Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo continued a stellar start to his stallion career in Europe as the Clive Cox-trained Isabella Giles ran out an easy winner over 1200m at Leicester on Saturday to become his third first-crop winner.

The Inglis Classic graduate Vanna Girl confirmed her status as one of the nation’s leading 3YO fillies with a dominant come-from-behind win in the G2 The Roses at Eagle Farm.

Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick is looking forward to strong interest in the stud’s eighteen-strong draft for the annual New Zealand Bloodstock Weanling Sale, that is currently underway on the gavelhouse.com platform, following a successful parade over the weekend.

Crosshaven looks to have earned himself a short break after maintaining his unbeaten record with a fighting win at The Valley.

Progressive Rubick gelding Ready to Humble is building a smart record and posted his third victory at Rosehill on Saturday when taking out the $67,500 ATC Highway Plate (1500m), while in Queensland his sire produced a new stakes horse with One Shy Ruby a close second in the Listed BRC Dalrello Stakes (1200m).

A three-quarter brother to dual Group I winner and $2.7million earner Viddora, two year-old colt Shadow Chaser is the most expensive yearling from the first crop of I Am Invincible’s brilliant son Super One and he opened his account at Kembla on Saturday.

Galileo filly Peaceful ran out a dominant winner of the Group I Thousand Guineas (1m) at The Curragh overnight making her sire Galileo the most successful sire of Group I winners in history.

After winning the Listed Silk Stocking at the Gold Coast, Love You Lucy did not have the rub of the green in the Listed Helen Couglin Plate at Doomben at her most recent start, however Barry Squair’s underrated daughter of Love Conquers All bounced back to win a thrilling Group II Dane Ripper stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Less than half a length covered the first four across the line in Saturday’s Group III Ascot Green Eagle Farm Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm but it was the day for Godolphin’s Street Cry (IRE) gelding Gaulois to return to the winners circle.

Surely the winning machine Vanna Girl is making a believer even out of her harshest critics following another dominant performance in Saturday’s Group II The Roses (1800m) at Eagle Farm.

After kick-starting her career with six consecutive wins culminating with the Listed Denise’s Joy Stakes at Scone over two years ago, the Tracey Bartley-trained In Good Time had been winless since before blowing the punters out of the water when leading at every call in Saturday’s Listed Ascot Quality (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Champion trainer Chris Waller saddled six of the 10 runners in the Group III BRC Tattersalls Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm and had the first four home with Fastnet Rock’s imported son Brimham Rocks (GB) leading the way.

It’s been a great day for the Smart Missile juveniles with Lindsay Park’s gelding Crosshaven keeping his record perfect at two for two at Moonee Valley then the Trent and Toby Edmonds-trained filly Smart ‘N’ Sexy finding the prefect spot to break her maiden in the Listed Dalrello Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Sebring stayer Wu Gok loves a heavy track and a ‘Cup’ race and he got both of those things at Rosehill on Saturday when scoring a tenacious long head win in the Listed ATC Winter Cup (2400m).

Oakwood Farm’s Top Echelon is well into the veteran category nowadays, but he showed he still has the ability to still get a good horse as his daughter Lady Banff made light of 59kgs to win Saturday’s Darley 2yo Handicap (1100m) on a heavy track at Rosehill Gardens.

Juddmonte Farms homebred Siskin was undefeated last year ending his season winning the Group I Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh and he has picked up right where he left off winning the Group I Irish Two Thousand Guineas (1m) overnight at the same venue.

Golden Slipper winning sire Pierro has had a huge season and his promising two year-old winner at Geelong on Friday holds the potential of better things to come.

In a strong message of support to the New Zealand breeding industry, Valachi Downs have announced two new additions to their stallion roster for the coming breeding season.

NZB Insurance in conjunction with NZTR are contributing further rewards to owners of NZB Insurance Pearl Series registered fillies and mares with a one-off incentive this July.  

Champion sire Snitzel is powering towards another Champion Australian 2YO Sire title with a remarkable 24 juvenile winners from 48 runners this season and we probably saw another winner for him in the pipeline at the Randwick barrier trials this morning.

In a silver lining to the COVID-19 cloud that forced the cancellation of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale, buyers now have access to a high-quality catalogue of weanlings in the National Weanling Sale on Gavelhouse Plus incluidng siblings to three G1 winners.

Progeny of Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Belardo have made an impressive start to their careers as racing resumes in Europe.

Al Ain (Jpn), the dual Group I Winning Record Breaker by Deep Impact out of Champion Sprinter/Breeders Cup Winner Dubai Majesty will shuttle to Chatswood Stud in Victoria this season.

Opening his account with a debut win at Vaal in South Africa on Thursday was two year-old Starspangledbanner colt Najem Suhail.

Blood can sometimes overcome pedigree to produce a seriously good horse.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s first-ever National Weanling Sale is now live, with the quality 82-lot catalogue available to view on Gavelhouse Plus.

Segenhoe Stud’s disappointment that its $420,000 Karaka Yearling purchase Captivating Claire never reached the racetrack has been tempered by the fact that the first four foals of the daughter of O’Reilly have averaged $1,181,250 apiece.

Ahead of the forthcoming breeding season, Glen Eden Stud will be standing two exciting stallions, Rebel Dane and Giant’s Steps in Victoria.

Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced the purchase of champion sire Playing God to stand at its property in Mundijong.

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained Sky Horse will be looking to bag her first stakes victory when she contests the Gr.2 The Roses (1800m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Byerley Park trainers Peter and Dawn Williams are looking forward to a productive spring with a promising group of young horses.

Invincible Spirit’s champion son Kingman passed a small milestone overnight siring his 20th stakes-winner in France when progressive three year-old colt Chanak captured the Group III Prix de Guiche (1m1f) at Chantilly.

Rosemont Stud and China Horse Club are delighted to announce a joint partnership to stand the stunning, Group II winning juvenile by the great I Am Invincible, STRASBOURG.

Darley shuttler Territories (IRE) became the latest son of champion sire Invincible Spirit to post a winner when he sired his first winner at Chantilly in France overnight with a debut victory for Rougir.

The first Godolphin draft to be offered online has highlighted another multi-million dollar Inglis Digital sale, with the 17-strong offering realising an incredible $909,000 gross at an average of $53,471.

Geoff and Mary Grimish sure do seem get more than their fair share of horses that excel on rain affected tracks and here is another one, the Snitzel colt Sixgun who motored home to make a winning career debut over 1100 metres at Canterbury on Wednesday.

So You Think has had a flurry of promising winners of late and you can add this two year-old debut winner at Sale on Wednesday to the list.

The love of an underdog is the reason Gordon Lord Byron (IRE) had a massive fan base and why his death from a heart attack at the age of 12 while preparing for his 109th start in the Gladness Stakes at the Curragh this weekend was mourned around the racing world.

Godolphin don’t send many mares to Arrowfield’s champion sire Snitzel, but they did send blue-blooded Brilliance and she delivered a debut juvenile winner from the mating at Sale on Wednesday.

The Inglis Digital Online June Sale ends tonight and a couple of the Bell View Park mares have significant pedigree updates including one whose immediate family features 1,050,000 million guinea yearling purchase Cormorant, who won the Group III Derrinstown Derby Trial at Leopardstown overnight.

Atlantic Jewel’s promising son Russian Emperor is going to have to wait for another day to win his first stakes race, finishing second overnight in the Group III Derrinstown Derby Trial (1m2f) at Leopardstown to another Coolmore entry in Kingman colt Cormorant.

Second behind the Smart Missile gelding Kings Regency when making his career debut at Muswellbrook on May 24, the Paul Messara-trained Outburst made no mistake at his second in a 1400 maiden at Scone on Tuesday to become the first winner in Australia for the Group 1 ATC George Ryder Stakes and Group 1 Yasuda Kinen hero Real Impact (JPN).

Three-time Group Two winning son of Zabeel, Ocean Emperor, will stand for a fee of $6,000+GST for the forthcoming breeding season, a reduction from $7,000+GST at his initial season at stud last year.

Thoroughbreds were a step closer to racing in the Waikato on Tuesday with a bumper set of trials conducted at Te Rapa.

It was a good day for two of Darley Stud’s reverse shuttlers, Sepoy and Exceed and Excel, who claimed the two feature stakes at Naas as racing resumed in Ireland on Monday.

Siblings to multiple G1 winners and youngsters by stallions from a hugely exciting crop of first season stallions headline a stunning Inglis Weanling Sales Series in July.

Racing returned to Ireland on Monday with progressive American Pharoah (USA) filly Elfin Queen beating a field of 18 to win by more than six lengths at Naas, her success sure to prick the ears of a number of Aussie breeders.

Arrowfield, in association with Woodside Park Stud, is privileged to stand Written Tycoon this year and last week confirmed 35 quality mares for his 2020 book. 

Not all stallions get to live long lives and fulfil their true stud potential.

Lightly raced Your Song gelding Frosty Rocks obviously shares his dads love of a heavy track as he demolished a handy field in Monday’s Microphone @ Darley (Bm70) over 1300 metres at Warwick Farm.

New Zealand-bred two-year-old Scenic Warrior scored a hard-fought maiden win when successful in the Iron Jack Plate (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Monday.

Emotions stirred at Windsor Park Stud recently when their team said their final goodbyes and paid tributes to their old mate and resident sire Falkirk.

Haunui Farm stallion BELARDO (IRE) (Lope De Vega) landed his first winner overnight with filly GOLDEN MELODY (IRE) proving far too good for her opposition at Haydock.

Moving into uncharted territory, New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale saw its first-ever online session conclude on Gavelhouse Plus on Sunday 7 June.

Deep Field as expected to have the winner of the first race at Warwick Farm on Monday with the Alan Bell owned Deep Space a short priced favourite, but when he wilted over the final furlong it was another Deep Field that appeared on the scene with Tickler snatching a narrow debut win.

A full list of all stallions standing in the Hunter Valley this season can be viewed on our website www.htba.com.au/links. Nowhere else in the world is such a dazzling line-up of elite stallions available for inspection in one geographical region, the Hunter Valley is a true centre of Thoroughbred Breeding Excellence.

Great stallions rarely appear by accident and one of the world’s best farms has a happy knack for creating champion racehorses and champion sires capable of reshaping the world of racing and breeding.

European Champion 2-Year-Old Air Force Blue (USA) shuttled to Coolmore Australia for just one season, but enjoyed a perfect start to his stud career with his first runner in the US a winner over the weekend with Beauty Queen scoring on debut at Gulfstream Park.

Five wins and one second from seven starts says all you need to know about the courageous filly Liberty Beach who has been a wonderful flag-bearer for Woodside Park Stud shuttler Cable Bay (IRE).

It has been a good week in Europe for the veteran American turf phenomenon Kitten’s Joy with his son Kameko a dominant winner 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, while his talented son Bobby’s Kitten (USA), who spent one season at Olly Tait’s Twin Hills Stud, is off the mark with Sands Of Time romping home by five lengths on debut at Lingfield.

The Group I Newmarket One Thousand Guineas (1m) was run overnight with the Coolmore owned Galileo filly Love opening up to win by more than four lengths.

Notching a first Group One success for so many of his connections, Tyzone produced his usual stunning finishing burst to win an exciting edition of the famous Brisbane race.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual South Island Sale saw its first-ever online session conclude on Gavelhouse Plus.

For the second year in a row it just was not meant to be for the superstar Almond Eye in the Group 1 Yasuda Kinen (1600m) at Tokyo racecourse on Sunday.

The wraps are going to come off the two year-old half-sister to world champion mare Winx this week as Covent Garden has been entered for Warwick Farm on Monday and also Canterbury on Wednesday.

Well-respected and widely-experienced horseman Marc Devcich has been appointed to the role of General Manager at Cambridge Stud.

After going through New Zealand’s strict Covid-19 quarantine protocol following his return from the USA, Michael Wallace is enjoying the chance to relax in more familiar surroundings back in Cambridge.

Regarded highly enough to face the silk department at his first three starts, Blaze A Trail took a considerable step back in class following a three month hibernation to beak his maiden over 1300 metres at Hawkesbury on Sunday to credit his fertility challenged sire Criterion with his first winner.

Progressive Wandjina filly Wandabaa posted her third consecutive metropolitan win when scoring a tenacious victory at Randwick on Saturday.

Opening his account with a strong finishing debut victory at Turffontein in South Africa on Saturday was two year-old Vancouver colt Mount Pleasant.

The Group I Epsom Handicap (1600m) and the A$7.5 million Golden Eagle (1500m) figure among the spring options for Opacity, a three-year-old son of Ocean Park who has continued building on a promising start to his racing career with another Randwick win.

The Colin Little-trained Vassilator was back in the winner’s circle when landing the VRC Heritage Handicap (1400m) under a well-timed Craig Williams ride.

The much hyped return of last year’s undefeated Champion 2YO Colt Pinatubo ended in an anticlimax overnight when the Godolphin owned colt could finish only third in the Group I Two Thousand Guineas (1m) at Newmarket behind Kameko and Wichita.

With the imminent closure of Mungrup Stud, resident stallion Playing God will be looking for a new home and he has a wonderful living advertisement in the Neville Parnham-trained filly Kay Cee.

Pushed along by James Oarman to hold a forward position early, Godolphin’s consistent Exceed And Excel filly Aquitaine did the right thing by punters in Saturday’s Listed Mick Dittman Plate (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

Keeping a low profile since his second behind to Trekking in the Stradbroke Handicap 12 months ago, the Toby and Trent Edmonds-trained Written Tycoon gelding Tyzone went one better in the Group 1 contest over 1400 metres at Eagle farm on Saturday.

Outstanding two-year-old Rothesay gelding Rothfire, who was deemed unworthy of a place in a yearling sale,  left a class field struggling in his wake with a record-breaking performance in Saturday’s Group 1 JJ Atkins Plate (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

It might be winter, but it was all Everest talk at Randwick on Saturday when Not a Single Doubt’s dashing grey sprinter Classique Legend resumed from a lengthy break to win the Listed ATC Bob Charley Stakes (1100m).

A luckless second to Supergiant at his most recent start in the Group III Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm, the Smart Missile three-year-old gelding Ballistic Boy turned the tables on his conqueror in Saturday’s Group III Rough Habit Plate (2200m) at Eagle Farm.

A good start to the day at Flemington for Twin Hills stallions Denman and Smart Missile with Denman’s 1000m straight track specialist Prezado making light of his 59kgs in the opener to capture his third consecutive race at Flemington before Smart Missile chimed in with the talented two-year-old filly Standoff who opened her account at her second start.

The open juvenile event at Randwick on Saturday proved a walk in the park for Pride of Dubai colt Achiever, who raced away for an easy win over another Pride of Dubai colt in Street Dancer.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has completed testing all adult horses considered at risk of contracting Theileria equi infection through association with an infected imported thoroughbred mare at Cambridge Stud.

We’ve just seen a new Derby hero for Camelot here in Australia in Russian Camelot and in the UK overnight English King staked his claim for the Group I Epsom Derby with an eye catching win in the Listed Derby Trial (1m3f) at Lingfield.

Group I racing returned to the UK overnight with the running of the Coronation Cup Stakes (1m4f) at Newmarket with two of the world’s best sires combining to produce the winner Ghaiyyath, who carved out a new course record in beating last year’s Epsom Derby winner Anthony Van Dyk and champion long distance stayer Stradivarius.

Sent out a hot favourite for the $24,750 Kooringal Stud Lamont Classic at Wagga on Friday, two year-old Super One gelding Another One got the job done in style.

Chris Luoni, one of the driving forces behind the establishment of the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame and a past chairman has passed away in Hamilton overnight after a battle with illness.

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.

Banned from racing in Australia after bleeding for a second time in March of 2019, the former Chris Waller trained gelding Paret has claimed his first stakes victory in North America.

Jeronimos, a two-year-old son of Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer tackles 1400m for the first time on Saturday at Randwick when he contests the Castelvecchio @ Arrowfield Handicap and trainer James Cummings believes the last-start winner will appreciate the step up in distance.

Two horses entered for the Inglis Easter Round 2 Sale in July received a boost from South Africa this week with a winning return for star Aussie bred sprinter Run Fox Run.

Brighthill Farm have come up with a unique offering for breeders leading into the new breeding season.

Group performed three-year-old filly Lunar Light topped the Magic Millions Online Sale (2-4 June) when she sold to Spendthrift Australia for $160,000.

Entries are now open for the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, the sale that produced this year’s G1 Doncaster Mile winner Nettoyer.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Shalaa (IRE) posted his first winner in France overnight where Cherie Amour saluted at Clairefontaine.

Scoring his first Black Type win overnight was Brazen Beau colt Dubai Station, who scored a bold victory in the Group III Pavilion Stakes (6f) at Newcastle on the all weather track.

By the champion Snitzel out of a Zabeel mare, the pedigree of the undefeated filly Macroura represents the heights of fashion, yet she descends from a mare purchased for $100 to be a polo pony and was in foal to a Palomino stallion, but ended up with a Broodmare Of The Year title due in no small part to a horse that was beloved on both sides of the Tasman.

When you buy a half-brother to a Golden Slipper winner by I Am Invincible you are not expecting to be lining up for your first crack at Black Type in a 2200 metre race at the back end of your three year-old season.

A need by the partners to move on, in different directions, has resulted in a decision to close Mungrup Stud in Western Australia.

Hermitage Thoroughbreds enjoyed a winning stakes double on Saturday courtesy of Wu Gok and September Run, their easily recognizable dark green and red chevrons colours featuring at Wyong on Thursday when successful in the first race aboard Sebring filly April Thunder.

Thoroughbred racing will resume earlier than anticipated with the Counties Racing Club hosting a meeting on Saturday 20 June.