Tuesday Feb 15
Coolmore shuttler Churchill (IRE) had an impressive winner at Chantilly in France overnight with a winning debut for the three-quarter brother to Matthew Smith’s popular Group winning stayer Grey Lion (IRE).
Tuesday Feb 15
Joe Pride has some serious stable stars at present in Eduardo and Private Eye, but he might also have an Oaks filly in the mix and we saw her at Wyong on Tuesday.
Tuesday Feb 15
The extended countdown to Perth’s Magic Millions Sale means vendors get another chance to upgrade their consignments during the LR Detonator Stakes program at Ascot on Saturday.
Tuesday Feb 15
With 47 graduates in the last six seasons blossoming from sale prices of $200,000 or less to Group One glory on the racetrack, Karaka has a strong claim to the title of the best-value yearling sale on the planet.
Tuesday Feb 15
Trelawney Stud have tragically lost their Group Two winner Pareanui Bay after a paddock accident.
Tuesday Feb 15
Promising filly Verona has run her last race in New Zealand with her sale to Australia.
Tuesday Feb 15
Smart sprinter Roch 'N' Horse will take aim at Group One assignments in Australia and will transfer to Michael Moroney’s Flemington barn later this month.
Tuesday Feb 15
You could make a strong case to say reigning New Zealand Horse the Year Probabeel is the finest Savabeel to ever look through a bridle.
Tuesday Feb 15
Despite having previously written about the new Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and GST withholding rules for property buyers, I’m still really surprised as to the degree of ignorance of these rules – advisers and buyers/sellers alike.
Tuesday Feb 15
The thoroughbred industry has never been as simple and straight forward and finding a winning formula is like a game of chess … you always need to be one step ahead.
Monday Feb 14
At this time of year there is great interest in the progeny of first season sires stepping out at the trials so Breednet are tracking them and our report for this week features nine stallions with unraced trial winners in the pipeline including Hellbent, who has had five unraced triallers this month.
Monday Feb 14
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday Feb 14
Bloodstockauction.com's latest sale is up and running so be sure to get your bids in by Tuesday evening... noting that there are a number of high-quality yearlings and broodmares on offer.
Monday Feb 14
Four heats for two year-olds at Warwick Farm on Monday morning and Annabel Neasham won two of them with exposed youngsters Man in the Mirror and Lady Laguna while the unraced half-brother to Group I ATC Champagne Stakes winner Captivant was a winner at his first public outing.
Monday Feb 14
China Horse Club, Newgate and partners have some serious future sire prospects in the pipeline with none better than the Group I winning Snitzel duo Wild Ruler and In the Congo, who both went around at the Warwick Farm barrier trials on Monday morning.
Sunday Feb 13
2022 yearling sale catalogues are a moving picture that evolves and changes with every race meeting up until sale day and there was a bumper weekend of action on this front, so this report seeks to bring you all the relevant updates in the one place.
Sunday Feb 13
Here is the full list of 69 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday Feb 13
The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia is pleased to announce that respected bloodstock agent Neil Jenkinson is joining the membership ranks of the organization.
Sunday Feb 13
After his first three starts, it looked likely that Earlswood’s (GB) claim to fame was to be the last runner saddled up by the legendary John Oxx.
Sunday Feb 13
Mitch Freedman’s rejuvenated Hong Kong reject Ho Ho Khan turned Sunday’s $250,000 Group III Ladbrokes Hobart Cup into a walk in the park.
Sunday Feb 13
Since 2018, Redoute’s Choice and Encosta de Lago have filled the quinella on the Australian Broodmare Sires List taking it in turns at the top and the dynamic duo look set to do the same again this season and while Redoute’s Choice has top billing at present, three stakes-winners on Saturday has Encosta de Lago poised for a surge.
Sunday Feb 13
Just two interstate raiders ventured to Hobart for the Listed The Mills Thomas Lyons Stakes (1400m) on Sunday, with the Phillip Stokes-trained More Than Exceed emerging triumphant.
Sunday Feb 13
As preparations ramp up for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales at Karaka in March, Curraghmore principal Gordon Cunningham was once again celebrating the success of a past graduate of his Te Awamutu-based operation.
Sunday Feb 13
Trainer Ken Kelso is content to sit back and savour the thrill of winning a second consecutive Group One with star mare Levante, before any decisions on her immediate future are made.
Sunday Feb 13
Untapped galloper Lost And Running (Per Incanto) will be given his chance to add a G1 to his already impressive resume following a devastating first-up win in the G3 Southern Cross Stakes at Randwick with his sister sure to be a hot commodity at the 2022 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale .
Saturday Feb 12
Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Snitzel flexed his muscles at Caulfield on Saturday to sire a new 2YO stakes-winner, the sire of the sire of another new 2YO stakes-winner and also the dam of the winner of the Group II sprint on the card.
Saturday Feb 12
Here is the full list of 128 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday Feb 12
Fresh of her heroics in the $1million Magic Millions Fillies and Mares race at the Gold Coast, late blooming Choisir mare Snapdancer turned a competitive looking Group III Robrick Lodge Triscay Stakes (1200m) at Randwick into a two and three-quarter lengths romp.
Saturday Feb 12
At age six, So You Think flagbearer Think it Over is at the height of his strength and power which was demonstrated to great effect at Randwick on Saturday when he blitzed a quality field in the Group II ATC Apollo Stakes (1400m).
Saturday Feb 12
Punters that took the short odd on Probabeel went straight to the bar after the star New Zealander found a way to win Saturday’s $200,000 Group III Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield.
Saturday Feb 12
Ocean Park’s outstanding daughter Tofane was scheduled to be sold at the National Broodmare Sale last year, before the decision was made to give her one more season on the track.
Saturday Feb 12
Chris Waller has an embarrassment of riches in the 3yo filly ranks and it was no surprise to see his Sebring filly Fangirl and the much-vaunted Extreme Choice filly Espiona fighting out the finish of the Group II Light Fingers Stakes.
Saturday Feb 12
Talented colt Marine One has been a work in progress for much of his career to date with one step forward and one step back, but he took a giant leap on Saturday at Caulfield when winning the Group II MRC Rubiton Stakes (1100m) over a select field of sprinters.
Saturday Feb 12
Lost And Running banked more than $2million with just a Listed win to his name, but the son of Per Incanto has few peers in the sprinting ranks and is out to prove it following his win in Saturday’s Group III Southern Cross Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.
Saturday Feb 12
Despite the limited crowd on course due to COVID protocols, there were still plenty of joyous scenes in the Te Rapa grandstand as the connections of outstanding racemare Levante celebrated her second consecutive Group One win with victory in the Gr.1 BCD Group Sprint (1400m).
Saturday Feb 12
The Group II MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday drew a big field of two year old fillies with Sydney visitor Revolutionary Miss stamping her superiority to become the first stakes-winner for Newgate Farm’s exciting young sire Russian Revolution.
Saturday Feb 12
Unquestionably one of the most valuable fillies in the nation, the Frankel filly Argentia emerged from an injury enforced lay off to stage a thrilling last to first performance in Saturday’s Group III Kevin Hayes Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Saturday Feb 12
Giant filly Self Obsession showed she has a heart to match her imposing frame when she triumphed in a torrid finish to the Gr.2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (2000m) at Te Rapa.
Saturday Feb 12
An emotional Robbie Patterson was holding back the tears as he reflected on one of the biggest thrills of his life that had occurred just minutes earlier at Te Rapa.
Saturday Feb 12
Julius Sandhu will head to Caulfield in a fortnights time with a chance of a maiden Group 1 after his blueblood colt Lofty Strike made it two from two in the Group II Blue Diamond Prelude (c&g) (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday Feb 12
Placed in the Group I ATC Golden Rose and Group II ATC Stan Fox Stakes during the spring, Fastnet Rock gelding Coastwatch launched his autumn campaign with a first up victory in the Group II MRC Autumn Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.
Saturday Feb 12
The $150,000 ATC Pierro Plate (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday did not carry Black Type, but it did feature an interesting mix of first starters and up and comers with I Am Invincible filly Mumbai Jewel charging over the top to score a thrilling win.
Saturday Feb 12
Race favourite Maven Belle showed she has a touch of class about her as she eased clear in the final 100m to take out the Gr.3 Platinum Homes 2YO Classic (1200m) at Te Rapa.
Friday Feb 11
There were a couple of very impressive three year-old winners at Moonee Valley last night that will be aiming up at stakes races in coming weeks.
Friday Feb 11
Scoring a stylish win at Fairview in South Africa on Friday was five year-old Stratum mare Freedom Seeker, an $80,000 Inglis Premier purchase for World Wide Bloodstock from the draft off Grenville Stud.
Friday Feb 11
Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday Feb 11
Group I ATC Spring Champion Stakes winner Profundo was the top lot at Magic Millions 2020, but the second highest priced offering was an Exceed and Excel colt that sold for $1.8million and he saluted on debut as a gelding at Moonee Valley on Friday night as Plagiarized.
Friday Feb 11
Tony and Calvin McEvoy thought outside the square to send talented Zoustar mare Zoushine to Tasmania for her first run back from a spell in the $150,000 Group III Bow Mistress Stakes (1200m) and were well rewarded when she scored a half length win.
Friday Feb 11
Required to travel three-wide the trip, Tasmanian Magic Millions graduate The Nephew kept finding under pressure for a courageous victory in Friday’s $150,000 Listed Schweppes Tasmanian Derby (2200m) at Hobart.
Friday Feb 11
The Adam Trinder trained filly Miss Charlie Brown chose the right time to return to form when opening her stakes account in the Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m) at Hobart on Friday.
Friday Feb 11
There is something for everyone on Saturday with the proven WFA stars doing battle in the CF Orr Stakes and Apollo Stakes, an array of top-class 3yo fillies in the Triscay Stakes and Kevin Hayes Stakes, while the babies face off in the divisions of the Blue Diamond Prelude.
Friday Feb 11
A son of Westbury Stud's Reliable Man (GB), Hypnos’ victory in the Gr.3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (2000m) at Awapuni on Friday proved to be a sentimental one for co-trainer Roger James.
Friday Feb 11
Based in Melbourne, this horse loving girl from Kalgoorlie has become a familiar face at Australian yearling sales and has a key role in the social media of Breednet.
Friday Feb 11
Entries for Inglis’ 2022 Breeding Stock Sales Series – which saw significant growth across all renewals last year – are now open.
Friday Feb 11
While browsing the index of sires represented among the catalogues for Karaka 2022, some will be drawn to the proven stars, while others zero in on the exciting first-season stallions about to make their debuts. But in between those two categories lies an outstanding range of emerging sire talent, with progeny starting to make their mark on racetracks and with the promise of a whole lot more to co
Friday Feb 11
Two of the top three fillies on the New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series points table are set to clash in Saturday’s eighth leg, and both come from a stable inextricably linked to this Te Rapa feature.
Friday Feb 11
Highview resident Wrote (IRE) has penned a timely new chapter in his fledgling stallion career with a first success in Australia.
Thursday Feb 10
The Listed MRC Blue Diamond Preview (1000m) last month featured just five runners, but the Group III MRC Blue Diamond Prelude (1100m) on Saturday looks a lot more competitive with six winning colts engaged in the field of nine - is there a future stallion in the mix?
Thursday Feb 10
Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday Feb 10
The dust has settled after a record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale where the median price soared by 25% to $100,000, so we’re taking a look at the performance of first season sires with a surprise name at the top of the list.
Thursday Feb 10
Taranaki mare Sinarahma showed her brilliance when capturing the Listed Property Brokers Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) at Hastings on Thursday.
Thursday Feb 10
After a fading fourth on a heavy track at Canberra when on debut, the Nick Olive-trained Nalabelle made no mistake at her second, cruising to an 8-length win over 1000m at Wagga on Thursday to credit Arrowfield Stud’s Pariah with his first winner.
Thursday Feb 10
There were five heats for two year-olds run at Rosehill on Thursday morning with all winners being second acceptors for the Golden Slipper and including an impressive winner for Merchant Navy, plus three that sold as yearlings for $1million or more.
Thursday Feb 10
Due to heavy rain earlier in the week there have been some amendments to the Auckland & Waikato Karaka 2022 Yearling Inspection Tour hosted by bloodstock agent Stuart Hale, including an additional half-day to be conducted on Saturday, while Windsor Park Stud have been added to Friday’s schedule.
Thursday Feb 10
Pencarrow Stud and its instantly recognisable ‘V in a box’ brand have become synonymous with quality bloodstock, and its latest crop of blue-blooded yearlings will be offered exclusively at Karaka 2022 in March.
Wednesday Feb 9
A return to his favourite track, a proven ability to mix it at the top level and an impressive lead-up trial all point to another bold showing from quality Shooting to Win sprinter Mascarpone on Saturday.
Wednesday Feb 9
Stakes-winning galloper Equation (Press Statement) will be aimed at the lucrative Sydney Autumn and Brisbane Winter carnivals after being purchased by Annabel Neasham and Brian McGuire for $205,000 in the Inglis Digital February (Early) Online Auction.
Wednesday Feb 9
Toby and Trent Edmonds unleashed an impressive debut winner at Ipswich on Wednesday by Flying Artie.
Wednesday Feb 9
Champion trainer Peter Moody saddled two short priced favourites by I Am Invincible at Sandown on Wednesday and both three year-olds saluted in style with Black Type goals on the horizon.
Wednesday Feb 9
The auction that gives buyers more incentives than any other, the Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale, is set to deliver more stars for the future with today's online release of a first class catalogue.
Wednesday Feb 9
Roots may not be at the top of the pecking order of three-year-old fillies in the Chris Waller stable, but there looks to be a stakes win in the not too distant future for the Press Statement filly. On Wednesday, she came with a barnstorming finish to down her elders over 1200m at Warwick Farm.
Wednesday Feb 9
With his oldest European progeny just turned three, Galileo’s champion son Churchill (IRE) gave the promise of better things to come here in Australia when posting his first Southern Hemisphere winner at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.
Wednesday Feb 9
Racing NSW today announced a further $25 million annual increase in prizemoney, with total returns to owners and participants in NSW now over $336 million annually.
Tuesday Feb 8
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has appointed Bruce Sharrock as its next chief executive.
Tuesday Feb 8
Group placed mare Short Fuse was a must have for Novara Park Stud principal Luigi Muollo when he saw her listed on gavelhouse.com, bidding to $92,500 to secure her.
Tuesday Feb 8
The most successful Classic Sale in history ended this evening with multiple records smashed and a huge cross-section of participants on both sides of the industry ledger enjoying remarkable outcomes.
Tuesday Feb 8
The final day of the record breaking Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a range of happy people for a range of reasons.
Tuesday Feb 8
Nearly four years of challenges, toil and determination had their reward for Invercargill horsewoman Sally McKay when Palmetto won the Listed Positive Signs Dunedin Guineas (1500m) at Wingatui last Saturday.
Tuesday Feb 8
There were only two yearlings by champion sire to be offered at Inglis Classic and both fillies came up on the final day of trade with Ciaron Maher Bloodstock securing the well bred pair.
Tuesday Feb 8
The money told the story in the Pipe Pro Directional Drilling 2YO Maiden Plate (1200m) at Ballarat on Tuesday with the two well-backed debutants Do It La and Red Rapid fighting it out.
Tuesday Feb 8
New Zealand has a reputation far greater than its small size when it comes to breeding quality racehorses, and Karaka 2022 allows buyers to access those outstanding bloodlines that have earned accolades throughout the thoroughbred world.
Tuesday Feb 8
Leanach Lodge graduates have enjoyed widespread racing success, particularly the Karaka class of 2020 and this year’s New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale Book 1 draft compares most favourably, according to principal Ross Mackay.
Tuesday Feb 8
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible is in hot pursuit of Nicconi to take over at the top of the Australian General Sires List and while his progeny are certainly not plentiful in Karaka Book 1, the two fillies that are catalogued are bred on nicks that have delivered proven success.
Tuesday Feb 8
Craig Thompson has a golden touch breeding 2yo Stakes winners and he struck again with Sheeza Belter in the RL Magic Millions WA Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.
Monday Feb 7
Despite getting drenched during an early morning yearling parade on Waitangi Day Monday, Phoenix Park principal Janine Dunlop is struggling to take the smile off her face as she prepares for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling sale at Karaka next month.
Monday Feb 7
Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Monday with winners and result details.
Monday Feb 7
Mane Lodge front man Neil Osborne first sold at an Inglis Sale at Newmarket in 1979 - Fast forward 43 years and the 70-year-old today realised an achievement - “not a dream, because it wasn’t really anything I thought would ever realistically happen’’ .
Monday Feb 7
The second session of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Monday proved a showcase for first season sires who provided three of the top four lots and as we head into the final day of Book 1 the first season sire standings look like this.
Monday Feb 7
It wasn’t hard to find a happy person on Day Two of the Inglis Classic Sale and Maree McEwan spoke to a few of those smiling.
Monday Feb 7
Another day at Inglis Classic and another stellar colt by Extreme Choice ups the ante to set a new record for most expensive horse ever sold at this sale and also most expensive yearling by his Newgate Farm based sire.
Monday Feb 7
Only three heats for two year-olds at the Randwick barrier trials on Monday morning with stakes-winner Ebhaar redeeming herself with a heat win following her Widden Stakes failure and an unraced filly bred to go fast and early caught our eye when she did exactly that.
Monday Feb 7
Fan favourite Elephant is headed across the Tasman to kick off a new campaign that has him aimed at gaining a start in the A$5 million All Star Mile (1600m) at Flemington on March 19.
Sunday Feb 6
Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.
Sunday Feb 6
The favourite Sheeza Belter staged a memorable performance to come from near last for an unlikely victory in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 2yo Classic (RL) (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday.
Sunday Feb 6
Day One of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale is done so let’s hear from some of those involved in the buying and selling on a strong day both ways.
Sunday Feb 6
With 200m to run in the $200,000 Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (RL) at Pinjarra on Sunday, there would be half a dozen hard-luck stories, none more so than the Rommel filly Pixie Chix who was blocked for a run and bounced around like a pinball.
Sunday Feb 6
Never before has the Classic Yearling Sale seen a day like today.
Sunday Feb 6
Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible produced an eye-catching debut two year-old winner at Bendigo on Sunday.
Sunday Feb 6
Short priced favourite Bello Beau kept his record at a perfect three for three when leading every step of the way in Sunday’s $150,000 Listed Alfa Gold Sovereign (1200m) at Launceston.
Sunday Feb 6
Talented American Pharoah (USA) mare Merneithmade it back to back wins in the $200,000 Group II Santa Monica Stakes (7f) at Santa Anita on Saturday.