After an extraordinary day of selling on day one of the 2026 Inglis Easter yearling sale, the heightened anticipation turned into relief and over riding joy for many vendors when prices soared.

Having sired Golden Slipper winner Guest House in his very first crop, Home Affairs was always going to be popular at Inglis Easter and Milburn Creek were well rewarded when their colt from Victoria Quay sold for $1.3million on Sunday.

Widden Stud enjoyed a spectacular 10 minutes at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale on Sunday when selling a filly and colt by their champion sire Zoustar for $1.8million and $1.35 million.

Silverdale Farm topped Inglis Easter in 2023 when selling Autumn Glow for $1.8million and they got very close to that mark at the sale on Sunday when selling a lovely I Am Invincible filly from Sweet Sherry for $1.7million.

Shane Mcgrath Bloodstock / Clinton Mcdonald Racing have purchased Group I winning juvenile fillies Hayasugi and Streisand in recent years and are hoping they have one to follow in their footsteps after paying $1.8million for an Extreme Choice filly at Inglis Easter on Sunday.

Widden Stud’s value sire Written By only had one entry for Inglis Easter and that was a cracking chestnut colt from Solar Kitty that delivered a pinhook success for savvy New Zealand based vendor Lyndhurst Farm.

James Harron Bloodstock bought the highest priced yearling from the first crop of Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside and on Sunday purchased his highest priced yearling sold so far this year at Inglis Easter.

Tipped as a likely candidate to star at this year’s Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale, the Extreme Choice colt from Pretty Brazen certainly lit up the sale ring on Sunday morning when Tom Magnier came put on top of a bidding battle with a winning bid of $3million.

Fresh from siring a new Group I winning juvenile colt on Saturday in Seize the Day, champion sire I Am Invincible produced the first million-dollar colt of Inglis Easter on Sunday when the Cressfield bred and consigned colt from Pippie made $1.35million.

We didn’t have to wait long to see the first million dollar yearling at Inglis Easter in Sydney on Sunday with Lot 9, the half-sister by Zoustar to this season’s Group winning juvenile Paradoxium selling for $1.1million.

Rich Hill Stud celebrated a historic Saturday with success at the highest level on both sides of the Tasman.

War in the Middle East did not stop the Dubai World Cup meeting going ahead overnight with two of Europe’s very best racehorses collecting G1 victories, while the US entry Magnitude captured the feature event on the card beating Japanese superstar Forever Young.

Sensational racing in Australasia on Saturday with Group I victories at Rosehill for Kiwi bred three year-old filly Belle Cheval (NZ) and elite four year-old mare Aeliana (NZ), while in New Zealand the last G1 of their racing season was won by She’s a Dealer (NZ).

Here is the full list of 102 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Coolmore stalwart sire Pride of Dubai went painfully close to siring two Group I winners on Saturday with his evergreen superstars Pride of Jenni and Dubai Honour (IRE) going down by narrow margins in the Group I VRC Australian Cup (2000m) and Group I ATC Tancred Stakes (2400m), but in Adelaide he delivered a progressive new stakes-winner with a bright sprinting future.

The team at Woodside Park Stud were surely over the moon as Welwal (GB) dominated his rivals to win the G3 ATC Doncaster Prelude (1500m), only to have Roselyn’s Star deliver victory in the G3 Star Kingdom Stakes (1200m) in the very next race on the Rosehill card, giving stallion Shalaa (IRE) a race to race, G3 double.

It was a stakes double for Arrowfield Stud’s Dundeel on Saturday with Matthew Smith’s consistent mare Idle Flyer capturing the G2 ATC Emancipation Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill while the lightly raced Stung won the Listed SAJC Matrice Stakes (1600m) at Morphettville for the Ben, Will & JD Hayes yard.

Outstanding Castelvecchio mare Aeliana (NZ) provided the tried-and-true combination of trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald with yet another Group One triumph as she lifted herself off the canvas to run down European raider Dubai Honour in the Gr.1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill.

Having won last year’s Australian Cup by two lengths, Ciaron Maher’s Light Infantry Man (Fr) record his third elite level victory and second in this race, taking out the $2.5m G1 VRC Australian Cup (2000m) in a photo finish over stablemate Pride Of Jenni, giving Maher a one-two finish.

Kiwi-bred filly Belle Cheval (NZ) (Savabeel) made a successful one-off raid across the Tasman on Saturday when she took out the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill by the barest of margins before surviving a protest from runner-up After Summer (The Autumn Sun) who claimed interference at the 200m mark had cost her the victory.

Twin Hills Stud’s promising young sire Peltzer produced his second stakes-winner when talented filly Thanks Gorgeous outgunned quality colt Tycoon Star to win the $500,000 Listed VRC Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Finishing a solid fifth last time out behind Salty Pearl in the $500,000 VOBIS Guineas, the Ben, Will and JD Hayes trained Ghaiyyath (IRE) gelding Storm Leopard highlighted his G1 ATC Derby (2400m) claim with a strong victory in the $300,000 G2 ATC Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill.

Progressive mare She’s A Dealer followed in the footsteps of her mum Say No More as she captured the Gr.1 Listen Live on Sportnation.nz New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m) 14 years after her dam achieved the feat.

Widden Stud sires filled the quinella in the $150,000 Listed SAJC Dequetteville Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday when talented Dirty Work filly Never Ordinary prevailed to win over Zousain filly Verzain.

Rejuvenated mare Archaic Smile captured her second career stakes victory when she out-finished fellow Cambridge raiders Churchillian and December to take out the Listed Bramco Granite & Marble Flying Handicap (1400m) at Trentham.

Te Akau Racing have already enjoyed G1 success with champion sire I Am Invincible having raced champion mare Imperatriz and Group I winning colt Move to Strike with the Yarraman based super sire giving them another G1 victory at Trentham in New Zealand on Saturday.

Having become just the second Australian winner for his sire Palace Pier (GB) when breaking his maiden recently, the Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou trained Southend now holds the honour of becoming the first stakes winner for his sire, remaining unbeaten by winning the $250,000 G3 ATC Baillieu (1400m) at Rosehill.

Juvenile filly Satono Glow (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) made it two wins from her first two starts with a powerful closing burst that took her to a comprehensive three-length victory in the Gr.3 TBV Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The $300,0000 Group II ATC Neville Sellwood Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday was chosen as the kicking off point in Australia for highly rated Yulong colour bearer Barnavara (IRE), who topped the Tattersalls December Mares Sale last year when selling for 4.8million guineas.

Veteran galloper He’s A Doozy showed age has not wearied him as he returned to the top step of the podium at his favourite course when bolting away with the Gr.2 Intowin.co.nz City of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup (2100m) at Trentham.

Kylie Hoskin scored the biggest win of her career when Geneva took out the Gr.3 Higgins Concrete Manawatu Classic (2100m) at Trentham on Saturday.

Racing NSW is providing an additional $1.6 million to support the industry’s lowest-paid workers, building on yesterday’s $1.5 million fuel relief package to other industry participants and bringing total support to $3.1 million.

Last seen finishing fourth behind Group winning colt Sixties in a maiden at Randwick last August, three year-old Capitalist gelding Outer Banks reappeared at Bendigo on Friday and duly came home a winner.

Here is the full list of 41 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Commencing this Sunday, the 2026 Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale is once again set to cement its status as one of the world’s leading thoroughbred sales.

Triple Crown Syndications have high hopes for Hellbent filly Hellenic Belle, who kicked off her career in tough company in the Group III ATC Magic Night Stakes when out of the placings, but dropped back in grade she found the winner’s circle on Friday.

Bidding is now open for the Magic Millions Digital (27 March-1 April) Sale, the last major online sale until mid-April. Eighty three lots are catalogued, with the majority offered unreserved.

Multiple Group One winner Provence is looking for a fairytale ending when she heads to Trentham on Saturday to tackle the Gr.1 Listen Live On Sportnation.nz NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m).

Three trials at Randwick on Friday morning were won by juvenile fillies and all of them have contested stakes races and no doubt have stakes goals on the radar at The Championships over the next two weeks.

Maree McEwan has been out again speaking to some of the major players on the busy grounds at Riverside building up to Inglis Easter which kicks off on Sunday.

The Vinery Stud Stakes is the traditional lead up to the ATC Oaks and this prestigious fillies race has been a G1 feature since 1993.

Telemon Thoroughbreds based first-season sire The Odyssey broke the ice with his first winner on Thursday when Duke Of Albemarle scored on debut at Ipswich.

Anybody that owns a horse, whether that be an equestrian off the tracker or a racehorse, and wants to move it from A to B knows that an increase in fuel price is going to be painful.

It’s not common for a two year-old to win an open provincial maiden at this time of year against older rivals, but after it happened at Hawkesbury on Thursday, up and coming trainer Jack Pilkington is allowing himself to dream.

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

Multiple Group-winning 2-year-old Espionage, the stunning $1,000,000 Magic Millions yearling son of Champion sire Zoustar, will join the Lovatsville roster in 2026 at an introductory fee of $11,000 (incl. GST).

Coolmore Australia is delighted to announce the acquisition of Home Affairs’ outstanding son Guest House, following his electrifying victory in the Group 1 Golden Slipper at Rosehill last weekend.

Newhaven Park has proven a fertile nursery for the Kelly family with the rolling hills at Boorowa producing many champions through the last century and into this one and quite possibly the best of them all is Autumn Glow.

Juvenile stablemates Excite and St Monica are in tip-top order for early shots at Group One glory at Trentham on Saturday.

Since 1914, Kia Ora Stud has been a defining force in Australian breeding and racing. From Melbourne Cup winners and Cox Plate champions to Derby heroes and elite Group 1 performers, the Hunter Valley nursery has built a legacy of bloodlines that don’t just perform, they make headlines.

There could be no better advertisement for the NZB Ready To Run Sale than the almost clean sweep in the Hong Kong Derby (2000m), with the Mark Newnham-trained Invincible Ibis (Hellbent) defeating fellow graduate Numbers (NZ) (Tivaci) to win the blue-riband event.

A group of mates enjoying having a punt and racing shares in horses here and there is not usually the sort of story that leads to an Inglis Easter Yearling sale colt.

A big week with a story still unfolding for I Am Invincible and his barnstorming sons. Credit to the team at Yarraman who took the initial punt on the G3 DC McKay Stakes winner I Am Invincible - the now 3 times Champion sire.

They say when one door closes another will open and there was a little of that about the win of talented All Too Hard filly Horsehoe Hill at Randwick on Wednesday in the same colours as her illustrious stablemate Stefi Magnetica, whose retirement was also announced earlier in the day.

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

The last-start winner Washington Lilac (Snitzel) topped today’s Inglis Digital March (Late) Online Sale, selling to Silverdale Farm for $172,500.

The Inglis Australian Easter Sale is in incoming – the elite yearlings are there, the best studs are there, the biggest buyers are there – and Maree McEwan is there, talking to the major players.

The Bjorn Baker stable have announced two-time Group One winning mare Stefi Magnetica has been retired.

With the Sandown opener pushed back due to storms in the area, once racing eventually commenced, the Ben, Will and JD Hayes trained Shamus Award 2yo colt Hydrobomb produced the goods with a drop back in class, breaking his maiden in the Slade Bloodstock silks.

The catalogue for May’s Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale continues to strengthen with the addition of elite Group One winner Startantes, offered in foal to Australia’s nine-time Group One-winning Champion, Anamoe.

Second on debut behind Snitzel’s $2.8m yearling The Next Episode, 2yo Too Darn Hot (GB) colt Under Focus clearly took plenty of improvement from that effort, breaking his maiden over 1100m on the Kensington track for Yulong at just his second start.

Trainer Robbie Patterson is confident unbeaten colt Ronaldo will make his presence felt in the Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday irrespective of track conditions, with rain forecast later in the week.

With two trials under her belt, winning her most recent outing, the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained 2yo filly Reachin’ Out was super impressive on debut on the Kensington track, with the Stay Inside half-sister to Zousain winning by just under four lengths on Wednesday.

After withdrawals there will be 14 yearlings by Home Affairs offered at Inglis Easter on Sunday and Monday, so let’s take a look at them!

You often listen to a studmaster make comment on their draft that ‘there is something for everyone’ and in the case of Olly Tait at Twin Hills Stud that would be correct given the farm will present 10 yearlings at Inglis Easter and all are by very different sires.

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

The curtain has been drawn on the racing career of multiple Group One winner Grail Seeker, with the daughter of Iffraaj to join the broodmare band at Yulong following her private sale.

Widden Stud came away from Inglis Easter last year as the leading vendor by average after selling 18 yearlings at an astonishing average of $734,167 and while it’s a tough act to follow, Antony Thompson and his team believe buyers will be impressed with the class of 2026.

The Golden Slipper has come and gone but there are still three more G1 races for 2YO’s to come this season in Australia and two of them will be in Sydney next month, so it pays to keep a good eye on what is going on at the trials.

Yarraman Park are proud to present a select draft of 15 at Inglis Easter and nine are by the farm’s champion sire I Am Invincible and his top-class son Hellbent, fresh from siring Invincible Ibis to win the prestigious Hong Kong Derby (2000m) on Sunday.

Golden Slipper in the rear vision now, but how good was that? A middle market colt with no stallion syndicates on board takes the prize over the best filly of her generation with the fairytale gelding in third – you can’t make this stuff up!

Group 1 JJ Atkins Stakes winner Cool Archie has been secured for stud duties by Newhaven Park and will commence his stallion career at his birthplace later this year.

Here is the full list of 15 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

G1 winner Benedetta (Hellbent) – the most accomplished mare to be offered at public auction in the Southern Hemisphere this year – will be the star attraction at this year’s Inglis Chairman’s Sale.

The value to be had from online buying was underlined yet again at Matamata on Sunday by debut winner Mayfair Street.

Kilgravin Lodge has a strong history of success selling out of New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale, and they added to their honour roll on Sunday when their 2023 graduate Invincible Ibis took out the $5.7 million Hong Kong Derby (2000m) at Sha Tin for trainer Mark Newnham.

Simon and Katrina Alexander have plenty of time for Cambridge Stud filly Rioja, and she vindicated their early assessment with an eye-catching maiden victory at Matamata on Sunday.

It’s been hard to miss the extraordinary run of autumn success for horses carrying the Vinery Stud V brand and the next generation of stars from this elite Hunter Vallery nursery are on show this week ahead of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale.

Australians are enamoured with the progeny of Too Darn Hot (GB) and a three year-old by the Darley shuttler kept his unbeaten record intact when making it three wins on the trot at Sha Tin in Sunday.

Hellbent is enjoying a career best season and he put the icing on the cake at Sha Tin on Sunday when his classy four year-old Invincible Ibis scored a stylish victory in the  HK$26 million BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) for the Mark Newnham stable.

Here is the full list of 68 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Vinrock, one of the most exciting colts of his generation, has been retired from racing and will commence stud duties at Yulong Stud in the 2026 breeding season.

When Guest House headed to the Magic Millions Yearling Sale in the Newgate Farm draft in 2025, he was a nice colt, but certainly nothing special, a solid middle of the road fellow, but in winning the Golden Slipper he’s shot to the top of the class, so let’s take a closer look at what the stallion syndicates failed to see.

Monday night, don’t miss Caroline Searcy’s beautifully presented early look at select drafts set to go under the hammer at the world leading 2026 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.

Golden Slipper day 2026 was one to be savoured - and treasured -  for Alwyn Park principal John Andrew and the famous WA nursery's longtime sire in residence -  Encosta De Lago son Maschino.

With a pedigree that would look right at home in any Golden Slipper, Snitzel filly Aurum Belle produced a blistering win in the Listed Supremacy Stakes (1000m) on one of Australia's greatest racedays - just hours before the Arrowfield legend's 2025 Golden Slipper winning daughter Marhoona notched up her second G1 in The Galaxy.

Ohope Wins conquered all before her in New Zealand this season and she is looking to extend her reign in Australia when she heads to Rosehill on Saturday to contest the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m).

Leading jockey James McDonald had the same dream many Kiwis have as a kid, to be an All Black, and while his diminutive size quickly put paid to that idea, on Saturday he got to experience something very similar.

On a glittering 10 race card served up to racing fans at Rosehill on Saturday, Arrowfield sires were the dominating force delivering five of the 10 winners and four were G1 winners.

Here is the full list of 118 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Veteran Vinery sire Casino Prince is one of the great quiet achievers and he featured at Caulfield on Saturday when progressive three year-old Roulette King captured the Group II MRC Alister Clark Stakes (2000m).

Having raced in G1 company in seven of her last eight starts, Matt Laurie’s 4yo Alabama Express mare Treasurethe Moment appreciated the drop in class at Caulfield on Saturday, winning the $300,000 G2 MVRC Sunline Stakes (1600m) with ease.

The connections of Zousain mare Catch the Glory were bitterly disappointed last year when the speedy chestnut won the $300,000 The Warra at the Kembla standalone meeting, which was advertised as a G3 race, but not recognized internationally as such, however they made amends in the best way possible at Rosehill on Saturday.

Having captured her first elite level victory at this meeting 12 months prior when winning the G1 ATC Golden Slipper (1200m), Michael Freedman’s Snitzel filly Marhoona has continued her strong affiliation with Rosehill track, winning the $1m G1 ATC Galaxy (1100m) on Saturday.

The $200,000 Group III MRC Don Casboult Classic (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday produced another Black Type win for talented Blue Point (IRE) filly Point Barrow.

On a champagne day of racing at Rosehill on Saturday, the biggest prize on offer was the $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper (1200m) with victory going to Victorian raider Guest House, who comes from the first crop of foals by Coolmore’s outstanding young sire Home Affairs.

Simply in outstanding form, winning his past six starts, Manhattan Rain gelding Jigsaw added Saturday’s $1m G1 MVRC William Reid Stakes (1200m) to his win in the G1 Railway Stakes (1200m) in New Zealand two starts back.

As the second leg of a G1 race-to-race double for The Autumn Sun at Rosehill on Saturday, Chris Waller’s glamour mare Autumn Glow remained unbeaten, winning the $1m G1 ATC George Ryder Stakes (1500m) in emphatic fashion to go eleven from eleven.

History was achieved at Rosehill on Saturday as Chirs Waller’s 3yo colt Autumn Boy (The Autumn Sun) recorded his second elite level victory, winning the G1 ATC Rosehill Guineas (2000m), in the process giving Champion jockey James McDonald his 130th G1 success!

After a season of near-misses against elite opposition, New Zealand-bred mare Aeliana broke through for a richly deserved second Group One success in Saturday’s A$1 million Ranvet Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill.