A 1-2-3-4 finish for leading trainer Scot Brunton in the Listed Tasmanian Stakes (1600m) at Hobart on Friday, but it was the outsider of the quartet Lim's Cruiser who returned to the winner's circle for the first time in 163 weeks.

The Tony Pike-trained Scribe will do his future racing in Hong Kong with the unbeaten son of Press Statement sold to clients of David Hayes.

In a battle of the big two, Alpine Wolf brought Turk Warrior’s unbeaten eight start run to a close in Friday’s Listed Tasmanian Guineas (1600m).

In 2021, Basil Nolan and his family were excited to be selling the first yearlings at Magic Millions by their well credentialled young stallion Heroic Valour and fast forward 12months and the Group I winning son of Fastnet Rock is set to have at least two runners in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

Aquis Farm’s Spieth is off the mark after the Adam Trinder-trained filly Jaguar Stone made a winning debut over 1000m at Hobart on Friday.

Fergal Connolly and his team at Valiant Stud will present 13 yearlings at Magic Millions across Books 1 and 2 with a cracking colt by Written Tycoon an obvious standout, while two appealing youngsters have great pedigree updates sure to enhance their worth.

Jamie Richards’ attack on the Karaka Million 2YO (Listed, 1200m) currently rests with a quartet of youngsters, but the chances of a fifth member of the stable chasing the $1 million pot of gold is looking highly likely.

Annabel Neasham and Lizzie Jelfs are delighted to announce a new partnership that will see the pair buying in conjunction at the upcoming Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale next week.

The second last foal bred from blue hen Courgette is entered for what looks an intriguing two year-old race at Canterbury on Friday night.

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

There’s nothing like a Golden Slipper winner to put an emerging farm firmly on the radar for all yearling buyers.

Six two-year olds lined up for the opening event over 1118m at Geelong on Thursday and it was the two favourites that singled out at the finish.

New Zealand Horse of the Year Probabeel is preparing for what will be her final campaign but there is a possibility the outstanding daughter of Savabeel could bow out further abroad than her usual raid to Australia.

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 producing a weekly report which features nine first season sires with trial winners in the pipeline including one who is overdue to get his first winner.

The last chance to secure yearlings by Arrowfield Stud’s now pensioned Not a Single Doubt comes at sales in 2022 and with declining fertility in his last season at stud in 2019 he has quite a small crop of yearlings and 14 will be offered at Magic Millions where he was the leading sire by average last year.

Situated in the Manning Valley at Wingham on the mid north coast of NSW, Ian Smith’s Edinburgh Park Stud has enjoyed success at the elite level since world champion sprinter Silent Witness put the farm on the map nearly 20 years ago.

Second in the 2020 Group I ATC Australian Derby to Quick Thinker, quality stayer Zebrowski has broken through for his first stakes win in Hong Kong taking out the Group III January Cup (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night.

The three-year-old filly Chuwa Dance (JPN), a daughter of John Sargent’s VRC Oaks heroine Kirramosa, made a winning debut in a Newcomers Race over 2000m at Chukyo on Wednesday.

One of the stable stars for champion trainer Chris Waller is Torryburn Stud bred and sold colt Home Affairs, but he might have another Torryburn graduate poised to make his mark in the autumn with this debut winner at Sandown on Wednesday catching the eye of good judges.

Trifaccia has left trail of broken punters in her short career, but the true believers were rewarded at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

We’ll never know how good a sire Kementari could have been, but for fans of ‘special K’ there are just two chances to buy one of his offspring and those chances will come next week when one colt and one filly will go under the hammer at Magic Millions.

The Snitzel filly Duchy Of Savoy did what punters expected her to do, demolish a field of three-year-old maidens over 1000m at Sandown Hillside on Wednesday.

Newgate Farm’s Capitalist has quietly surged back to the top of the second season sires list by both earnings and winners with Mark Newnham producing another promising maiden winner by the Golden Slipper winning sire at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The potency of Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman's contingent for this year's Gr.1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m) at Ellerslie will become clearer after racing at the same track on Sunday.

The Kelly family purchased Newhaven Park at Boorowa in the 1920’s and in the 100 years since then four generations of Kelly’s have established an enviable tradition for producing elite thoroughbreds with current results rivalling the glory days that produced Golden Slipper winners such as John’s Hope, Vivarchi, Burst and Prowl.

For primary producer breeders and many rural based racing establishments, trying to attract the right employees has always been a challenge.

Breednet have developed a new report to shed some light on those mystery unraced siblings to Magic Millions yearlings.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been enjoying a lot of success at country meetings teaming up with in form jockey Winona Costin and they got the cash again at Muswellbrook on Tuesday with a first starter by Vancouver sent out at $31!

Several key runners for the Magic Millions race day on Saturday week tuned up at Gold Coast trials this morning with heat wins for three year-old filly Lady of Honour and for two year-old colt Cusack, whose full sister will be offered at the sale next week.

Four heats for juveniles at Rosehill on Tuesday morning produced some interesting winners including a $1.2million Written Tycoon colt carrying the colours of Spendthrift Australia, who announced last week their intention to discontinue their Australian breeding operation in Victoria.

An ambitious plan hatched by trainer Stephen Marsh and Bloodstock agent Dylan Johnson kicked its first goal at Tauranga on Sunday when former Australian mare Iconic Star strode clear to win the New World Te Puke 1200.

A year ago, Roger James identified a Tavistock juvenile in his barn as the horse that might give him a sixth New Zealand Derby success.

John North and his team at Bowness Stud have achieved an enviable record for producing Group I performers from their family run thoroughbred nursery at Young on the South West Slopes of NSW and their 2022 Magic Millions draft is packed with the potential of more G1 stars to come.

With less than two weeks until the big Magic Millions race day on January 15 the order of entry for the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic and 3YO Guineas looks like this.

Arrowfield Stud’s champion sire Snitzel has had a flying start to the season with 10 stakes-winners on the board since August 1, so for those who need reminding what a good Snitzel really looks like ahead of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale next week we’ve gone back to check out yearling images of some of his best colts offered at auction.

Here is the full list of 39 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Pierro has been on a roll in recent weeks with Group I winner Regal Power and stakes-winners Parry Sound and Holbien, the Golden Slipper winning sire featuring at Sandown on Monday with an impressive debut winner trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young.

Jamie Richards dominated the two-year-old events at Te Aroha on Monday as Maven Belle joined stablemate Kabugee as an impressive juvenile winner on debut when she burst clear in the run home in a 1000m contest.

Two-year-old gelding Kabugee showed a glimpse of his talent when winning on debut at Te Aroha on Monday over 1000m and in the process provided his Rich Hill Stud sire Satono Aladdin with his first New Zealand bred winner and brought a pedigree update for his half-brother to be offered at Karaka Book 1.

Multiple Group One winning New Zealand-bred mare Tofane is likely to return to the track in the Gr.1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in February in what will be the beginning of the end of the six-year-old’s racing career.

2022 yearling sale catalogues are a moving picture that evolves and changes with every race meeting up until sale day, so this weekly report seeks to bring you all the relevant updates in the one place and the Christmas - New Year racing delivered a Group I update!

Here is the full list of 72 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The full sister to Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Duais made a winning debut at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday giving the impression she may well be another star on the rise for her sire Shamus Award.

He’s the leading sire of two year-old winners in the country and posted a new stakes-winner at Doomben on Saturday when Tiger Heart took out the Group III BRC Vo Rogue Stakes, so for fans of Better Than Ready the 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale is a garden of opportunity with 40 of his yearlings catalogued.

I Am Invincible has another sire son with his first winner after Aquis Farm’s Kobayashi broke the ice at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday with a debut  victory for two year-old filly Midnight in Tokyo.

A decision to send maiden galloper Tigertiger to the Mornington stable of Robert Blacker is paying dividends for his Foxton-based owner and breeder Ian Shaw after the son of Zed picked up his fifth win from just 10 Australian starts in the Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on Saturday.

A tilt at the Doubletree By Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie is now a distinct possibility for impressive debut winner Diss Is Dramatic, who cruised to victory at Tauherenikau on Sunday in the Valley Plumbing (1000m).

They got closer than in his first four starts, but not close enough as the Oamaru Force gelding Master Eight stretched his unbeaten sequence to five in the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy Handicap (1000m) at Sha Tin on New Year’s Day.

It’s time to have a look at a selection of Group 1 winning mares and who they partnered with in 2021.

Leading Hunter Valley nursery Cressfield has produced many Group I performers over the years, but the current flagbearer for the farm is bonny three year-old filly Jamaea, who was plucked from their Magic Millions draft in 2020 by her co-trainer Rob Price for $130,000.

Widden Stud’s champion sire Zoustar has wasted no time putting runs on the board in 2022 posting a New Year’s Day stakes-winner in Hong Kong with Healthy Happy capturing the Group III Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin bringing a pedigree update for his half-brother to be offered at Magic Millions.

Here is the full list of 134 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Peters Investments and Grant and Alana Williams show rolled on without Willie Pike in the Group II Perth Cup (2400m) at Ascot on New Year's Day.

The five-year-old Helmet mare Beret is in the best form of her life.

New Year’s Day racing saw Yarraman Park’s champion sire I Am Invincible become the first stallion to hit 100 Australian winners for the season with a treble of winners highlighted by a new stakes-winner in Salateen.

A rapidly deteriorating track at Doomben proved the catalyst for the Tony Gollan-trained Tiger Heart to return to his best in the Group III Magic Millions Vo Rogue Plate (1350m).

Lightweight runner Mali Ston produced a performance that had to be seen to be believed when he weaved through traffic to take out the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie becoming the fifth stakes-winner for Westbiry Stud's El Roca.

The Luke Fernie-trained Sheeza Belter kick-started her career with a hugely impressive win in the Magic Millions Plate (1100m) on Perth Cup day at Ascot to credit her sire Gold Standard with his first winner.

Te Akau Racing, trainer Jamie Richards and jockey Opie Bosson have gone back-to-back in the world’s first Group One race of the year, stealing the show with a scintillating performance by Entriviere in the Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.

 The plan to send the American-owned mare Lighthouse (USA) down under in search of black-type paid off big time at Flemington on New Year’s Day when keeping her Australian record at a perfect four for four in the Listed Chester Manifold Stakes (1400m).

Veteran sire Artie Schiller (USA) will have a runner in the $2million Magic Millions 2YO Classic with his promising son Golden Artie defeating boom filly Soaring Ambition at Doomben on New Year’s Day.

The Rob Blacker-trained Tigertiger overcame a stubborn Skelm in a  slogging finish to Flemington's $200,000 Listed Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year's Day.

With back-to-back stakes wins including a last-gasp thriller in Saturday’s Gr.2 SKYCITY Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie, Dark Destroyer is stepping up to fill a void for owners David Archer and Diane Wright.

A Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when breaking his maiden at Hawkesbury in November, Capitalist three year-old Clemenceau kept the wins coming when saluting at Flemington on New Year’s Day to put the spotlight on his Magic Millions bound yearling half-brother.

The ominous sound of the protest siren sounding shortly after the runners crossed the line in the Gr.2 First Global Logistics Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie threw shudders through the supporters of first past the post Pacific Dragon.

In a thrilling finish to the Gr.2 Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie, it was the Jamie Richards-trained Self Obsession who got in the deciding stride to claim victory by a nose over Princess Lowry.

A recent injury prevented popular owner-breeder Joan Egan from attending the New Year’s Day races at Ellerslie on Saturday, but her pride and joy Concert Hall gave her a timely boost with a masterful performance in the Gr.3 Skycity City of Auckland Cup (2400m).

Rebel Dane filly Fireburn is looking much more than an offseason two-year-old.

The first metropolitan race in Melbourne for 2022 was won in good style at Flemington by talented two year-old Capitalist filly Latizia, a $475,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Newgate Farm draft.

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Champion trainer Peter Moody purchased a number of first crop American Pharoah (USA) yearlings in 2020 and produced an impressive debut winner by the Triple Crown winner at Moonee Valley on New Year’s Eve.

Gerry Harvey has bred and raced a lot of good mares over the years and one of the best would be Lotteria, who gave us a ‘One to Watch’ on the last day of 2021.

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale is not far away with the first horses to go under the hammer on January 11 so let’s take a look at some of the siblings to Group I winners we are yet to highlight from previous stories.

An Oaks target is on the agenda for Dundeel filly Aquacade in the autumn, but on what side of the Tasman that will be could be dictated by her performance at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.

Isotope has looked a Group 1 winner in waiting from the time she became the talk of the town with a dazzling 10-length romp on debut at Doomben in April last year.

A trip to the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale in 2000 sparked a keen passion for thoroughbreds and pedigrees that has led this young woman to forge a career in bloodstock leading to a key role with global breeding operation Darley.

Opie Bosson has never partnered high-class mare Entriviere on race day, but the champion jockey is confident their first time together at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day will be an occasion to savour.

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.

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

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week with some likely autumn contenders showing themselves after their spring break, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

From Cups contenders to Slipper hopefuls, Mill Park Stud in South Australia is a thoroughbred nursery that consistently delivers results at the highest level and their exciting draft of eight for Magic Millions 2022 holds the promise of more success to come.

A $65,000 stake attracted a strong line-up for this year’s running of the Harcourts Taupo Cup (2000m) on Thursday and Hawke’s Bay trainer Patrick Campbell was delighted to take home the lion’s share of the purse courtesy of his evergreen galloper Hunta Pence.

Five heats for two year-olds at the Warwick Farm trials on Thursday morning produced some interesting winners including two very smart types by I Am Invincible that have already raced and shown good ability in the Group III ATC Breeder’s Plate and Gimcrack Stakes back in the spring.

The new year brings a new challenge for this season’s New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year contenders, who will stretch out beyond 1600 metres for the first time in Saturday’s sixth leg of the series – the $120,000 Group Two Valachi Downs Royal Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie. 

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.

Spendthrift Farm have announced they are discontinuing their operation in Australia and putting the Spendthrift Australia property in Victoria up for sale.

DArley sire Kermadec featured in South Africa on Wednesday with an impressive Australian bred winner at Kenilworth in Sunday Island, who appreciated a step up in distance to a staying trip.

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

Supporters of the odds-on favourite Brookspire would have been on good terms with themselves when she eased around the leader Expat coming around the turn in Wednesday’s Group III Gosford RSL Belle Of The Turf Stakes (1600m), but there was plenty of fight left in the leader.

An interesting winner in Tasmania on Wednesday was blue-blooded Frankel filly Unclouded (GB), who was quietly snapped up from the 2021 Inglis September (Early) Online Sale for $65,000 by Tasmanian breeder Rob Dixon’s Reibey Lodge.

Godolphin’s Exceed And Excel gelding Bacchanalia loves to get his toe in the ground and found conditions to suit in Wednesday’s $150,000 Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m).

This three year-old Capitalist colt has had a good grounding at the barrier trials and unleashed for real at Gosford on race day produced an explosive debut victory.

Second on debut when she did a few things wrong, four year-old Zoustar mare Twilight Affair made no such mistakes when racing straight and true to win with ease at Gosford on Wednesday as a short priced favourite.

Tutukaka might be dropping back from a Derby trip but there's little doubt that the two-time Australian stakes winner spearheads a three-pronged attack for Cambridge trainer Tony Pike on Saturday's Gr.2 SkyCity Auckland Guineas (1600m) at Ellerslie.

Well-performed Karaka graduate William Wallace (NZ) (Darci Brahma) is continuing to deliver at the age of nine, romping home by a wide margin in Tuesday’s $60,000 Listed Craigmore Sustainable Holdings Timaru Cup (1600m) at Phar Lap Raceway. 

The 2022 Magic Millions Yearling Sale will showcase the first Australian progeny for a number of high profile first season sires and Breednet’s user friendly image galleries make a swift assessment of their stock an easy task.

Here is the full list of 60 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Tuesday with winners and result details.

A quartet of promising three-year-olds captured the first four races at Yarra Glenn on Tuesday, and there was a lot to like about the Logan McGill-trained debutant Il Braccio.

Widden Stud sires Outreach and Star Witness both had smart winners at the Sha Tin meeting on Monday with four year-old Carroll Street making it four wins from eight starts, while three year-old Galaxy Witness was a winner on debut.