For the first time in twenty years, three of the top four leading first-season sires were bred overseas, with Justify (USA) earning top honour over Harry Angel (IRE).

An interesting set of trials at Randwick on Friday morning highlighted by the return of expensive imported mare Alcohol Free alongside some Everest aspirants, and a few three-year-olds who’ll have spring ambitions.

The Group I Yorkshire Oaks (1m4f) at York overnight delivered a rare trifecta for legendary sire Galileo with Warm Heart producing a tenacious display to claim victory and credit her Australian bred dam Sea Siren with her first Group I winner.

The first of the annual Widden Stud NSW stallion parades was held on Thursday with Antony and Katie Thompson welcoming guests to the ‘Valley of Champions’ for a sensational lunch, warm hospitality and of course the presentation of stallions including exciting newcomer Jacquinot, with all sires available for Hypothetical matings.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With her half-brother and dam set to go under the hammer next week at the Strawberry Hill Stud Unreserved Dispersal Sale, the Zoustar filly Tender Streak broke her maiden with the greatest of ease over 1200m at Gosford on Thursday.

Promising filly Quintessa continued her winning ways at Taupo on Wednesday when taking out the Taupo Pak N Save Fillies (1100m).

Third on debut in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes behind Little Brose and Cylinder, Gangitano has run into several promising sorts in three subsequent races. The son of Written By was odds-on to break his maiden over 1400m on the Pakenham synthetic on Thursday and disdainfully disposed of his overmatched rivals.

The Group I Juddmonte International (1m2½ f) at York overnight saw outstanding three year-old Siyouni colt Paddington chasing a fifth Group I win, but he could not quite overcome the might of two older star gallopers by Frankel.

It may not have been a pretty win, but it was a win nonetheless for Solidify in the Poverty Bay Turf Club 3YO C&G (1100m) at Taupo on Wednesday.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Talented mare Flying Mascot (Tavistock) is set for a date with Champion sire Snitzel after topping today’s Inglis Digital August (Late) Sale.

Peter Moody made no secret of his admiration for Autumn Angel following a brilliant performance at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

After two starts last season on rain-affected tracks in Victoria, Nadal headed north to Sydney in search of better tracks. Overnight rain and morning showers ended that dream; however, it proved no obstacle to the son of Xtravagant breaking his maiden at Randwick-Kensington.

Trial watchers have been awake to the ability of talented Almanzor (Fr) colt Carrazana (NZ) for some time and he delivered on that potential with a last to first win at Randwick on Wednesday.

Imperatriz’s impending trip across the Tasman is full of optimism following her pleasing hit-out at the Taupo trials on Wednesday.

The curtain recently came down on one of New Zealand Bloodstock’s greatest seasons to date and the 2023-24 season has kicked off with a bang with Karaka graduates Belardo Boy (NZ), Savannah Cloud (NZ) and Mr Brightside (NZ) already taking out black-type races.

One of the most exciting sprinters of his time, Group 2 Australian Stakes winner & Group 1 William Reid runner-up THRONUM will stand at Maiton Ag in Mangoplah, NSW.

In the spring of 2018, one colt soared above his peers to dominate and many of his supporters will be predicting he may be about to do the same thing in his stud career.

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

A tilt at the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) has been put in doubt for Prowess following a setback this week.

Interesting set of trials at Rosehill on Tuesday morning with Everest contenders Nature Strip, Overpass and Mazu in action as well as a couple of elite colts that will be looking to put a G1 win on the CV this season.

The highly anticipated Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal features 57 lots and a good number of the broodmares are in foal and Lot 44, LA Girl has added considerably to her worth in producing a glorious colt by 2021 European Horse of the Year St Mark’s Basilica (Fr).

Cambridge’s Stud Champion Two-Year-Old Sword Of State has ushered in the next phase of his career with the arrival of two well-bred colts.

The first Australian bred yearlings by Wootton Bassett (GB) will be offered here in 2024 and at the Arqana Deauville Yearling Sale this week the Coolmore shuttler was the leading sire by aggregate with 24 yearlings selling for €8,385,000 highlighted by his colt from Magic America that sold for €1million.

24 hours after Everest hero Giga Kick stretched his legs in a jump out, another Everest winner and two more hopefuls will barrier trial together at Rosehill on Tuesday morning.

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

Australia’s reigning champion first season sire Justify (USA) posted his first Australian winner of the new season at Scone on Monday for the Annabel Neasham stable.

A set of 12 trials in NSW this morning at Hawkesbury with a few heats holding some strong interest including a look at one of last seasons most promising early youngsters having his first outing as a gelding.

On the third and final day of the August Yearling Sale, 83 colts and fillies went through the ring during the session. Following on from the first two days of the sale, there was continued demand with more than 90% of the lots offered changing hands for an average of €226,400. The turnover for the day reached €16,980,000.

Elsdon Park welcomed its first foal for the season over the weekend, courtesy of the arrival of a smart Ardrossan colt from the Pins mare Cosmic. 

New Zealand Bloodstock is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Sham as the latest addition to the international agents representing the premier New Zealand auction house and its brands around the world.

The Group I Deauville Prix Morny (6f) was run overnight in France with the race expected to be a hot contest between brilliant Justify filly Ramatuelle and unbeaten Wootton Bassett colt River Tiber and so it was, but the trouble came when there was also a high class colt in front of them at the finish.

He stood for just four seasons, but what a lasting legacy this stallion is leaving.

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

2YOs by the likes of I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Zoustar, Extreme Choice and Written Tycoon headline a strong catalogue of 226 for the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, which is now available online.

As a half-sister to Hanseatic, Austmarr carried the weight of expectations when sent off an odds-on favourite in a strong 1000m maiden at Cranbourne on Sunday.

One of the highlight lots in the latest fortnightly sale on gavelhouse.com is Raced Evens (Zoffany), who performed up to Group Three level on the racetrack and also boasts a star-studded pedigree page.

Six lengths second to Veight in a 1200m maiden when on debut at Pakenham in February, Apulia closed the gap to two lengths behind the high-class son of Grunt in the Group II VRC Sire’s Produce Stakes at Flemington on March 11. That’s handy form for a 1500m maiden at Cranbourne on Sunday, and the son of Fiorente (IRE) got the job done with minimal fuss.

With the start of the breeding season on September 1 now less than two weeks away there has been a sharp rise in the number of hypothetical matings run on Breednet Premium stallions as broodmare owners search for inspiration and stallion parades at farms around Australia spark the imagination, so let’s look at some value options making news in stakes races on Saturday.

The second day of the August Yearling Sale, that took place in alphabetical order with a smaller amount of lots catalogued than the previous session, produced very good results. As on the first day of the sale, demand was strong at all levels. Of the 82 colts and fillies offered, over 85% changed hands for an average price of €239,914. The day's sales totalled €16,794,000, bringing t

Ken Rae has introduced another promising three-year-old to the winner’s circle, with Bezique breaking his maiden in style against the older horses in the Harcourts Bream Bay and Waipu (1200m) on Saturday at Ruakaka.

A plethora of Spring Carnival features are on the horizon for a host of Inglis graduates who resumed in winning style at Randwick today.

Aidan O’Brien has unleashed a torrent of superbly bred juveniles this year for the Coolmore partners, but there are none better bred than Henry Longfellow who put himself in the picture for next year’s Newmarket 2000 Guineas with a dominant win in the Group II Futurity Stakes (7f) at The Curragh overnight.

Here is the full list of 127 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $1million Group I ATC Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday was the first Group I race of the new Australian racing season and with seven runners champion trainer Chris Waller was expected to be hard to beat with his favoured runner Fangirl in the Ingham cerise edging out her stablemate Princess Grace (USA) and race favourite Zaaki (GB) in third place.

Although some of the greats of Australian racing have graced the stables of Lindsay Park, the prodigiously talented Mr Brightside can elicit a lump in the throat of the Hayes clan.

The highest priced filly at the 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale, I Am Invincible filly Charm Stone made a winning seasonal return when taking out the Group III MRC Quezette Stakes (1100m at Caulfield on Saturday beating the Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Skirt the Law.

Progressive 3yo filly Autumn Ballet made a stunning return to the track in Saturday’s $300,000 Group II Darley Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick.

It took the judge’s magnifying glass to separate odds on favourite Cylinder and the underrated Ouroboros in Saturday’s $200,00 Group III Vain Stakes at Caulfield.

Six-year-old gelding Savannah Cloud scored a well-deserved black-type victory in a thrilling finish of the Listed Regal Roller Stakes (1200m), prevailing by a nose over a fast-finishing Umgawa at Caulfield on Saturday.

Exciting three-year-old Crocetti displayed his classic credentials once again with another front-running demolition of his rivals to take out the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on Saturday.

With 3yo siblings also with stakes assignments on Saturday, Parisal (Astern) and Queen of The Ball (I Am Invincible) fought out a dramatic finish to Saturday’s Group III Toy Show Stakes at Randwick.

The well-travelled Camelot gelding Hosier (IRE) rewarded his new connection with a maiden stakes success in Saturday’s James Squire Premier's Cup (2000m) at Randwick.

Astute trainer Matthew Smith has never been frightened to aim high with Supido stallion Buenos Noches and he had the look of a future Group I winner when showing real class to carry his top weight of 58.5kg to victory in the Group III ATC Show County Quality (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The highly anticipated Strawberry Hill Stud Dispersal features 57 lots and 22 of them or 38% of the catalogue trace in tail female line to celebrated matriarch Joie Denise and the Deedra branch of this family produced a promising new winner at Newcastle on Saturday.

An unmissable event on the European yearling sales calendar, ARQANA’s August Yearling Sale began on Friday afternoon. With significant international demand, the first day of the August Sale registered excellent results. Nearly 86% of the 118 lots that went under the hammer changed hands for an average of €230,842, an increase of nearly 30% in comparison to the 2022 edition. The turnover

Widden Stud's champion sire Zoustar had the Champion European 2YO Filly last year in Lezoo and has another exciting filly this year with Miaharris making it two wins in as many starts when taking out the Listed St Hugh’s Stakes (5f) at Newbury overnight.

The weather was cold, but the stallions were hot at the Widden Stud Victoria stallion parade on Friday with a big crowd in attendance to see nine stallions representing a great mix of promising and proven sire talent.

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

G1 gallopers Gin Martini and Flying Mascot have been joined by a host of proven producers – many in foal on appealing commercial pregnancies – in an enticing catalogue of 362 for the Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale.

Spring has arrived early, with the Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) the highlight at Randwick and the Group II PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) showcasing the Caulfield card on Saturday.

Stakes racing starts in earnest this weekend so the action switches from the trials to raceday, but there was still some intrigue this morning at Warwick Farm with Joe Pride and Newhaven Park combining with an interesting Toronado (IRE) mare, the horse that topped the Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale last year winning a heat and unraced Kingman colt catching the eye.

A late addition to the Hunter Valley stallion ranks this year is Exceed and Excel’s superbly bred Group III winning million dollar earning sprinter Signore Fox, who retires to Alma Vale Thoroughbreds at Scone.

One of the star Coolmore mares that will be covered this spring in Australia by St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) is Fastnet Rock’s Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winning daughter Amicus and she produced a promising two year-old winner by Galileo at Leopardstown in Ireland overnight.

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

The spring looms large for the promising More Than Ready (USA) filly August Bloom after she shed her maiden status under a confident Tom Sherry in the Richmond Club Maden Plate (1300m) at Hawkesbury.

Magnificent mare Mariamia (Toronado) has been crowned the inaugural Inglis Digital Horse of the Year.

The $200,000 Listed Rowley Mile (1600m) at Hawkesbury was held up for four minutes due to a cow on the track, but it did not faze the Iron horse Bold Mac who earned a richly deserved maiden stakes win.

Entered for the Group III MRC Vain Stakes on Saturday, Capitalist gelding Hedged was given an easier assignment by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr taking on a maiden at Seymour on Thursday instead and he won in a canter.

Two-Year-Old of the Year nominee Trobriand will begin his three-year-old season this Saturday at Ruakaka when the starry colt contests the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).

Trainers Bruce Wallace and Grant Cooksley are hoping a big spring is in-store for their Group Three winner Sacred Satono.

Anthony and Sam Freedman produced an interesting first starter at Seymour on Thursday for So You Think and he duly saluted as a short priced favourite.

The barrier trial star Bonita Queen was at short odds to make a winning debut in a 1000m 3yo maiden at Hawkesbury on Thursday, but when pushed to find the front, the race set up nicely for the fast-finishing closer, Hampton Queen.

A new addition to the Breednet Foal Gallery is an interesting one as he’s a colt from an imported stakes-winning mare bought through Inglis Digital for just $900 last year by Craig Ruttley, who stands promising young sire Sebring Sun.

With the Arqana Deauville Yearling Sale starting this weekend in France it was only fitting that a two year-old Dubawi colt bought at the sale last year by Godolphin for €600,000 would become the latest stakes-winner for his champion sire when taking out the Listed Stonehenge Stakes (1m) at Salisbury.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The colours of prolific Hong Kong owner Bon Ho were carried to victory at Canterbury on Wednesday when talented I Am Invincible filly Untouchable Legend produced a dazzling last to first effort to break her maiden in style.

Following seconds at Eagle Farm and Doomben, the Jungle Cat (IRE) gelding Tigers Roar scored a well-deserved maiden win over 1400m at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

The most expensive yearling by Invader sold in 2022, Coincide made it back to back metro wins when scoring a bold front running victory at Sandown on Wednesday for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable.

Anthony Cummings has big plans for Manwe after the striking colt made a winning career debut over 1200m at Canterbury on Wednesday to credit his charismatic sire Kementari with his first winner.

Exciting three-year-old Crocetti will put his unbeaten record on the line when he returns to Ruakaka this weekend to tackle the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m).

A trip across the Tasman could be on the cards for Belclare, with the Lisa Latta-trained mare set to chase a A$1 million bonus on offer if successful in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on November 4.

Announced on Monday morning as standing at Raheen Stud in Queensland this spring, Dark Angels’ Group I Epsom winning son Top Ranked (IRE) has joined the Premium stallions on Breednet so is available for Hypothetical matings.

The latest fortnightly sale on gavelhouse.com has been given a touch of star quality with the inclusion of a stakes-winning two-year-old filly from last season.

Torryburn Stud bred and sold superstar sprinting colt Home Affairs and are delighted with his first foal born on their farm.

Australia’s reigning Champion First Season sire Justify (USA) has had a hot run in the Northern Hemisphere with his two year-olds this year and had another debut winner at Dundalk overnight that holds entries for upcoming Group races.

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

Aquis Stallions in Queensland opened the gates last weekend for a series of parades that will continue into this week with the stallions set to be shown again at 10am and 2pm on Wednesday and you can still register to attend here

Last week Tony and Calvin McEvoy produced a new  winner for Trapeze Artist in Theodor and they unleashed another at Ballarat on Tuesday when Carnival Row broke the ice at his fourth start.

A $4,000,000 purchase for the Written Tycoon Syndicate from the Newgate - Killora Consignment at the 2022 National Broodmare Sale, Away Game is now a mum.

We’re two weeks into a new season and the cream has quickly risen to the top of the Australian General Sires List and the quinella we see right now could easily be the same quinella come the end of next July, but there is one value sire that has made a great start to the season and if you’re still looking for proven value to suit your mare he might be your man.

Most people who know me realise that a large chunk of my time is spent riding horses rather than writing about them and with both of my children now left home I need a challenge and Racing NSW has come to the party with the inaugural Equimillion on the September long weekend and I’m looking forward to being a part of it.

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

Newgate Farm have not one but two sons of Extreme Choice producing their first foals this spring in Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside and Group II winning speedster Tiger of Malay, whose first foal has delighted her breeder Greg de Vries.

When we introduced Hypothetical matings as a new feature to our Premium stallion pages at the end of June we hoped the initiative would be popular and the audience are obviously finding it a great service with over 7000 dream matings created and it was interesting to see Cox Plate winner Adelaide (IRE) sparked interest over the weekend following a maiden winner that apparently has more to offer.

The 2023-24 season is off to a perfect start for new Highview stallion Divine Prophet, whose daughter See You In Heaven scored a dominant win in Saturday’s Gr.3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) in Adelaide.

Kiwi mare Polly Grey is returning home, but this time it is for good.

The racing community is mourning the death on Saturday morning of Lorraine Anderton, the matriarch of one of New Zealand’s most celebrated racing families.

TBNSW have assembled a full list of parading farms with contact details for the annual Hunter Valley parades last weekend in August.