Did you know that 60 Melbourne Cup winners have backed up the following year for another tilt, with only five successful? Did you know that Incentivise will become the 12th Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup winner if he lands the big one on Tuesday, but the first since Rising Fast in 1954 (59.5kgs) to carry 57kgs or greater?

The Group I VRC Victoria Derby is worth a whopping $2 million making it the richest race for spring three year-olds in the country and the testing trip of 2500m means not always the best horse wins, but rather the horse that stays best on the day.

The Maddy Raymond-trained Wentwood (GB) added Wednesday’s $400,000 Group III ApIam Bendigo Cup (2400m) to the trophy case that already houses the St Arnaud, Werribee and Terang Cups.

As the Thoroughbred industry becomes increasingly global, Australian buyers are expanding their horizons in search of the world’s best breeding stock.

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

Yulong has secured the full sister to 8-time G1 winner More Joyous for $320,000 in the Inglis Digital October (Late) Online Sale, with Sunday Legend set for a date with Written Tycoon.

The top lot at the 2019 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale when sold for $2.8million, Snitzel colt Mount Fuji headed to a new home in Queensland after being sold in the 2021 Inglis Digital August (Early) Sale for $75,000 and on Wednesday he opened his account for his new connections at Ipswich.

Scratched from the Listed ATC Sir Brian Crowley Stakes last Saturday, this expensive I Am Invincible colt made a winning return at Canterbury on Wednesday.

On the back of Australasia’s leading weekly thoroughbred auctions, Bloodstockauction.com is now offering three fantastic opportunities to establish your own independent franchise business, servicing the racing and breeding industry, with the full support of Bloodstockauction.com.

Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young ran one-two in the Gr.2 Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) last Saturday with Forgot You and Commander Harry, and the expat Kiwi trainers are hoping to repeat the feat in the Gr.1 Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

After the purchase of a single lot on Day 1, Australian Bloodstock ramped things up considerably on Day 2 of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, signing for a further four lots.

He’s secured Group One spoils in Victoria and now New Zealand-bred gelding I’m Thunderstruck has travelled north to plunder the riches on offer in Sydney on Saturday.

A jaw-dropping performance on debut at Matamata on Saturday has sent Mascarinto (NZ) (Per Incanto) straight to the top of the order of entry for the $1m DoubleTree by Hilton Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on 22 January. 

GROCER JACK and HANNIBAL BARCA were the highlights on an electric second day of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale, selling for 700,000 and 500,000 guineas respectively. The turnover for the day breached the 11 million guineas mark, a record for a session of the sale, whilst the average and median again showed significant increases and the clearance rate was above 90%. 

The two year-old fillies maiden at The Curragh in Ireland overnight was expected to produce a debut victory for blue blood Galileo filly Toy, a sister to four Group I winners, but the victory went to a daughter of Almanzor (Fr).

A record Inglis Ready2Race Sale has concluded at Riverside with the sale’s average, gross and clearance all setting new benchmarks.

Here is the full list of 22 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A surprise debut winner by Zoustar for the Mark Newnham stable on Tuesday at Hawkesbury looks like he has more to offer.

Darley have announced service fees for their US roster at Jonabell Farm in 2022 with perennial favourite Medaglia D’Oro leading the list at $US100,000.

It was a memorable weekend for Trelawney Stud principals Brent and Cherry Taylor, with three of their racing team carrying their green, red, and gold silks to victory, including two at stakes level.

The field and barrier draw are out for the $7.5million Golden Eagle (1500m), a lucrative race this Saturday at Rosehill for four-year-olds to be run under set weights, with Northern Hemisphere three-year-olds receiving a 1kg weight advantage.

Tavistock has unleashed a tidal wave of fresh new talented offspring in Australia this spring with five stakes-winners here since August 1 in Victoria Derby contenders Gunstock and Tutukaka, exciting mares Lucky Mascot and Entriviere as well as Melbourne Cup runner Tralee Rose, who scored a bold win in the Group III Geelong Cup.

The Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale got off to a strong start with fourteen lots selling for 100,000 guineas or more and a top price of 325,000 guineas. The world’s largest horses in training sale saw the average and median rise 60% and 78% respectively compared with the opening session last year, whilst the clearance rate was a typically robust 88%. 

Due to the ongoing pandemic, closed borders within New Zealand make it impossible to host a physical auction for New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2021 Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds at the iconic Karaka Sales Centre.

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.

Rosemont Stud is thrilled to announce a majority interest has been secured in brilliant colt Extreme Warrior, dominant last start winner of the Group III MRC Blue Sapphire Stakes at Caulfield and market favourite for the prestigious, $1.5m Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes this Saturday at Flemington.

‘There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man’ is a famed quote from Winston Churchill.

Here is the full list of 25 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards continued his run of success over the long weekend as he produced a winning double at Te Rapa on Monday with two promising sons of Savabeel.

Progressive galloper Pareanui Bay claimed the honours at Te Rapa on Monday when he overcame a torrid trip in transit to capture the Gr.2 James And Annie Sarten Memorial Stakes (1400m) bringing a big pedigree update for his Savabeel half-brother to be offered at NZB Ready to Run.

A spectacular performance in Saturday’s $80,000 Group Three Matamata Veterinary Services Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) has propelled quality filly Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) to the top of the points table for the 2021-22 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series. 

Saturday’s $40,000 NZB Airfreight Road to the Jericho (3000m) at Riccarton Park delivered a career highlight for under-rated staying mare Sulu Sea (NZ) (Sweet Orange). 

Black and beautiful, charismatic champion racehorse and sire Lonhro has never been priced in the realm of breed to race, but for those broodmare owners harbouring the dream of producing their own black beauty he does have an affordably priced Group I winning son at stud this spring, who had three interesting winners on Saturday.

Impressive two-year-old filly Grace’s Secret has earned herself a shot at some black type early in her career after an eye-catching debut victory at Riccarton on Saturday.

Galileo’s champion son Highland Reel (IRE) is currently covering his fourth book in Australia at Swettenham Stud and posted his first stakes-winner overnight when two year-old filly Atamisque scored a commanding win in the Group II Premio Dormello (1m) at Campanelle in Italy.

Royally bred mare Cheaperthandivorce picked up the first stakes success of her burgeoning career when she finished powerfully in the home straight to claim the Gr.3 Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors Thompson Handicap (1600m) at Trentham on Sunday.

Australia's reigning champion stallion, Written Tycoon, joined the Victorian stallion onslaught when his 4yo son Milton Park led at every call in Sunday's $200,000 Listed Sale Cup (1600m).

If you are a Victorian breeder, this is a good-looking table of the current frontrunners for Champion Sire.

Raheen Stud’s exciting young Fastnet Rock son Heroic Valour posted his third first crop winner from four starters when Heroic Angel scored an impressive debut win at Townsville on Saturday.

Flaming Rib became the first stakes winner for his first-season sire Ribchester when registering a one-length win in Saturday's Listed Doncaster Stakes (1200m).

Camelot is a sire that has become a favourite with Australian investors and he was making news overnight with his two year-old colt Luxembourg winning the Group Doncaster Futurity Trophy I (1m) to stamp himself as a serious classic prospect for 2022.

Coolmore shuttler Wootton Bassett (GB) has had a great year and added another new stakes-winner to his tally overnight at Newbury where four year-old stallion Ilarab took out the Group III St Simon Stakes (1m4f).

Arrowfield stud shuttler Maurice (Jpn) had his first Australian stakes-winner on Saturday in Mazu and also has a bright prospect in South Africa with three year-old filly Whoa Whoa Whoa scoring her second win at Kenilworth.

Leading Victorian nursery Blue Gum Farm’s recent affinity with the Inglis Banner continued when exciting colt Semillion (Shalaa) scored a strong win in the $400,000 Listed feature at Moonee Valley.

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

Widden Stud’s quiet achiever Magnus made his presence felt on Cox Plate day with a new stakes-winner after progressive five year-old Just Folk landed the $300,000 Group II MVRC Crystal Mile (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

It was a red-letter day for trainer Tom Dabernig with his first stakes-winner since going solo, Flying Mascot, who put a space on them in Saturday’s Group III Tesio Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Connections of quality mare Icebath finally got the payday they deserved when the daughter of Sacred Falls won the inaugural A$2 million The Invitation (1400m).

Joseph O’Brien has single-handedly improved Irelands balance of payments, and another planeload of Australian dollars is headed back to the Emerald Isle after State Of Rest (IRE) won a drama-packed $5million Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) on Saturday.

The depth of the three-year-old talent in the Te Akau Racing team was clearly on display on Saturday, with trainer Jamie Richards producing black-type victories at both Matamata and Riccarton with glamour 3YO's Imperatriz (I Am Invincible) and Noverre (Savabeel) .

It doesn’t carry Black Type, but it is worth a lot of money and the $1million ATC Bondi Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday was won by Fastnet Rock colt Hilal, who was a last start Group II winner.

It was a massive result for trainer Grahame Begg, when Michael Dee guided the lightweight Lunar Flare to victory in Saturday's $1million Group II McCafe Moonee Valley Gold Cup (2500m).

Promising South Island stayer Southern Ocean showed he is on target for his tilt at the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m) in three weeks when he took out the Listed Sothys Spring Classic (2000m) at Riccarton.

It only seems fitting that on Cox Plate Day, the 2014 Cox Plate hero Adelaide (IRE) would sire a new stakes-winner with his progressive staying son Torrens taking out the Listed ATC City Tattersalls Cup (2400m) at Randwick.

The $300,000 Group II Moonee Valley Vase (2040m) proved an easy watch for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, but not so for punters as for a long time it looked as if the stable’s $101 chance Commander Harry had the measure of the short-priced favourite Forgot You.

Regally-bred filly Mokulua found the right spot to break her maiden in Saturday’s Group II Fillies Classic (1600m) at Moonee Valley.

Trainer Steven Cole may have to lift his sights with two-year-old Mascarinto after the son of Per Incanto made a mess of his rivals on debut over 1000m at Matamata on Saturday.

Snitzel blueblood Generation has his honesty rewarded with a valuable maiden stakes success in Saturday’s Group III Red Anchor Stakes at Moonee Valley.

Never further back than second in four starts in New Zealand, Dream Queen blotted her copybook when finishing seventh at Mornington at her first start for Ben and JD Hayes.

Talented Maurice (Jpn) colt Mazu has always promised to win a Black Type race, but is often his own worst enemy, however he put the best foot forward at Randwick on Saturday to win the $200,000 Listed ATC Sir Brian Crowley Stakes (1200m).

Shalaa (IRE) sure can get an early runner, and he has another one in Semillion who made a winning career debut in Saturday’s $400,000 Inglis Banner (RL) at Moonee Valley.

The $130,000 ATC Kirkham Plate (1000m) for two year-olds at Randwick on Saturday was dominated by fillies who filled the trifecta led by Godolphin homebred Ojai, a daughter of their champion sire Exceed and Excel.

A draft of 11 Godolphin-consigned racehorses headlines a 210-strong catalogue in the October (Late) Online Sale, which is now open for bidding.

Busy covering his first book of mares at Yulong in Victoria this spring Lucky Vega (IRE) will be heading back to the Northern Hemisphere at the end of the year to continue his stud career with a season at the Irish National Stud.

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

A third Group 1 of the spring for Daniel Moor as the six-year-old Spirit Of Boom entire Jonker made all the running in Friday night’s Group 1 Ladbrokes Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley.

Expensive Capitalist colt Marine One was in the winner’s circle at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate eve scoring an impressive victory that may see him line up next Saturday in the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Combining motherhood and a young family with the role of Stud Manager at a leading boutique Hunter Valley nursery means you don’t get much time to watch TV!

All is in readiness for Tuesday’s Inglis Ready2Race Sale following a successful final breeze up session at Warwick Farm this morning.

Gary Portelli may be chasing the Victoria Derby dream with this impressive winner at Scone on Friday that is the half-brother to a Hong Kong Derby winner.

Two heats for juveniles on Friday morning at Rosehill over 900m were won by the progeny of champion sires Redoute’s Choice and Exceed and Excel.

The time-honoured and prestigious New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year Series will break new ground on Saturday with the running of the second leg of the 2021-22 Series – the $80,000 Group Three Matamata Veterinary Services Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Matamata. 

Inglis is excited to announce it will again be producing a Sale Day Live broadcast of Tuesday’s Ready2Race Sale.

The $400,000 Inglis Banner for two year-olds at Moonee Valley on Saturday has drawn a full field plus emergencies with last year’s winner Sneaky Five seeking to keep her unbeaten record alive at Moonee Valley tonight in the Group I MVRC Manikato Stakes.

The apt naming of tomorrow’s Group III Red Anchor Stakes contender, Dosh, is an obvious play on his sire, the Written Tycoon stallion, Rich Enuff.

Impeccably bred filly Joyous Legend (Snitzel x More Joyous) has become the third $1m+ lot sold through Inglis Digital in the past three months after realising $1,025,000 this afternoon.

Here is the full list of 46 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Group I MRC Thousand Guineas winner Yearning was not the only Snitzel filly that found her way from Arrowfield Stud to the stables of Hawkes Racing after they withdrew all their yearlings from the 2020 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

The former outstanding racemare Better Draw possibly holds a unique place in breeding history, and she had her fourth foal sixteen years after her third.

A decade and a half after Todd Pollard entered the racing industry as an enthusiastic schoolboy, he now finds himself front and centre of one the world’s most famous races, the Gr.1 W.S. Cox Plate (2040m).

Plenty of interesting two year-old trials around the country in the past week including the first winner for Aquis freshman Invader, so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

A successful spring campaign often has its beginnings in a rejuvenating winter spell under warm Queensland sunshine and so it has been for Annabel Neasham’s Cox Plate contenders Zaaki (GB) and Mo’Unga, who both enjoyed their midyear break at Hinterland Thoroughbreds.

We are very much looking forward to what promises to be a fantastic renewal of the Inglis Ready2Race Sale, which will be held at Riverside Stables as a live auction on Tuesday, October 26.

Kingman’s champion miler Palace Pier has been retired to stud and will stand at Dalham Hall for Darley 2022.

Champion sire Snitzel had a winning double at Kenilworth in South Africa on Wednesday with full siblings Stiptelik and Real Gone Kid both saluting for their owner breeder Ridgemont Highlands.

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

After Tutukaka flagged himself a leading chance in the Victoria Derby when winning the Listed Geelong Classic, the late, great Cambridge Stud stallion Tavistock struck again with the Melbourne Cup hope Tralee Rose in the $400,000 Group III Bet365 Geelong Cup (2400m).

The $160,000 Listed Black Pearl Stakes (1200m) at Geelong on Wednesday was won in cavalier style by the flashy Toronado (IRE) mare Rainbiel, who was given a brilliant ride by Linda Meech.

All roads lead to Flemington for $2million Group 1 Victoria Derby for Melody Belle's half-brother Tutukaka following his win Wednesday’s $200,000 Listed Geelong Classic (2200m).

Trainer David Browne’s big game expedition to Victoria with the talented duo of Elephant and Rhinoceros will take on a new look at the weekend.

The first race at Randwick on Wednesday on the Kensington track was a very competitive 1400m maiden which was won in class record time by I Am Invincible filly Bella Rouge, who defeated Parlayed, an eye-catching daughter of American Pharoah (USA) that produced the run of the race.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Snitzonfire will target the $2 million Gold Coast Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in January after keeping his record at a perfect three for three in a 3yo benchmark 68 over 1400m in class record time at Randwick-Kensington on Wednesday.

At 31, trainer Jamie Richards makes most people seem like under-achievers.

Coolmore have announced 2022 service fees for their US roster at Ashford Stud with Uncle Mo heading the list ahead of Triple Crown winners Justify and American Pharoah, who are currently in Australia.

A field of 10 will contest the 101st edition of Australia‘s weight-for-age championship in Saturday’s $5 million Group I Ladbrokes W.S Cox Plate (2040m) with four Kiwi breds in the line up, which also includes two entries from Europe that have intriguing pedigrees.

The 2021 Inglis Ready 2 Race Sale will be held at Riverside Stables next Tuesday and Valiant Stud’s Fergal Connolly will have his draft of six available for inspection in Sydney from this Saturday.

Graham Richardson has four runners entered for Matamata on Saturday, but he’s keeping just as close an eye on an Australian race three days beforehand.

There was a big set of 15 barrier trials at Randwick on Tuesday morning, but only one heat for two year-olds and it was won by a son of Spirit of Boom.

Fresh from siring a new Group winner last Saturday in Big Parade and another smart winner in Hong Kong on Sunday in My Sugar, Deep Field will undoubtedly make his mark at the NZB Ready to Run Sale with eight colts catalogued, four of which breezed in sub 11 seconds last week.

New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale has delivered widespread name recognition and respect for a range of established consignors, and now a talented group of newcomers are keen to make a splash next month in their debut appearance at the world’s leading sale of two-year-olds.