Due to Sydney’s big wet, just four of the ten acceptors went to the post for Saturday’s $1,000,000 Group II Arrowfield 3yo Sprint (1200m) at Randwick, but there is no denying they were a high-class lot.

Fourth in the $1million ATC Golden Gift behind Sejardan, lightly raced Capitalist colt Cannonball has always shown plenty of ability and turned that into Black Type reality on Saturday at Caulfield when winning the Listed MRC Redoute’s Choice Stakes ( 1100m).

Peter and Paul Snowden hatched a long term plan to win the $1million Group II ATC Percy Sykes Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on Saturday with talented Pierro filly Paris Dior and it came to fruition under a well-timed ride from James McDonald.

Like most of the breed, the 3yo Hallowed Crown colt Vilana loves a rain affected track and he found conditions to suit in Saturday’s Listed Bisley Workwear South Pacific Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

After battling out the finish in the Group III ATC The Schweppervescence (T L Baillieu Hcp) a fortnight back Williamsburg and Moko duked it out again in Saturday’s Listed Grainshaker Vodka Fernhill Hcp (1600m) at Randwick.

Opportunities to invest in some of the world’s leading bloodlines will be presented to buyers over the coming weeks with the staging of a two-part Spendthrift Australia Unreserved Dispersal.

Feedback from phase one participants showed an improved retention of staff in the industry and also launched a career pathway for traineeship graduates.

A bevy of outstanding racing and breeding prospects have been catalogued for the Inglis Digital April (Early) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Trainer Lisa Latta was confident of a good showing from Group One performer Charms Star in Friday’s Gr.3 JAPAC Homes Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2000m) at Awapuni and under a positive Wiremu Pinn ride the four-year-old mare narrowly saluted from the fast-finishing favourite Sinarahma, with Samiam Seussie back in third.

Here is the full list of 44 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.

It is often said that you don’t need to be stayer to win an ATC Australian Oaks (2400m), however Saturday’s classic over 2400m at Randwick threatens to be survival of the fittest on a bottomless track.

The Torryburn Stud brand has been carried to victory by some star three year-olds this season in Home Affairs, Espiona and exciting up and comer Straight Arron, their achievements reflected in the sale ring with the Cornish family owned farm finishing Inglis Easter as leading vendor by average.

The historic Widden Stud is home to some of Australia’s most sought-after stallions and following last year’s announcement that Gr.1-winning sprinter Portland Sky (2017 Deep Field x Sky Rumba) would be joining that list of luminaries, Widden are pleased to report that he will be fulfilling stud duties from the farm’s Hunter Valley home this season.

There was a notable family double in Victoria on Thursday with Quraysha earning a Breednet One To Watch rating at Kilmore before her imported ‘auntie’ Love Takes Time (IRE) impressed at Pakenham.

The big wet continues in NSW but they still managed to get some major trial sessions completed which included two runners having their final hit outs prior to the Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick tomorrow, so here are all the results with breeding and sale data.

Here is the full list of 54 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Thursday with winners and result details.

Trainer David Vandyke can’t wait to see Gypsy Goddess over more ground at Randwick on Saturday.

The regally-bred I Am Invincible filly Quraysha showed enough in Thursday’s win in a fillies and mares maiden plate over 1100m at Kilmore to indicate she has better races in her sights.

Another Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is done and dusted, and I've seen this one compared to the surreal sale in 2008.

The most extraordinary Inglis Easter in history concluded at Riverside today on what was officially the most spectacular individual day of selling on record at a Southern Hemisphere yearling sale.

More happy people from Inglis Easter speaking to Maree McEwan after a massive final day of selling.

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

An amazing day at Riverside on the final day of Inglis Easter and happy people weren’t hard to find so Maree McEwan got talking.

The current crop of stellar yearlings by Zoustar are those conceived at a fee of $154,000 following the emergence of his champion filly Sunlight, so it only seems fitting that he would smash it right out of the park at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Wednesday when the full brother to Sunlight sold for $3million.

A filly out of the Group 1 MRC Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me set a new benchmark for Dundeel when selling to Hawkes Racing for $1,700,000.

Snitzel hit another home run when Arrowfield Stud’s filly from the Group 1 Willian Reid Stakes winner Silent Sedition set a new benchmark for a filly when knocked down to Hawkes Racing for $2,200,000.

Newgate Farm have enjoyed strong results at Inglis Easter and produced their jewel in the crown on Wednesday afternoon with the I Am Invincible filly from Group I winner Ruud Awakening selling for $1.7 million.

Champion stallion Snitzel is rocking the Inglis sales ring.

There is a new sale-topper at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, with Coolmore’s Tom Magnier shelling out $2,250,000 for Arrowfield Stud’s brother to Golden Slipper winner Estijaab.

Trainer John O’Shea, bidding on behalf of Ron Finemore and Neil Werrett, went to $1,250,000 for Arrowfield Stud’s Not A Single Doubt filly from the royally-related Japanese mare Presque Isle (JPN) as bidding hots up on day two of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale .

It was today announced that Racing NSW will be launching an equestrian event with a minimum of $1 million in prizemoney exclusively for retired Thoroughbred racehorses called Equimillion.

Tyreel Stud have achieved sale ring and racetrack success in recent years under the ownership of Linda and Laurence Monds, but soared to a new level at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Wednesday when selling the half-sister by I Am Invincible to Everest hero Classique Legend for $2million.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has been super popular at the top end of the market at Inglis Easter with numerous youngsters selling for upwards of $900,000 including the most expensive filly sold on Monday and he cracked it for a seven figure sale with the colt from One More Honey.

Narrowly beaten by Zamborghini when on debut at Moonee Valley, the two-year-old Maurice (JPN) colt Foujita San made no mistake at his second start over 1400m at Sandown-Lakeside on Wednesday.

Pouring rain and a heavy 10 track proved no hurdle for talented Zoustar filly Zougotcha at Canterbury on Wednesday when she made a winning debut for the Chris Waller stable.

Cambridge horseman Ross McCarroll has resisted the urge to head to Sydney this weekend to watch his mare Yonce line-up in the Gr.1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m).

Justify (USA) was the first sire to post a $1million yearling at Inglis Easter on Wednesday with the half-brother to Champion 3YO Filly and dual Group I winner Loving Gaby lighting up the sale ring and the Triple Crown winner then went on to be the leading first season sire by average for 2022.

It was Inglis Easter Day One, “exceptional”, “incredible”, record setting, everybody was smiling, even “Bulldog” Price the battling underbidder.

Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An exceptional opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale has seen a new Southern Hemisphere record set for an individual day’s aggregate as the surge for top quality bloodstock continued at Riverside.

Kylie Bax is going down a familiar path with her latest Group One performer Aspen Colorado with the lightly raced filly joining Chris Waller’s Sydney stable.

On a day when Russian Revolution sired his highest priced ever yearling at Inglis Easter, he also gave us an impressive debut winner at Hawkesbury.

While nothing threatened the $2,500,000 paid for the 2021 sale topper Magic (Snitzel), solid trade throughout the day saw an increase in average and median on the opening day of the Inglis Australian Yearling Sale.   

The first Australian yearlings by Coolmore's undefeated Triple Crown winner Justify (USA) have sold strongly at sales this year, but the cream of his crop are at Inglis Easter with two stunning youngsters selling for $950,000 and $900,000 on Tuesday.

Thoroughbred breeders will soon be able to access concessional government loans after a sustained lobbying effort by Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA).

A milestone for Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel when a half-brother to Profundo became his first $1,000,000 yearling.

A stunning Written Tycoon half-brother to half-brother to Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes winner Artorious was bought by Coolmore Stud for $1,400,000 late day one of the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale.

Bred and retained to race by Cressfield, Stratum mare Egyptian Symbol was a wonderfully tough and talented campaigner on the track and her first foal proved a sale ring superstar when selling at Inglis Easter on Tuesday for $1.5million.

James Harron bought a colt from the final crop of Not A Single Doubt for $975,000 on the opening day of the Easter Yearling Sale.

After the seven-figure mark was tested several times, Coolmore's Tom Magnier set the ring alight when having the final say at $1,400,000 for Arrowfield Stud's Snitzel colt out of the Bernardini mare C'Est Beau La Vie.

Yarraman Park’s I Am Invincible broke the ice for his first seven figure sale at Inglis Easter on Tuesday when his colt from Calming Influence made $1million for Bhima Thoroughbreds, who have been in the Group I groove as vendors in recent weeks having sold both Forbidden Love and Imperatriz.

Dual Group I winning two year-old King’s Legacy was the busiest first season sire in Australia last year covering 212 mares at Coolmore last year and his half-brother by Pierro made $675,000 for Segenhoe Stud at Inglis Easter on Tuesday.

Exciting young Newgate sire Russian Revolution is the leading first season sire in Australia courtesy of flying 2YO’s Revolutionary Miss, Rise of the Masses and Russian Conquest and his very first yearling offered at Inglis Easter this year set a new benchmark for her sire when selling for $850,000.

Consigned for sale by Newhaven Park, Lot 5 into the sale ring at Riverside Stables on Tuesday morning made a big splash to start the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on a high when selling for $900,000.

Randwick trials on Monday morning featured six two year-old heats and the performance of this Pierro filly will have plenty of punters looking to get on when she returns to the races.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Online Yearling Sale is now live, with the 87-lot catalogue available to view on the NZB website here. 

Gifted filly Wolverine is in the mix to cross the Tasman in a bid to gate crash Fireburn’s party in the final leg of Sydney’s two-year-old Triple Crown series.

The equestrian world is in mourning following the sudden death of renowned horseman Heath Harris with his wife Krissy Harris issuing a statement today.

In a wake-up call to those that keep poor records, newly proposed legislation leaves no doubt that the ATO are no longer going to tolerate poor records of business clients, to the extent they will now make offenders do an ‘approved record-keeping course’. 

Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) sired his fourth stakes-winner over the weekend in Italy with progressive three year-old colt Il Grande Gatsby taking out the Listed Premio Pisa (1600m).

If anyone believed that a couple of recent defeats might have marked the beginning of the end for Golden Sixty (Medaglia d’Oro), the Hong Kong megastar sent them a message at Sha Tin on Sunday.

Registration for the $1m Inglis Pink Bonus Series is now open.

Buckle up - the 2022 Inglis Easter Australian Yearling Sale begins on Tuesday, and it promises to be epic.

Darley continues its formidable reputation of providing breeders access to another three world-class northern hemisphere-performed sires who join its Kelvinside, NSW stallion roster in 2022: Palace Pier (Kingman), Pinatubo (Shamardal) and Victor Ludorum (Shamardal).

With his oldest Australian progeny set to race here next season, young Coolmore shuttler Saxon Warrior (Jpn) is on the board with his first winner in France from his first runner.

Champion 2YO Pinatubo (IRE) (Shamardal) was a late scratching from the Darley roster last year, but he’s back in the mix this year and will be joined by fellow superstars world champion miler Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman) and Group I winning 2YO Victor Ludorum (GB).

Widden Stud have won the race to stand Rebel Dane, who has shot to prominence as the sire of brilliant filly Fireburn.

Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.

Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is hoping the second day of The Championships at Royal Randwick this weekend can provide even greater celebrations than those she had after day one on Saturday.

A stellar black-type season for Shocking continued on Saturday at Randwick where his daughter Nerve Not Verve outstayed her

Sunday after The Championships Saturday – Inglis Easter was packed and Maree McEwan was talking to some of the big players with their best horses heading in to what’s been a red hot 2022 market.

Royal Ascot glory – and a chance to defend his Everest crown – lay ahead for champion sprinter Nature Strip (Nicconi) following a record-equalling third consecutive win in today’s G1 TJ Smith Stakes at Randwick.

Owner Peter Walsh and trainer Simon Price were choked with emotion after the magnificent Siyouni filly Amelia's Jewel kept her record at a perfect three for three with a stunning performance in Saturday's $500,000 Group II Amelia Park-Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot.

Few races seem beyond Cherry Tortoni at his best and this often frustrating son of Night Of Thunder (IRE) was at the top of his game in Saturday’s $200,000 Listed Bet365 Golden Mile at Bendigo.

There were five Group I races contested in Australasia on Saturday including two horses winning at the elite level for the first time one of which put the spotlight on an emerging broodmare sire.

Purchased online for just $10,000, the Symon Wilde-trained Gundec looked a Derby winner in the making when breaking his maiden in the Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington last September.

Progressive I Am Invincible gelding Lombardo claimed his second Black Type win at Morphettville on Saturday when taking out the Listed SAJC Manihi Classic (1100m).

No black-type but a valuable prize for the Henry Dwyer-trained Holler filly Hollerlujah who made a winning debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Apiam Animal Health VOBIS Gold Rush (1000m) at Bendigo.

Here is the full list of 129 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Street Boss (USA) filly Heresy led home a 1-2-3-4 for Godolphin in the Group III China Horse Club P J Bell Stakes (1200m) as the curtain came down on day one of the Championships at Randwick.

A great result for Victoria and an even better one for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry as the Bullbars gelding Mr Brightside led home a 1-2-3 for New Zealand-breds in Saturday’s $3,000,000 Group 1 The Star Doncaster Mile (1600m) at Randwick.

Seven year-old Nicconi gelding Nature Strip is a sight to behold when he’s at his best and we saw that at Randwick on Saturday when he strolled away with the $2.5million  Group I ATC TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) for the third year in a row posting his biggest winning margin yet in the $2.5 million sprint.

Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB) nearly had the winner of the Group I ATC Australian Derby with Benaud a close second, but he got some consolation with The Cunning Fox reiterating his staying credentials when taking out the A$200,000 Bendigo St Leger Trial (2200m) .

Not for the first time, the Hitosu story is as much about his trainers as it is about the son of Maurice (JPN), who added Saturday's $2,000,000 Group 1 ATC Bentley Australian Derby (2400m) to his burgeoning record.

The outstanding filly Fireburn is making a believer of even her fiercest critics, becoming the first Golden Slipper winner since the champion Pierro in 2012 to add the $1,000,000 Group 1 ATC Inglis Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.

Drama surrounded the finish to Saturday’s Group One feature at Awapuni when the final result was settled by the judicial committee after a protest was lodged by the connections of runner-up Wolverine against first-past-the-post Maven Belle.

Trainer Janelle Millar was trying hard to keep her emotions in check as she waited for her gallant mare Zola Express to return to the Awapuni birdcage after providing the New Plymouth mentor with her biggest career victory in the Gr.2 City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m).

The 6yo Shocking mare Nerve Not Verve may have earned a reprieve from the sale ring for the second consecutive year after she edged a stubborn Knights Order in Saturday’s Group II Schweppes Chairman’s Quality (2600m) at Randwick.

The late, great Sebring has been having quite the run with his 3YO's enjoying stakes success with Fangirl, Daisies, Mac 'n' Cheese and now in New Zealand with Amalfi Prince.

Enigmatic galloper Germanicus was back to his best when he produced an irresistible finish to take out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Stakes (1400m) at Awapuni.

Godolphin’s Teofilo (IRE) filly Honeycreeper could finish no better than third in the Tasmanian Oaks but will head to Randwick next week with a favourites chance in the ATC Australian Oaks after annihilating a field of three-year-old fillies in Saturday’s Group III Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.

Two of the stable stars for champion trainer Chris Waller are Torryburn Stud bred and sold 3YO's Home Affairs and Espiona and he now has a third Torryburn graduate star 3YO on the rise in Straight Arron, who charged to victory in the Group III ATC Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

The royally bred Shalaa (IRE) colt Semillion kick-started day one of The Championships at Randwick with a tremendously brave performance in the Widden Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

The Inglis Easter Yearling Sale has hit Riverside with horses and buyers coming together on the sale grounds, and Maree McEwan spoke to some of the major players as inspections started.

The auction of Te Akau Racing’s Festivity (NZ) concluded on Friday night with Hunter Valley-based Yarraman Park Stud securing the stakes-winning daughter of their resident sire I Am Invincible for NZ$480,500.

Passionate owner breeder Michael Christian is living the dream with his family at Longwood Thoroughbred Farm in Victoria with the growing success of their boutique breeding enterprise set to be showcased at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Doncaster/Derby Day at Randwick on Saturday, and we hope to kick off with a winner of the opening event, the Group III Kindergarten Stakes for two-year-olds.

As well as giving his retiring co-trainer Murray Baker a shot at an astonishing sixth and final win in the Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick on Saturday, rapid improver Regal Lion is shining the spotlight on an emerging family-run New Zealand breeding and syndicating operation.

Southland trainer Robert Dennis will this weekend host a celebration to mark the happy ending of a turbulent journey to reunite his Ukrainian stablehand Alex with his wife Olena.

A Camden born girl raised on a farm with a love of horses has found the perfect job combining diverse business skills with a rewarding career in the thoroughbred industry.