Friday June 30
Fresh off a Group 1 Royal Ascot treble, Frankel (GB) is hot property worldwide. Australia cannot get enough of the undefeated champion, who has a record thirty-one Australian-born foals in 2022.
Friday June 30
Eureka Stud’s freshman sire Encryption is enjoying a stellar start to his career and he had winner number five with a debutant on Friday.
Friday June 30
Grebeni received no favours from the barrier draw in Saturday's $300,000 Group III Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Gold Coast, where he will attempt to stretch his winning sequence to four.
Friday June 30
Justify has had a thumping first season in Australia and he added another promising one to his arsenal with a five-length debut winner in Victoria on Friday.
Friday June 30
There were four two-year-old heats at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday with all the winners yet to race including a couple of promising types by Trapeze Artist.
Friday June 30
The 2023 National Online Breeding Stock Sale is now live online on Gavelhouse Plus, with 54 lots on offer.
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Thursday June 29
Another Award (Shamus Award) and She’s All Class (I Am Invincible), two hugely desirable race mares, are the latest high profile entrants confirmed for the Inglis Digital online platform.
Thursday June 29
Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday June 29
One of the most successful shuttle sires to ever come to Australia, More Than Ready (USA) was a much loved favourite at Vinery Stud.
Thursday June 29
There will be no winter blues for veteran trainer Jim Wallace this year, who will shortly return from a well-deserved break overseas.
Thursday June 29
The Lindsay Park training partnership of Ben and JD Hayes have had an outstanding season with their juveniles and sent out another promising two year-old winner at Bendigo on Thursday by Trapeze Artist.
Thursday June 29
A Deep Field gelding bred by Tasmanian based  Grenville Stud that topped the 2022 Hong Kong International Sale when selling for HK$7.8 million (A$1.4million) was an interesting winner at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening with the 2023 edition of this sale to be held this Friday.
Thursday June 29
With an enviable history of producing highly sought after sale ring yearlings and champions of the track, ‘Edinburgh Park’ offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure and build on a proud history of the highest level of success in the Australian thoroughbred industry.
Wednesday June 28
Bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills was “rapt with the prices’’ and grateful for the “phenomenal service’’ after selling two of the top three lots in the Inglis Digital June (Late) sale, the second biggest in the platform’s history.
Wednesday June 28
Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday June 28
The Breednet Premium Stallions Directory has been given a massive boost with addition of a hypothetical mating box allowing the user to enter their mare’s name to get an instant five generation tabulated pedigree with any duplications highlighted.
Wednesday June 28
A $1.2million Inglis Easter purchase, the first foal of Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy opened her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday June 28
It was a rewarding day for Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray at Cambridge on Wednesday, with the local training partnership heading home with a winning double.
Wednesday June 28
Defying his inexperience, the Spirit Of Boom debutant Town Crier made short work of six rivals in the Mount Franklin Maiden Plate Plate (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
Wednesday June 28
The two year-old colts and geldings maiden over 1200m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday produced a stirring battle to the line with a pair of Zoustar colts trading blows all the way to the finish until Zouprince finally poked his nose in front of Dazzle Legend with nearly four lengths back to the next horse.
Wednesday June 28
Bred and sold by Newhaven Park, talented Written Tycoon filly Taormina made a winning debut at Warwick Farm on Wednesday for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.
Wednesday June 28
Pierro has been in hot form of late racking up his 100th winner of the season last weekend and the winners kept coming at Eagle Farm on Wednesday with the Ingham family homebred two year-old filly Utopian Wine opening her account at her second start.
Wednesday June 28
Two year-old maidens at Warwick Farm today for fillies as well as colts and geldings hold plenty of interest with the most expensive I Am Invincible filly sold in 2022 set to debut as well as the three-quarter sister to G1 Stradbroke winner Trekking ad the half-brother to Home Affairs.
Wednesday June 28
When Street Cry (IRE) arrived in Australia for the first time 20 years ago as a Group I Dubai World Cup winner by Machiavellian, Australian breeders had no clue what to make of him, but his sireline delivered six Australian Group I winners this season including the best of them in Anamoe, so it’s time to get on board or get left behind.
Wednesday June 28
Breednet have put together a gallery of all the Group I winners this season that were offered at auction and had yearling images with the most expensive being two time Group I winning I Am Invincible filly In Secret purchased by Godolphin for $900,000 at Magic Millions.
Wednesday June 28
Swettenham Stud are delighted to announce the appointment of Adam McLaughlin as the new Stud Manager at their Nagambie property, commencing 10th July 2023.
Tuesday June 27
Here is the full list of 26 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday June 27
Formula One fans would have thrown a bet on promising two year-old Choisir colt Piastri, who opened his account with an easy win at Ballarat on Tuesday.
Tuesday June 27
Kris Lees is never frightened to start a talented horse off in the country with Group I Queensland Oaks winner Amokura starting her career with an unplaced debut at Taree earlier this year and that venue was also chosen for a promising two year-old filly by Churchill (IRE) from the family of Champion 3YO Filly Samantha Miss.
Tuesday June 27
Darryn Weatherley is eyeing an Australian spring raid with a couple of his stable’s leading lights, including Group One winner Pier.
Tuesday June 27
Widden Stud have enjoyed great results mining the Encosta de Lago sireline through his influential son Northern Meteor and current champion sire Zoustar, but you can always add more strings to your bow and securing the best son of Deep Field is a strategy that fits with an established pattern of success at this world renowned farm.
Monday June 26
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 61 individual Group I winners, so let’s take a look at the best of the best.
Monday June 26
There was a big set of trials on Monday morning at Canterbury and while we are deep into the season there are still plenty of nice unraced juveniles learning their craft including the full sister to a filly that sold for $2million and a good-looking son of Satono Aladdin (Jpn).
Monday June 26
A two time champion Australian sire and runner-up on four more occasions, Encosta de Lago took a little while to hit his straps as a sire of sires, but then along came Northern Meteor.
Monday June 26
Bred on the magic Fastnet Rock x Galileo cross, lightly raced five year- old gelding Fenelon made it back to back stakes wins when taking out the Listed Lyon-Parilly Grand Prix de Lyon (2400m) on Sunday in France capping a great week for Fastnet Rock.
Monday June 26
Time has been called on the racing career of Group One winner On The Rocks.
Monday June 26
A highly successful season for Redwood (GB) continued at the weekend with another pair of significant home-bred winners for the Westbury Stud resident.
Monday June 26
Widden Stud in Victoria is home to one of the most popular sires in the state in quiet achiever Magnus, who racked up his 100th winner of the season over the weekend.
Monday June 26
Aussie bred Starspangledbanner gelding Beauty Eternal capped a sensational season with victory in the Group III Premier Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday taking his trainer John Size and jockey Zac Purton closer to respective trainer and jockey championships.
Monday June 26
Westbury Stud’s Redwood (GB) has a number of promising galloper son the rise and one of them is Tuchel (NZ), who scored a deserved win in the Group III Premier Plate (1800m) at Sha tin on Sunday.
Sunday June 25
Here is the full list of 58 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday June 25
The half brother by Pride of Dubai to this month's Group One winning juvenile King Colorado today smashed the all time record price for the Magic Millions Perth Winter Yearling Sale when he sold for $260,000 in the Swan Valley.
Sunday June 25
Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club today announced further exciting enhancements to Australia’s richest racing Carnival - the Sydney Everest Carnival.
Sunday June 25
The last four Group I races in Queensland mark the end of elite racing in Australia for the season so let’s take a look at the pedigrees.
Sunday June 25
The final G1 of the Australian season – today’s Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm for the fillies and mares – ended in a quinella for Inglis graduates as Palaisipan (So You Think) defeated Roots (Press Statement).
Sunday June 25
There was no joy for the Aussie contingent at Royal Ascot overnight with Artorius and The Astrologist running fourth and fifth behind an 80-1 rank outsider in the Group I Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Stakes and three of the four stakes-winners on the final day were by sons of Acclamation.
Saturday June 24
Here is the full list of 99 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday June 24
Sporting the colours of world renowned Japanese breeder Katsumi Yoshida for the first time, the Chris Munce trained So You Think mare Palaisipan bowed out of Australian racing as a Group I winner after scoring a stylish victory in the $700,000 Group I Tatts Tiara (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Saturday June 24
After two unlucky runs during the Queensland Winter Carnival, accomplished Kiwi-bred gelding Ucalledit has returned to New South Wales and turned his form around in Saturday’s Listed Drinkwise Civic Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Saturday June 24
The Group III Eureka Stud WJ Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm is a story easily told. To the delight of the sponsors, Prince Of Boom went straight to the front and stayed there.
Saturday June 24
A popular win for the locals when the lone 3yo filly Noah 'N' A Deel scored a tenacious victory in the Listed Tattersall's Gold Crown (2137m) at Eagle Farm.
Saturday June 24
Kicking off a new campaign at Caulfield on Saturday after four months off the scene, highly promising New Zealand-bred gelding St Lawrence wasted no time in making his mark.
Saturday June 24
While rarely a headline-grabber, the 4yo Teofilo (IRE) gelding Character has been a great money spinner for Godolphin, and he claimed a fourth-stakes success in Saturday's Listed Tattersall's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm.
Saturday June 24
A disappointing acceptance of six runners in Saturday's Group III Tattersall's Cup at Eagle Farm provided the opportunity for Luncies (GB) to enter the winner's stall for the first time in 112 weeks.
Saturday June 24
A new addition at Blue Gum Farm this spring, Flying Artie will be represented at Royal Ascot later tonight when his Group I winning son Artorius lines up in the Group I Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, but closer to home his progressive three year-old Flying on a Limb made it three wins on the trot when saluting at Caulfield.
Saturday June 24
The $160,000 Listed Tattersalls Life Members Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday was contested by some well bred juveniles with victory going to the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace trained I Am Invincible filly Zoukerette.
Saturday June 24
Following a three-length romp at Bendigo on debut, the Rubick filly Outback Miss took the step up to city class in her stride with a dominant performance in the McCafe Hcp (1000m) at Caulfield.
Saturday June 24
The fourth day of Royal Ascot featured two Group I races with a first G1 winner for former New Zealand shuttler Charm Spirit and a third G1 win for a champion filly by Siyouni.
Saturday June 24
Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) posted his second Royal Ascot Group winner this week when Epsom Derby runner-up King of Steel captured the Group II King Edward VII (1m4f) overnight.
Saturday June 24
Sea Siren is not the only Group I winning daughter of champion sire Fastnet Rock to produce a Royal Ascot winner this week with 2014 Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Amicus featuring overnight when her five year-old Galileo son Okita Soushi won the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes Handicap (1m4f).
Friday June 23
Here is the full list of 29 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday June 23
One of the strongest and most diverse online catalogues ever collated has been finalised for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Sale.
Friday June 23
Whanganui-based stallion Unusual Suspect (USA) has proved a more than useful sire.
Friday June 23
We are down to the final Group 1 of the season, the Sky Racing Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) for fillies and mares at Eagle Farm on Saturday, and as the betting suggests, it's a wide-open race.
Friday June 23
Arrowfield Stud have again entrusted Bloodstockauction.com with their latest reduction of quality weanlings with 17 youngsters offered unreserved by a variety of their popular young sires.
Friday June 23
Wanganui is becoming a happy hunting ground for the progeny of U S Navy Flag, with the The Oaks Stud stallion siring another two-year-old winner at the venue on Friday.
Friday June 23
Juddmonte Farms champion sire Frankel went into Royal Ascot on 28 Group I winners and has moved to 31 after the first three days of the world renowned meeting, but his G1 charge has now come to an end as the champion son of Galileo does not have a runner in the remaining three G1 races, so let’s have a quick recap of these new elite level winners.
Friday June 23
The third day of Royal Ascot and the third new Group I winner for Frankel, this one ridden by Frankie Dettori, plus a Group II winner from Aussie bred glamour girl Sea Siren and another US bred 2YO stakes-winner.
Friday June 23
OTI Racing colours were carried to victory overnight in the UK at Royal Ascot by lightly raced three year-old Docklands, who won the Britannia Stakes Handicap (1m) over a massive field of 29 starters beating a new acquisition for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.
Thursday June 22
The first foal of Group I VRC Myer Classic Stakes winner I Am a Star opened his account at Sale on Thursday.
Thursday June 22
I Am Invincible has had a late season flurry of promising two year-old winners with Victorian rider John Allen making a special trip to Gosford on Thursday to partner a lovely filly for Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.
Thursday June 22
Here is the full list of 40 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday June 22
Gooree Park Stud are mourning the loss of their War Horse, Desert War, due to the effects of old age.  He was 22.
Thursday June 22
An extraordinary catalogue is being finalised for the Inglis Digital June (Late) Sale which will feature outstanding race mares Daisies and Literary Magnate, the dam of Australia’s newest G1 winner King Colorado and a host of other select-sale quality racing and breeding prospects.
Thursday June 22
Turning 23 this year, Darley heavy hitter Exceed and Excel was the Champion Australian Sire in 2012/2013 and has left over 200 stakes-winners worldwide during a long and glittering stud career and the future of his legacy as a sire of sires rests largely with a trio of Group I winning colts.
Thursday June 22
Day 2 at Royal Ascot produced the 30th Group I winner for Frankel, saw Frankie Dettori find the winner’s circle and a US raider salute, while a bargain cast off filly from Shadwell has proven an outstandingly good investment for her new owners!
Thursday June 22
A three time Group I winning sprinter at Royal Ascot, Darley shuttler Blue Point (IRE) broke the ice for his first stakes-winner at Royal Ascot overnight with talented colt Big Evs breaking his maiden with a wide margin win in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes (5f).
Wednesday June 21
How do we define success as a racehorse? If it’s doing your best and having a go every time you step out then this $1million yearling has to be called a success.
Wednesday June 21
Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday June 21
After winning the 2yo fillies division at Canterbury with Tropical Squall, Gai Waterhouse and Adrina Bott saddled the Colts and Geldings division winner with the Shalaa (IRE) gelding The Little Pumper.
Wednesday June 21
Samantha Logan always knew Saltcoats would be in her care for just a short time, so she made sure to enjoy every moment.
Wednesday June 21
Unbeaten three-year-old Press Charges has been sold and will continue his career in Hong Kong.
Wednesday June 21
Bold-striding filly Tropical Squall led at every call in a 1250m Fillies Maiden at Canterbury on Wednesday to credit Kooringal Stud’s Prized Icon with his first winner.
Wednesday June 21
The first day of Royal Ascot featured three Group I races with a G1 quinella for Frankel in the Queen Anne, the crowning of a another super Siyouni colt for Coolmore in the St James’s Palace and a no show for the Aussies in the King’s Stand Stakes won by last year’s Coventry Stakes winner Bradsell.
Wednesday June 21
The Group II Coventry Stakes (6f) at Royal Ascot overnight produced a virtual charge of the light brigade with 20 runners doing battle and it was the Coolmore owned Wootton Bassett colt River Tiber that showed his class to take the win.
Tuesday June 20
Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday June 20
We’ve had a close look at the two major Australian sire son dynasties for Redoute’s Choice established by Snitzel and Not a Single Doubt, but the much missed legendary sire has a number of young sire sons starting off their stud careers, so this chapter of our series will highlight some of these guys.
Tuesday June 20
Back in April last year I wrote, with unbridled joy, about the Land Tax victory Godolphin had with Revenue NSW.
Tuesday June 20
Sunday's Magic Millions Perth Winter Yearling Sale has been boosted with the late supplementary of a half brother to this month's Group One winning juvenile King Colorado.
Tuesday June 20
Go Racing director Albert Bosma loves when a plan comes together, especially when it culminates in a top hat and tails.
Tuesday June 20
Barrier trials in Sydney were at Rosehill on Tuesday with five heats won by juveniles including the newly gelded half-brother to a Group I winner and a couple of unraced yougnsters by Deep Field.
Tuesday June 20
The Group II Coventry Stakes for two year-old colts at Royal Ascot tonight features a very short priced favourite and he is River Tiber, a super talented son of Wootton Bassett (GB), who is set to shuttle to Coolmore Australia for his third season this spring.
Tuesday June 20
The Goffs London Sale is held on the eve of Royal Ascot in the heart of London at Kensington Place Gardens and traditionally showcases tried horses that are entered for Royal Ascot with the top lot a two year-old colt called Givemethebeatboys that sold for £1,100,000 and he holds an entry for the Group II Coventry Stakes.
Monday June 19
Much missed Golden Slipper winning sire Sebring has several young sons making an impression at stud and one of the quiet achievers is Sebring Sun, whose 58.8% winner to runner strike rate is making owner breeders sit up and take note with smart filly Acappella Sun saluting at Rosehill last Saturday and Lika Sun an impressive winner on Monday.
Monday June 19
Here is the full list of 18 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday June 19
Exciting young sire Brave Smash (Jpn) is Australia’s leading first season sire by winners and added a tenth to his tally on Monday with an eye-catching debut victory at Newcastle for Power of the Brave in the Prime Thoroughbreds colours.
Monday June 19
Widden Stud’s  young I Am Invincible stallion Overshare posted a promising juvenile winner at Ballarat on Monday when Under and Over saluted as a short priced favourite.
Monday June 19
A son of Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino named after a former international footballer kicked another winning goal at Awapuni on Saturday.
Monday June 19
Proisir’s remarkable season went to another level at the weekend with his progeny’s earnings surpassing $4 million and the first time that mark has been reached in New Zealand stallion history.
Monday June 19
French Oaks queen Blue Rose Cen was not the only impressive filly seen in action at Chantilly on Sunday trained by Christopher Head and ridden by Aurelien Lemaitre with exciting Justify (USA) two year-old Ramatuelle blitzing the opposition to win the Group III Prix du Bois (1200m).