Golden Slipper winner Farnan is continuing with his autumn campaign which took him to Gosford on Monday morning for a b arrier trial.

A ground-breaking racehorse and one of the great broodmares of the modern era, Cesario died at Northern Farm on Saturday aged 19, the same week her former trainer Katsuhiko Sumii announced his retirement.

The Inglis Premier Yearling Sale was quickly into top gear on Monday morning with a Vinery Stud consigned colt by champion sire I Am Invincible selling for $700,000.

Blue Gum Farm sold its first seven-figure yearling when the Written Tycoon – Gybe colt (Lot 70) was knocked down to James Harron Bloodstock for $1.1 million at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale on Sunday.

A powerful late burst carried Karaka graduate Brave Angel (NZ) (Tavistock) to black-type success in Saturday’s A$100,000 Listed Schweppes Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) at Ascot in Perth. 

There were no Australian bred stakes-winners in South Africa last weekend, but there was no doubting the presence of our bloodlines with Aussie bred sire Gimmethegreenlight producing a juvenile stakes double at Kenilworth, while champion sire Redoute’s Choice posted his 20th Group I winner as a broodmare sire.

A “booming” Day One in Melbourne for the Inglis Premier Sale and Maree McEwan was out speaking to those involved.

An historic day of trade at Oaklands saw a yearling surpass the magical $1m mark for just the second time in Victoria’s history on a booming Day 1 of the Premier Yearling Sale.

With the Group 1 CF Orr Stakes winner Streets Of Avalon and the dual Group II VRC TAB Stakes winner and Group 1 Oakleigh Plate third Kemalpasa leading the way for Magnus this season, the success on the track is being reflected in the sales ring.

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

One of the most progressive thoroughbred enterprises in the country, Victorian based Yulong made their presence felt on Sunday at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale selling the second highest priced lot of the session when their Shaaa (IRE) colt from Our Daisy sold for $700,000.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) and the Auckland Racing Club (ARC) held discussions on Sunday morning regarding the impact of Saturday’s announcement that Auckland was moving back into Covid Alert Level 3 for seven days.

Silverdale Farm had a great result on Sunday at Inglis Premier when they sold a stunning Deep Field filly from Iceland Turf Belle that they had pinhooked from the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale last year.

Outstanding broodmare Humma Mumma had two of her progeny in the placings at Flemington on Saturday with Tycoon Humma winning the Listed race for 2YO’s and Humma Humma finishing third in the Listed VRC Bob Hoysted Handicap, so it was no surprise to anyone when her Zoustar filly sold for $600,000 at Inglis Premier on Sunday.

Written Tycoon might have moved to Arrowfield Stud last year, but he’s still Victoria’s favourite son and he delivered a huge highlight during the opening session of the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale on Sunday when his colt from Gybe sold for $1.1million.

Emotions ran high at Flemington on Saturday when the Testa Rossa mare Chaillot added a second stakes to her record nearly two years after her first.

Small-time breeder Travis Kelly was in “a bloody big state of shock’’ after he and his wife Rebecca’s homebred Lunar Fox (Foxwedge) won Saturday's stallion-making $1m G1 Australian Guineas at Flemington.

Exciting Melbourne filly Scorched Earth lived up to her name with a stunning five plus length win in the $200,000 Magic Millions SA 2YO Classic (1200m) at Murray Bridge on Saturday.

Here is the full list of 115 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.

A journey that started 11 years ago resulted today with victory in the $500,000 Inglis Dash at Flemington for untapped 3YO filly Capriccio.

The rejuvenated Eurozone mare Krone took her earnings past the $1million mark with a remarkable performance in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Guy Walter Proven Thoroughbred Stakes at Randwick.

The three-year-old all Too Hard filly Forbidden Love has been a model of consistency and was rewarded with a Group 1 success following a remarkable performance in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Cellarbrations Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Five horses with a fierce will to win provided a wonderful spectacle to the finish of Saturday’s Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes at Randwick, but when the chips are down there are few horses you want on your side more than Verry Elleegant.

The Group I VRC Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington Saturday featured a crack field of colts including Group I winners Tagaloa and Ole Kirk, but victory went to unheralded Foxwedge colt Lunar Fox, who started at the odds of 300-1.

Winless in nine starts and almost twelve months, the Chris Waller-trained Star Of The Seas booked his spot for the $5million All-Star Mile at Moonee Valley with a commanding win in Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Darley Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.

The grey flyer Fabergino bounced back from a solid fourth in the Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning to run her opponents into the ground when defending her title in Saturday’s ATA/Bob Hoysted Handicap (1000m) down the straight at Flemington.

Avantage continued her march into the realms of super stardom when she made it career Group One number eight with a gritty win in the Group I El Cheapo Cars Weight-For-Age Classic (1600m).

Local filly Bonny Lass carried the hopes of her breeder Sandy Moore and a mixture of racing newbies and experienced hands to victory in Saturday’s Group II J Swap Contractors Ltd Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).

A homebred for Bylong Park, progressive So You Think gelding Think It Over won the Group III ATC Craven Plate (2000m) last spring and showed he was ready to be a player during the autumn when resuming from a spell to win the Group III ATC Liverpool City Cup (1300m).

Jonathon Munz has beaten the odds twice with his Imported Mr Greeley (USA) mare Doulmera (USA).

Second in the race twelve months ago, the Peter Jolly-trained Morvada returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in over a year in Saturday’s Group III Shaftesbury Avenue Stakes at Flemington, in a performance that connections hope will earn him a wildcard to the All-Star Mile.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock is enjoying a great season with his juveniles and produced the quinella in the Group II ATC Skyline Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday with O’President defeating Hilal.

Mosh Music had one admirable trait over her seven opponents in Saturday’s Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) at Flemington, she is a winner.

Trainer Jamie Richards and the Te Akau Racing team entered Saturday’s Group III  Waikato Stud Slipper (1200m) on their home patch at Matamata on Saturday with a strong hand and played it to perfection when producing the quinella in the juvenile feature for the colts and geldings.

Talented Capitalist filly Tycoon Humma was an eye-catching debut winner at Bendigo earlier this month and confirmed her potential with a strong finishing win at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed VRC Very Special Kids Plate (1000m) bringing a great pedigree update for her half-sister that will be offered at Inglis Premier on Sunday.

Wow, what can you say about these first season horses - metro winners last night for Maurice (Jpn) and Shalaa (IRE) – they just keep doing the job and with loads of runners all over Australia and New Zealand on Saturday it looks like more of the same today!

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

Maree McEwan was out and about again on Friday as vendors and buyers prepare for the the Inglis Premier Sale which starts on Sunday.

It has been an excellent start to the night for two Arrowfield Stud first season stallions.

The bubble burst on the odds-on favourite Forbes as two first starters by the former Japanese Horse Of The Year Maurice (JPN) fought out the finish of the two-year-old maiden over 1100 metres at Canterbury on Friday night.

A majority interest in Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorius has been secured by Newgate this week. 

Impressive last start winner Comme Bella Fille will join the Sydney stable of John O’Shea following her purchase by Australian syndicators OTI on the recommendation of bloodstock agent Phill Cataldo.

Group 1 racing returns to Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday with the Australian Guineas at Flemington and the Chipping Norton Stakes and Surround Stakes at Randwick.

Godolphin elected to scratch their two runners from the Group II ATC Sweet Embrace Stakes on Saturday and those two fillies Sliders and Testimonial both stepped out at the Hawkesbury barrier trials on Friday morning and recorded easy wins.

Breednet’s nicks information for Inglis Premier has thrown up some interesting horses that have caught our attention and are a little outside of the obvious successful nicks we all know.

Robert Wellwood reckons he might have a star autumn two-year-old on his hands.

The mood is sunny, the buyers look keen and the vendors look excited at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale and Maree McEwan caught up with some of the major players at Oaklands Junction.

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

There would be precious few tougher winning debuts than that made by the striking Street Boss (USA) filly Siege over 1100m at Wyong on Thursday.

Breednet’s first season gallery page of sires represented at Inglis Premier is a must visit and a great chance to check out the four yearlings on offer by boom first season sire Almanzor (Fr) as well as the first youngsters for Victorian based Impending and Highland Reel (IRE), who are the most represented first season sires at the sale.

At the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale last year, Two Bays Farm sold a strapping Reward for Effort colt in the Showcase session for $155,000 and he made a winning debut at Kilmore on Thursday for the John Salanitri stable.

Pukekohe trainer Richard Collett marked a century of wins on his home track when promising three-year-old Captain Tom saluted in the Mount Shop 1200 maiden under jockey Andrew Calder on Thursday.  

The deadline for nominating your colleague, employee, partner, friend - or anyone at all – for the thoroughbred industry’s most coveted staff awards is fast approaching.

Rob Carlisle and his team at Two Bays Farm enjoyed a busy round of pre-sale inspections at their Mornington Peninsula property and the momentum has continued at Oaklands where their draft of 19 have been super popular in preparation for the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale starting this Sunday.

There is absolutely no trick to buying a horse at the 2021 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale - The four session auction kicks off at 10am on Sunday and features over 800 yearlings which, based on last year’s figures, range in price from $725,000 to $6,000.

Progressive Deep Field sprinter Sky Field graduated to Class One company at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening earning a lucrative bonus for connections.

A gross of $2.17 million in the February (Late) Online Sale has seen the Inglis Digital platform reach a historical milestone of $100 million in total turnover since its launch in May 2017.

Golden Slipper winning Champion 2YO Capitalist is making every post a winner as an exciting young sire and added a sixth winner to his tally on Wednesday when his promising colt Kalashnikov broke the ice at Gosford.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

All roads lead to Moonee Valley for the $5million All-Star Mile for Still A Star after the four-year-old daughter of Tornoado (IRE) came off a 363 day break to win Wedneday’s $150,000 Group III Armidale Stud Vamos Stakes (1400m) at Launceston.

Zoustar has had some promising winners of late and we can add this exciting debut juvenile winner, who carries the colours of Everest winning owner Bon Ho, to the list.

In a spine-tingling finish to Wednesday's $250,000 Group III with three horses locked together at the finish, the judge found a margin for the $17 chance Glass Warrior.

Fans of the favourite Newhart held their collective breath as Craig Newitt found a narrow seam coming around the turn in Wednesday’s $100,000 Listed Mowbray Stakes (1600m) at Launceston, but it was an easy watch from there on.

Blue-blooded Group I ATC Vinery Stud Stakes winner Fenway produced her first winner at Gosford on Wednesday and has a yearling entered for the upcoming Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.