Thursday Nov 25
Here is the full list of 33 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday Nov 25
The chance to ‘Buy Better with Inglis’ is now only 73 days away as the countdown to the 2022 Yearling Sales Series continues with the launch of the annual Preview Magazine.
Thursday Nov 25
“He had only the one preparation for us before going amiss, so we never really got to see the true ability of him, but I felt we had a good insight into him when this filly came along,” said Bott.
Thursday Nov 25
Westbury Stud’s El Roca has had a memorable week with Lucky Patch winning the Group II Bochk Private Bank. Jc Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday and then promising three year-old White Noise took out the Group III Lucia Valentina Wellington Stakes (1600m) at Otaki in New Zealand on Thursday.
Thursday Nov 25
Cambridge trainer Lauren Brennan is excited about the prospects of juvenile Zaher after his gutsy win on debut in the Levin TAB & Sports Bar (1000m) at Otaki on Thursday.
Thursday Nov 25
Oaklands Stud’s Power (GB) has had a great year in 2021 and featured on Thursday with a new stakes-winner at Otaki in New Zealand when four year-old mare Rose ‘n’ Power won the Listed Levin Stakes (1200m) from another daughter of Power in Romantic Lady .
Thursday Nov 25
Thoroughbred Breeders NSW, The Australian Turf Club and NSW Racehorse Owners’ Association invites members to see out a memorable year with a Christmas luncheon at Royal Randwick on Villiers Day, 11 December.
Thursday Nov 25
A new program to improve local training and employment opportunities in the thoroughbred equine breeding industry launched this week in Scone.
Thursday Nov 25
Two of New Zealand’s emerging stars - Sakura Blossom (Vancouver) and Gold Watch (Swiss Ace)- will step out on Saturday’s Te Aroha undercard as they progress toward feature summer targets.
Wednesday Nov 24
Swettenham Stud shuttler Toronado (IRE) has achieved great success in 2021 and added a new stakes-winner to his tally in France overnight when Amazonie took out the Listed Prix Petite Etoile (1900m) at Deauville.
Wednesday Nov 24
The four-day Tattersalls December Foal Sale got off to a strong start with a colt by TIME TEST topping the opening day’s proceedings at 75,000 guineas, one of sixteen lots to sell for 40,000 guineas or more compared to six in the opening session in 2020. The turnover, average and median saw healthy increases and the clearance rate was an impressive 84%, a record for the opening session.
Wednesday Nov 24
Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday Nov 24
A conscious decision to “improve the broodmare genetics’’ that support their stallion Ilovethiscity led to Noor Elaine Farm buying the sale-topping mare Discerned for $120,000 in the Inglis Digital November (Late) Online Auction.
Wednesday Nov 24
Promising three-year-old Rosberg impressed at Tauranga on Wednesday when scoring his maiden victory in the Katy Laidlaw Property Management 1400.
Wednesday Nov 24
Two bluebloods fought out the finish of Industree Group Maiden over 1200m at Gosford on Wednesday.
Wednesday Nov 24
Godolphin did not show a great return on the $450,000 needed to secure the talented Exceed and Excel filly Maka Ena from the Swettenham Stud draft at the 2008 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.
Wednesday Nov 24
The Price Bloodstock colour-bearer Squid Game made the best possible start to his career over 1200m at Sandown Lakeside on Wednesday.
Wednesday Nov 24
The curtain is likely to come down on Unusual Culture’s brief New Zealand career when she takes on a competitive age group line-up in the three-year-old feature at Otaki on Thursday.
Wednesday Nov 24
Group One performer Hypnos is in fine fettle ahead of the Gr.3 Eagle Technology Stakes (1600m) at Te Aroha on Saturday according to trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood.
Tuesday Nov 23
Larneuk Stud has announced that leading Victorian stallion, Reward For Effort, was euthanised on Tuesday due to complications from surgery.
Tuesday Nov 23
Leneva Park’s Operations Manager, Brian Byrnes, marvels at how both Fierce Impact (JPN) and Royal Meeting (IRE) have taken to their new job.
Tuesday Nov 23
It's not too late in the season for breeders in search of a young fertile stallion for their mares.
Tuesday Nov 23
Australian Bloodstock might have got lucky when they paid just $55,000 for an Extreme Choice colt at Inglis Easter round two last year from the Newgate Farm draft.
Tuesday Nov 23
Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday Nov 23
Mapperley Stud stallion Contributer is starting to make his mark in Hong Kong.
Tuesday Nov 23
A 3-in-1 package of unprecedented quality – Group-winning mare Shoko (Sebring) in foal to Champion Sire I Am Invincible with an I Am Invincible colt foal at foot – will be offered next week in a bespoke Inglis Digital Online Auction.
Tuesday Nov 23
Australia’s darling of the turf, Verry Elleegant, will likely get her chance to pit her talents against the best in Europe next year.
Tuesday Nov 23
Newgate Farm’s young gun Russian Revolution has had a flurry of runners at the trials in recent weeks and sired two impressive heat winners on Tuesday morning in Sydney and Brisbane.
Monday Nov 22
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 seven first season sires with unraced trial winners in the pipeline.
Monday Nov 22
The NZB Ready to Run Sale last week delivered strong results despite the issues arising from Covid and particularly for the top end of the market with 37 two-year-olds selling for over the $200,000 threshold, in comparison to 25 in 2020 and 30 in 2019.
Monday Nov 22
Here is the full list of 15 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday Nov 22
The John O’Shea stable produced a couple of well bred two year-old trial winners at Hawkesbury on Monday by champion sires Written Tycoon and Zoustar.
Monday Nov 22
The racing future of impressive debut winner Wolverine lies offshore, but not before she has a crack at New Zealand’s richest two-year-old prize.
Monday Nov 22
It's been almost a decade since Mid Summer Music credited Noor Elaine Farm's Oamaru Force with a career highlight win in the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap. Still, the former Peter Moody-trained mare may have to share the limelight in the future with a new force on the scene in Hong Kong.
Sunday Nov 21
The catalogue for the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale – the auction that has produced the winners of the Melbourne Cup, Golden Slipper, The Everest, Blue Diamond and Inglis Millennium among many other features in recent seasons – is now available online.
Sunday Nov 21
Australian bred HK superstar Golden Sixty extended his unbeaten run to 15 at Sha Tin on Sunday with a stylish victory in the Group II Bochk Private Wealth Jc Mile (1600m), his dam Gaudeamus one of a stellar book of mares covered this spring by Wootton Bassett(GB).
Sunday Nov 21
A $430,000 NZB Ready to Run Sale purchase in 2017, Reliable Man (GB) gelding Reliable Team scored his biggest win to date when taking out the Group II The Bochk Jockey Club Cup (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Sunday Nov 21
Westbury Stud’s El Roca has a serious sprinter in Hong Kong in the shape of Lucky Patch, who captured the Group II Bochk Private Bank. Jc Sprint (1200m) over Aussie bred speedsters Naboo Attack (Warhead) and Sky Field ( Deep Field).
Sunday Nov 21
Here is the full list of 64 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Sunday with winners and result details.
Sunday Nov 21
Japan has showcased a veritable production line of champion mares around the world in recent years, and another great, Gran Alegria, bowed out of racing with an emotional win in the Group 1 The Mile Championship at Hanshin on Sunday.
Sunday Nov 21
Just seven runners went to the post for Sunday’s $160,000 Listed Bet365 Kilmore Cup (1600m), but what a competitive finish it proved to be.
Sunday Nov 21
With his final southern hemisphere yearlings set to go through sale rings in early 2022, former Haunui Farm shuttle stallion Iffraaj is back in the Group One spotlight in Australia.
Sunday Nov 21
A member of the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young Stable, Cusack was sent out a $10 pop with bookies in a wide open race and overcame greenness for a gutsy win.
Saturday Nov 20
Talented Zoustar gelding Zoustyle has never lacked for ability, but soundness issues have kept him out of racing for more than a year with Tony Gollan finally getting him back to the track at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday with happy results.
Saturday Nov 20
Newgate Farm's Deep Field has been in the news this week for his popularity at the NZB Ready to Run Sale and was in the winner’s circle at Sunshine Coast on Saturday with his first two year-old winner of the new season in Rose of Shiraz.
Saturday Nov 20
Here is the full list of 124 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Saturday with winners and result details.
Saturday Nov 20
The $1million Group 1 WATC Railway Stakes (1600m) has been won by some greats of the turf, including Northerly and Better Loosen Up, but none have started shorter than Western Empire, who made a one-act affair of the feature at Ascot on Saturday.
Saturday Nov 20
Tragically beaten at her most recent start, Treasured Star and Willie Pike redeemed themselves in Saturday’s $500,000 Group II Sky Racing-WA Guineas (1600m) when she sailed down the centre of the track to win by widening one and three-quarter lengths.
Saturday Nov 20
Worth $300,000, the inaugural The Warra (1000m) sprint at Kembla on Saturday was won with a brilliant late dash by quality Fastnet Rock speedster Eleven Eleven, who looks ready for another tilt at the big Magic Millions race day in January.
Saturday Nov 20
Third in the $500,000 Silver Eagle and second in the $7,500,000 Golden Eagle, who could begrudge Count De Rupee his day in the sun in Saturday’s $1,000,000 The TAB Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange.
Saturday Nov 20
With most of the riders keen to get away from the fence in Saturday's $500,000 Listed Sportsbet Ballarat Cup (2000m), Luke Nolan was gifted a rails run on Zayydani, and the daughter of Savabeel did the rest.
Saturday Nov 20
A $600,000 Magic Millions purchase for David Ellis / Andrew Williams Bloodstock from the Coolmore draft, speedy filly Bright Blue Sky lived up to the hype when she made a winning debut in the Listed Fasttrack Insurance 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa in New Zealand on Saturday.
Saturday Nov 20
Another magical ride by Opie Bosson saw gritty mare Showoroses secure her third career stakes victory when she held out all challengers to win the Gr.2 Dunstan Feeds Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa.
Saturday Nov 20
Local trainer David Greene experienced a wonderful moment at Te Rapa on Saturday when he provided the quinella in the Gr.3 Franklin Auctions Counties Cup (2100m).
Saturday Nov 20
Class galloper Levante once again showed just what a talent she is when she when she made it back-to-back victories in the Listed Haunui Farm Counties Bowl (1100m) on Saturday.
Saturday Nov 20
The Not A Single Doubt colt Cusack earned his ticket for the $2million Magic Millions 2yo Classic in January when making a winning debut in Saturday’s $250,000 Magic Millions Ballarat 2yo Classic (1000m).
Saturday Nov 20
Placed in the Group III Scarborough Stakes at Moonee Valley and Listed Reginald Allen Quality at Randwick, the Swettenham Stud colour-bearer Decent Raine finally had things go her way in the valuable John Jens VOBIS Gold Eureka Stockade at Ballarat on Saturday.
Saturday Nov 20
Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, the most important auction of its kind in the world, closed Friday with gross sales of $203 million, the highest for the sale since 2016, and a record median of $37,000 to signal a resumption of the pre-pandemic bull markets.
Saturday Nov 20
There is no better place to broaden your horizons and further your bloodstock education than in being a key member of the Inglis bloodstock team.
Saturday Nov 20
Yulong continues to expand its global reach. The Victorian-based farm unleashed on the opening day of the November Breeding Stock Sale with five purchases including the session topper.
Friday Nov 19
The $250,000 Magic Millions Classic (1000m) at Ballarat this afternoon has attracted a field of 12 with three of the key runners by first season sires.
Friday Nov 19
Cheveley Park Stud have announced sad news overnight with the passing of their champion sire Pivotal at age 28.
Friday Nov 19
Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia on Friday with winners and result details.
Friday Nov 19
Pregnant mares and high quality breeding prospects highlight another strong catalogue for the Inglis Digital November (Late) Online Auction.
Friday Nov 19
The best in the New Zealand thoroughbred breeding industry will be celebrated in the New Year.
Friday Nov 19
Classy New Zealand-bred four-year-old Western Empire is set to start an overwhelming favourite in Saturday’s Gr.1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot in Perth, with the son of Iffraaj set to jump from barrier 3 in the 16-strong field.
Friday Nov 19
The blue, white and red silks of syndicators Go Racing will be carried in feature races in New Zealand, New South Wales and Victoria on Saturday, headed by star mare Atishu in the A$1 million The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange.
Thursday Nov 18
With six winners in the past week, Capitalist is a sire on fire with his latest success coming with a very promising three year-old trained by Team Hawkes.
Thursday Nov 18
Momentum continued on the final day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale off the back of a positive first day, with a strong market demanding quality juveniles that fetched significant price tags.
Thursday Nov 18
The Tapit stallion A Lot (USA) made the perfect start to his stud career when his first runner Costume Party made a winning debut over 1000m at Belmont on Wednesday.
Thursday Nov 18
Australian breeders have been well pleased with the first Australian foals born this spring by Kingman’s brilliant son Calyx (GB), whose first Northern Hemisphere bred foals made a good impression during the Goffs November Foal Sale on Wednesday.
Thursday Nov 18
Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu and New Zealand-based bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne have teamed up once again to secure a couple of colts at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Te Rapa this week.
Thursday Nov 18
On Saturday, the stakes action heads west, with Ascot hosting five stakes races led by the Group 1 Heineken 3-Railway Stakes (1600m).
Thursday Nov 18
A son of the late Sacred Falls will be chasing the lucrative prizemoney on offer in Sydney following his sale to Australian interests on the closing day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale on Thursday afternoon.
Thursday Nov 18
A two year-old Fastnet Rock filly being compared to the mighty Avantage is being tipped to make a winning debut in New Zealand on Saturday.
Thursday Nov 18
Prominent Australian owner Ozzie Kheir is hoping he has landed another Group One star after he shelled out $640,000 for what his judges deemed the best colt at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale.
Wednesday Nov 17
The Greyville meeting in South Africa on Wednesday featured two Aussie bred winners in Port Adelaide (Adelaide (IRE) and Dunyaa (Brazen Beau).
Wednesday Nov 17
On a day when So You Think sired four metropolitan winners across Sydney and Melbourne, his star performer was undoubtedly this three year-old filly who is definitely going places.
Wednesday Nov 17
Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday Nov 17
A $1,050,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Segenhoe draft for Waller Racing/Mulcaster Bloodstock, good looking I Am Invincible colt Zarastro took another step forward at Rosehill on Wednesday when scoring a stylish victory.
Wednesday Nov 17
On its opening day of selling, New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale continued to reach new heights, reinforcing its position as the leading sale of its kind worldwide.
Wednesday Nov 17
David Ellis is no stranger to the top end of the buyers sheet at a New Zealand Bloodstock sale, and he found himself there once again on Wednesday when purchasing the top lot on day one of their Ready to Run Sale at Te Rapa.
Wednesday Nov 17
After winning by nearly four lengths at his career debut at Geelong in January, Adandiman was highly enough regarded by trainer Mitch Freedman to tackle the Group II Caulfield Autumn Classic at his third start.
Wednesday Nov 17
There are sure to be better days ahead for the Tony Gollan-trained Ashgrove, who had little more than a walk in the park when breaking his maiden over 1640m at Doomben on Wednesday.
Wednesday Nov 17
Striking Capitalist colt Capital Tower made a winning debut over 1100m at Doomben on Wednesday to credit Tony Gollan with his first two-year-old winner of the season.
Wednesday Nov 17
A $350,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Newgate Farm draft, talented Snitzel colt Calgary Stampede opened his career in the best way possible when scoring a professional debut victory at Rosehill on Wednesday.
Wednesday Nov 17
There was a flurry of action at Te Rapa on Wednesday when lot 44 came into the virtual sales ring at New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready To Run Sale.
Wednesday Nov 17
Multiple Group One-winning Australian trainer Tony McEvoy made an early impact on the opening day of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale at Te Rapa on Wednesday when he secured a handsome son of Almanzor.
Wednesday Nov 17
Buyers have been circling around impressive debut winner Mascarinto, but so far the two-year-old’s connections have knocked back all potential suitors.
Wednesday Nov 17
Mapperley Stud sire Puccini sired his first winner at Rotorua when the Peter McKay trained Giacomo won impressively over 1560m.
Tuesday Nov 16
The European flat season is coming to an end, but Wootton Bassett (GB) is not done siring stakes-winners just yet with his consistent mare Speak of the Devil taking out the Listed Prix Tantieme (1600m) at Saint-Cloud overnight.
Tuesday Nov 16
The Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning produced two heat winners for Godolphin by Frosted (USA) and Kermadec, who gave them the recent Group I VRC Oaks winner Willowy.
Tuesday Nov 16
Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday Nov 16
Roger James is hoping for a big day for his mares Two Illicit and Cheaperthandivorce as they seek more black-type success at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Tuesday Nov 16
Francis Lui will unveil a healthy, strong and more mature Golden Sixty when the Hong Kong superstar resumes in the Gr.2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Tuesday Nov 16
Sebastian Hutch has been appointed to the new role of CEO, Inglis Bloodstock.
Tuesday Nov 16
Renowned for his feats on the Karaka buyers’ bench at New Zealand Bloodstock’s annual National Yearling Sales Series, where he has been leading buyer for 16 consecutive years, Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis is also an ever-increasing force at the Ready to Run Sale.
Tuesday Nov 16
The NZB Ready to Run Sale starts on Wednesday and Riversley Park will present a sensational draft of 27 two year-olds by a wide range of sires.
Monday Nov 15
If you missed this week’s episode of Thoroughbreds are Go last night on Sky Thoroughbred Central featuring remarkable racehorse turned showjumper turned police horse Lunar Rise then read on for the link to a great show from Caroline Searcy.
Monday Nov 15
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 seven first season sires with trial winners in the pipeline and one sire in particular that has generated a cloud of smoke.