Thoroughbred showjumpers were also starring at the Ekka with the 1.20m Queensland Thoroughbred Off the Track Showcase Class won by NSW visitor Makaylah Fenwick and her eight year-old Olympic Glory (IRE) mare Grace and Glory.

Thoroughbreds are taking centre stage this week at the 2024 Ekka in Brisbane and the led classes were dominated by a very interesting mare.

Thanks to the long-term support of Majestic Horse Transport as well as new partner Dunstan Horsefeeds, NZB is pleased to announce that the popular Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series will return for its fifth edition in 2024.

Lovatsville are well prepared for a busy week with the Victorian stallion parades in full swing and their exciting quartet including leading first season sire Royal Meeting (IRE) will be on show this Thursday (15th), Friday (16th) and Sunday (18th).

Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Murray as the new President of the organisation, following the successful tenure of James O'Brien, who has stepped down after 16 years of dedicated service to TBV and the Victorian breeding industry.

Runner-up in the Golden Slipper and a two time Group II winner at two and three, Best of Bordeaux was the highest rated 2YO Colt of 2021/2022 and has his first foals arriving this spring with Embrook Stables delighted with their colt born last week.

Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There were four heats for Group and Listed horses on the course proper at Warwick Farm on Monday morning featuring some Everest hopefuls and some top class mares including one having her first outing in the Yulong colours, while a couple of three year-old colts that have been entered for the Cox Plate were also in action.

Good news on the Victorian breeding front with the announcement that So You Think’s promising young stallion, INFERENCE, will continue standing south of the Murray in 2024.

Leading Queensland nursery Eureka Stud will open their gates this Sunday for a stallion parade featuring champion Queensland sire Spirit of Boom, exciting young sire Encryption and newcomer Don Corleone, the first son of exceptional sire Extreme Choice to stand in the sunshine state.

Grenville Stud is pleased to announce that Stratosphere will be standing the 2024 breeding season at $6,600 inc GST.

Bella Lodge owner Charlotte Manuel has been involved in racing for her entire working life and a visit to the Thoroughbred Sport Horse Association National Titles at Stonewall earlier this year proved the catalyst for her coming on board to sponsor a rider for this year’s Equimillion.

Zoustar could only manage second to Yarraman Park’s super sire I Am Invincible last season on the Australian General Sires List, but Widden Stud’s flagship sire had all the momentum during the last quarter and has hit the ground running in the first 11 days of the new season.

Joseph O’Brien has never been frightened to travel a good horse and tasted G1 success in Germany on Sunday when Wootton Bassett stallion Al Riffa improved off his last start second to City of Troy in the G1 Coral Eclipse to win the Group I Grosser Preis von Berlin (2400m).

Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Breeding horses is not that complicated – you take a son of the champion sire and a daughter of the champion broodmare sire and voila!

Five-year-old gelding Golden Path continues to go from strength to strength and made it three wins in succession when winning the Premier's Cup Prelude (1800m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Champion Sire FRANKEL has sired 100 Group/Graded winners in a record time of 3144 days, ahead of Danehill (also bred by Juddmonte), Deep Impact, Galileo and Dubawi.

The Group I Phoenix Stakes (6f) at the Curragh featured just five runners and four of them were colts, but it was the Juddmonte homebred filly Babouche that ran out an easy winner, while an unbeaten daughter of Frankel has G1 aspirations.

Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Returning from a 43-week break, See You In Heaven had connections worried when performing below expectations in a recent barrier trial. The top-class daughter of Divine Prophet showed she saves the best for race day when putting the field to the sword when defending her title in Saturday’s Group III Grand Syndicates Behemoth Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.

The million-dollar Zoustar entire Schwarz needed to call on all his courage to triumph in a desperate finish to Saturday's Darley Missile Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Narrowly beaten on debut at Eagle Farm, the progressive 3-year-old Zousain gelding Mister Bianco made it two from three when taking the inside route to triumph in the Access Insulation Sunshine Coast Hcp (1300m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

The Blue Point (IRE) colt Blue Stratum made it two on the bounce when denying the hard-charging Last Druid in the Dominant Hcp (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday and likely booked a start in next week’s Vain Stakes.

A long-range plan to snare a $100,000 Inglis bonus paid off for connections of Cosmo Centaurus when the son of Cosmic Force made a winning debut in the Butler Mcdermott Lawyers Maiden Hcp (1000m) at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Outstanding sire Kingman produced a new juvenile stakes-winner overnight with promising filly January winning the Listed Churchill Stakes (7 ½ f) at Tipperary and interestingly she is from a daughter of Fastnet Rock.

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

Winner of the Group I ATC Doncaster Handicap (1600m), Brutal was at his best as a three year-old and the promising sire son of O’Reilly put his first winner on the bboard for a new season when the Lindsay Park trained gelding Four Ace scored at Geelong on Friday.

There was not a lot of love for Just Like Gaby in the betting ring when she made her debut down the 1000m Flemington straight on July 20. Still, there was enough to like about her fighting fourth behind the undefeated First Settler to suggest she is a leading chance in Saturday’s Dominant Hcp at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Last year’s Tarzino Trophy Day at Hastings will live long in the memory of Sam Bergerson.

It’s been a stellar week for Pencarrow Stud broodmare Huluava.

The New Zealand breeding industry is poised to ignite with the arrival of two exceptional young shuttle sires this year, both multiple Group I winners by champion sires.

Newgate is thrilled to announce the premiere of their 2024 Virtual Stallion Parade, showcasing the biggest, strongest, and best stallion roster in the farm’s history - The online premiere will be held live on Monday, August 12th at 7 PM (AEST) on Newgate’s Facebook page.

Outstanding Galileo stallion Teofilo has already sired three winners of the Melbourne Cup in Without a Fight (IRE), Twilight Payment (IRE) and Cross Counter (GB) with his six year-old gelding Crystal Black putting himself into the picture for this year’s race after winning the Group III Ballyroan Stakes (1m4f) at Leopardstown overnight.

Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Yarraman Park’s Hellbent has shot to fame with a couple of outstanding Group I winning mares in Magic Time and Benedetta and a filly by the son of I Am Invincible was an eye-catching winner at Newcastle on Thursday.

A royally bred horse with a name to match, Federer made a belated career debut over 1400m at Ballarat on Thursday and won like a horse with a future.

Trans-Tasman Group One winner Prowess (NZ) (Proisir) became the fifth mare to break the million-dollar barrier on Gavelhouse Plus when she sold for $1,452,500 on the online platform on Thursday evening.

As a three-quarter sister to world champion Winx, three year-old Pride of Dubai filly Wings of Desire carries a heavy weight of expectation and she took another step forward at Newcastle on Thursday when scoring her second win in a Benchmark 64 event over 1250m.

Retirement for sprint queens such as Imperatriz, In Secret, Espiona and Zapateo has opened up the speed division ahead of a new season with a raft of fresh contenders in the mix to secure Everest slots this year including that horse from the West, who is already assured of a slot.

Te Akau Racing’s Riccarton barn were instrumental in their premiership defence last season, adding 64 victories to their 169 win haul, and their southern base have kicked of the new term in similar fashion.

After finishing the season strongly, Blue Point (IRE) took up where he left off when Salsa Fellow broke through at start three in the Brandt Maiden Plate (1000m) at Ballarat on Thursday.

A Group I winner at two that trained on to win again at G1 level as an older sprinter, Artorius was conceived at Newgate Farm and subsequently earned a place on their star studded roster with his first foals being born this spring.

At last year’s Equimillion, bloodstock agent Satomi Oka and her long time friend and racehorse owner Jane Petrie came along to watch me have a roll around the Olympic arena at SIEC on my off the track jumper and 12 months down the track the pair have combined forces to sponsor a rider for this year’s event.

Talented race mare Zoe’s Promise (Swear) will be retired immediately and bred to this season after topping today’s Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

This time two years ago, quality colt Jacquinot was preparing for a glorious three year-old season that would bring him Group I victories in the ATC Golden Rose and MRC CF Orr Stakes and now the next stage of his career is unfolding for Widden Stud with the arrival of his first foals.

The New South Wales Racehorse Owners’ Association is proud to announce the 2023/24 finalists for its flagship event, Racing’s Night of Champions.

A classy field of synthetic specialists assembled at Riccarton Park in search of the rich spoils on offer in the inaugural Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m), but the glory went the way of local trainers Russell McKay and Ashley Harrington with Spartan.

It’s been a week to remember for the Woodsford family.

Three weeks ago, US Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) sired the trifecta in a midweek colts maiden at Randwick and while we are yet to see the winner of that race Clear Proof go around again, the two colts he defeated are now both winners highlighting the strength of form from that race.

A $260,000 I Am Invincible colt would be considered ‘a cheapie’ in the context of a stallion whose progeny routinely sell for $1million and more, but the debut victory of this fellow would suggest ability is certainly not lacking.

So You Think mare Mountain Top took a while to break her maiden, but was super impressive first up from a spell at Newcastle last month with her upward trajectory continued at Canterbury on Wednesday when she powered to another stylish win in the Benchmark 64 over 1550m.

Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are excited for what spring has instore for their premiership-winning team, with several of their stars stepping out at the Te Rapa trials on Tuesday.

Brendan and Jo Lindsay celebrated a string of major results in the 2023/24 season from both the proven and promising members of their racing team.

Entries have closed for this year’s Cox Plate with all the Australian trained names you would expect to see among the list of 137 nominations, but we’re interested in the 22 three year-olds that have been entered as the very fact they’ve been entered is a good indicator as to the regard in which they are held.

If you watch a lot of trials at Rosehill you will notice that when they break 54 in a 900m trial it’s quite often a sign that the winner has more to offer and we saw one of those at the set of heats on Tuesday morning.

Here is the full list of 13 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion trainer Chris Waller is renowned for his ability to bring unheralded three year-olds forward quickly at this time of year and the stable produced three heat winners at the Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning that we are keen to have a closer look at including the filly that topped the 2023 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Kia Ora Stallions invites you to attend their annual open day on August 24th, where you will get an up-close and personal look at their stallions Farnan, Captivant and Prague with Caroline Searcy hosting the stallion parade.

Ken and Bev Kelso enjoyed plenty of success campaigning their former Group One star Bounding through her three-year-old spring campaign, and the Matamata trainers are set to copy that blueprint this season with another exciting filly.

The Rosehill trials on Tuesday morning featured four heats for Group and Listed winners with the first of them won by Tropical Squall in her new Yulong colours and the other three all held plenty of interest.

A two time Group I winner last season at three, four year-old Prized Icon mare Tropical Squall stepped out for her second trial in her new preparation at Rosehill on Tuesday sporting the colours of her new owners Yulong.

Widden Stud’s Zoustar has been fully booked since May with a tsunami of winners in the latter part of the season driving him to new heights.

Coolmore Australia has a full house again with the arrival of their shuttle sires for this season joining established stars So You Think, Pierro and Pride of Dubai as well as young guns Home Affairs and Shinzo.

Spring is very much in the air at Rosehill this morning with 11 Group I winners set to run in the first four heats at the trials and many are stepping out for the second time as they gear up for a return to racing at the end of the month, while at Cranbourne on Monday Pride of Jenni showed plenty of pep in her step!

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Vinery Stud are thrilled to announce their two sponsored riders for this year’s Equimillion on the October long weekend.

It’s going to be a busy and exciting foaling season at Yulong and one of the early arrivals is an interesting baby whose dam is a half-sister to the dam of this year’s Group I Irish Derby winner Los Angeles.

Everest winner Yes Yes Yes put his first winner on the board for a new season when the Lindsay Park trained three year-old Si Si Milano cruised clear to win at Pakenham on Monday.

We head to sunny Galway, Ireland, and with the jumping out of the way on the first half of the card,  thirteen 2-year-olds headed out for a 7-furlong maiden on a heavy track.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable had a stellar last season with their juveniles and the two biggest stars of the team stepped out as spring three year-olds at the Randwick trials on Monday with Storm Boy winning his heat and Lady of Camelot a close second.

Broodmare gem Opulence is the gift that keeps on giving for breeder Don Goodwin, with the mare producing another topliner in Australia over the weekend, but this time over jumps.

A well-performed Pencarrow Stud family came up trumps with a memorable winning double at Riccarton and looks set to continue to add to its roll of honour into the future.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Much loved and respected Canberra based businessman Terry Snow has achieved so many amazing and wonderful things in a long and rewarding life with one of his longheld ambitions to have an Australian horse and rider compete at the Paris Olympics realized this week by Jayden Brown and Willinga Park Quincy B.

Verry Elleegant's brother Affluential had his six-race winning streak snapped with a last-start second on the flat at Warrnambool but was back to winning form over the fences when climbing off the canvas to land the $300,000 Grand National Hurdle (4200m) at Sandown-Lakeside on Sunday.

Champion trainer Ciaron Maher has some of the best racehorses in the country in his care and while the likes of Pride of Jenni and Bella Nipotina get all the headlines, it was champion jumper Stern Idol (IRE) earning all the plaudits on Sunday with a facile 10 length romp in the $150,000 Crisp Steeplechase (4200m) at Sandown.

The upcoming Equimillion in October is a showcase event for off the track thoroughbreds conducted by Racing NSW and horse breeder Fionnuala Timoney of Calvados Bloodstock has seized the opportunity to show her support for these horses and their riders.

Three days into a brand new racing season and the winners are flowing for the usual suspects, but six winners in three days for this Queensland based sire is reason enough to shine a little light on a value sire that could all too easily be overlooked.

Here is the full list of 114 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Chris Waller-trained Medatsu ran out a gritty winner of the Jockeys Appreciation Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday as the four-year-old gelding recorded his first Sydney metropolitan victory.

Blueblood Australian Group I winner Profondo found a home at stud in New Zealand at Windsor Park Stud and the son of breed shaping sire Deep Impact has his first foals being born this spring.

The opening stakes race for the season delivered an incredible finish between a trio of talented gallopers, but after a tense wait, the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) went the way of Adrian Bull’s Jay Bee Gee.

Crocetti, one of the brightest stars in last season’s outstanding three-year-old crop, showed he was back bigger and better after he provided a display of guts and determination to take out Saturday’s Alibaba’s Flying Carpets Kerikeri Cup (1100m) at Ruakaka.

With slick Queensland visitor Zarastro setting a strong pace in the lead at Flemington on Saturday, Zoustar mare Right to Pary was allowed to settle back and bide her time, finishing with a brilliant late rush to seize victory in the Group III VRC Aurie’s Star Handicap (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The most expensive yearling by champion sire I Am Invincible sold in 2022, stylish grey mare I Am Famous made $2million at Inglis Easter for Tyreel Stud and while it took her a little while to break into the winner’s list, she’s now making a habit of it!

Consistent galloper Rise At Dawn was in the winner’s circle at Flemington on Saturday when leading throughout to land the VRC Season Premiere Race Day Plate (1620m).

Following a four-length win on debut at Wodonga, the 3-year-old Toronado (IRE) colt Detroit City kept his unbeaten record intact when lumping 60kgs to victory over 1410m at Flemington on Saturday.

Talented stayer Horrifying caused a minor upset when defeating highly-regarded galloper Berkshire Breeze in the Inside Run Trophy (2530m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Moulin Miss ran into a smart one in Arabian Summer when well fancied on debut in the Aquis Gold Pearl in January, but it has been plain sailing in two starts since.

Australian sprint queen Asfoora ran another super race at Goodwood overnight in the Group II King George Stakes (5f) with a 5lb penalty for her last start Group I victory proving the catalyst for three year-old Blue Point colt Big Evs to be able to turn the tables on the daughter of Flying Artie.

Kia Ora Stud are proud to be sponsoring Allie Hopkins and her gorgeous little mare Frontier Zou at Equimillion 2024.

Vinery Stud will be holding their annual breakfast stallion parades on the weekend of August 24 and 25 with seven stallions to parade each day from 9am.

A triple Group I winning son of Maurice (Jpn), Hitotsu did some remarkable things on the track during his all too brief eight start racing career and has made a smooth start to his stud career at Arrowfield with the arrval of his first foal this week.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first Extreme Choice yearling of the new season, multiple Stakes winners and mares in foal on desirable covers to stallions including Justify and Too Darn Hot highlight a diverse catalogue for the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale.

The inaugural $100,000 bonus on offer as part of the $5m Inglis Xtra Bonus Maiden Series has today been won as the Brad Widdup-trained filly Art’s Alive (Snitzel) proved victorious at Coffs Harbour.

Up until the running of the Group III Winx Guineas at the Sunshine Coast on July 14, a matter of pennies separated Zoustar and Dundeel for Champion 3yo Sire.

Lisa Latta will attempt to become the most successful trainer in the history of the Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) when she saddles the defending champion Belardo Boy in the 2024 edition of the time-honoured Riccarton feature on Saturday.