There were a number of strong results at the Magic Millions Digital (12-17 June) Sale which concluded today.

Extreme Choice is the most expensive sire in the land this spring and for his many fans he does have some more affordable sire sons to choose from and one of those is Tiger of Malay, who posted his fifth winner at Doomben on Wednesday.

Fourth on debut at Warwick Farm behind the smart Helldeeva, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Ole Kirk filly continued her upward spiral, breaking her maiden in fine style over 1250m at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The Group I MRC Caulfield Cup will have a big prizemoney increase to $6million in 2026 and the first overseas qualifying race was run at Royal Ascot last night with the James McDonald ridden stayer Map of Stars taking out the Listed Wolferton Stakes (1m2f).

The first day of Royal Ascot had everything and a battle of tactics in the Group I St James’s Palace Stakes (1m) made it a must watch race and while the favourite Bow Echo did get the cash, the fallout from the race was the talking point.

The Bjorn Baker trained Overpass put up a great performance overnight at Royal Ascot to run a close third in the Group I King Charles II Stakes (5f) with victory in the race going to the Coolmore entry Mission Central.

Sires that can produce 2YO winners and in particular 2YO stakes-winners have a unique appeal in the marketplace and one stud has six stallions on their 2026 roster that have done just that this season and not one of those stallions stands for more than $27,500.

Here is the full list of 32 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Trainers Ken and Bev Kelso will be hoping lightning can strike twice.

Yarraman Park based Brave Smash (Jpn) is a promising young sire, whose best bred progeny are yet to race, but he’s still ticking along nicely with what he has and posted a debut juvenile winner on Tuesday for the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable.

The Sportsbet Caulfield Cup will enter a new era in 2026, with prizemoney increasing to $6 million for the 150th running of one of Australia’s most historic races.

Cressfield announces the passing of one of its foundation broodmares, Our Egyptian Raine (NZ), at the age of 27.

Sometimes a stallion can sneak up on you and for Queensland breeders one of those is Kobayashi, who spent his first three seasons standing at fees of $4,400 and then $3,300 and somehow managed to sire a stakes-winner in each of those crops – not easy to do.

Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Group I St James’s Palace Stakes (1m) is one of the highlight races on Day 1 at Royal Ascot and this year features a rematch between two outstanding 3YO colts coming off last start G1 Guineas victories and one of them has a pedigree that owes a lot to Australia.

If your goal this spring is to choose a stallion that can breed you a nice winner with upside it might not be as expensive as you think.

For pinhookers and end users alike, this month’s NZB National Weanling Sale at Karaka is an affordable opportunity to secure progeny of some of New Zealand’s best and brightest stallions.

Mega Ace (Earthlight) proved a cut above the rest with a dominant display in the RM200,000 3YO Sprint Championship (1200m) at Sungai Besi in Malaysia on Sunday.

An invitation from Novara Park has translated into immediate racing success for Shaune Ritchie and his clients.

The Inglis Internship is a full-time position that provides the successful candidate the chance to gain an in-depth insight and understanding of all facets of the racing and breeding industries across the entire Inglis business.

Unbeaten St Mark’s Basilica filly Diamond Necklace kept her record perfect at Chantilly in France overnight when capturing the Group I Prix de Diane (2100m) (French Oaks) adding to her last start win in the Group I Poule d’Essai Des Pouliches (1600m) (French 1000 Guineas).

The Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale last week produced strong results and a record average of $51,829, providing another look at the progeny of several exciting young first season sires, so let’s check out the best of their results.

Here is the full list of 76 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Two brand new Australian Group I winners emerged last Saturday and while one was bought for just $8,000 online and the other sold for a sale-topping $900,000 as a 2YO – on the pedigree front they are both what we would see as commercial bluebloods.

Last year’s $900,000 Inglis Ready2Race sale-topping colt Tron Bolt became a G1 success story at just his fourth career start when comprehensively winning the JJ Atkins at Eagle Farm.

Newgate young gun Wild Ruler moved to eight first crop winners on Saturday when the Matt Hoysted trained Rule the Night saluted at the Gold Coast for Proven Thoroughbreds.

Here is the full list of 111 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Almost five years after rising to the top of Perth racing with a five-win sequence that culminated in the 2021 edition of the Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m), remarkable veteran Western Empire is once again winning black-type races in a row.

Inglis Digital has delivered plenty of fairytale stories, but Spicy Martini is one of the best and the four year-old Justify (USA) mare scored the biggest win of her career at Eagle Farm on Saturday when landing the $3million GroupI BRC Stradbroke Handicap (1400m).

Clearly having plenty of ability as evident by his victory in the G1 ATC The Metropolitan (2400m) last October, the Ciaron Maher trained Royal Supremacy (IRE) may have surprised a few with an impressive all the way victory in Saturday’s $1.5m G2 BRC Q22 (2200m) at Eagle Farm.

Champion trainer Chris Waller has a happy knack for unearthing top class back season juveniles and exciting Toronado (IRE) colt Tron Bolt has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past month and capped his ascendance with a dominant victory in the $1million Group I BRC JJ Atkins (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Emerging stayer Thebudgiesmugla has never been beaten over 2400m, and he added a fourth win to that unblemished record when he stepped up to stakes level in Saturday’s A$200,000 Listed Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Rosehill.

Really coming into her own during the Brisbane summer carnival last year with two Listed victories, 6yo Kobayashi mare Midnight In Tokyo was having just her third start for new trainer Todd Pollard on Saturday, rewarding connections with victory in the $160,000 Listed BRC Hinkler Handicap (1200m) at Eagle Farm.

Talented Zoustar mare She’s Got Pizzazz is enjoying her working holiday in the Queensland winter sunshine and captured her biggest win to date when taking out the $300,000 Group II BRC Dane Ripper Stakes (1300m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

The new owners of Coeur Volante, Widden Stud and Julia Ritchie's Bangloe Stud, have quickly been rewarded for their purchase of the multiple black-type performer, and victory in Saturday’s A$150,000 ive > Handicap (1400m) at Sandown has raised the possibility of even bigger things.

Coming off the back of success in the G3 BRC Premier’s Cup (2400m), the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Alalcance (GB) had no trouble with the 3200m of the $400,000 G2 BRC Brisbane Cup at Eagle Farm, as the daughter of Mastercraftsman (IRE) charged clear to win by just shy of five lengths.

Promising Exceedance four-year-old Tristar ended a frustrating run of minor placings when she thrust her nose out at just the right time to win the Thanks Bernard Kneebone – 25 Years On The Clock (1200m) at Te Rapa in a thrilling three-way finish.

Handsome chestnut Written Tycoon colt Skyhook ended his three year-old season on a high with a dominant victory in the $200,000 Group III BRC Gunsynd Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

A full-sister to Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) and multiple Australian black-type winner Asterix hinted at a bright future of her own with victory in the A$130,000 Evergreen Turf Handicap (1600m) at Sandown on Saturday.

As much as five lengths behind the last horse during the run, Winning Rupert 2yo Cool Gent stormed home through the middle of the field to secure the $160,000 Listed BRC Oxlade Stakes (1200m) for trainers Shane and Adam Barling.

The Bjorn Baker trained War Eternal is in career best form at present and the 7YO son of Pierro racked up his third successive stakes win at Eagle Farm on Saturday when beating highly rated import Yellow Jersey (Fr) to win the $160,000 Listed BRC The Wayne Wilson (1600m).

A quick back up and a couple of gear changes proved winning decisions for progressive Wootton Bassett (GB) juvenile Marwooba, a $400,000 Magic Millions purchase from Yarraman Park for Hawkes Racing.

Promising two-year-old Old Fashioned won impressively on debut at Wanganui on Saturday, but trainers Bill Thurlow and Sam O’Malley are resisting the temptation of pressing on to black-type targets for now.

A record Great Southern Weanling Sale has ensured the 2026 Inglis Weanling Sales Series has ended as the best ever, cementing itself as the Australian market leader for a fifth consecutive year.

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

I Am Invincible’s good looking son King’s Gambit produced a great result for Tasmanian based vendors Armidale Stud when they sold a colt by the young Newgate sire for $210,000 at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale on Friday.

Bidding is now open for the Magic Millions Digital (12-17 June) Sale with good opportunities across the board - from racehorses to racefillies, shares, weanlings and yearlings, broodmares as well as a stallion on offer.

A unique individual went under the hammer at Inglis’ Great Southern Weanling Sale and was warmly embraced by the buying bench.

There were six heats at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday morning won by juveniles that included youngsters by first season sires Home Affairs and Acrobat, plus the unraced sister to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’ Ole.

With his oldest Australian progeny about to turn three, St Mark’s Basilica (Fr) is a young shuttle stallion that profiles for an upswing next season and his two weanlings offered at Inglis Great Southern this week were both sold with a filly from Jamita fetching $150,000.

It's the best race in Queensland and the Group I BRC Stradbroke (1400m)  features a full field this year and the likelihood of a heavy track - just to make the punter's dilemma even trickier -  but it's the challenge we love to hate!

It's Queensland's greatest race, and just like Australia's other famous handicaps it holds a special place in the punters heart.

The late Wootton Bassett (GB) will have three sons at stud in Australia this spring with Wodeton and Royal Patronage (Fr) joining Wooded (IRE) and while he is known for his juveniles, his stock also train on with the Wathnan Racing owned Native Warrior taking out the Group III Ballycorus Stakes (7f) at Leopardstown overnight.

A Home Affairs colt offered by Armidale Stud topped a strong opening day of the Great Southern Weanling Sale at Oaklands today, selling for $330,000.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When star jockey Mark Zahra was engaged for just the one ride at Seymour on Thursday, there were plenty of punters that copped the tip as three-year-old gelding Mahershala made a one-act affair of the Vale Ian Dickinson Maiden Plate (1000m).

Revered Victorian nursery Gilgai Farm are poised for new G1 success this weekend having bred and sold Tron Bolt, who will run favourite in the Group I BRC JJ Atkins, but a 3YO they bred and retained scored a debut win at Seymour on Thursday and is the subject of this story.

The first progeny of Golden Slipper winning sire Shinzo have been popular at the major weanling sales in recent weeks with a colt from Je Suis Belle selling at Inglis Great Southern on Thursday for $240,000.

The Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale kicked off at Oaklands this afternoon and it didn’t take long for Ghaiyyath (IRE) to make his mark with a colt offered as Lot 9 selling for $220,000.

Late developer Bonnard has been in exemplary form this preparation and is in the right order to face the sternest test of his fledgling career at Te Rapa.

Entries for the 2026 National Online Breeding Stock Sale?are due online on?Gavelhouse Plus by 10pm this Tuesday 16 June. 

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Exciting young mare La Mexicana – in foal to Too Darn Hot – today became the most expensive horse sold on Inglis Digital this year, selling for an “incredible’’ $920,000 in the June (Early) Online Sale.

Collingrove Stud have a select draft of six to offer at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale this Thursday and Friday and won’t have to wait long to test the market given they will offer Lot 3, a lovely filly by Zousain.

The G1 Goodwood Handicap winner Reserve Bank (Capitalist) will be offered as a stallion prospect through a private online sale to be conducted by Inglis next week.

She was the only 2YO filly in the open fillies and mares 1150m maiden at Randwick on Wednesday and Celestial Charm showed her rivals a clean pair of heels with a brilliant turn of foot.

Back in the winter of 2023 the hottest sprinter in the country was Think About It, who roared to victory in the Group I BRC Stradbroke as favourite and while his half-brother Royal Air Force will never scale those heights, the three-year old is now a winner!

Entries are now open for NZB’s Karaka 2027, with the action-packed week of selling set to take place at the Karaka Sales Centre from Sunday 24 January. 

If your goal this spring is to choose a stallion that can breed you a nice winner with upside it might not be as expensive as you think.

Breeders, owners, trainers and jockeys are all set to benefit from the realigned VOBIS scheme from 1 August 2026 with enhancements providing greater consistency and clarity across the program.

The Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale starts on Thursday so we’ve taken a look at the most successful pinhooks from the sale in the last couple of years which included a $335,000 buy that turned into $1.3million and a $15,000 buy that turned into $425,000.

Waikato Stud stallion Noverre was represented by his first winner when two-year-old gelding Hailstones ran out a strong winner of a maiden handicap (1300m) at Scone on Tuesday for Annabel and Rob Archibald.

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

There were five heats at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning won by juveniles including an unraced colt by I Am Invincible and a pair of unraced youngsters by Capitalist that may well add to the tally for their sire, who leads the way for Aussie winners this season.

The final live Magic Millions auctions of the season, for yearlings and weanlings in Western Australia, will present buyers with great opportunities in less than a fortnight.

Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford has thrown her support behind emerging stallion Savile Row with the Group One performed son of Makfi to relocate to Brighthill Farm this season.

Talented colts have won the past three runnings of the $1million Group I BRC JJ Atkins (1600m) for 2YO’s with a field of 13 accepting for this Saturday and given those past three winners – Cool Archie, Broadsiding and King Colorado - are all standing at major commercial farms this spring it’s become a must watch race.

We’ve been running a series of stories on Breednet highlighting value sires that do a good job and Larneuk Stud is home to two of them and if you only have $6,600 to spend on a service fee, it’s hard to find better bang for buck than these guys.

The 2026 Brisbane Winter Carnival hits the heights this Saturday at Eagle Farm with a full field set to line up in the $3million Group I BRC Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) with Sydney glamour mare Fangirl to carry the number one saddle cloth and she has drawn gate 11.

In 2023, Ciaron Maher produced the winner of the Group I BRC JJ Atkins (1600m) and he was a memorable winner with King Colorado being the first 2YO Group I winner in Australia by champion Juddmonte sire Kingman.

Debut winning two-year-old and Royal Ascot prospect RIVER IN PARADISE is set to be offered in the Tattersalls Online June Pop-Up Sale which will take place on Friday 12th June.

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

Twin Hills Stud are set to be busy at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale this week with a draft of 19 youngsters by 14 different stallions that include Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe.

The highest priced Southern Hemisphere bred  yearling by Cambridge Stud shuttler Hello Youmzain (Fr) is working through his grades in the Chris Waller stable and was an eye-catching winner at Canterbury on Monday.

Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside added a new winner to his tally at Canterbury on Monday when The Machine Gun made a winning debut for the Peter Snowden stable.

On track for Champion Australian First Season Sire honours, Home Affairs had one runner on Monday and the Chris Waller trained filly Miss Scandal saluted at Canterbury to become the 12th winner for her sire.

Cambridge Stud’s winter success in Queensland has continued with the durable War Eternal adding to his black-type record.

The tradition of presenting a quality selection is set to continue at Karaka on June 25 when Curraghmore offers its annual draft at the NZB Weanling Sale.

When you don’t have a lot of money to spend on a service fee and you just want to get into the winner’s circle, Glenthorne Park’s Sebring Sun can put you there.

Here is the full list of 67 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Australia stages 11 ‘classic’ staying races for 3YOs run at G1 level at distances of 2000m or more and the last was run on Saturday at Eagle Farm, so let’s take a look at what a 3YO stayer pedigree looks like and sometimes it’s not what you might think!

Two of the most influential forces in the Australian thoroughbred industry, Coolmore and Newgate, are delighted to announce that Wodeton, the highest-rated two-year-old of his generation as rated by Timeform, will stand at Newgate in 2026 after Newgate acquired an interest in the colt from Coolmore and partners, who will retain an ongoing ownership interest.

The closing stages of the 2026 Listed Raconteur Stakes (1400m) saw a desperate finish unfold all the way to the post, as Dion Luciani's star WA's star three year old filly Hot And High (Too Darn Hot) fought like a tigress to retain her undefeated status in the face of an equally determined challenge from up and comer Vatican Storm.

Further Queensland targets are instore for Palmerston North sprinter Platinum Pantheon following his runner-up effort in the Listed Queensland Day Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

There was only one stakes race at Randwick on Saturday and the $200,000 Listed ATC Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m) was won by Fernrigg Farm’s four year-old Snitzel stallion Wanaruah.

Trainer Ciaron Maher declared Fireball Miss (Bivouac) a filly of the future after the Easter Yearling Sale graduate proved her class beyond doubt with a dominant victory in today’s G1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm bringing a massive pedigree update for her weanling half-sister by Australian Horse of the Year Anamoe.

The Group I Epsom Derby was worth £2million this year with prizemoney offered down to tenth place and 14 runners took up the challenge in a drama filled race that saw the favoruite Benvenuto Cellini declared a non-starter.

Here is the full list of 122 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $700,000 Group I BRC Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm saw last start G1 Australasian Oaks winner Panova trying to enhance her record further, but she came up short when going down by a length and a quarter to progressive filly Fireball Miss.

The Bjorn Baker trained War Eternal is in career best form at present and cracked millionaire status when he made it back-to-back stakes wins after taking out the $160,000 Listed BRC Spear Chief Handicap (1500m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday.