Despite being a stakes-placed daughter of Redoute's Choice from a family chockful of stakes-winners, Pleiades had worn out her welcome after eight seasons at Darley Stud and found herself in the Godolphin consignment heading to the 2023 Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale.

Innovative new Victorian enterprise Lovatsville will open the gates in August for a series of stallion parades showcasing four exciting young sires in Royal Meeting (IRE), Gold Trip (Fr), Generation and Fierce Impact (Jpn), who will have his first runners next season.

Entries for NZB’s 2024 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds are now open, with the Sale set to be held at the Karaka Sales Centre on 20 and 21 November.  

Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Bred to be an Oaks filly, this Kiwi bred two year-old filly made a winning debut at Sale on Thursday carrying the famous Pride of Jenni colours.

These stories are invariably popular and often shed light on why a stallion is doing what he is doing or what he might be expected to do in the future.

The prestigious 2023/24 Australian Racehorse of the Year awards will be celebrated this year on Thursday, 10 October at the new $20 million state of the art Wolf Blass ‘The Man’ Event Centre at Morphettville Racecourse, South Australia.

Famed Southern nursery White Robe Lodge has announced the service fees for their roster of four stallions, which features emerging young stallion Ancient Spirit ($7,000+GST) along with the proven trio of Ghibellines ($7,000+GST), Raise The Flag ($4,000+GST) and Gallant Guru ($2,000+GST).

Tom Lowry, an immensely influential figure in the New Zealand thoroughbred industry, passed away on Monday aged 88.

Much missed Golden Slipper winning sire Sebring has several sons at stud and one of the quiet achievers is Glenthorne Park Stud’s Sebring Sun, whose 60% winner to runner strike rate has made him a great option for owner breeders chasing the dream on a budget.

Exciting times are coming for Kia Ora Stallions later this year with the first runners by foundation sires Golden Slipper winner Farnan and blue-blood Redoute’s Choice son Prague.

The standalone Inglis Digital Sale for three quality mares owned by Trilogy Racing and partners has concluded with two purchased by Trilogy Racing and a third by International Bloodstock Investments.

Six of the European Darley roster will be available to cover southern hemisphere time this year, including Champion Australian First Season Sire elect Too Darn Hot (GB), who would have covered a full book in Australia this spring at a fee of $110,000.

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

The future looked bright for the valuable Spirit Of Boom filly Mighty when making a winning career debut at the Gold Coast in November 2022, but let connections down in five subsequent starts.

Leon and Troy Corstens thought enough of their Written Tycoon filly Supercilious to make her career in the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude in February.

After six consecutive placings, talented Zoustar filly Khaznah was well overdue to break the ice and the three year-old did it in style at Canterbury on Wednesday when landing the $100,000 Super Maiden over 1200m.

Entries are now open for the country's leading breeze up style auction, the Gold Coast Horses in Training Sale, with a new section announced for vendors in 2024.

There will be better races ahead for exciting Extremely Hardys after the 2-year-old daughter of Extreme Choice introduced herself with a six-length romp over 1200m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Debbie Sweeney had expected Willit to give a bold account of himself at Rotorua and the three-year-old duly delivered at the first time of asking on Wednesday.

Talented and tenacious mare Town Cryer will be given every opportunity during her next preparation to break through at the highest level.

Ballylinch Stud’s Lope de Vega is very much a sire on fire this year posting his 17th stakes-winner since January 1 when Moyglare Stud’s new acquisition La Isla Mujeres won the Listed Roscommon Lenebane Stakes (1m4f).

Here is the full list of 23 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

On a day when Aga Khan Studs announced their champion sire Siyouni would be available for Southern Hemisphere covers another of their up and coming sires Zarak, posted his first Australian winner and he saluted in some very well known colours.

The Cambridge-based horseman trains the six-year-old with Colm Murray and all roads will lead to the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in the spring.

So You Think doesn’t get a lot of debut two year-old winners, but he got one at Scone on Tuesday and the talented colt credited the new training partnership of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton with a winner from their first runner.

Lightly framed filly Photograph emerged from a 16-week hiatus to open her winning account over 1200m on a heavy track at Scone on Tuesday to credit Blue Point (IRE) with his fifth Australian winner.

Outstanding staying sire Camelot has just enjoyed a red letter weekend in Europe producing Group I Irish Derby winner Los Angeles and Group I Pretty Polly Stakes winner Bluestocking with both horses bred on the same cross and it’s one well worth noting for Australian breeders looking to utilise Camelot’s lone sire son in Australia.

Equimillion 2024 gets even bigger with new FREE ENTRY classes announced and the event expanded to four days

The 2024 National Online Breeding Stock Sale is now live on Gavelhouse Plus, with a high-quality catalogue that includes the Group Two winner and Group One performer Llanacord (NZ) (Contributer).

Leading European sire Siyouni will again be available to cover a limited number of mares to Southern Hemisphere time in 2024 from his base at Haras de Bonneval in France.

The $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm last Saturday was the last of 74 Australian Group I races run this season that produced 54 individual Group I winners, so let’s take a look at the best of the best.

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Set to be crowned Australia’s Champion First Season Sire of 2023/2024 Too Darn Hot (GB) will not be coming out to Australia this year with Darley announcing their decision via Twitter.

There were some interesting juveniles in action at the Warwick Farm trials on Monday morning with Ciaron Maher saddling three unraced blue blood fillies that all won heats, two of them by champion sire I Am Invincible and the third from his champion daughter Loving Gaby.

Dan Vegas is continuing Totara Park Stud’s outstanding run of success with the family of the unbeaten three-year-old.

The mighty Godolphin racing and breeding operation spans the globe and a new three year-old stakes-winner for them in Japan on Sunday comes from a famous Australian female family that is still being well cultivated here for commercial success.

The National Jockeys Trust (NJT) is delighted to announce their annual fundraising Race Day Luncheon is back at Australian Turf Club’s (ATC) Royal Randwick racecourse, on Saturday 24 August 2024.

Pride of Dubai had a Group I double at the weekend with his brilliant mare Bella Nipotina winning the Group I Tatts Tiara and in France overnight his globe-trotting superstar Dubai Honour hit top form winning the Group I Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2400m).

From last to first, exciting two year-old colt Henri Matisse scored an eye-catching win in the Group II Railway Stakes (6f) at The Curragh overnight becoming the 44th stakes-winner for his sire Wootton Bassett (GB), who will return to Coolmore Australia this spring.

The Camelot x Dansili nick produced it’s second Group I winner of the weekend when quality colt Los Angeles won the Group I Irish Derby following on from Bluestocking winning the Group I Pretty Polly Stakes.

The Australian racing season has one more month to run and the Listed Bunbury South West Cup (22200m) on Sunday gave Toronado (IRE) a chance to post a new stakes-winner with seven year=old gelding Come Right Back taking the prize.

Here is the full list of 79 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The connections of Full Tilt (NZ) (Charm Spirit) have been left wondering what might have been in her own racing career, but they have no doubt that her Group One pedigree and talent will make her a real drawcard in the 2024 National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus.

Last year’s Group I Pretty Polly Stakes (1m2f) at the Curragh was won by top class Fastnet Rock mare Via Sistina (IRE), who now calls Australia home and the race was run again overnight in Ireland with victory going to Juddmonte Farms homebred Camelot mare Bluestocking.

Amazing mare Bella Nipotina (Pride Of Dubai) secured a third career G1 win and took her earnings to almost $11m with a breathtaking victory in today’s Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm.

Drawing ever closer to the considerable milestone of 200 Australian winners in a season, Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar featured overnight in France producing a new stakes-winner when Mgheera took out the Listed Prix Hampton (1000m) at Chantilly.

Here is the full list of 108 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A two time stakes-winner at the end of last year, the Tony Gollan trained I Am Invincible gelding Zarastro has been performing a little below par this preparation, but bounced back to his brilliant best to post a career highlight win in the $200,000 Group III Tatts WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Pride of Dubai has two absolutely outstanding mares running for him this season and while Pride of Jenni has been off on a well earned break preparing for the spring, Bella Nipotina has been blazing a path to further G1 glory over the Brisbane Winter Carnival adding the $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) to her stellar CV at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Victorian raider Golden Path has made it back-to-back victories in Sydney with a dominant victory in the Listed W J Mckell Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

In-form mare Princess Rhaenys scored a narrow victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2143m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday as the well-related daughter of Iffraaj scored a richly-deserved maiden stakes success.

The lightly raced Merchant Navy mare Cottee had been building up for a peak performance and was an emphatic winner of the Listed Tattersall's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

The Listed SAJC Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville on Saturday was won last year by Coco Sun, who went on to win the Group I SA Derby last month and this year’s winner Femminile also looks to be a quality filly to watch next season.

Five years ago, the 3-year-old Vow And Declare won the Group III Tattersall's Cup over 3000m at Eagle Farm on the way to winning the Melbourne Cup and finishing second to Mer De Glace (JPN) in the Caulfield Cup.

Former Kiwi galloper Amberite continues to make a good impression since joining the stable of Mornington trainer Matt Laurie, with the son of Proisir trekking north to Sydney to land the Prague Yearlings Selling Now Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

Exciting local three-year-old Dan Vegas added a second victory to his unbeaten record with another dominant front-running performance in Saturday’s Truweld Engineering 3YO (1400m) at Ruakaka.

Bowness Stud have a lot of faith in their gorgeous So You Think stallion D’Argento and he added a fourth winner to his tally at Newcastle on Saturday with an impressive debut victory for the Ryan and Alexiou trained gelding Bitten By Barry.

Depth Of Character surprised the stable when winning a midweeker at Canterbury on May 29 but showed that was no fluke when finishing third in the Oxlade Stakes at Eagle Farm.

There seems to be a weekly unearthing of promising 2-year-olds by Written Tycoon, and First Settler added his name to the mix when making a hugely impressive debut in Saturday’s Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Hcp (100m) at Caulfield.

Last year’s Prix du Jockey (Gr.1) and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Gr.1) hero ACE IMPACT and this year’s French Derby winner LOOK DE VEGA notably have one thing in common, they are both graduates of the August Yearling Sale, which is synonymous with excellence in the ring and on the racecourse.

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Plenty of interesting trials at Randwick on Friday morning with seven heats won by two year-olds that included the half-sister by Pierro to Everest hero Classique Legend and we also had a look at the three-quarter sister to Winx and while she didn’t win her heat it was definitely a pass mark.

Peter Murray, a passionate and experienced figure in the racing industry, has been appointed to the board of Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV).

After five jump-outs dating back to last October, the wraps come off the Written Tycoon colt First Settler in Saturday’s Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Hcp (1000m) at Caulfield.

On track to be Champion 2YO Sire in both Australia and New Zealand this season, Written Tycoon produced another debut winner on Friday at Ballarat carrying the Yulong colours.

While a firm plan has yet to be locked into place, Gentian Blue’s connections are giving thought to a trip across the Tasman.

Former top three-year-old filly Llanacord will be offered to the public through gavelhouse.com’s National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which will go live at 5pm on Friday, June 28.

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

We’ve grown accustomed to the tidal wave of tried gallopers arriving on our shores from Europe that fill the fields in races of 1600m and further, but there has also been a growing interest from Australian investors in sourcing unraced youngsters directly from Euro yearling and foal sales with the purpose of racing here and we saw two well bred fillies salute at Bendigo on Thursday.

A competitive juvenile fillies maiden at Bendigo on Thursday attracted a strong field with victory going to a Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman trained daughter of Written By.

The I Am Invincible sireline goes from strength to strength and Lyndhurst Stud are thrilled and delighted to have taken a stake in this ever-evolving story.

Yulong aren’t the only international breeding force purchasing high profile mares from the Northern Hemisphere to race in Australia with Kia Ora Stud splashing out $US1.5million ($A2.2million)at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale last year on Bubble Rock (USA), who will take her place in the $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Aga Khan Studs have been having an outstanding year with their homebreds and produced a new stakes-winner overnight when lightly raced Sea the Stars filly Hanalia scored a stylish victory in the Listed Naas Oaks Trial (1m2 ½ f).

Offering shares in leading French sire Zarak and promising G1 winning sire Hello Youmzain, ARQANA’s Pop-Up Sale took place on Wednesday and  the two shares were sold for a total of €920,000.

 An Inglis Digital standalone sale featuring three quality Trilogy Racing fillies and mares in Nakoa, Miss Gaga and Zia will take place early next week and will generate huge interest ahead of the breeding season.

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

Midweek stakes racing at Warwick Farm with The Agency Civic Stakes (1400m) transferred from the washed-out Randwick meeting, proving the perfect spot for a maiden stakes success for the admirably consistent Diamond Diesel.

Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Tassort notched a tenth winner from 26 starters at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when the Emirates Park homebred gelding Mawjood returned from a spell to win a competitive maiden despite a tough run in transit.

The 2-year-old Shalaa (IRE) filly Winning Proposal brought up a 300-win milestone for trainer Kristen Buchanan when earning a second win in four starts in the Exceedance @ Vinery Stud Hcp (1100m) at Warwick Farm.

An affinity with Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth prompted Phoenix Broodmare Farm’s Damian Gleeson and Deb Gifford to make a spur-of-the-moment purchase of stakes-winning mare Zecora on Gavelhouse.com this week.

New Zealand syndicator Go Racing is enjoying a pleasing season and hit a major milestone earlier this month.

Te Akau Racing have had another stellar season and some of their stars that contributed to their success have returned to their Matamata barn to try and continue their dominance next term.

Dual Group 1 winner Epaulette set sail to Turkey in 2021, farewelling these shores with 51 foals from his final crop, which included the smart filly Eternal.

Placed in both the Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude and Group III MRC Blue Diamond Preview behind the mighty Hayasugi, Microphone filly Matisse always looked a good thing in a midweek maiden at Doomben.

Few debuts come more impressive than Gallant Son’s tour de force in the Max Blakiston / Ian Rees Maiden Plate (1100m) at Sale on Wednesday.

The $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm this Saturday is the last G1 of the Australian racing season with a full field of 16 plus emergencies set to provide an intriguing contest with the obvious favourite Bella Nipotina set a task in gate 17 and C'Est Magique will be carrying new rider Blake Shinn following the illness of James McDonald.

Investing in thoroughbred yearlings is a compelling and addictive passion for many in the industry and from the time you sign that docket a lot can happen and the rising fortunes of any purchase you make don’t just rest with the talents of the horse itself.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The most expensive yearling by champion sire I Am Invincible sold in 2022, stylish grey filly I Am Famous made $2million at Inglis Easter for Tyreel Stud and made it back to back wins when leading all the way to win at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

The highest priced yearling by Headwater sold in 2023, fleet footed filly Glassout made a winning debut at Hawkesbury on Tuesday for the Brad Widdup stable.

The two year-old maiden over 1400m at Hawkesbury on Tuesday had a heavily backed favourite in Tassort colt Sacred Fort, but he came up short finishing second to a first starter by Castelvecchio.

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) is calling for industry participants to register for its upcoming nationwide management workshops, which offer stud farm workers the opportunity to advance their leadership and communication skills. 

Royal Ascot last week produced so many interesting results from a breeding perspective, but one of the most fascinating from an Australian point of view was the historic first for our champion sire I Am Invincible.

Coolmore America has announced the death of Ashford Stud's elder statesman Tale Of The Cat at the age of 30 due to the infirmities of old age.

Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Lindsay Park Racing have had a strong season with their juveniles and added a new winner to the tally on Monday with a debut winner by Justify (USA) at Pakenham.

Leaderboard has found a new avenue for success in a jumping role out of Te Akau Racing’s Cranbourne stable, and his latest victory on Sunday has set him up for a shot at three of Australia’s feature jumps races.

Irish Colleen set the ball rolling for prominent breeder and owner Daniel Nakhle and the daughter of Shinko King keeps on giving.

The 3-year-old Roger Barows colt Orchid Romance (JPN) broke through his maiden stakes success in Sunday’s Listed Paradise Stakes (1400m) at Tokyo Racecourse.