Second to only Better Than Ready among Queensland second crop sires this season, Grandview Stud based Whittington goes from strength to strength with a flurry of recent winners adding further to his burgeoning success.

The virtual online Inglis Chairman’s Sale next week is a select offering of premium mares including some in foal to the boom first season horses that captivated Australian breeders last spring in Trapeze Artist (Widden), Justify (Coolmore) and The Autumn Sun (Arrowfield), so in this three part series of stories we’ll take a closer look at those mares.

When Darley purchased the Ingham family’s Woodlands Stud lock stock and barrel in 2008 one of the broodmares inherited was the unraced Dehere mare Youthful Presence and what a wonderful servant she proved to be.

Darley Stud’s Street Boss (USA) made a blazing start to the day at Sale, with the first two winners, the two-year-old debutant Highly Discreet and the promising three-year-old filly Bless Her, who both look destined for better things.

When a two year-old by So You Think wins a 1000 metre maiden on debut running away we straight away want to put him on a watch list for next season.

Under strict health and safety requirements, New Zealand Bloodstock Airfreight has successfully completed a test flight with a small pool of horses from Auckland to Sydney.

South Australia's historic Cornerstone Stud has teamed up with Australia's leading thoroughbred auctioneer Magic Millions to launch an exciting new online sales platform.

The virtual online Inglis Chairman’s Sale next week is a select offering of premium mares including some in foal to the boom first season horses that captivated Australian breeders last spring in Trapeze Artist (Widden), Justify (Coolmore) and The Autumn Sun (Arrowfield), so in this three part series of stories we’ll take a closer look at those mares.

In what is a timely decision with more than 100 yearlings currently in the April Online Sale, all yearlings sold via the Inglis Digital Platform will now be eligible for the 2020 Inglis Race Series.

Haunui Farm announced today that the decision has been made to call time on the shuttling career of IFFRAAJ. 

The virtual online Inglis Chairman’s Sale next week is a select offering of premium mares including some in foal to the boom first season horses that captivated Australian breeders last spring in Trapeze Artist (Widden), Justify (Coolmore) and The Autumn Sun (Arrowfield), so in this three part series of stories we’ll take a closer look at those mares.

A 90-strong catalogue for the 2020 edition of the Chairman’s Sale has been finalised with G1 winners Volpe Veloce (Foxwedge) and Go Indy Go (Bernardini) headlining a flurry of star power added to the sale.

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.

The Matamata stable of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott is preparing to welcome 25 to 30 horses back into the stable over the coming week, with boom three-year-old Dragon Leap not far away from a return to training.

With three winners on the card, Damian Lane might have stolen the show at Tokyo racecourse on Sunday however he had to play second fiddle in the day’s feature, The Sankei Sports Sho Flora Stakes (2000m), which was won by a promising filly with an Australian background.

Tassort is not the only newcomer to stand at Newgate Farm this spring with Group I ATC Doncaster Handicap winner Brutal also set to join the roster.

Veteran sprinter Mr Stunning turned back the clock to secure a third career G1, while Southern Legend - the foundation ‘Legend’ horse for Mr Boniface Ho - dethroned the champion Beauty Generation as Inglis graduates dominated the big races on Champions Day at Sha Tin.

New Zealand-bred miler Beauty Generation has been beaten the barest of margins in his attempt to land his third straight Gr.1 Champions Mile (1600m), foiled by fellow veteran Southern Legend.

The Breednet ‘One to Watch’ Teramia was not the only smart three year-old winner on Sunday for Deep Field, who also featured at Sha Tin where True Legend opened his account.

Pensioned from stud duty earlier this year, Arrowfield Stud’s outstanding sire Not a Single Doubt added a 14th Group I winner to his tally and fifth this season when his seven year-old gelding Southern Legend beat the favourite Beauty Generation to win the HK $20million Group I Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tun on Sunday.

Darley’s champion sire Exceed and Excel has had a lot of Group I winning sprinters, but few tougher than seven year-old Mr Stunning, who cemented his place as one of Hong Kong’s finest sprinters at Sha Tin ion Sunday when capturing the HK$18 million Group I Chairman’s Sprint Prize (1200m).

With just three two-year-old winners before the dawn of the new year, Snitzel stood some of his main rivals a sizeable start but when his son National Choice made a winning career debut at Geelong on Sunday, Snitzel had taken his tally in Australia to 17 to edge one clear of I Am Invincible.

Newgate Farm's Deep Field keeps rolling out those three year-old winners and unleashed an impressive debut winner on Sunday at Geelong raced by the Sheldon family of Macedon Park in Victoria.

Results over the past 12 months highlight the growing success of some sires that do not fit the accepted profile of speed on speed, proving that a multidimensional racehorse can in fact be a very good sire.

With his countrymen cutting a swathe through stakes races all around him,  poor old A Shin Rook (JPN) must have felt as if he was letting the side down in his adopted homeland - before putting things right in Saturday’s  Listed City Of Adelaide Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville.

Dual Group 2 winner Cliff’s Edge (Canford Cliffs) has been retired and is bound for stallion duties next season.  

It was a great day at the office for Woodside Park’s Foxwedge with a new stakes-winner in Wild Vixen, plus two stakes placed horses Villami and Dyslexic as well as a Flemington winner in Kuramae.

It’s starting to sound like a broken record but it was another good day at the office for Mill Park Stud graduates with one of their star pupils, Dalasan, making it three stakes wins on the day for the leading South Australian operation following his win in the  Chairman's Stakes (2035m).

It’s become one of the most successful nicks in Australian breeding, Pierro over daughters of champion sire Redoute’s Choice, and it delivered another stakes-winner on Saturday with tough staying three year-old Sacramento taking out the Listed VRC St Leger (2800m).

With eight stakes-winners for the season, Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard is enjoying a breakout season and the Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes-trained mare Amangiri has certainly played her part.

At his best, Dawn Passage can mix it with the best three-year-old around and the son of Dawn Approach (IRE) was at the top of his game in Saturday’s Group III Blacktown Workers Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m) at Rosehill.

A very competitive field lined up for Saturday’s Group III Hawkesbury Crown at Rosehill where punters threw their support behind the brilliant In Her Time to go out on a high note, but down the outside came the Sepoy mare Sweet Scandal to spoil the party.

Sun Stud’s Bel Esprit is never without a handy sprinter and his talented six year-old Tactical Advantage hit top form at his third run back from a spell to score a barnstorming win in the Listed Hawkesbury Gold Rush (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

A one-two for Rosemont Stud’s WS Cox Plate hero Shamus Award in Saturday’s Listed Anzac Day Stakes (1400m) at Flemington with the Danny O’Brien-trained Flying Award coming from last with a barnstorming finish to deny Ironedge.

The Tony Gollan stable have high hopes for flying Deep Field filly Isotope, who kept her record perfect at Sunshine Coast on Saturday when scoring a dominant victory at her second start.

Following her last start win in the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1050m), the Mick Huxtable-trained Ecumenical made it two stakes wins on the trot following a dominant performance In Saturday’s Group III Breeders' Stakes at Morphettville.

Aquis had a winning juvenile double at Canterbury during the week with Bellevue Star and Sauvestre and kept the winning run going when talented More Than Ready (USA) colt Saffiano took out the $100,000 Clarendon Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Record breaking Everest winner Yes Yes Yes will have two new first season partners to join him at Coolmore this spring with Calyx (Kingman) and Magna Grecia (Invincible Spirit) added to the roster.

A phenomenal amount of entries in the Inglis Digital April Online Sale has seen the ‘final countdown’ of bidding start time amended to 10am Thursday April 30, rather than the standard 3pm Wednesday time.

Due to an unprecedented number of entries in Inglis Digital's April Online catalogue and in the best interests of vendors and buyers, there is a revised 'Final Countdown' of bidding. 

It has been widely reported that Sky Racing have had a marked increase in audience as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic and we can report Breednet have enjoyed the same benefit for our advertisers as people increasingly focus on the one active sport in the country.

It's not often that a five-year-old mare in a benchmark 64 would get a run here but there is plenty of upside to this late-maturing half-sister to the cult hero Who Shot Thebarman.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible posted a 16th two year-old winner on Thursday to draw level on the score of two year-old winners this season with arch rival Snitzel.

For fans of Caroline Searcy’s Thoroughbreds are Go show on Sky, who may have missed Monday night’s episode, now is the chance to catch up with a great episode detailing Caroline’s personal journey with the thoroughbreds she bred and owns.

The real gauge of success for a young stallion on the rise is when his achievements can be measured against the very best older stallions rather than his second crop peers.

Redoute’s Choice is having his best season with his two-year-olds in over a decade while Anthony Freedman has been unveiling a seemingly endless stream of successful debutants - both combine to feature in Saturday’s Best On Breeding.

With New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka May Sale having to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the decision has been made to hold a quality weanling only sale in its place on Gavelhouse Plus in June.

The challenging financial climate we all now face has brought many breeders to consider their options with Richard & Kim McClenahan of Mullaglass Stud electing to test the waters by offering six well bred yearlings at the Inglis Digital April Sale that goes live on Friday April 24 running until April 29.

At this time of year with studs rolling out their service fees it’s good to keep track of that information in one place and Breednet does it best with our interactive stallion pages offering instant information on all stallions to help breeders make informed decisions.

Icebath will attempt to secure her first stakes victory at Rosehill on Saturday when she contests the Gr.3 Hawkesbury Guineas (1400m).

Champion sprinter Samaready and G2 winner Spanish Reef are among the latest additions to an already stellar collection of mares for the upcoming Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

Racetrack success is the recurring theme as leading Victorian farm, SWETTENHAM STUD, announces its roster for the 2020 breeding season.

Boasting a pedigree that sends pedigree enthusiasts into raptures, the Deep Impact (JPN) colt Miyake may have earned a shot at the Group 1 South Australian Derby following a heart-stopping win at over 1900 metres at Canterbury on Wednesday.

He’s the highest priced yearling ever sired by Swettenham Stud’s in form young sire Toronado (IRE) and he returned from a spell to score an impressive win at Bendigo on Wednesday.

There seems to be rash of top-class horses in recent times that have failed to perform in the breeding shed and this is just another one of them.

Group One winner Super Seth will retire to Waikato Stud this season, giving breeders access to the first Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas (1600m) winner to stand in New Zealand in three decades.

The Aquis colours were in hot form at Canterbury on Wednesday carried by the first winner Bellevue Star and then by impressive two year-old first starter Sauvestre, a $500,000 Magic Millions purchase for Aquis from the Cressfield draft

Placed in two of her previous five starts, the Paul Butterworth-trained filly Hamilton Hill broke her maiden in style over 1050 metres at Doomben on Wednesday to credit her first season sire Rich Enuff with his third winner.

A half-sister to Group III winner Bellevue Hill, promising two year-old Sebring filly Bellevue Star opened her account at Canterbury on Wednesday continuing a phenomenal run of success being enjoyed by her trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

An Australian spring campaign is beckoning Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) winner Jennifer Eccles.

While it was a big day for Victorian bred and sired horses at Caulfield on Saturday, the flag was flying proudly for the state at interstate meetings on the weekend.

The decision by Darley to up the fee of Exceed and Excel by 50% in 2020 is one that is sure to have breeders researching their facts to see what justifies the increase.

Chris Waller Racing and Star Thoroughbreds have announced that plans for a return to the racetrack for their Group 1 winning stallion have been shelved.

Novara Park, near Cambridge, have announced that service fees will remain unchanged for the forthcoming 2020 breeding season for their exciting young stallion duo of Sweynesse and Staphanos.

There were six heats for juveniles run at Randwick on Tuesday morning and three of those were won by the progeny of champion two year-old sire I Am Invincible.

Tragedy has struck the Lindsay Park stable after three race fillies and a broodmare headed to the Hunter Valley were killed in a truck accident near the operation’s Euroa base on Monday night.

Woodside Park Stud will present 10 high-quality yearlings to be sold online via the upcoming Inglis Digital Sale on April 24th - 29th. 

Westbury Stud stallion Reliable Man bolstered his CV on the weekend when his son Kinane took out the Gr.3 Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Newgate in conjunction with Emirates Park have purchased impeccably bred, boom juvenile Tassort, a blue-blooded son of Brazen Beau.

The first-ever New Zealand Bloodstock sale to be conducted on gavelhouse.com’s new online platform, Gavelhouse Plus, will be NZB’s annual South Island Sale.

A charity tipping competition run by thoroughbred stud farm Windsor Park Stud has raised $27,500 for charity.

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.

A 50% fee increase announced by Darley for champion sire Exceed and Excel will no doubt put the spotlight on the five mares entered for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale that are in foal to him at last year’s fee of $88,000.

Of all the recent Government Covid-19 initiatives recently announced, it is generally thought that the JobKeeper payment for employers is only available to profitable horse businesses that have established employees.

Our young champion sire Zoustar has built an impressive record with his oldest progeny just four year-olds and his best colt to date in Zousain will join the Widden roster in 2020.

Mares in foal to the likes of top-class proven sires such as Pierro, Zoustar, Dundeel, So You Think, Brazen Beau, More Than Ready, Written Tycoon, Lonhro, Street Boss, Rubick and Deep Field headline a strong Australian Broodmare Sale catalogue.

Darley has today unveiled its 2020 stallion roster with fees designed to acknowledge the challenges the industry, and the wider world, is currently facing.  

When Golden Slipper winner Pierro retired to Coolmore in 2013 there was high expectation for his stud career to come and one of those first crop horses to really put him on the map was Pierata, who hung up his racing plates for the last time after a brave second in the Group I ATC All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The highly anticipated clash between two star three year old colts yet to taste defeat, the Deep Impact colt Contrail and the Heart’s Cry colt Salios, lived up to all expectations in an epic renewal of the Group 1 The Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) (2000m) at Nakayama on Sunday.

Much has been made of the toughness and iron constitution of Away Game, this season’s highest stake earning two year-old, but there is another who could well give her a run for her money in the toughness stakes.

There was plenty of cause for celebration amongst the Waikato region’s thoroughbred breeding fraternity on Saturday afternoon following the running of the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Royal Randwick.

When the Steve Wolfe-trained longshot Watch Me Dance won on debut at Bunbury back on January 27 he became the first winner for the former Gary Portelli-trained speedball I’m All The Talk, now five starts later and with over $361,000 in the bank he has the honour of being his sire’s first stakes-winner.

On Bel Esprit Stakes day at Caulfield, the Sun Stud stalwart stuck early with his honest son Vainstream in the $200,000 Spendthrift Australia VOBIS Gold Sprint (1200m).

With his son Reliable Man (GB) siring the Group III Frank Packer Plate winner Kinane it was fitting that Reliable Man’s champion father Dalakhani (IRE) should chip in with a Group III winner of his own, the three-year-old filly Silent Sovereign in Saturday’s Schweppervescence Stakes (1800m) at Morphettville.

A mare Susan Keating purchased for just $19,000 at the Sydney Broodmare Sale back in 2009 has produced the winner of the $855,000 The Showdown as Khoekhoe (Turffontein) charged late to claim the 2YO feature.

Trainer Gordon Richards had a day out at Morphettville on Saturday with stable star Gytrash downing Sunlight in the feature R N Irwin Stakes while the promising 3yo gelding Garner opened his stakes account in the Listed Redelva Stakes (1100m) to credit his sire Barbados with his first stakes-winner.

Progressive gelding William Thomas scored a career best win in the Listed MRC Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday with his sire Nicconi making it a race to race double when Group I placed Lankan Star won the very next race.

The rich Showdown program at Caulfield is designed to showcase the best Victoria has to offer and the day finished off in style with Fiorente 3YO, Florent, producing a withering burst to capture the $430,000 The VOBIS Sires’ Guineas over 1600m.

For a long way down the Caulfield straight in Saturday’s $855,000 The Showdown, it looked as if River Night would vault her sire Night Of Thunder (IRE) to a challenging position to long time leading first season sire Pride Of Dubai, then along came Fred Kersley on the Matt Cumani-trained Turffontein colt Khoekhoe.

Coolmore Stud have confirmed that it has purchased a major share in star 2YO colt and dual Group 1 winner, King’s Legacy.

Asked to compete in just one stakes race in 14 starts, Hawkes Racing’s five-year-old Master Of Design gelding Greyworm led home a quartet of Group 1 winners in Saturday’s Group III TAB Hall Mark Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

In a Best On Breeding feature on Group 1 ATC Flight Stakes winner Funstar and her Group 1 QTC Oaks winning half-sister Youngstar, it was noted that their dam Starspangled (IRE) arrived in Australia carrying a filly foal by the great Galileo.

The Group III SAJC RN Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville on Saturday featured the return of champion sprinting mare Sunlight taking on local hero Gytrash, fresh from a super successful Melbourne campaign mixing it with the best sprinters in the country.

As you would expect from a $1,400,000 yearling King’s Legacy looks the part and the son of Redoute’s Choice has ability match, notching his second Group 1 success in succession in Saturday’s Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Fresh off a win in a 1600 maiden at Wyong, the Chris Waller-trained Kinane put a top-class field to the sword in Saturday’s Group III Cactus Imaging Frank Packer Plate (2000m) at Randwick.

Joe O’Neill’s Prime Thoroughbreds have raced a lot of good horses over the years, but three year-old Rubick filly Rubisaki is on track to be the best of them all after posting her sixth successive win on Saturday at Randwick when taking out the Group III ATC JHB Carr Stakes (1400m).

Sun Stud colour-bearer Macleay came with a barnstorming finish to make a winning debut over 1400 metres at Kembla Grange on Saturday to credit his sire Ready For Victory with his first winner.

There was plenty of juvenile action at the Warwick Farm trials on Friday with seven heats for two year-olds including one taken out by the sibling to a Golden Slipper winner and a Silver Slipper winner.

On the eve of the Super Vobis Owners and Breeders race day at Caulfield, we at Blue Gum Farm are pleased to announce the service fees for our stallions for the 2020 breeding season.

Easter Round Two – the live auction scheduled for July 5 of yearlings originally passed in at Easter One and those targeted specifically at the sale – will also now be open to select supplementary entries.