Sires With Winners - Thursday August 28

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton November Sale was held Monday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky with Ways and Means the top seller at $5million.

New Zealand-bred filly De Armas is set to back up in Thursday’s Gr.1 Victoria Oaks (2500m) at Flemington following her dominant win in the Gr.2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) at the Melbourne track on Derby Day.

It's Caulfield Cup week, and what better moment to revisit the life and times of one of the greatest - if not the greatest - Caulfield Cup winner of the modern era.

It is a special week for New Zealand-based syndicator Go Racing, who will contest Group One races on both sides of the Tasman, including the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday with Soul Of Spain, and they will also welcome world-renowned trainer Joseph O’Brien to New Zealand for an owners’ function on Thursday.

The new season is nearly upon us and that means all over the country a new crop of rising two year-olds are taking baby steps in the best stables in the land with the Australian Turf Club announcing this week they had received 1881 entries for the 2027 Golden Slipper, so who is in the race?

The $1million Group I VRC Oaks (2500m) is the highlight at Flemington on Thursday and this year’s race features an undefeated staying star coming off a last start win in the Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes against the colts, so can Proxima Dea keep her record perfect?

Keeneland’s 83rd November Breeding Stock Sale began its nine-day run Tuesday with a Book 1 catalog featuring a select group of accomplished broodmare prospects, proven mares in foal to leading stallions and well-bred weanlings by prominent stallions and popular young sires. With 23 horses bringing $1 million or more compared to 17 who reached that mark last year, Keeneland recorded nearly $9

While most of the action was at Flemington on Tuesday for the Melbourne Cup, the Andrew Gluyas trained Justify (USA) gelding Air Assault was creating his own piece of history at Morphettville, winning the Listed SAJC John Letts Cup (1800m) for the third consecutive year.

Alabama Express presents as a new opportunity for NSW breeders, having relocated to Yulong Segenhoe this season after Yulong Stud acquired the famous NSW farm.

The latest in a long line of Inglis Digital success stories is three year old filly Profit Motive, who became a stakes winner at just her third  lifetime start when taking out the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Melbourne Cup day.