Friday July 21
Plenty of interesting trials at Rosehill on Friday morning with Melbourne Cup hopeful Goldman striding out well to win his heat and on the juvenile front there were seven heat winners that included the unraced sale-topper from the 2022 Magic Millions.
Friday July 21
Following an excellent debut when fifth behind Barber in the Group III Blue Diamond Prelude at Sandown-Hillside in February, the Peter Moody-trained Amigo created a good deal of interest when he reappeared over 1000m at Caulfield on June 24, and he was just plain awful.  
Friday July 21
Originally to be held on 26 and 27 August, the Waikato Stallion Parade weekend will now be held a week earlier on 19 and 20th of August.
Friday July 21
Now back in Australia for another season at Coolmore, Justify (USA) unleashed another impressive juvenile winner at Leopardstown overnight with the Aidan O’Brien trained filly Opera Singer saluting in style to earn a step up to stakes company.
Thursday July 20
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday July 20
Bryce Heys won’t be rushed with talented I Am Invincible filly Dancing Alone, who resumed from a lengthy spell to score an easy win at Kembla on Thursday.
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Thursday July 20
Trainer Andrew Forsman is hunting more black-type with Wessex when she heads south to New Plymouth on Saturday to tackle the Listed Sinclair Electrical And Refrigeration Opunake Cup (1400m).
Thursday July 20
Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Trapeze Artist filly Lady of Poise has had a good grounding at the barrier trials and made a winning debut at Kembla on Thursday.
Thursday July 20
The Inglis Digital sale this week of Miss Roseiano to Tom Magnier for $1.275 million was a great result for many parties, but none more so than Noorilim Park in Victoria who bred and sold her as a yearling and have well and truly arrived as a respected producer of elite thoroughbreds with new managers Tom and Shelly Murtagh delighted to join their team.
Thursday July 20
If you are planning on inspecting stallions next month the following list will help you plan your trip with parade dates and times for NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
Thursday July 20
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace are hoping to target the $10million Golden Eagle (1500m) in the spring with talented Zoustar colt Zoology, who was last seen finishing second in the Group III Jersey Stakes ay (7f) at Royal Ascot.
Wednesday July 19
Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday July 19
Following a pair of barrier trial wins at Lark Hill, Keshi Boom went off a short-priced favourite at her debut over 1200m at Belmont on Wednesday and got the job done with a minimum of fuss to ring up 23rd 2yo winner of the season for Spirit Of Boom.
Wednesday July 19
Cambridge trainer Tony Pike has revealed a promising spring hope at Avondale on Wednesday, with debutant Elemental producing an eye-catching victory in the Westbrook Wines Maiden 2YO&3YO (1400m).
Wednesday July 19
After the Rubick gelding Undivided defeated Capitalist’s Encap in the colts and gelding division, it was time for the Rubick’s  French Endeavour to lower the boom on Capitalist’s Love And Light in the 2yo fillies division at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday July 19
Standing at Kooringal Stud this spring, Merchant Navy broke new ground at Warwick Farm on Wednesday when siring his first winner at a distance of 2000m or more when progressive filly Venetian Blue saluted as favourite.
Wednesday July 19
A rails-hugging ride by Tom Sherry proved the winning formula for the Rubick gelding Undivided, making a successful career debut in Wednesday’s Bowermans Maiden Plate (1100) for 2yo colts and geldings at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday July 19
The Lindsay Park training partnership of Ben and JD Hayes have had an outstanding season with their juveniles and made it back to back wins with striking chestnut Trapeze Artist filly Flying Concello at Sandown on Wednesday.
Wednesday July 19
The season might be drawing to a close but there are plenty of unexposed juveniles looking to put a win on the board to put themselves in the picture for early spring stakes races and several are engaged at Warwick Farm today.
Tuesday July 18
Here is the full list of 20 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday July 18
The extraordinary success of Inglis Digital continued this afternoon when outstanding filly Miss Roseiano (Exceed And Excel) became the most expensive horse sold on the platform this year, realising $1,275,000 to Tom Magnier.
Tuesday July 18
Highview Stud newcomers Divine Prophet and Santos are receiving warm welcomes from the New Zealand breeding community.
Tuesday July 18
Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Sherwood Forest made his first public appearance this year at the Foxton trials on Tuesday and he pleased trainer Bill Thurlow with his hit-out.
Tuesday July 18
Heavily backed favourite Mount Olympus enjoyed a pleasant day out at Ballarat on Tuesday, barely breaking a sweat in a seven-length romp in a 1200m maiden on the synthetic track.
Tuesday July 18
Australian bred triple Group I winning Fastnet Rock mare Sea Siren was making international news last month when her classy three year-old Galileo filly Warm Heart won the Group II Royal Ascot Ribblesdale and overnight in Ireland that filly’s younger full brother opened his account with an impressive maiden win.
Monday July 17
Ian's Finale proved far too good for the older horses at Devonport on Sunday winning in dominant fashion and becoming Stratosphere's 7th individual first crop winner in the process.
Monday July 17
The response to our ‘red flags’ stories regarding factual data from the Australian Studbook has led to another story, this time highlighting a stallion that is setting the pace for two year-old winners this season.
Monday July 17
Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday July 17
Boutique Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield have a great record for securing Group I winning racemares and giving them every opportunity at stud and one of their younger mares Secret Agenda produced her first winner on Monday at Echuca.
Monday July 17
A stellar campaign in Hong Kong for Lucky Sweynesse has increased the focus on his New Zealand-based sire.
Monday July 17
The powerful Godolphin stable did not win a juvenile Group I this season, but they did produce plenty of stakes-winning two year-olds and we saw four of their stakes-winning colts step out and win trials at Hawkesbury on Monday morning, so which looks to have more to offer?
Monday July 17
The Hong Kong racing season has concluded with the final meeting at Sha Tin on Sunday featuring multiple winners for champion Australian trainer and jockey John Size and Zac Purton and the leading sires list was also topped by Australian bred sires.
Monday July 17
It’s been a super weekend for Australia’s soon to be crowned champion first season sire Justify (USA), whose star two year-old filly Ramatuelle thrashed the colts to win the Group II Prix Robert Papin (1200m) at Chantilly on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
Here is the full list of 57 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday July 16
Thoroughbred Industry Careers (TIC) has teamed up with Pony Club Australia (PCA) to launch a National Pony Racing Series, which is scheduled to kick off in Brisbane next month and run across five states (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, and South Australia), culminating in 'The Finals' during the Autumn carnival in Sydney next April.
Sunday July 16
Darby Racing has a likely type in the Capitalist filly Omilana who shed her maiden tag over 1000m at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
Spirit Of Boom is seemingly on an unstoppable quest for leading 2yo sire of individual winners as the Stewart and Taylah Mackinnon debutant Allow Me launched down the centre of the track to make the perfect start to her career at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.
Sunday July 16
The Group II Superlative Stakes (7f) at Newmarket was won in spectacular fashion by exciting two year-old colt City of Troy, a son of Triple Crown winner Justify (USA), who returns to Australia this spring for Coolmore.
Sunday July 16
By former Windsor Park Stud shuttler Charm Spirit, talented three year-old colt Shaquille backed up from his win in the Group I Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot last month to claim his second G1 win when taking out the Group I Darley July Cup (6f) at Newmarket overnight, wonder if his connections have heard of The Everest!
Saturday July 15
Here is the full list of 120 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday July 15
The Sessions filly Ihts Closing Inn extended her winning Sequence to five when proving much the best in Saturday’s Listed Montague - Belmont Classic (2200m) at Belmont Park.
Saturday July 15
A look through the winners list at any metropolitan meeting in Australia invariably features a selection of European bred winners, but few are better bred than Fastnet Rock gelding Tazaral (IRE), who won at Randwick on Saturday for Peter and Paul Snowden.
Saturday July 15
Multiple Group One performer Young Werther notched the second victory of his career when prevailing in a close finish at Flemington on Saturday over 2000m for trainer Danny O’Brien under a well-timed Billy Egan ride as he claimed runner-up Milford on the line.
Saturday July 15
When Shamus Award gets a good horse it tends to be seriously good with the Joe Pride trained gelding Brutality becoming his sixth individual million dollar earner when lugging 62kg to victory at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday July 15
The $150,000 VRC Byerley Handicap (1800m) at Flemington on Saturday is a trial race for the Derby and Oaks next season designed to highlight up and coming young stayers and victory went to progressive Zoustar colt Sunsource.
Saturday July 15
A brave performance by Millefiori to take out the final race on the card at Ruakaka on Saturday, the ITM/GIB Winter Sprinters’ Championship Final (1400m) has edged trainer Mark Walker even closer to the magical 200-win mark for the 2022/23 racing season.
Saturday July 15
Punters did not have a moment's worry when the More Than Ready (USA) filly Tango Fever made a winning debut for the Robert Heathcote stable in Saturday's Ladbrokes Yard Comments Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Saturday July 15
The Autumn Sun filly Coco Sun stayed perfect at two for two when opening her stakes account in Saturday's Listed Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville Parks.
Saturday July 15
With the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude under her belt, Exploring was the class act in the VRC Member Annabel Cobain Hcp (1000m) at Flemington. Despite being burdened with topweight, the daughter of Brazen Beau was not for catching.
Saturday July 15
After a promising but winless first preparation, the Shalaa (IRE) gelding The Little Pumper is beginning to look like the finished article after making it two on the bounce with a dominant performance at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday July 15
Golden Sixty’s record-breaking performance during the 2022/23 racing season saw Hong Kong’s champion earn the Horse of the Year title for a third consecutive year at a special presentation in Hong Kong on Friday night.
Saturday July 15
Group I racing continued overnight in the UK and France with Juddmonte based champion sires Frankel and Kingman producing the winners in outstanding mare Nashwa and exciting colt Feed the Flame, who staked a big claim for the Arc.
Saturday July 15
The first son of champion sire Kingman to go to stud, Calyx (GB) shuttled to Australia for Coolmore for two seasons and is on the board with his first stakes-winner with the Group II Duchess of Cambridge Stakes (6f) at Newmarket taken out by Persian Dreamer.
Friday July 14
Here is the full list of 45 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday July 14
Champion sire I Am Invincible has had 18 two year-old winners this season - six of them are stakes-winners - and two regally bred fillies racing in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday will be looking to improve his tally.
Friday July 14
Australia’s leading first crop sire by earnings, Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) added an eighth Australian two year-old winner to his tally when well bred filly Batrana made a winning debut at Geelong on Friday.
Friday July 14
There were six heats for juveniles at the Randwick trials on Friday morning and some interesting unraced winners by Pierro, I Am Invincible, Written By and Snitzel, plus the reappearance of one of the best 2YO fillies this season in Platinum Jubilee.
Friday July 14
The Group III Bahrain Trophy Stakes (1m5f) at Newmarket overnight had a hot favourite in Galileo colt Tower of London, but he was edged out at the finish by Almanzor colt Castle Way, an expensive yearling purchase for Godolphin.
Friday July 14
Strong trade at the Tattersalls July Sale continued apace on the third day with Royal Ascot placed filly BALALAIKA heading proceedings at 330,000 guineas and six lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more. The sale turnover is already the second highest on record at over 15,000,000 guineas with the fourth and final day still to come, and a clearance rate of 94% underlined the depth of trade.
Thursday July 13
Jamaea - a star race filly in Sydney over the last number of seasons - is the latest high profile lot earmarked for sale with Inglis Digital, having been confirmed for the July (Late) auction.
Thursday July 13
Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday July 13
Not to be outdone by his Yarraman Park barn mate Brave Smash (Jpn), Hellbent posted his 11th Australian two year-old winner of the season at Gosford on Thursday when Boston Rocks blitzed older rivals to win as he pleased.
Thursday July 13
Fresh from winning the Listed ATC McKell Cup (2000m) and Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) at his part two starts, progressive Zoustar stayer had no worries adding the $200,000 Listed Grafton Cup (2350m) to his tally on Thursday.
Thursday July 13
He’s a very good trainer and also a pretty good breeder and Anthony Cummings gave us a One to Watch on Thursday when his homebred filly combining the blood of two Twin Hills Stud sires saluted at Gosford.
Thursday July 13
New Zealand-bred filly Dolphin Skin will be vying to seal a spot in the Gr.1 Victoria Oaks (2500m) at Flemington in November when she heads to the Melbourne track on Saturday.
Thursday July 13
Brave Smash (Jpn) gelding Mansiere was first past the post at Werribee last month before losing the race on protest, but he made no mistakes at Bendigo on Thursday to salute as a well backed favourite.
Thursday July 13
Rosemont Stud is delighted to announce our annual Stallion Parade & Open Day will be held on Friday, August 11th (11am-2pm).
Thursday July 13
Entries are now open for the sales series that delivers more buzz, more buyers, more champions and more magic!
Thursday July 13
If we learned one thing from the record breaking JRHA Sale earlier this week it’s that Contrail is seen as the next big thing in Japan, so we thought we better take a closer look at why this stunning black stallion is seen as something special.
Thursday July 13
Ethical Diamond was the star turn on the second day of the Tattersalls July Sale, selling to Harold Kirk on behalf of Willie Mullins for 320,000 guineas and is destined for a dual-purpose career from now on. Trade at Park Paddocks continued in robust fashion with the clearance rate just below 90% and nine lots realising 100,000 guineas or more. 
Wednesday July 12
Another Award (Shamus Award) has become the most expensive horse to be sold on Inglis Digital so far this year – and the fourth highest in history – in topping the Inglis Digital July (Early) catalogue at $1.2 million.
Wednesday July 12
Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday July 12
The remarkable legacy of the late Peter Setchell had a fitting final flourish on Wednesday night, producing the sale-topping lot in the 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale on Gavelhouse Plus.
Wednesday July 12
Rising 6yo gelding The Big Goodbye staved off the fast-finishing topweight Far Too Easy and defending champion Ranges in Wednesday’s $200,000 Listed Ramornie Hcp (1200m) at Grafton.
Wednesday July 12
Progressive Capitalist gelding Epicus was a $40,000 Inglis Digital purchase for Calibre Racing from the April (late) sale this year and has proven an outstanding investment racking up his third win for his new owners at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Wednesday July 12
There was just three-quarters of a length separating seven two-year-olds in a dramatic finish to the Robrick Lodge Hcp (1250m) at Canterbury, but there was a lot to like about the winner.
Wednesday July 12
Anybody that was at Rosehill on Silver Slipper day in 2008 is unlikely to ever forget the winner Amelia’s Dream and she featured on Wednesday as the dam of a new two year-old winner at Doomben by Rubick.
Wednesday July 12
Leading stallion Per Incanto will serve a limited book of mares at best in the 2023 breeding season after suffering a leg injury in a paddock accident.
Wednesday July 12
Every time Spirit Of Boom has faced a challenge for his lead for the number of two-year-old winners, he has answered the call, his latest coming with the promising Spirit Of Nurai in the Become An MRC Member Hcp (1350m) at Sandown-Lakeside.
Wednesday July 12
Trying to work out what particular attributes in horses’ pedigrees make some horses fast and others slow has been a challenge for breeders, owners and trainers for countless years.
Wednesday July 12
The Tattersalls July Sale got off to a strong start on the opening day with eight lots realising 200,000 guineas or more and a top price of 350,000 guineas for the well-bred mare SWEET AND LOVELY. The turnover for the day topped seven million guineas whilst the clearance rate was 87%.
Tuesday July 11
A colt from the first crop of Triple Crown hero Contrail (JPN) highlighted a record-breaking foal session of the JRHA Select Sale, which set a cracking pace from go to whoa.
Tuesday July 11
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday July 11
Little Avondale Stud have announced the farm’s Group I producing sire Per Incanto (USA) has suffered a paddock accident putting his breeding season on hold.
Tuesday July 11
Every year at the end of August Vinery opens the gates and invites you to get up close and inspect our elite stallions.
Tuesday July 11
The equal highest priced yearling by Spirit of Boom sold in 2022 made a winning debut at Ballarat on Tuesday.
Tuesday July 11
The search for outcross sires to help Australian breeders move away from the saturation of Danehill speed lines to ultimately produce some more versatile thoroughbreds has been given a big boost by two young stallions that have really earned their stripes with their first Australian runners this season and both are Premium stallions on Breednet so are available for Hypothetical matings.
Tuesday July 11
While not quite matching the ¥210 million for the yearling Kizuna (JPN) colt from her half-sister Youngstar, the first foal of the Group I ATC Flight Stakes winner Funstar, also by Kizuna (JPN), proved highly sought after, with Danox Co.Ltd. having the final say at ¥160million (A$1,682,000).
Tuesday July 11
New Zealand’s leading stable, Te Akau Racing, begun their march towards spring racing with the return of several of their big hitters at the trials on Cambridge’s synthetic surface on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday July 11
Lessons learned from La Crique’s last spring campaign will be strictly adhered to this time around with the Group One-winning mare.
Tuesday July 11
The Contrail (JPN) babies are proving hugely popular at the JRHA Select Foal Sale, and a colt out of the City Banker mare Conviction, a Group 1 winner in Argentina, proved irresistible for Koji Maeda’s North Hills Co. Ltd, who forked out ¥520m (A$5,468,000) for the Northern Park consigned colt.
Tuesday July 11
A filly from the first crop of the Japanese 2000 Guineas winner Saturnalia (Lord Kanaloa) out the Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign (Manhattan Rain) sold for ¥200 million at the JRHA Select Foals Sale.
Tuesday July 11
The first crop of the champion Contrail (JPN) has created enormous interest at the JRHA Select Foal Sale, and the Triple Crown-winning son of Deep Impact is living up to the hype.
Tuesday July 11
 The foal session of the JRHA Select Sale was off to an explosive start when the opening lot blew past the top-priced yearlings of the previous day.
Tuesday July 11
The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale, which is currently in progress on Gavelhouse Plus, gives buyers rare access to a number of young mares who have just reached the end of their quality racing careers.
Monday July 10
Despite nothing coming close to matching last year’s ¥450 million Maurice x Mosheen sale topper, the yearling session of the JRHA Select Sale closed with increases across the board to set new marks for gross, average and median.  
Monday July 10
The response to our ‘red flags’ stories regarding factual data from the Australian Studbook has led to another story, this time highlighting a young stallion with an outstanding winner to runner strike rate.
Monday July 10
Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday July 10
A brother to Wootton Bassett’s Gr 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf heroine Audarya proved popular at the JRHA Select Yearling Sale.
Monday July 10
Windsor Park Stud has continued an enviable trend with its most recent stallion acquisition.