Te Akau Racing ran rampant at both New Zealand venues on Saturday, culminating in a runaway by All Too Hard’s daughter Dream Of The Moon in the Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton.

The remarkable eight-year-old, Arapaho (Fr) threw aside any two-mile doubts with a brilliant win in Saturday’s Group I Sydney Cup, taking his career earnings over $4million.

A small field and a slowly run race made the red hot favourite Treasurethe Moment vulnerable in the $1million Group I ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday, but the gifted daughter of Alabama Express called on her champion qualities to overcome difficulty to win.

The withdrawal of unbeaten filly Autumn Glow from the $1million Group II ATC Arrowfield Sprint (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday due to an elevated temperature left a very even field of colts to do battle with blue-blood I Am Invincible colt Enriched, from the family of the great champion Winx, taking the prize.

Godolphin’s top class Street Boss filly Tempted finalised her six start juvenile year with a powerful victory in the Group II The Star Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday, her second at that level.

A brilliant rails hugging ride by apprentice Lily Sutherland combined with the never-say-die attitude of progressive stayer Mehzebeen proved the key to the finish of a thrilling running of the Listed Valley D’Vine Restaurant Hawke’s Bay Cup (2200m) at Trentham.

A Karaka pinhook winner sourced from the Widden Stud draft at the 2023 Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, Written By filly Bona Sforza made an auspicious stakes-winning debut in New Zealand on Saturday.

The Listed SAJC Without Fear Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday had a short priced favourite in Tagaloa filly Meisho, but she proved no match for the Amy and Ash Yargi trained filly Petit Artiste, a bargain basement $15,000 Inglis Premier purchase for her trainers.

Former Kiwi Sergeant Major recorded a strong victory in the Listed South Pacific Classic (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday as the three-year-old son of Proisir made a deserved Australian breakthrough.

Astute country trainer Nick Olive saw an opportunity to get Black Type with talented Tagaloa filly Spicy Lu in the $200,000 Listed ATC Fernhill Mile (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday and she kept her unbeaten record intact when leading all the way to win.

If you have an interest in any of the first season sires such as Ole Kirk, Farnan, Wootton Bassett (GB) and their peers and are looking for insight into how the back section of the racing season will unfold for them, a look at the unraced first season trial report is a must read.

Here is the full list of 53 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Magic Millions is delighted to announce the appointment of Thomas Yeung as its new Hong Kong Representative.

The first race at Geelong on Friday produced a new winner for Cool Aza Beel with Gable improving at his second start to score a stylish win.

Barrier trials at Rosehill on Friday morning featured five heats for juveniles and winners included an unraced three-quarter sister-in-blood to Group I winner Mizzy and two unraced youngsters by Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan, who has already sired eight first crop winners this season.

New Zealand’s star filly Leica Lucy will test her talent against Australia’s best on Saturday when she heads to Randwick in a bid to double her Oaks tally.

The 2024-25 NZB Southern Filly of the Year Series contenders have everything to play for over the next couple of weeks, beginning with Saturday’s $80,000 Listed NZB Airfreight Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton.

This time last year Extreme Choice filly Extreme Diva was matching strides with the best two year-old fillies of her generation and it seems amazing it has taken her so long to win a maiden, but the job is done after a tenacious victory at Gosford on Thursday.

Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $1million Group I ATC Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday features a showdown between VRC Oaks winner Treasurethe Moment and New Zealand Oaks winner Leica Lucy and for the Yulong homebred Treasurethe Moment, a victory could put her in the picture with Lady Shenandoah to be crowned Champion Australian 3YO Filly.

Is it possible for a budget conscious breeder to make their mark in a super selective and super elite sale such as Inglis Easter? With the clearance now hitting 87% following five additional sales since Monday night it turns out the answer is yes.

There were official barrier trials on the Caulfield Heath track on Thursday including three for the youngsters and first season sires were prominent with another promising Farnan winner and placegetters by Peltzer and Doubtland.

There will be plenty of New Zealand interest in FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on April 27, headlined by Kiwi raider El Vencedor.

Toronado added to his strong Hong Kong season at Happy Valley on Wednesday night, with new winners also for Redwood, Capitalist and Shamexpress, and Hugh Bowman rode a treble.

At a time when public perception of racing is more scrutinised than ever, National Thoroughbred Week offers a unique opportunity for the public to experience the realities of the industry up close.

Pam Gerard came close to picking up a three-year-old major across the Tasman this season with Savaglee, and the Matamata trainer is back with another rising star in pursuit of Saturday’s A$1 million Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick.

At this time of year in Europe lightly raced three year-olds with classic aspirations are well worth taking note of and a Juddmonte homebred Kingman colt that bolted in last night at Kempton Park has been priced as short as 6-1 for the Group I Newmarket 2000 Guineas.

A 10% share in dual G1 placed colt Coleman today became the highest-priced racehorse share in a colt or gelding ever sold on Inglis Digital, realising $405,000.

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

Just a few days after Chris Waller produced Castelvecchio filly Aeliana to score a spectacular win in the Group I ATC Australian Derby, the champion trainer unleashed another promising filly by the same sire to win at Hawkesbury in a $100,000 Super Maiden (1600m).

Success means different things to different people, but one thing is clear: Cressfield has had an exceptional few days, during the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Kia Ora Stud’s Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan is making every post a winner and added an eighth winner to his tally at the metro meeting at Hawkesbury on Wednesday when Grand Eagle saluted at his third start.

With a super strong market at Inglis Easter this week it was no surprise to see some very successful pinhook results and the best of them was a handsome chestnut colt from the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside that sold for $650,000.

Champagne Diblu won’t lack support when the trial-winning youngster opens his career on his home track at Riccarton on Saturday.

The 2025 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale was highlighted by 25 yearlings that sold for $1million or more which was seven more than last year when 18 were in the millionaires club following on from 26 in 2023.

Too Darn Hot (GB) is coming back to Australia having missed 2024, but there are 24 mares now in Australia according to Australian Studbook records with 2024 coverings to him southern hemisphere time including the dam of Traffic Warden and a relation to Switzerland and his $2.7million full brother sold at Inglis Easter this week.

Multiple Group One winner Atishu will bid to have a fairytale ending to her racing career when she heads to Randwick on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m).

Coolmore based Home Affairs has made some history this year in topping both the Magic Millions Yearling Sale and the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and he’s done it with two youngsters that both sold for $3million or more.

One of 13 stakes-winning two year-olds last year in the Northern Hemisphere for Wootton Bassett (GB), exciting colt Maranoa Charlie made a winning return in France overnight taking out the Group III Prix Djebel (1400m) at Deauville as a short priced favourite.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale has been a big distraction this week, but we have found time at last to have a closer look at our G1 winners from last Saturday and three of them are brand new and one is now the hottest unclaimed sire prospect in the country.

Great news for Aussie breeders with Darley Australia excited to announce the return of Too Darn Hot (GB) for the 2025 breeding season.

Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Geraldton Turf Club hosted the 2025 rendition of its historic $125,000 Gold Cup 2100m on Sunday and while it doesn’t carry Black Type, it is a popular race in WA with a winner this year by a well-bred sire son of Redoute’s Choice that started life as an Inglis Easter yearling back in 2009.

A somewhat disappointing lineup of just four runners contested the Listed Old Comrade Stakes (1600m) over the Ascot mile on Saturday, but the field didn't lack for quality.

Trelawney Stud were quietly confident they had taken the right trio of yearlings across to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney this week and that was reflected with some outstanding results. 

Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis was once again to the fore in the sales ring this week, but this time at Inglis’ Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.

The stars in Sydney were all in alignment for Little Avondale Stud to celebrate a record auction result during the second session of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

It's Derby season in Australia and with Randwick done and dusted and won by outstanding filly Aeliana, we can now look forward to Classics in Perth, South Australia and Queensland.

Arrowfield Stud finished Inglis Easter as the leading vendor by aggregate and underpinning their success was the insatiable demand for their champion sire Snitzel, who might be turning 23 this year but has just posted his best ever results at this sale.

An incredible Easter Yearling Sale today concluded in remarkable fashion, defying bloodstock pessimism and global financial trends to finish with notable upturn in almost all key fiscal metrics.

Extreme Choice enjoyed 100% clearance at Inglis Easter with 13 yearlings offered and all were sold at an average $598,077 with a pair of million dollar colts on Sunday and then his top selling filly arrived on Monday when Newgate Farm sold a filly from Ganda for $1,050,000 to Dean Hawthorne Bloodstock.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Last year the Pierro filly from world champion Winx was the star of Inglis Easter when selling for $10million and this year Winx’s half-sister Covent Garden produced the highest priced yearling at this sale by I Am Invincible when her stunning bay colt sold for $1.8million to Tom Magnier.

Mitch Cunningham of Ridgmont is still on a high after winning last Saturday’s $4million Group I ATC Doncaster Mile with Stefi Magnetica and his week just got better when a Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Egyptian Missile sold for $1.2million at Inglis Easter to give the Hunter Valley nursery it’s first million dollar yearling.

At the 2021 Inglis Chairman’s Sale, Tom Magnier paid $2.5million to secure Group I MRC Oakleigh Plate winner Celebrity Queen and while her first foal was retained to race as Group I placed colt State Visit, her second was offered at Inglis Easter on Monday and the Pierro colt fetched $1.1million.

Juvenile trials were at Warwick Farm and Kembla Grange on Monday with a half-brother to Santa Ana Lane showing up, an unraced Ole Kirk, another flyer for Graff and Ciaron Maher gave us the first look at a Snitzel colt.

Nick Bishara was left pinching himself on Saturday after he watched his filly Belle Detelle breakthrough for her maiden stakes victory in the Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Rich Hill Stud principal John Thompson is no stranger to success on Australia’s biggest stage, but even he watched in awe as the filly he co-bred in Aeliana stormed away with Saturday’s $2 million Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m).

New Zealand’s Little Avondale Stud sold their first ever million-dollar yearling when their Zoustar colt from a mare that has an 85 year history with the stud and family made $1.7million.

The last time Tom Magnier put his name to a million-dollar Wootton Bassett colt it was this year’s Golden Slipper runner-up Wodeton and he went to $1.4milllion to buy a colt from Yarraman Park on Day Two at Easter on Monday.

A three-quarter sister-in-blood to triple Group I winner Zougotcha, Widden Stud’s Zoustar filly from stakes-winner The Actuary was always tipped to star at Inglis Easter on Monday morning and did not disappoint when selling for $2.6million.

Widden Stud had an early highlight at Inglis Easter on Monday morning selling the full brother to Group I MVRC William Reid Stakes winner Schwarz for $1.4million.

Tom Magnier is a big fan of Arrowfield Stud and their champion sire Snitzel and a colt from the family of world champion sire Dubawi proved irresistible on Monday morning when selling for $1.5million to be the first million dollar offering on Day 2 of Inglis Easter.

New winners for Dissident and Maurice along with a treble for David Eustace and The Autumn Sun’s Sky Jewellery continuing his rise through the ranks were among the highlights of the meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Classic trials at Longchamp overnight in France featured the seasonal return of the half-brother to The Autumn Sun and he started a short priced favourite and despite losing his unbeaten tag will have lost no admirers with his late charging second.

So You Think posted his best ever sales result at Inglis Easter on Sunday when his stunning filly from Group I VRC Oaks winner Personal sold for $1.15million.

Here is the full list of 87 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A first foal from a former Inglis Chairman’s Sale-topper Shout The Bar headlined an extraordinary Day 1 of the Easter Yearling Sale at Riverside.

The Inglis Chairman's Sale is fast approaching featuring a bevy of scintillating young race mares and the top lot at that sale in 2022 was Shout the Bar and she provided the top lot on the first day of the 2025 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Sunday. 

Extreme Choice has just had his service fee for 2025 announced at $330,000 and the Newgate Farm based super sire might lack for numbers, but never quality and his dashing grey colt from Shadow set a new benchmark for his sire at Inglis Easter on Sunday when selling for $1.7million.

It’s been a fruitful weekend for Cressfield having bred and sold Group I ATC Doncaster Mile winner Stefi Magnetica and on Sunday at Inglis Easter they sold a glorious I Am Invincible filly from dual Group I winner Pippie for $1.4million to Champions Farm / Satomi Oka Bloodstock.

Tom Magnier paid $1.5million for a Snitzel colt from Ms Bad Behavior (Can) at  the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale and that colt ended up being Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Switzerland and on Sunday he returned to the well to purchase his full brother for an eye-watering $2.7million.

Day Two of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale starts at 10am on Monday and here’s nine lots expected to be highlights.

Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible was in the G1 groove on Saturday with two year-old colt Vinrock winning the Group I ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and he got his first million dollar yearling at Inglis Easter on Sunday afternoon when the filly from Missile Mantra sold for $1.2million.

Pensioned in 2022 after losing his fertility, reigning Champion Hong Kong Sire Deep Field had his last two yearlings to be offered at Inglis Easter sell on Sunday with a colt and a filly selling for $300,000 and $550,000.

Widden Stud have a stellar draft of yearlings to be offered at Inglis Easter and the very first to be offered this year was a Zoustar colt from Lady Lupino that sold for $1.15million.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kicked off on Sunday with the first million dollar horse to be sold this year coming early as Lot 16, a Snitzel colt from La Mexicana that made $1.7million for Segenhoe Stud on behalf of B2B Thoroughbreds.

James McDonald ditched the first day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday in favour of partnering Hong Kong superstar and Cox Plate hero Romantic Warrior (IRE) in the Group I Dubai World Cup Turf (1m1f) at Meydan overnight and again the formidable partnership had to bow to the Japanese.

WA bred Machine Gun Gracie might be the best 3YO filly in the West, but her pedigree is packed with Eastern States champion sires including Encosta de Lago, Redoute's Choice and Written Tycoon!

Here is the full list of 113 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kicks off today and picking the hot lots from a catalogue of this calibre is nigh on impossible but the team at Inglis have the insight on pedigree, type and sale ring chat, so here’s eight lots to set your alarm to.

A full sister to Group I winner Mizzy, Dorrington Farm’s homebred filly She’s Got Pizzazz was a stakes-winner in Melbourne last spring and added further to her considerable worth when dropping from the clouds to win the Group III ATC PJ Bell Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

She was already a Group One winner and been a regular in the top level sprints but All Too Hard’s Stefi Magnetica surely crowned her career when victorious in the $4million Group I Doncaster Mile at Randwick on Saturday.

The Listed SAJC  H C Nitschke Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday was turned into a procession by talented Cosmic Force three year-old Stay Focused, who raced away to win as he pleased.

He might be best remembered for siring the world’s best sprinter Nature Strip, but Widden Stud’s stalwart sire Nicconi has more than that to offer and added a 30th stakes-winner to his tally at Caulfield on Saturday when Nicolini Vito won the Group III MRC Victoria Handicap (1400m).

The form out of New Zealand’s newest and richest race stood tall on one of Australia’s biggest stages when Evaporate won the Gr.3 HKJC World Pool Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) on the opening day of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday.

For the second year in a row, Horsham trainer Paul Preusker has won the A$200,000 Group III Tobin Brothers Celebrating Lives Easter Cup (2000m) at Caulfield with a New Zealand-bred.

New Zealand-bred Castelvecchio filly Aeliana secured a special place in the 164-year history of the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) with a stunning five-length blitz in the A$2 million classic at Randwick on Saturday.

Smart Missile’s Briasa confirmed himself a star of Australian sprinting, winning the Group I TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday where a good barrier helped atone for the horror of the previous Group One attempt.

One of five black type performers for his G1 Rosehill Guineas-winning sire D’Argento (So You Think), the Emma-Lee and David Browne-trained Statuario became the first stakes winner for his sire, relishing the step up in trip to claim the Listed MRC Galilee Series Final (2400m) at Caulfield.

Undefeated in his first two starts in Melbourne, the Matt Laurie trained I Am Invincible colt Vinrock was heavily backed to beat local glamour colts Wodeton and Rivellino in the $1million Group I ATC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) and duly got the job done with a tenacious display at Randwick on Saturday.

I Am Invincible had an impressive debut stakes-winner in Adelaide on Saturday when the Clayton Douglas trained filly Blue Hotel charged to the line to win the Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes (1000m) at Morphettville.

Cambridge mare Val Di Zoldo bounced backed to winning form after a lengthy hiatus away from the top step of the podium as she took out the Gr.3 Intowin.co.nz Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2050m) in a desperate finish at Wanganui.

The flying grey British bred mare Alalcance was stunning again winning the Group II Chairman's Qlty (2600m) at Randwick on Saturday and will back up as the short-priced favourite in next week’s Sydney Cup.

A determined win in Saturday’s A$250,000 Group Three TAB Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick may have earned Belle Detelle an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of a close relative.

Kia Ora Stud’s Golden Slipper winner Farnan made an auspicious start to The Championships on Saturday at Randwick when his quality colts North England and King of Pop fought out the finish of the $250,000 Group III ATC Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

The Lindsay Park trained Written Tycoon filly Scenic Point was a super impressive debut winner at Pakenham last month and punters expected her to take that winning form into her first Black Type assignment at Caulfield on Saturday in the Listed MRC Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1100m).

Lightly raced two-year-old Wyndstorm took a big step forward in the second start of his career on Saturday and beat a talented field in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Ellerslie.

The Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale kicks off on Sunday at midday, but we have a day of champagne racing to get through first and if you are interested in the vibe out at the sales check out all the sale snippet interviews done in the lead up for Breednet by Maree McEwan.

Here is the full list of 56 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.