The Spirit Of Boom gelding Prince Of Boom punched his ticket for next week's Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap after he made every post a winner in Saturday's Group II The Star Moreton Cup (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

There is little argument that Nick Ryan is a rising star in the trainer ranks, and he has rejuvenated the career of the 7yo Dark Angel gelding Munhamek (GB), who earned a maiden stakes win in the Listed Nuturf Spear Chief Hcp (1500m) at Eagle Farm.

The $160,000 Listed ATC Winter Cup (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday produced a stakes quinella for Aga Khan Stud’s Sea the Stars, who sired Emily Upjohn to win the Group I Coronation Cup at Epsom on Friday.

Taranaki galloper Justaskme continued his purple patch of form at Wanganui on Saturday when taking out the Listed AGC Training Stakes WFA (1600m).

No black-type but a valuable prize for the in-form Foxwedge mare Foxy Frida, who took her earnings to over $1million when successful in the $500,000  Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

It was a popular win at Wanganui on Saturday when Chantilly Lace demolished her rivals in the Listed John Turkington Forestry LTD Castletown Stakes (1200m).

The $1million Magic Millions purchase Petronius shed his maiden stakes status as a rising seven-year-old in Saturday's Listed Ladbrokes Lightning Hcp (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

Fairway Thoroughbreds have two royally bred fillies making their debut this weekend and while we wait for Sunday at Geelong to see City of Lights, the half-sister by Deep Impact to Winx, the other filly made a winning debut at Newcastle on Saturday.

Connections will ponder a start in next week's Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes for Azula after the talented daughter of Maurice (JPN) scored a fighting win in Saturday's Listed Ascot Green The Phoenix Stakes (1500m) at Eagle Farm.

Chris Waller said he was looking forward to the spring with the Snitzel colt Congregation and The Autumn Sun filly Tutta La Vita after the talented pair fought out a dramatic finish of the TAB Hcp (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

It was Frankie Dettori day at Epsom with the champion jockey riding the winners of both GI races on the card, Emily Upjohn gained redemption for her Oaks defeat last year, while Soul Sister won the Oaks to become the 28th Group I winner for champion sire Frankel and her full brother runs at Rosehill this afternoon.

We’ve already seen an Australian broodmare produce an Epsom Derby winner when Believe ‘n’ Succeed did the job in 2019 thanks to her Galileo colt Anthony Van Dyck and there is a possibility it could happen again this weekend.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Untapped Group 1 winning sprinter Think About It has secured a slot in the 2023 Everest. The Proven Thoroughbreds owned, and Joe Pride trained star sprinter will race in the newly acquired Newgate slot.

A mare in foal to world class sire Frankel, a share in a rising star with G1 Spring Carnival goals, a G1-producing mare as well as multiple other quality racing and breeding prospects.

Leading Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is hoping to get one up over his old mates from Cambridge.

A place in the field for Saturday weeks JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) awaits four runners in Saturday's Listed Ascot Green The Phoenix (1400m) at Eagle Farm.

The Randwick trials on Friday featured class three year-old Aft Cabin tuning up for his tilt at the Group I BRC Stradbroke Handicap next week and there were also five juvenile heat winners that included a lovely looking filly by Zoustar.

A select offering of 70 broodmares will go under the hammer during the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling & Broodmare Sale at Karaka on June 16, with a dispersal of Rob Ferguson’s New Zealand-based mares set to command particular attention.

Tenacious filly Chantilly Lace will be chasing further black type honours when she signs off for the season at Wanganui on Saturday.

A homebred for Princess Zahra Aga Khan, talented Zoustar gelding Dariym scored a scintillating maiden win at Longchamp on Thursday.

Kiwi bred three year-old fillies have been hot to trot in Australia this season and they are out in force for the last Group I Oaks race of the season with six of the fillies engaged for the Queensland Oaks (2200m) all foaled in New Zealand including a filly that is closely related to last week’s Queensland Derby winner Kovalica.

Yarraman Park’s young gun sire Hellbent had two short priced favourites at Wyong on Thursday and both of them got the cash.

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

The Newgate China Horse Club partnership were back in the winner’s circle again at Wyong on Thursday when their expensive $850,000 Written Tycoon colt saluted at his third start.

Carbonados, the warm favourite for Saturday’s Listed Castletown Stakes (1200m) at Wanganui has been scratched due to his sale to Australia.

Kiwi bred three year old fillies Prowess, Legarto, Pennyweka, Ruthless Dame and Affaire a Suivre are all G1 winners in Australia this season with Sakura Girl bidding to join the list.

Proven stallion Niagara, a Group Two winning son of Encosta de Lago, will return to Hawke’s Bay ahead of the 2023 breeding season to take up residence at Vicki Wilson’s Hau Ora Farm in Kahuranaki, south of Hastings.

Last-start Listed Warstep Stakes (2000m) winner She’s A Con is on her way to Australia following the sale of a majority share to clients of Grahame Begg’s Victorian stable.

The Epsom Derby is run this weekend and the two top fancies are blue blood colts Auguste Rodin (Deep Impact) for Coolmore and Military Order (Frankel) for Godolphin, but it’s far from a two horse race with Coolmore shuttler Churchill also in the mix with a couple of last start winners in Sprewell and The Foxes.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A beautiful filly by Zoustar topped Day Two of the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale capping a massive couple of weeks of selling on the Gold Coast.

Three promising debutants fought out the finish of the Tab Maiden Hcp (1200m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Proisir’s stellar season is now a record breaking one with the Rich Hill Stud stallion claiming a piece of New Zealand stallion history.

Trainer Paul Messara is hoping his blueblooded Dundeel x Miss Finland filly Miracle Of Love has done enough to earn a spot in the $1,000,000  Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 10 after breaking her maiden over 1350m at Doomben on Wednesday.

After placing in five of his starts, Booker's brother Oriental Tycoon broke the ice in a 3yo maiden over 1400m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

All eyes will be on the two year-old maiden at Warwick Farm today with a competitive event featuring some well bred first starters, but none more so than the three-quarter brother to world champion sprinter Chautauqua.

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

Purchased for $150,000 at the 2021 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, this Shalaa (IRE) filly gained the biggest pedigree update of all when her year older half-brother came out and won three Group I races!

It is with great sadness that we announce the tragic passing of the much-loved Melbourne Cup hero, Fiorente (IRE), at the age of 15 after battling an ongoing chronic illness.

A beautifully related daughter of The Autumn Sun topped Day One of the 2023 Magic Millions National Yearling Sale when selling for a record $750,000 on the Gold Coast today.

Smart filly Orchestral ran out a dominant winner of the Agritrade Valagro 2YO Maiden (1200m) at Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday for trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood.

Talented three-year-old Mr Bully Tee broke through for a richly deserved maiden victory on his home track when winning the Corteva Agriscience 3YO (1400m) at Hawke’s Bay on Tuesday.

The dominance of Yulong Stud at broodmare sales in recent years has been little short of staggering. It was highlighted by the $33,446,000 spent on sixty lots at the National Broodmare Sale after splashing out $7,225,000 at an average of $1,806,250 for four lots at the Chairman’s Sale.

Glen Eden Stud are saddened to announce the passing of their esteemed stallion, Trust in a Gust. The dual Group 1 winner, bred by Swettenham Stud, leaves behind a legacy of racetrack and progeny success in the Victorian industry.

Charismatic Lonhro gelding Kementari has run his last race for Godolphin and has been officially retired.

Australian part-owned Light Infantry went close to a Group I win overnight at Longchamp and remains on track for this year’s Cox Plate with his brave second in the G1 Prix d’Ispahan (1700m) behind the Shadwell runner Anmaat.

The Magic Millions National Yearling Sale this week presents buyers with the last opportunity to secure a Magic Millions eligible youngster this year for the lucrative race series that provides ongoing opportunities for talented horses right through their lives and the biggest consignor is Baramul Stud.

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

Stakes-winning sprinting mare Rose ‘N’ Power (NZ) (Power) will be offered for sale on Gavelhouse Plus this week with bidding closing from 7pm (NZT) on Monday 5th June.

Royal Ascot contenders Coolangatta, Artorius and Cannonball all competed in a 900m jumpout at Flemington Monday morning with connections of two of the three horses well satisfied.

Highview Stud's new recruit Santos sired a double on Sunday which took his tally of Individual first-crop winners to four, headed by Group One winner Ulanova.

Four year-old Camelot stallion Luxembourg had a challenging year in 2022, but looks ready to soar to new heights this year winning the Group I Tattersalls Gold Cup (1m2  ½ f) at The Curragh on Sunday, while on the same program blueblood Deep Impact colt Drumroll claimed his first stakes win.

Racing NSW is pleased that it is able to fund the following prizemoney increases from sustainable revenues notwithstanding it gets a lesser share of the Point of Consumption Tax relatively compared to Queensland and Victoria and has lower race field fees than both those jurisdictions. Racing NSW to date has been able to increase its wagering turnover and revenues this year and also benefits from a

An impressive Listed and Group III winner at three, five year old Pride of Dubai mare Just Beautiful fetched 625,000 guineas at the 2021 Tattersalls December Mares Sale when bought by BBA Ireland and posted her first win for the new connections when taking out the Group II Lanwades Stud Stakes (1m) at The Curragh on Sunday.

It’s been a big weekend for the Aga Khan Stud’s champion French sire Siyouni, who produced progressive colt Paddington to win the Group I Irish 2000 Guineas on Saturday and then on Sunday his outstanding filly Tahiyra won the Group I Irish 1000 Guineas at The Curragh.

Superstar Fastnet Rock mare Atlantic Jewel was a champion on the track and has left a legacy at stud as the dam of blue-blood Irish bred Galileo gelding Russian Emperor, who won his third Group I event in Hong Kong on Sunday when taking out the Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup (2400m) for the second year in a row.

Here is the full list of 65 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

So we’re moving through the Brisbane Winter Carnival and with four Group I races down and four more to go, we thought we should take a look at our G1 winners so far, two of them striking at the elite level for the first time.

The Chris Waller-trained Kovalica ran out an arrogant winner of the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, with the son of Ocean Park always travelling like the winner from the moment the barriers opened.

The Satono Crown colt Tastiera turned the tables on his Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) conqueror Sol Oriens in a thrilling Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) (2400m) at Tokyo Racetrack on Sunday.

After five placegetters from seven runners, the late Widden Stud stallion National Defense (GB) spectacularly got off the mark with the debutant Peace Treaty thumping her rivals in an 1100m maiden at Ballarat on Sunday.

Australian bred Flying Artie three year-old Coin Toss is on an upward spiral in Singapore for Gandharvi Racing and posted a strong win in the Singapore Guineas (SngG2)  over 1600m at Kranji on Saturday.

Think About It was not the only four year-old with an impressive winning strike rate that saluted at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Up-and-coming star Think About It (So You Think) surged into favouritism for the $3m Stradbroke Handicap with a dominant victory in today’s G1 Kingsford Smith Cup at Eagle Farm.

The Group I Irish 2000 Guineas (1m) was run overnight at The Curragh with the Coolmore partnership owned Siyouni colt Paddington continuing his rapid rise to score a powerful victory.

Here is the full list of 132 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Graham and Linda Huddy are great supporters of racing both on the track and in after racing life care and they got a great result when their Peachester Lodge colours were carried to victory in the Listed BRC Helen Coughlan stakes (1200m) by progressive Capitalist mare Comrade Rosa.

With seven wins from eight previous starts, the last five wins in succession, the Joe Pride trained So You Think gelding Think About It kept the picket fence going when conquering an elite field of sprinters at WFA to win the $1million BRC Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Dividing time between hairdressing and horse training,  Carly Cook enjoyed a career highlight when Pintoff captured the Listed Tobin Brothers Bel Esprit Stakes (1000m) at Sandown-Hillside on Saturday.

Talented Encryption colt Cifrado made it back-to-back Group wins when beating the Sydneysiders to score a thrilling last stride win in the $1million Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Odd-on favourite Kovalica completed a fantastic day for owner Neville Morgan, trainer Chris Waller, and jockey James McDonald when he put the field to the sword in the  $1,000,000 Group 1 Ladbrokes Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

There are few I Am Invincible colts that look more like their sire than Hawaii Five Oh and he’s really starting to hit his straps for the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable securing a start in next month’s the Group I BRC Stradbroke with victory in the $300,000 Group III BRC Fred Best Classic (1400m).

Without A Fight (IRE) did not strike a blow when well-fancied in the Melbourne Cup. Still, the decision to leave him in Australia with Anthony and Sam Freedman paid an instant dividend when a fast-finishing winner of the Group III Lord Mayors Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Winless in twelve starts and fifty-seven weeks since capturing the Tails Stakes at Doomben, the 2021 Queensland Derby hero  Kukeracha stuck his nose out where it mattered most in Saturday's Group III Living Turf Premier's Cup (2400m) at Sandown.

New to Yarraman Park this spring, Brave Smash (Jpn) added a ninth first crop winner to his tally at Murray Bridge on Saturday with Kalasec scoring a well deserved win.

Despite having to sit wide throughout, promising juvenile Saltcoats proved too strong for his rivals in the feature race at Pukekohe on Saturday, the Listed Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Futurity Stakes (1400m).

The Snitzel debutant Axzelina defied her inexperience when she snatched victory from what looked inevitable defeat in the Ladbrokes Racing Club Hcp (1000m) at Sandown-Hillside on Saturday.

The Newgate, China Horse Club and partners syndicate already have a Group I winning two year-old Dundeel colt this season in Militarize and they may well end up with two of them after his stablemate Tannhauser broke his maiden with a resounding win at Randwick on Saturday.

Darley shuttler Too Darn Hot (GB) is on the board with his first winner after Fallen Angel saluted on debut at Haydock overnight in the UK.

Lyndhurst Stud’s Better than Ready is the leading sire in the country by two year-old winners and has a top chance in the $1million Group II BRC Sires Produce Stakes today in Chrysaor as well as two Group I runners and on Friday he did something very rare and unusual in siring the trifecta in a juvenile race.

Here is the full list of 49 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Triple Crown hero Justify (USA) added a sixth Australian winner to his tally at Cranbourne on Friday night when promising filly Clavadatsch made a procession out of the 1300m juvenile maiden.

In the past seven years, winners of the Fred Best Classic have gone on to win multiple stakes races with earnings averaging out too well over $1,000,000, so the capacity field for Saturday's Group III feature at Eagle Farm has a bit of living up to.

Progressive So You Think sprinter Think About It will take a picket fence of five straight wins into the $1million Group I BRC Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, while at Goulburn on Friday his half-sister by Pierro broke the ice to win her first race.

Trials were at Warwick Farm on Friday morning and there were seven heats for juveniles with the fastest winner a $1.1million filly by champion sire I Am Invincible, while the three-quarter brother to Chautauqua continues to impress.

As they enjoy getting to know one of the new boys on their already strong roster - Riverbank Farm's Russell Osborne and Dr Caroline Duddy have been cheering on a couple of that exciting young horse's promising relations.

The Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale this week highlighted the extraordinary appeal of mares in foal to Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible with five of them offered and all were sold at an average $1,330,000.

The Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale this week produced strong results for mares in foal to I Am Invincible’s dual Group I winning son Home Affairs with smart stakes-winner Broadwayandfourth the top seller fetching $550,000.

The second last crop of foals by Galileo are 3YO’s and they are making their presence felt with blue-blood colt First Minister opening his stakes account to win the Group III Prix Hocquart (2200m), while the Bob Scarborough bred stayer Roberto Escobarr took the Group III Henry II Stakes (2m) at Sandown to give the legendary sire a Group double.

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

Macroura capped a massive few days for her family when she topped the third and final day of the 2023 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast today.

Bjorn Baker saddled two interesting debut juvenile winners on Thursday, one is an eye-catching Zoustar colt that has been impressing at the trials and the other is a Vancouver gelding with Overpass vibes and both carry the colours of Darby Racing.

Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside covered 189 mares last spring and one of them was beautiful More Than Ready (USA) mare Murchison, who was bought at the Gold Coast on Thursday by Sheamus Mills Bloodstock for $800,000.

Trainer Chris Waller has a stranglehold on Saturday’s Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) with a two-pronged attack, headed by $1.70 favourite Kovalica and impressive last-start winner Special Swey ($9.50).

Sledmere Stud consigned stakes-winning Not a Single Doubt mare Nomothaj is one of only five mares to be offered at the Gold Coast in foal to champion sire I Am Invincible and she was sold today for $1.2million to Widden Stud/ David Redvers Bloodstock.

A savvy $60,000 investment on a mare at the 2020 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale by Twin Hills Stud/ G1 Goldmine produced big dividends ats the same sale on Thursday when Magical Mist (NZ) sold for $775,000 to Yulong.

The third chapter in the Sunshine in Paris story unfolded at the Gold Coast on Thursday morning when Macroura sold for $1.5 million to Yulong and the story is not quite done yet as there is a yearling from Zenaida to be offered next week.

James Bester Bloodstock secured the first mare offered in foal to Frankel on Thursday at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale when paying $1million for the Blue Sky Premium consigned mare Kapralova (USA).

A consortium of the industry’s most passionate and dedicated individuals from all levels of the Australian thoroughbred breeding and racing communities assembled on the Gold Coast Turf Club – 2023’s host for the Awards’ ceremony – on Wednesday, to celebrate the Awards’ ninth cohort of finalists.