A bumper catalogue of 268 lots has been assembled for the Inglis Digital January (Early) Online Auction, which is now open and live for bidding.

It has been widely reported that the great Winx will have a year off after her first foal was born dead.

Rich Hill Stud’s John Thompson is confident the first yearlings by the farm’s shuttle stallion Satono Aladdin will be well received as they get set to go under the hammer at what will be a unique Karaka 2021.

A long-term plan to target the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand Oaks (2400m) with promising Tavistock filly Topkapi takes further shape when she tackles Sunday's Listed Te Akau Gingernuts Salver (2100m) at Ellerslie.

Anybody conducting inspections on Magic Millions Yearlings this year will have noticed the marked improvement in quality and number of youngsters on show by Eureka Stud’s sire sensation Spirit of Boom.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward, this time we look at one of the great Magic Millions success stories in Zoustar.

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

With Karaka 2021 rapidly approaching within the first few weeks of the new year, a look back over the biggest carnivals and most prestigious races across Australia and New Zealand in 2020 reveals stellar success by graduates of New Zealand Bloodstock Sales.

Ruakaka trainer Chris Gibbs has always had plenty of time for Ever So Easy and he was delighted to see the three-year-old gelding justify his high opinion with a dominant victory in the Kamo Club (1200m) at his home track on Thursday.

It’s the last chance saloon to make the field for Saturday weeks $2 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic for many lining up in the Aquis Gold Pearl Quality and the Aquis Gold Nugget Quality at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Best known as the sire of Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign, Manhattan Rain relocated to Blue Gum Farm in Victoria in 2017, so his two year-olds this season are his first bred in Victoria and they include a brilliant debut winner at Geelong on Thursday.

The Randwick barrier trials on Thursday morning featured four heats for juveniles with Magic Millions contender Readily Availabull looking sharp and bright with a comfortable win.

Sad news from Europe overnight with the passing of champion mare Goldikova at age 16.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward, this time we look at Written Tycoon, who has made every post a winner since transferring to Arrowfield last year.

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

In 2020, Newhaven Park have enjoyed tremendous success on the track with the likes of Group I winners Shout The Bar and Odeum, stakes-winning filly Kissonallforcheeks, sensational Singapore trained dual Group I winner Inferno, Queensland cult hero The Harrovian and rising 2 year old star Robodira all bred, raised or sold from their historic Boorowa farm.

Te Akau Racing has confirmed that talented Extreme Choice colt Palamos will not take his place in the Double Tree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 23

A homebred for Sir Owen Glen’s Go Bloodstock Australia, blue-blooded Sebring three year-old Ahso made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Regardless of what type of primary producer we deal with, the importance of establishing the tax deductibility of new fencing is a key area of advice for us.

Little Avondale Stud’s Sam Williams hopes a new enthusiasm he sees in local racing can fuel the upcoming National Yearling Sales at Karaka.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward, this time we look at So You Think, who has just finished covering his biggest ever book of mares.

The nicks information now incorporated into all Breednet race results has proven a most popular innovation and that data has now been applied to the 2021 Magic Millions catalogue to provide a quick reference for yearling buyers looking for ways to increase their odds of purchasing a winner.

The right beginning for your future champion.

Thoroughbred Breeders’ NSW would like to pay tribute to the wonderful Jennifer Churchill who sadly passed away yesterday in Sydney at the age of 87.

Joe and Max Smithies of Monovale Farm are looking forward to offering their 13-strong draft at New Zealand Bloodstocks’ National Yearling Sale at Karaka later this month.

Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are still coming down from the high of winning the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) with Concert Hall at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and they are now looking at international targets with the mare.

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Since the Cornish family have owned Torryburn Stud, the picturesque nursery has been the source of more than thirty stakes winners including six Group I winners with their 2021 Magic Millions draft holding the promise of a fresh wave of success highlighted by a filly believed to be the best they have ever offered for sale.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward, this time we look at Snitzel.

This horse has already won three races, but we’re tipping he can be winning a Highway race in the near future and given he’s a half-brother to one of the most interesting two year-old winners since New Year that makes him a ‘One to Watch’.

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

Basil Nolan and his team at Raheen Stud are excited to get to Magic Millions this year and why wouldn’t they be, given they will be offering the first yearlings by their exciting young stallion Heroic Valour, the only Group I winning two year-old son of Fastnet Rock at stud in Australia.

Exciting three-year-old Darci La Bella showed she has inherited plenty of the family ability when she made a winning debut at Otaki on Monday.

There were seven heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Monday morning with most interest surrounding the appearance of leading Magic Millions contender She’s All Class and the full brother to Golden Slipper winner Estijaab.

Champion sire Savabeel has an exceptional draft of yearlings for Karaka Book 1 and his new Group III winner on New Year’s Day, Savy Yong Blonk, put the spotlight another of his most successful nicks that features prominently in this year’s catalogue.

Analysis of the conformation of yearlings by Fastnet Rock in a story run on Sunday evening that has been super well read overnight got us thinking about his champion son Merchant Navy, whose first crop yearlings will be offered at Magic Millions 2021, so let’s take a look at them.

As we head into the sales season every yearling buyer thinks they know what they are looking for, but do they? This new Breednet innovation seeks to shed light on what the best progeny of a sire looked like as yearlings so we can maybe learn a lesson going forward.

Here is the full list of 50 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) posted a new turf stakes-winner on the weekend in the US and has some outstanding yearlings for Magic Millions.

Trainer Ken Rae knew he had just the sort of filly he likes dealing with when he picked her up on the float on the way home from a trip away.

A host of updates to yearling catalogues from Saturday’s racing including three stakes performers and six new winners with siblings coming up for sale by Sebring, Real Impact, Capitalist, Highland Reel and No Nay Never.

Plenty of racing over the Christmas and New Year period has seen some change to the MM order of entry for the 2YO Classic with Saturday’s brilliant debut winner Queen of Wizardry leaping into the list at number 13.

The admirably consistent Dance Music led at every call in Saturday’s Group III La Trice Classic at Ascot, much to the delight of her breeders Neven Botica and Matthew Sandblom who will offer a Deep Field half-brother at the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale in February.

A Group III winner in France and second in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp, Neufbosc (FR) arrived in Australia with great expectations but quickly wore out his welcome at Lindsay Park.

Here is the full list of 96 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Bred and sold by Bowness Stud, brilliant Zoustar sprinter Indian Pacific was fresh off a break in the $100,000 Listed WATC Summer Scorcher (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday and hit top form with a bold front running win.

Back to the form that made her one of the best two-year-olds in the nation, Godolphin's beautiful Lonhro mare Athiri turned Saturday's Listed Magic Millions Nudgee Stakes (1200m) into a one-act affair.

The product of a $600 mare and a fee service, Soxagon took his earnings to just shy of $500,000 while earning a wildcard into the $1 million Magic Millions Cup (1400m) when capturing the $200,000 Magic Millions The Buffering (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

A standout in the paddock, Apache Chase looked even better at the finish of Saturday’s $300,000 Group III Magic Millions Vo Rogue Plate (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

There was very little money for the Not A Single Doubt debutant Queen Of Wizardry in Saturday's Magic Millions Hcp for two-year-olds at Eagle Farm, but she blasted a field of Magic Millions hopefuls out of the water in a last to first performance.

Former top three-year-old Imelda Mary made a welcome return to winning form when she took out the feature event over 1400m at Tauranga on Saturday drawing attention to her half-sister that will be offered at the 2021 Inglis Premier Yealing Sale by Miranda Park.

Trainer Peter Didham’s phone started ringing almost immediately after his rangy two-year-old Ansu put on a professional display to win his debut at Tauherenikau on Saturday.

A well-credentialled field of two-year-olds lined up for the Schweppes Hcp (1100m) on the Kensington track on Saturday and the Snitzel debutant Four Moves Ahead treated them with utter contempt.

Promising mare Les Crayeres completed a winning double at Tauranga on Saturday when she took out the opening event on the card at the popular holiday racemeeting.

It’s hard to ignore an up and coming young stayer that wins her first Black Type race, the Listed VRC Bagot Handicap (2800m) on New Year’s Day by seven lengths, especially when Tralee Rose is bred on a super successful nick that features prominently at Karaka 2021.

Progressive staying prospect Star Tsar staked his claim for a start in the Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) in March with a dominant victory in Friday’s Dunstan Feeds Stayers Championship Final (2400m) at Ellerslie.

The likes of Merchant Navy, Beat The Clock, Southern Legend, Atyaab, Crown Prosecutor, Age Of Fire and others have contributed to Inglis graduates enjoying outstanding international success in recent years and a pair of high-class winners on Friday in New Zealand and Hong Kong respectively, look to have the potential to earn their stripes as G1 winners in due course.

Six black type updates and seven new winners for runners that have siblings entered in upcoming yearling sales so here’s the list from New Year’s Day racing.

Widden Stud’s ever reliable sire Star Witness added a new stakes-winner to his tally at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day when Explosive Witness landed the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m).

The Group III Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day delivered a return to form for Hinchinbrook gelding Champion’s Way.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock was on fire in New Zealand on New Year’s Day and also at home where his Magic Millions contender Eleven Eleven powered clear to win the $150,000 ATC Christmas Classic (1200m) at Canterbury.

Here is the full list of 95 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock put his stamp on the Ellerslie New Year’s Day meeting with three winners headed by his champion daughter Avantage, who put the icing on the cake when winning the Group I Sistema Railway (1200m) .

Placed in three of his previous four starts at stakes level, Sirius Suspect made no mistake at his fifth attempt when leading at every call in the Group III Standish Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on New Years Day.

Trainer Jamie Richards, jockey Danielle Johnson and Te Akau Racing have continued their dominant Ellerslie Christmas Carnival form with a stakes double through the deeds of Imperatriz in the Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and Savy Yong Blonk in the Gr.3 SKYCITY City Of Auckland Cup (2400m).

It took five starts for Tralee Rose to break her maiden at Warrnambool in October, but the daughter of Tavistock has been on an upward trajectory that took her to a facile seven lengths win in the $160,000 Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Years Day.

Owners Hermitage Thoroughbreds and trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott have gone back-to-back, scoring their second consecutive victory in the Group II SkyCity Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie on Friday.

A great start to 2021 for Darley Stud's Frosted (USA) with his daughter Frost Flowers making a brilliant career debut when spacing her rivals in the New Year Sprint 1000m at Flemington.

A wide draw and a step up in class couldn’t hold down underrated mare Showoroses as she led from go to whoa to take out the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie.

Jamie Richards sent out the hot favourite for the Group II Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day in Snitzel colt Sword of State, but he had to settle for third place with victory in the race going to his stablemate Imperatriz, a Magic Millions sourced daughter of I am Invincible.

Valachi Downs principal Kevin Hickman picked up the thick end of the prizemoney from the race that he sponsored at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when promising three-year-old Needle And Thread led all the way to win the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m).

He cost $2.3million at the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and Merchant Navy’s little brother Setanta cast off maiden status at Warrnambool on New Year’s Eve.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There are many prominent stallions still searching for their first two-year-old winner of the season, one of which is Lonhro.

Promising young sire Vancouver posted his third winner in three days when Swift Sure broke through for an easy victory at Warrnambool on New Year’s Eve bringing a timely update for his half-brother heading to the Magic Millions for Coolmore.

Arrowfield’s Magic Millions 2021 Catalogue now online. Includes extensive information on the Arrowfield’s draft including:

• Vet Reports
• Audio Opinions
• Pedigree Research
• Conformation Photos
• 3 Conformation Videos per horse
• Live Parade Videos

Racing over the past two days has produced 12 siblings to yearlings set to be offered in the coming weeks including four new winners into catalogue pages for yearlings by Sebring, So You Think, Exceed And Excel and Almanzour.

One of racing’s great characters Max Whitby loves nothing more than to back his judgement and make a big call, it is the main ingredient attributed to his success over the years.  

There's an irony in the expectation of performance from Tony Pike's pair of Gr.2 Barneswood Farm Eclipse Stakes (1200m) runners Khufu and Stormy that's not lost on the Cambridge trainer.

Trainer Jamie Richards finished 2020 with a bang, posting an historic six wins at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, and winning his last start of the year courtesy of Zouluminous at Taupo on Wednesday.

First season sires have provided plenty of action of late and the first race at Flemington on New Year’s Day features five runners by the young guns highlighted by two sired by Frosted (USA).

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

Owner Joan Egan is having a week to remember.

Barrier trials on the polytrack at Warwick Farm on Wednesday morning produced a couple of blue-blooded juvenile winners from the powerful Godolphin team.

Following a fighting second at Warwick Farm on December 9, Jessica Rabbit was at short-odds to open her winning account over 1200m at Doomben on Wednesday, which she achieved with the minimum of fuss to ring up the first winner for Kitchwin Hills Sooboog.

Fleetwood Maca will be vying for her coronation at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day when she contests the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m).

Leading South Australian vendors Mill Park have selected their very best yearlings for Magic Millions 2021 and the depth of quality in the consignment of 15 will make this draft a must inspect for every buyer.

Leneva Park will expand its operations to Seymour Park in 2021 and will stand promising young stallions Lean Mean Machine and Royal Meeting at the property to be known as Leneva Park Seymour.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A huge syndicate of Tricolours Racing owners had reason for post Christmas celebrations when their talented Star Witness mare Threeood scored a valuable victory in the Group III Bell of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford on Tuesday.

Class told in Tuesday's $150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas when the All Too Hard filly Forbidden Love emerged from an eight-week hiatus to claim a second stakes success and earn a trip to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions 3yo Guineas.

A blue-blooded Vancouver filly that made $625,000 as a weanling was an easy pick for a ‘One to Watch’ when she won on debut at Yarra Glen on Tuesday.

David Brideoake can’t be any happier with New Zealand-bred mare Princess Jenni in the lead-up to the Gr.2 Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot Park on Saturday, but whether she will be able to take her place in the field is another matter.

Phill Cataldo’s connections with Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. is looking set to pay some serious dividends through two unbeaten horses in 2021.

Champion trainer Jamie Richards has an unparalleled Karaka Million record, and he has an ever-growing number of chances of further success on 23 January. 

Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution is sure to be one of the most popular first season sires at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale next month so let’s have a ook at what’s on offer.

COVID-19 hit plenty of racing plans when it closed the industry down in March, not least that of promising mare Mai Tai.

Racing Queensland has released the latest top 30 in the order of entry for next months $2 million The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic and the $2 million Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast.

Racing on Sunday included seven winners with siblings to be offered in coming weeks including three new winners into catalogues with yearlings by Time Test, Press Statement and Iffraaj.

Waikato Stud’s champion sire Savabeel was on fire on Boxing Day reeling off two new stakes-winners in Brando and Amarelinha plus a Group I quinella courtesy of Concert Hall and Supera and while we’ve talked about the success of the Savabeel x O’Reilly previously, the nick that produced Concert Hall is also one well worth investigating.