Oaklands Stud based Exosphere has had a memorable 2023 producing five stakes-winners this year with four of them in Australia, but his US based French bred son Easter was the one in the spotlight on Boxing Day winning the Group II San Gabriele Stakes (1m 1/8f ) on turf at Santa Anita.

In the lead up to Christmas there was an abundance of two year-old trials right around the country so if you’re looking to catch up on what first season sires might be about to become newsmakers in 2024, take a look at our latest report.

As we get closer to the yearling sales vendors have their eyes on the prize and while they can control everything to do with the physical preparation of the horse, it’s pedigree and the possibility of a timely stakes update is in the lap of the gods and for some of them the cards fell the right way over the Christmas break.

Promising galloper Snazzytavi outlined her credentials for higher honours when she defeated a quality line up of intermediate-graded gallopers to take out the Stella Artois Championship Final (1500m) at Pukekohe on Boxing Day.

Several stakes-winners over the holiday break hold some Karaka intrigue including a million dollar yearling now racing in career best form.

Here is the full list of 110 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

New Zealand-breds had a successful start to the Boxing Day card at Randwick on Tuesday, recording two impressive early wins with Fire Tribe and Monfelicity.

With a victory in the Gr.3 Schweppes Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick that took his career earnings past A$2 million, Lion’s Roar provided the cherry on top of a remarkable Boxing Day for Contributer.

Promising Lonhro gelding Sghirripa travelled from Woodchester to Caulfield to claim a maiden stakes win in the Listed Nick Johnstone Real Estate Christmas Stakes on Boxing Day.

Campionessa shed her Group One bridesmaid’s tag at Pukekohe Park on Boxing Day when recording a well-deserved victory in the Cambridge Stud Zabeel Classic (2050m).

The decision to give Zennzella another season on the track paid off for Rick Jamieson’s Gilgai Farm when the daughter of Snitzel captured the Listed Magic Millions Lord Stakes at Caulfield on Boxing Day.

Pint sized mare Kai showed her undoubted ability on wet and loose footing when she stormed down the outskirts of the Wingatui track to take out the feature race there on Boxing Day, the Listed Property Brokers – Ray Kean Hazlett Stakes (1200m).

New Zealand-bred mare Mrs Chrissie began a new campaign in style at Caulfield on Boxing Day with a commanding front-running performance in the A$65,000 Ken Sturt Handicap (1100m).

Visiting Australian rider Blake Shinn made good use of his trip across the Tasman to ride at Pukekohe on Boxing Day as he guided Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) winner Molly Bloom to a nail-biting victory in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m).

The two debutants fought out the finish of the Inglis Millennium Day 10 Feb 3yo Maiden Hcp (1400m) at Randwick on Boxing Day with the honours going to the Snitzel colt Franz Josef.

Enigmatic three-year-old Pendragon demonstrated just how tough he is as he took out the Gr.2 Shaw’s Wire Ropes Auckland Guineas (1400m) at Pukekohe with a strong front-running performance.

Rosemont Stud’s young I Am Invincible stallion Strasbourg sired his second winner on Boxing Day with a dominant win for Colmar at Morphettville.

Boys Get Paid have become synonymous with the Karaka Millions meeting, and the punting club will have a million reasons to cheer even louder at the feature raceday at Ellerslie on January 27.

New Zealand’s reigning champion sire Proisir has had five Group I winners to date, but one of his progeny that is G1 class although hasn’t won the G1 yet is Yonce, who returns from injury at Caulfield on Boxing Day.

Boxing Day on Tuesday sees race meetings all over the country as well as in Hong Kong and New Zealand where the Group I Zabeel Classic is the highlight, so read on for Sale Mail for all.

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

After thrilling us on the racetrack, these mares are celebrating Christmas with their first foals.

The winner of the Group 1 Futurity Stakes at two and Japanese Derby at three, Do Deuce (JPN) earned a Group 1 in the dying days of 2023 when guided by Yutaka Take to victory in Sunday's Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) (2500m) at Nakayama.

The team at Pedigrees 360 claim they have no idea what “the secret” is but they do believe they have an excellent idea of how to dramatically increase your chances of finding that elusive Group one winner.

Boxing Day has the potential to be a day of significant movement on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table.

Over the next three months, Hall of Fame horseman Graeme Rogerson could be racing for more than $4 million in prizemoney with two members of his Tuhikaramea stable.

Here is the full list of 92 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An early speed battle between defending champion Marocchino and Zouman set it up for Numerian (IRE) to return to the winner's circle in Saturday's $300,000 Group IITed Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot.

Purchased as a yearling for $1,050,000 at the 2020 Magic Millions, Zarastro failed to measure up to expectation as a colt and was re-offered in 2022 on Inglis Digital where he was snapped up by Tony Gollan for $32,500 and the five year-old I Am Invincible gelding has found a new lease of life in sunny Queensland posting his second stakes win on Saturday at Eagle Farm in the $200,000 Listed BRC Mag

Former New Zealand apprentice Wiremu Pinn was seen in winning action at The Valley on Saturday as he guided Flash Feeling to a first-up victory in the Sharp EIT Solutions Handicap (1600m).

A rails hugging ride from jockey Tommy Berry paved the way for well-performed galloper Waihaha Falls to return to the winner’s enclosure with a remarkable display to take out the Schweppes Handicap (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

After taking twenty-six starts to open his stakes account, the Night Of Thunder (IRE) gelding Acquitted (IRE) has put two together following a dominant performance in Saturday’s Listed Channel 7 Bernborough Plate (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

The $300,000 Group III BRC BJ McLachlan Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday was won in dominant style by the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Justify (USA) colt Storm Boy, who has a half-brother by Pierro heading to MM 2024.

Talented Hellbent mare Miss Hellfire was good enough to run in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic in 2022 won by Coolangatta and will no doubt be heading back to the Gold Coast in January for another crack at the lucrative race day after a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday.

After leading all the way to claim his first black-type win in last year’s Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m), Sagunto returned to defend that crown with an even more spectacular front-running performance at Trentham on Saturday and has a half-sister headed to K1.

Puntura showed he will be a force to be reckoned with over the coming months as he scored in dominant fashion in Saturday’s Gr.2 Bramco Granite & Marble Manawatu Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Trentham.

Well-related four-year-old Raetihi showed his rivals a clean pair of heels as he led virtually throughout to score a narrow victory in the Cirka Group Handicap (1600m) at The Valley.

Widden Stud’s young gun sire Written By will have a live chance in the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic in January after the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained colt Straight Charge blitzed his rivals at Randwick on Saturday.

When Stars Align and Unbridled Joy kicked off their careers with a quinella in the Japac Homes (1100m) at Trentham on Saturday, adding their names to a bumper list of two-year-old talent in the Te Akau Racing stable this season.

Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Frankel moved to 42 stakes-winners for the year and 136 lifetime stakes-winners with a victory in the Group II Al Rashidiya (1m1f) overnight at Meydan for the Godolphin homebred colt Measured Time.

Kitchwin Hills recruit Dubious is off the mark, with the Tom Bourke-trained Dubious Authority making a winning career debut over 1050m at Mackay on Friday.

With just over a week before the end of 2023, Zoustar has no challengers in the race to be leading sire in the world by winners this year, a title taken last year by Japan based Lord Kanaloa.

There were four heats over 813m for juveniles at Warwick Farm on Friday with winners that included a blueblood I Am Invincible colt and the most expensive Australian yearling by Too Darn Hot (GB) sold this year.

With more than a dozen runners on Saturday and a similar number again on Boxing Day, the Te Akau Racing team is barely going to have a chance to catch their breath over the Christmas long weekend.

Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has elected to pit his handy filly Impendabelle against the boys at Pukekohe on Boxing Day.

In-foal mare Mazzolino already has that motherly glow according to trainer Stephen Marsh, and he is hoping she can translate that into Group One success at Pukekohe on Boxing Day.

A year is a long time in racing and in 2023 the connections of Pennyweka experienced it all.

An important day for two Waterhouse/Bott runners on Saturday for the Magic Millions 2yo Classic aspirants Storm Boy and Straight Charge.

Firstly we’d like to thank everyone for taking an interest in our foal gallery and supporting their favourites with a very close battle between the top three entries from Yulong in Victoria and Holbrook Thoroughbreds and Torryburn Stud in the Hunter Valley, but there can only be one winner.

The most successful sire in 2023 for stakes-winners is the mighty Frankel and the Juddmonte based son of Galileo added to the tally overnight with a pair of new stakes-winners in Ardent and Jeff Koons with his half dozen yearlings to be offered at Magic Millions sure to be a hot commodity.

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

Widden Stud’s Zoustar became the first sire to produce 100 winners this season at Gosford on Thursday when the half-sister to Group I MRC Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes winner Magic Time opened her account.

Molly Bloom asserted her dominance last month storming to victory in the Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), and the glamour filly will return to chase Northern spoils in the Gr.2 Hallmark Stud Eight Carat Classic (1600m) on Boxing Day at Pukekohe.

Gifted performer Aquacade has bounced back from a last-start hiccup and is on target to execute a long-term plan when she steps out at Pukekohe Park on Boxing Day.

Well-performed stayer No Compromise will bid to add a home Group One title to match his Australian efforts when he opens the third stage of his career on Boxing Day.

No Magic Millions vendor has produced more stakes-winners since the start of the season than Segenhoe Stud and images for their draft of 33 yearlings are now online, so we’ve taken a quick look at some of their pedigree standouts!

Grahame Begg’s latest stakes-winner Katsu might have been a hidden gem in the Highway Session of Inglis Classic, but the speedy son of Mikki Isle (Jpn) comes from one of the most prolific Black Type families in Australia and there are so many breeders with a finger in this pie we just had to see how many yearlings in upcoming sales will see the benefit of Katsu!

Wednesday was a good day for Raheen Stud for couple of reasons with their exciting filly Certainlycan scoring at Doomben and then later in the day the farm’s young sire Heroic Valour posted his first winner in Hong Kong when James McDonald steered Gallant Valour to victory at Happy Valley.

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

3YO gelding Kosgei (The Autumn Sun) set a new Australasian record for a colt/gelding in a Digital Sale when realising $750,000 to the bid of Mr Daniel Yeung/Magus Equine in today’s Inglis Digital December Online Sale.

Godolphin’s blueblood I Am Invincible filly Shaken has had some ups and downs in her career so far, but ability has never been in doubt and she showed what she is made of with a resounding win at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

First up in 23 weeks, the promising sprinter Katsu opened his stakes account in Wednesday's $200,000 Listed Resimax Group Kensington Stakes (1000m) at Flemington to credit Deep Impact's dual Group 1 winner Mikki Isle (JPN) with his second Australian stakes-winner.

The 3-year-old Spirit Of Boom filly Heyoka made an exciting career debut in the Seasons Greetings From BRC Maiden Plate (1200m) at Doomben on Wednesday.

Raheen Stud made a sizable investment at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale this year paying $350,000 for two year-old Written Tycoon filly Certainlycan, who had gained a Black Type placing on debut in the week before the sale, and the now three year-old filly cast off maiden status with an impressive win at Doomben on Wednesday.

As one door closes, another opens, and that is the case for leading New Zealand eventer Amanda Pottinger.

The Per Incanto (USA) filly Photographics (NZ) made a winning career debut in the Hyland Race Colours Maiden Hcp (1000m) on a rain-sodden Warick Farm track on Wednesday.

Regally-bred filly My Annie Belle is set to make her much anticipated debut at Matamata on Friday in the Cunningham Decorating Services (1200m).

A huge festive period of racing awaits Wexford Stables, and Christmas has come early for Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott with the exciting return of Asterix headlining their team on Saturday at Te Rapa.

With three winners from four runners, Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (GB) has the opportunity to add another winner to his tally with the juvenile maiden at Warwick Farm on Wednesday featuring a colt by the champion son of Dubawi.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Too Darn Hot (GB) debutant Too Darn Lovely led home a first-season sire quinella for Darley Stud stallions in the Buy An Arrowfield Graduate Maiden Plate (900m) at Scone on Tuesday.

At this time of year when a Spirit of Boom 2YO wins a trial by a space you assume Magic Millions, but not in the case of this filly, who was bought from Inglis Premier and has a half-brother headed to the same sale in 2024 for Eureka Stud.

Betty Spaghetti’s impressive run of form during her spring preparation has connections focussing on northern targets for the four-year-old.

Regally-bred mare Manifique will get her chance to continue her family’s stakes legacy when she heads to Trentham on Saturday to tackle the Gr.3 Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup (2300m).

The Thoroughbred Racing Industry is today mourning the loss of Mr Alan ‘Jock’ Gollogly who passed away overnight following a long illness, aged 72.

One of the most exciting features of the New Zealand thoroughbred industry at the moment is the exceptionally strong crop of up-and-coming stallion talent, and those emerging stars are set to feature prominently at Karaka 2024.

The art of racing lays within the heart of the breeder, with each match up comes a stroke of the brush, a blank canvas turns to magic and history is made. For most it’s a small slice of paradise and pride but for those lucky enough to breed an above average specimen it is life changing in many ways.

As we head towards the Christmas break yearling images are starting to be uploaded to the Magic Millions website and among the first farms to go on is Yarraman Park Stud, home to Australia’s reigning champion sire I Am Invincible and their draft features the first foal of one of Queensland’s favourite daughters in Outback Barbie.

Here is the full list of 15 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Four heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Monday morning and winners by Snitzel, Capitalist and first season sire D’Argento with the quickest of the heat winners sired by Justify (USA) and trained by Annabel Neasham.

The Magic Millions order of entry for the $3million 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast on January 13 has been released with the big mover this week being the James Harron Bloodstock owned $900,000 Snitzel colt Highness.

Patience paid big dividends for Robyn and Russell Rogers at Te Rapa on Saturday when their mare Zecora broke through for her maiden stakes victory in the Gr.3 J Swap Sprint (1400m).

The past week’s winners hold some Karaka intrigue with an unbeaten three year-old from a super popular Kiwi family, a quality mare on the cusp of a G1 win and an expensive two year-old on track for the Gold Coast all with a connection to New Zealand.

How wealthy would I be if I received a dollar for every query I have had on these issues!

As we get closer to the yearling sales vendors have their eyes on the prize and while they can control everything to do with the physical preparation of the horse, it’s pedigree and the possibility of a timely stakes update is in the lap of the gods and for some of them the cards fell the right way last week.

Here is the full list of 77 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Bendigo racing on Sunday produced a couple of interesting Kiwi bred winners from big stables that both started hot favourite and saluted.

Flamin' Romans (NZ) seems to have inherited a good deal of ability and toughness from his brother, Smokin' Romans and dam Inferno.

With the contenders just announced for our Breednet 2023 Favourite Foal of the Year it only seems fitting that the foal that won in 2019 should pick today to cast off maiden status and he did it at the Sunshine Coast as a short priced favourite.

We thank everyone for their participation in this year’s Foal Gallery with an amazing selection of babies from all over Australia and New Zealand making it a real showcase for breeders big and small and the task of selecting just six for our audience to vote for is not an easy one.

Anode was not the only exciting debut winning two year-old by I Am Invincible on Saturday with Te Akau Racing unleashing $525,000 Magic Millions purchase Move to Strike for a thoroughly impressive debut victory that brought up a career milestone for Opie Bosson.

Former northerner Diamond Girl announced her arrival on the South Island scene with a remarkable front-running performance in Saturday’s $50,000 Shoe Clinic Handicap (1400m) at Ascot Park.

Underrated three-year-old Pendragon upset the Te Akau Racing party when he downed favourites Tokyo Tycoon and the previously unbeaten Quintessa over 1200m at Te Rapa on Saturday.

Champion sire Zoustar is stuck on nervous 99 in his quest to be the first sire to hit 100 winners for the season and helping his tally on Saturday were progressive fillies Zouphoria and Ginger’n’ Pink, who scored at Randwick and Caulfield and they both have siblings headed for Magic Millions 2024.

Here is the full list of 107 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A ride to put the stamp on an incredible career, Damien Oliver scythed between runners from near last on the turn to capture the $1,500,000 Damien Oliver Gold Rush at Ascot on the Nick Ryan-trained Munhamek (GB).

With six winners in the past two days, Pierro is in hot form and had a winning double at Caulfield on Saturday courtesy of Pascero and Regal Power.

It says a lot about Australian racing: a horse can bank over $1,200,000 without stakes next to their name.

Smart four-year-old gelding Grebeni recorded his sixth career victory when running out a strong winner of the Cactus Imaging Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.