Famed Widden Stud had the enviable task this season of launching the careers of the Champion Australian 2yo colt of his generation and the Champion Australian 3yo and are thrilled to announce both new recruits Written By (Written Tycoon) and Trapeze Artist (Snitzel) are proving every bit as effective in the barn as they were on the track.

The next stage of the Inglis Ready2Race Sale was completed with breeze up sessions at Eagle Farm and Taupo today.

The build up to next month's Magic Millions2YOs in Training Sale intensified today with a highly successful breeze-up session held on the Gold Coast.

Sydney wasn't the only location for official two year-old trials on Monday with Queensland also getting in on the act with five heats at Eagle Farm that included a winner for Aquis Farm's first season sire Spill the Beans.

When our office takes over new breeding industry clients one of the biggest problems, we find, is how poorly the special mare and stallion “write-off” rules have been applied.

Johno Benner and Holly Wynyard will get a better line on three-year-old staying prospect Shakespeare when he contests Wednesday’s Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington.

The connections of smart Cambridge mare Rondinella will get an early guide to her prospects of becoming a serious Group I  Cox Plate (2040m) contender when she makes her Melbourne debut at Moonee Valley on Friday night.

HEAT 11 50,79 – The last heat was won with authority by More Than Ready (USA) colt Global Quest, who always looked to be in cruise control when leading all the way under James McDonald to win as he pleased in the Aquis colours.

Remarkable Kiwi broodmare Bohemian Blues produced a fourth stakes-winner on Sunday to go with her earlier star progeny Shamrocker, Rock Diva and Bohemian Lily.

Resident Waikato Stud stallion Ocean Park was to the forefront of the trans-Tasman racing action on Saturday where he was represented by four individual winners on the day, including a Group Three success at Royal Randwick.

When former Vinery Stud employee Mark Nevin paid $600 for Lady of Helena at the 2013 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale, never in his wildest dreams did he think he would breed a G1 winner.

Sensational Karaka graduate Melody Belle (NZ) (Commands) shares a slice of New Zealand racing history after an effortless win in Saturday’s $200,000 Group 1 Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings.

Trainer Daniel Bowman and jockey Declan Bates combined for their biggest wins in racing when Begood Toya Mother scored a sizzling win in the Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

When Dwayne Dunn came with a barnstorming finish on the South Australian-trained gelding Garner to defeat a field chockful of promising three-year-olds over 1000 metres at Caulfield on Saturday his mind may have drifted back to the day when he won on Garner’s mother a decade earlier.

A bit of shrewd placing by the Godolphin team resulted in the 5-year-old Lonhro mare Soothing earning a valuable black-type win in Saturday’s Listed W H Wylie Hcp (1100m) at Morphettville.

At a cost of $90,000 at the 2016 Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale, Single Handed is comfortably the most expensive yearling by his sire Ambidexter, but he is proving to be money well spent for trainer Nick Smart as the 5yo gelding opened his stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Tokyo City Cup (1800m) at Morphettville.

To paraphrase an Australian PM, how good is that 2017 Group II Prix Niel form working out?.

Progressive I Am Invincible filly I Am Eloquent handled a massive step up in grade to score a stylish victory in the Listed MRC Jim Moloney Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday staking her claim for the Group I MRC Thousand Guineas next month.

Irish jockey Declan Bates and Warrnambool trainer Daniel Bowman celebrated their first Group 1 successes when the $26,000 yearling Begood Toya Mother captured Saturday’s $500,000 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Talented Fastnet Rock import Brimham Rocks (GB) proved a source of frustration last spring when he notched placings in several big races including the Group I ATC The Metropolitan, but booked his ticket to the Caulfield Cup with a stylish victory in the Group III MRC Foundation Cup at Caulfield on Saturday.

In the post Winx era, Godolphin’s import Avilius (GB) staked his claim as the best horse in the land following a last to first win in Saturday’s $750,000 Group 1 George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Winner of the Listed Nudgee Stakes at Doomben last December, Godolphin’s Exceed And Excel mare Manicure owned group placings in the PJ Bell Stakes, James Carr Stakes, Triscay Stakes, Guy Walter Stakes and Hawkesbury Crown as well as a second in the million dollar Magic Millions Fillies And Mares, so few could begrudge her win in Saturday’s Group III How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Fierce Impact (JPN) looked all over the winner of Saturday’s Group III Bill Ritchie Handicap at Randwick when he sprinted quickly to put a length on Kolding, however the Group II Queensland Guineas winner began to rally under Glen Boss to claim an unlikely victory.

The Group II ATC The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday featured several of the leading contenders for the upcoming $14million the Everest next month and it was five year-old Pierro stallion Pierata that emerged triumphant.

Less than twenty-four hours after being crowned champion South Island Two-Year-old for her deeds last season, Miss Federer gave notice she will be a force to be reckoned with in her three-year-old campaign when she captured the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Canterbury Belle Stakes (1200m) against her age group rivals at Riccarton.

Recently crowned New Zealand Horse of the Year, Melody Belle made it Group One victory number eight in emphatic fashion when she dominated her rivals in the Group I Windsor Park Plate (1600m) at Hastings.

The Group II ATC Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick on Saturday was expected to be won by boom filly Libertini stepping up to 1400 metres for the first time, but it narrowly proved a bridge too far.

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Aretha opened her three-year-old account in dramatic fashion when she took out the Group III Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) in a grandstand finish.

Cambridge Stud’s Manchu added serious momentum to her classic campaign this afternoon with a gallant victory at Hastings.

John Thompson’s gallant five-year-old mare Sweet Deal earned a well-deserved maiden stakes win in Friday’s $160,000 Group III Tibbie Stakes (1400m) at Newcastle.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott's world traveller Hush Writer (JPN) scored a fighting win in Friday's $200,000 Group III Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m).

A patient approach with progressive Pierro four year-old gelding Rock paid big dividends at Newcastle on Friday when he stormed into contention for the Group I ATC Epsom Handicap with a barnstorming victory in the Group III Cameron Handicap.

A pair of Damien Lane-prepared 2YOs stole the show at today’s Warwick Farm breeze ups ahead of the 2019 Inglis Ready2Race Sale.

30 years ago today a very special filly was born at Newhaven Park and today she celebrated a milestone birthday.

A colt by leading Widden Stud sire Zoustar was amongst the youngsters to shine at today's Seymour breeze-up session in preparation for next month'sMagic Millions Gold Coast 2Yos in Training Sale.

Some families experience a period of fame then disappear just as quickly but one family that has stood the test of time is that of the Sir Dane mare Sasha whose only claim to fame could easily have been as the first metropolitan winner for Malcolm Johnston.

The official Sydney two year-old trials will be run on the Kensington track on Monday morning with 11 heats featuring a big selection of youngsters including plenty of runners by first season sires including Golden Slipper winner Vancouver.

So You Think and Dundeel have set a high standard for sire sons of the late Epsom Derby winner High Chaparral (IRE) with Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE) also showing the promise of good things to come after making a strong start to the new season with his fifth winner since August 1 at Sale on Thursday.

The new season two-year-olds have started trialling with seven heats in the past week involving youngsters, so here are the placegetters with breeding and sales results.

It’s been a big week of trials and at this time of the season there's plenty of interest in the three-year-olds so here’s all the placegetters with breeding and sales results.

The Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Madison County will have his first hit-out of the spring when he steps out at Caulfield on Saturday to compete in the Group I  Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

French Import  SINGING (FR), a son of leading sire Singspiel is being relocated to Thunder Ridge Stud at Deuchar (Warwick) Queensland and will be available to selected staying mares for a $2,000 fee.

Torrential rain in Sydney has put doubts over whether trainer Jamie Richards will start quality gallopers Probabeel and Avantage in their respective races at Randwick on Saturday.

Like their sire, when Tosen Stardom ((Jpn)  dropped from the sky in his emphatic G1 Emirates Stakes victory, Tosen Stardom’s first foals have also dropped and are now creating their own hype.

Bob and Sandra Peters have had phenomenal success with their homebreds including current superstar mare Arcadia Queen, but it was a filly they purchased from Inglis Easter that caught our eye as a ‘One to Watch’ on Wednesday at Belmont.

Talented Rubick gelding Erno overcame a very heavy track at Warwick Farm on Wednesday to post his third win and first for the new season.

To produce one Group I winner for any mare is an amazing achievement , but to produce two and another Group III winner puts you in the class of a blue hen, which is why Damien Kirwan and his team at Peppertree Farm were devastated last week to lose St Therese, but take heart from the fact her final foal is a filly.

The stage is set for some early fireworks in the 2019-20 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series, with a high-quality field assembled for Saturday’s first leg, the $70,000 Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings.

There was plenty of hype surrounding Harlech heading into his raceday resumption at Matamata on Wednesday and the exciting three-year-old duly delivered, taking out the Waharoa Transport CO(1995) Ltd 1200.

With his first Southern Hemisphere bred yearlings to be offered at Australasian sales in 2020 it's good to see Coolmore's Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) getting diverse winners on varying surfaces in different locations.

 What makes these stallions so special.

Exciting galloper Catalyst has made the perfect start to his three-year-old season with his two stakes victories to date, and leading Australian form analyst Daniel O’Sullivan believes the son of Darci Brahma will only get better.

For the past two seasons, the world’s richest sprint, The Everest has been won by Redzel setting his sire Snitzel up for successive Australian Champion Sire titles, but this year there is change in the air.

Peter Dunn’s Dodmark Thoroughbreds already have an exciting spring prospect and Derby contender in Just Thinkin’ and will be hoping to unleash another at Warwick Farm later this afternoon.

The first of the Nostradamus (Medaglia D'Oro – Leone Chiara) progeny to trial has proven to be a big surprise packet for star Queensland trainer Liam Birchley.

Champion Victorian sire Written Tycoon has a number of brilliant sons now at stud, but the first to retire was Rich Enuff and the Woodside Park based sire produced an impressive trial winner at Toowoomba on Tuesday morning.

New Zealand Bloodstock Insurance, in association with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, is proud to announce three new Triple Crown Series for the 2019-20 New Zealand racing season.

The latest round of Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association classes took place at the big Willinga Park show last weekend at picturesque Bawley Point on the South Coast of NSW where the best showjumpers in the country gathered for four hot days of competition.

The quality and athleticism of Deep Impact stallion Satono Aladdin’s first Japanese foals created a big impression in July at the prestigious JRA 2019 Select Sale, his foals averaging a massive NZ$613,000 and with his first New Zealand progeny now arriving, they look set to make a similar impression with Australasian breeders.

Such confidence does Allandale Park have in Carry On Rocking that they are excited to announce that the unraced but regally bred bay will be making his stud debut at the Hobbys Yards farm this spring.

A colt by former Australian Horse of the Year Dissident impressed at the first breeze-up session leading into next month's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale.

Three young women working in the thoroughbred industry are heading overseas early next year to enhance their careers thanks to scholarships promoted by the NZTBA Sunline Education Trust.

It may start sounding like a broken record but the incomparable Galileo sired a further two Group 1 winners at the Curragh on Sunday to take his Group 1 tally over the two-day Irish Champions carnival to four.

Exciting young sire Deep Field sired three winners over the weekend headed by his talented three year-old Californiadeepshot, who kept his undefeated record intact with anther impressive win at Kembla, where he broke the track record on debut last month.

Sun Stud have Tweeted their first season shuttler National Defense (IRE) has his first mare safely in foal.

The Group II VRC Danehill Stakes at Flemington on Saturday produced some fine performances for several classy three year-olds including Wandjina colt Express Pass, who charged home for third to Dalasan and Dubious.

When Pinatubo disappeared into the distance for a nine length win in Sunday’s Group 1 National Stakes at the Curragh, the two-year-old son of Shamardal (USA) ran the seven furlongs in a time that was a full 2.

If you own a Lonhro mare, you will want to read this story.

So You Think had a fruitful weekend with a new stakes-winner in Just Thinkin’ and two horses that just missed in Group II races in Fasika and Miss Siska, while at Sha Tin on Sunday his progressive four year-old Buddies stamped himself as a bright prospect going forward which is good news for his half-brother headed to Inglis Ready2Race.

It was a Needs Further domination at the Tasmanian Horse Of The Year Awards, Armidale Stud's outstanding young stallion stamping his name on all seven equine award categories.

Rich Hill Stud principal John Thompson was a happy man as he reflected on a wonderful week for his resident stallion Shocking while sipping on his Sunday morning coffee.

Robust competition for Thoroughbred racing prospects continued Saturday during the fifth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which included the sale of a colt by Candy Ride (ARG) for $1 million to Speedway Stable to increase the number of seven-figure horses at the auction to 22 and drive cumulative sales for 785 yearlings to $258,048,000.

A trio of star Inglis 3YOs appear set for big spring campaigns – and a pair of 4YO Zoustar sprinters could be destined for G1 glory – following another dominant day for Inglis graduates at Stakes level.

As a $2,300,000 sales-topping brother to triple Group 1 winner Shoals, much was expected of the Fastnet Rock colt Groundswell who paid his first dividend at his second start with an authoritative win in a maiden over 1218 metres at Geelong on Sunday.

For the eighth time that in his wonderful career, Galileo supplied the first three home in a Group 1, but that was not the end of his domination of the opening day of Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Frankels’ crowd pleasing roan son Logician kept his record at a perfect five for five in Saturday’s Group 1 St Leger at Doncaster.

Seymour Bloodstock’s Spanish Whisper has the race performance and pedigree to grace any broodmare paddock in the land but that has been put on hold as she strives for that elusive Group 1 victory.

Highly rated Pierro mare Arcadia Queen was the horse generating the most interest at Rosehill on Saturday and she lived up to expectation when zooming clear to win the Group II ATC Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) as she pleased.

Widden Stud’s champion young stallion Zoustar delivered a Group II double in two states on Saturday courtesy of quality mare Mizzy and Zoutori, who became his tenth stakes-winner with an explosive victory in the Group II VRC Bobby Lewis Stakes at Flemington.

The flags were flying proudly in Perth on Saturday as shortly after their champion Arcadia Queen captured the Group II Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill with a minimum of fuss, the hard-knocking Gatting did what he failed to achieve in three starts at home, win a race at the highest level.

Back on a firm track, Godolphin’s Exceed And Excel colt Bivouac turned the tables on his San Domenico Stakes conqueror Exceedance in Saturday’s Group II Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens.

You’d love to own a broodmare, whose first three foals to race are all stakes-winners.

Striking looking chestnut Dalasan rated through the roof when he defeated the subsequent Group I winner Scales Of Justice in the Group III Spring Stakes at Morphettville and that form worked out well for Saturday’s Group II Danehill Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

Talented winter galloper Herengawe came of age at Awapuni on Saturday when he out-toughed his rivals to score his first win at stakes level when he took out the Group III Boehringer Ingelheim Metric Mile (1600m).

Boom three-year-old Catalyst treated his three-year-old rivals with contempt when he produced a devastating home straight sprint to capture the Group III  Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka.

The deceased Widden stallion Stratum came close to having a stakes-winner from his final full crop when Absolute Flirt was a luckless second on the Listed Cap D'Antibes Stakes at Flemington but thirty five minutes later he struck with the John Moloney-trained Legionnaire who broke his maiden in the Listed Exford Plate (1400m).

The well-supported Wayupinthesky made the trip down from Sydney worthwhile when opening her stakes account in Saturday’s Listed Cap D'Antibes Stakes (1100m) at Flemington.

Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale resumed Friday, the first day of the two-day Book 2 catalog, with strong trade among a roster of prominent buyers led by the partnership of SF/Starlight/Madaket, whose spending spree included the purchase of four of the day’s six top-priced horses, including a Union Rags colt for $1 million.

Mum-to-be Consensus will take the next step towards a Victorian campaign when she tackles the Patron's Trophy (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday.

The build-up to the 2019 Inglis Ready2Race Sale gathered further momentum today with the first of five breeze up sessions.

Just eight runners but what a quality field of three-year-olds Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Run To The Rose (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens has drawn.

Powerfully built Redoute’s Choice mare Enbihaar took her seasonal tally to four wins from five starts when grinding out a short-head success over the three-year-old Galileo filly Delphinia in Thursday’s Group II Park Hill Stakes (1m6½f) at Doncaster.

The countdown is underway to Australasia’s leading two-year-old sale, with the catalogue now released for the 2019 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds.

Dagny (NZ) – the multiple city-winning daughter of Darci Brahma - has topped the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Auction, selling to Kitchwin Hills for $140,000.

It was a battle of the giants in a 1100 metres maiden at Hawkesbury on Thursday when Fairway Thoroughbreds $650,000 I Am Invincible filly Sangria bettered Spendthrift Farms $800,000 Written Tycoon colt Dirty Work by three and a half lengths.

Group One winner Volpe Veloce will have the opportunity to continue an impressive streak when she lines-up in the Group II  Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Rahotu couple Philly and Paddy Mullin consider themselves new to the breeding game, and are absolutely delighted to have bred their first stakes winner Cooga Doon.

An Uncle Mo half-sister to Group II Silver Shadow Stakes winner and Group 1 Golden Rose runner-up Omei Sword out of Fastnet Rock’s Gr1 MRC One Thousand Guineas winner Irish Lights was purchased by Ben McElroy for $650,000 on the third day of Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale but it’s hard to go past American Pharoah (USA) for the days highlights.

The new season two-year-olds have started trialling with seven heats in the past week involving youngsters, so here are the placegetters with breeding and sales results.

It’s been a big week of trials and at this time of the season there's plenty of interest in the three-year-olds so here’s all the placegetters with breeding and sales results.