Ruakaka trainer Kenny Rae enjoyed a red-letter day at Riccarton on Saturday as two of his three-horse team that he had brought south from his far north base took out feature events.

Never further back than fourth in seven previous starts, talented Pride of Dubai filly Bella Nipotina picked the right day to cast off maiden status scoring a dominant victory in the Group III MRC Quezette Stakes (1100m)at Caulfield on Saturday.

Co-bred and sold by Widden Stud, progressive Sebring colt Our Playboy stamped himself as a bright spring prospect when powering home to win the Group III MRC Vain Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Kisukano must have been close to wearing out her welcome with the starter before the running of Saturday’s Tab Long May We Play Hcp (1200m) at Eagle Farm, however consenting to take her place in the barriers proved the only worry for her supporters.

Bred and retained to race by Bert Vieira, Champion 3YO Sprinter Trapeze Artist is now moving on with the next phase of his career with the arrival of his first foals and it only seems fitting one of the first to be born was bred by Mr Vieira.

Best known as the sire of 2016 European Champion 3YO Almanzor, Wootton Bassett has been purchased by Coolmore from Haras d’Etreham.

There were some very happy owner breeders after the first race at Geelong on Friday which was won in style by promising Night of Thunder (IRE) filly Norbu.

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

Gytrash - the giant killer of Australian sprinting – will represent Inglis in this year’s running of The TAB Everest.

The market suggested that the Mike Moroney-trained Bermadez would be hard to beat when making a belated career debut over 1250 metres at Geelong on Friday and he didn’t disappoint.

Two of New Zealand’s leading thoroughbred nurseries will be keeping close tabs on Randwick on Saturday where trainer John O’Shea will kick-off the spring preparations of their talented mares.

Glamour colts Farnan and Prague took centre stage at the Randwick trials this morning winning two of the three heats for Group and Listed horses.

Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (USA) posted his tenth stakes-winner overnight when exciting three year-old filly Pista stormed to victory in the Listed Vinnie Roe Stakes (1m6f) at Leopardstown.

Here is the full list of 31 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

As a half-brother to Group I winner and $5.8 million earner Pierata, there has always been a lot of interest in Rubick colt Jet Propulsion who opened his account at Newcastle on Thursday.

Exciting young sires Pride of Dubai and Vancouver are on the board for the new season producing smart winners at the Sale meeting on Friday.

If you’ve been finding the barrier trials in Sydney more interesting than the racing of late, fear not, there is a whiff of spring in the air with three very interesting stakes races for the new season three-year-olds on Saturday.

Miss Finland was not the only champion mare to produce a winner on Thursday with Makbye Diva also getting in on the act with impressive Sale winner Sublime Diva.

Arrowfield Stud’s blueblooded Deep Impact colt from champion filly Miss Finland made a winning debut at Newcastle on Thursday.

Peter Setchell is having a grand old time racing handy mare Bothered in Australia.

A new equine assisted therapy program on the Mornington Peninsula is looking to address issues for humans and horses and has the support of some of Victoria’s leading trainers.

Here is the full list of 42 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An Exceed And Excel colt from American mare Vicennalia (More Than Ready) has tonight realised a record price for an online weanling auction of $170,000.

A homebred for South African breeder Sabine Plattner that was foaled in Australia, Anmer Hall broke the ice when scoring at Greyville in South Africa on Wednesday.

Randwick Bloodstock currently has a BIG problem .

With three runners in the opening race at Warwick Farm on Wednesday carrying Star Thoroughbreds colours there was a lot of purple and white action coming to the home turn, but at the winning post it was race fit I Am Invincible filly Joviality taking the prize.

Kevin Pratt’s death on Wednesday morning has left behind a racing legacy which mushroomed within just nine years to include a major investment.

Talented Rubick filly Peggy Selene was a Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when breaking her maiden at Ballarat in June and confirmed her potential with a stylish win at Sandown on Wednesday.

Australian bred Golden Slipper winner Vancouver is making his mark with his first crop in North America posting his fourth winner on Monday at Colonial Downs.

Te Akau trainer Jamie Richards had a strong contingent at the Taupo trials on Wednesday and he came away pleased with how his team performed.

A solid showing in his 1100m trial at Taupo on Wednesday has Catalyst’s connections excited ahead of his Sydney spring campaign.

Keeneland announced today that 4,272 yearlings have been cataloged for the 77th annual Keeneland September Yearling Sale to be held over 12 sessions from Sept. 13-25. Globally recognized as the Thoroughbred industry’s most important sale, the auction will offer online bidding and expanded phone bidding for those buyers participating remotely.

Travel restrictions arising from pandemic may be limiting your opportunities to take advantage of stallion parades in coming weeks, so Breednet are bringing them to you virtually through whatever device you most use, phone, desktop or ipad.

At this time of year when a three year-old Dundeel colt wins on debut we like to know a bit more.

Here is the full list of 24 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

There was an echoed sigh of relief in Waikato today with a handful of trainers receiving travel exemptions for their staff to fly to Australia.

The Randwick trials this morning were held on the polytrack and marked the spring return of dual Group I winning colt King’s Legacy, as well as the first appearance of the full brother to Champion 3YO and now leading young sire Brazen Beau.

Brighthill Farm stallion Eminent has welcomed his first foal with the birth of a colt out of High Chaparral mare Rose Meer at Cambridge Stud on Saturday.

The inaugural National Breeding Awards, to be held in Cambridge later this month, will be sponsored by Hamilton based Ebbett Volkswagen as part of a new partnership agreement with the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

Breeze Up dates for New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale of Two-Year-Olds have been adjusted and will now take place on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 October at Te Rapa Racecourse, with all prospective buyers welcome to attend. 

Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman will roll out some of their highly regarded unraced three-year-olds as well as a few proven stars at Taupo on Wednesday, while they wait to finalise plans for an Australian-bound contingent.

Thoroughbred Breeders Australia have developed a set of protocols to assist breeders as they plan for the coming months. 

A total of 1614 new season two-year-olds have been nominated for next year’s $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.

Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The TSHA were excited to be sponsoring classes again at the Equestrian Gold Coast Club Winter Show Jump Festival on Sunday 9th August.

NZ Thoroughbred Racing will be conducting regional roadshows around the country as the industry adapts to the changes brought about by the Racing Industry Act 2020.

A Former WA Turf Club promotions officer Marjorie Charleson, a Perth racing trailblazer, died on Saturday aged 88.

Dual Group One winner Hello Youmzain just came up short of adding a third elite-level victory to his burgeoning CV when finishing runner-up to Space Blues in Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest (1300m) at Deauville over the weekend.

The 1100m maiden at Pakenham on Monday was notable for including the offspring of champion mares Black Caviar and Miss Andretti in the field, but at the winning post neither of those three year-olds were victorious.

Just 10 days into a new season Larneuk Stud’s value sires Cluster and O’Lonhro are on the board with their first winners of 2020/2021.

Sporting a very familiar set of silks in an unfamiliar setting, the John Messara and Arno Curty-owned Skyward chalked up the first victory for his new owners in Sunday’s Group III Prix de Reux, run over 2,500 metres at Deauville.

The familiar Yulong colours were carried to victory overnight in Ireland with exciting two year-old Lope de Vega colt Lucky Vega taking out the Group I Phoenix Stakes (6f) at The Curragh.

Godolphin were expected to win the Group I Prix Maurice de Gheest (1300m) at Deauville in France overnight with the favourite Earthlight, but it was his stablemate Space Blues that got the job done beating Cambridge Stud’s Hello Youmzain.

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Here is the full list of 48 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

It was a big weekend in Japan for fans of Horse Of The Year Maurice (JPN) with three of his daughters making winning career debuts.

The second Northern Hemisphere crop of Triple Crown hero American Pharoah are up and running with two smart winners in the past two days in North America and a Group place-getter in Ireland.

Scheduled to go under the hammer at the 2017 Magic Millions national Broodmare Sale, the Commands mare Clothing was offered a last minute reprieve by Godolphin when her daughter Raiment (Street Cry) won the Group III Birthday Card Stakes followed by a defeat of  Invincibella in the Group III James Carr Stakes.

The Breednet Foal Gallery has been going for a long time and when exciting colt Anders won the Listed ATC Rosebud Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday there was something in his pedigree that immediately made a few bells ring in my head.

The reigning Champion Australian First Season Sire, Pride of Dubai posted his first Northern Hemisphere stakes-winner overnight in the UK with a strong finishing victory in the Group III Sweet Solera Stakes (7f)  at Newmarket for Star of Emaraaty.

Here is the full list of 115 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An imported son of Starspangledbanner, Godolphin’s Home Of The Brave (IRE) broke through the $1 million barrier in earnings with a fighting win in Saturday’s Group III Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington.

Seven-year-old gelding Eduardo kept his record at a perfect two for two since joining the stables of Joe Pride when leading at every call in Saturday’s Group II Iron Jack Missile Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.

With Aquis Farm’s champion Not A Single Doubt colt Farnan waiting in the wings, they have a more than able deputy in another son of Not A Single Doubt, the glorious chestnut Anders who turned a competitive looking Listed The Rosebud at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday into a walk in the park.

Progressive Rubick filly Café Rizu relished a step up in distance at Flemington on Saturday to score a determined victory.

The Australian Bloodstock team have had a lot of fun with talented galloper Wandabaa, the four year-old daughter of Wandjina winning her first start of the new season at Rosehill on Saturday.

The David Payne-trained filly Montefilia had the honour of being Kermadec’s first winner at two last season and she backed that up by being his first winner at three at Rosehill on Saturday encouraging her trainer to consider a path to the Victoria Oaks.

A lightly raced filly by European sire sensation Kingman that wins in the Yulong colours was always going to be our ‘One to Watch’ on Friday.

Here is the full list of 37 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A quick overview of today's results covering maiden winners, first season sire placegetters, second season sire winners and highest priced winners.

On pedigree, this unraced three year-old colt jumped straight off the page at the Warwick Farm trials on Friday morning and over the last 100 metres he also jumped out of the ground to win with authority, while a favourite of mine has returned in style.

A catalogue bursting with quality has opened for bidding this afternoon, with the Inglis Digital August (Early) Online Sale not only including the Great Southern Sale weanlings (now officially yearlings) but highly prized fillies and mares, including She Will Reign’s half sister Rosina Kojonup.

Two of Australia’s principal racing brands, Inglis and Tabcorp, have extended their long-standing relationship by a further three years.

The business of making champion stallions is a lucrative one and Australia is undoubtedly the best place in the world to find bang for buck in terms of sourcing quality colts that are the raw material from which countless millions are made.

It was business as usual for Team Coolmore overnight with two new Group winning juveniles at Leopardstown, one sired by Galileo and the other from one of this daughters.

Royal by name, regally bred - Prince Of Caviar. - A horse whose sire was high class, a horse whose dam does not really need introduction, but we will talk about her anyway!

The High Chaparral (IRE) sireline is rapidly emerging as one of the most progressive in the country with his champion son So You Think set to follow in his footsteps through his exciting Group I winning son D’Argento.

Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A quick overview of today's results covering maiden winners, first season sire placegetters, second season sire winners and highest priced winners.

Choisir’s historic Royal Ascot double back in 2003 would still rank highly on many racing fan’s list of most exciting moments in the sport.

Kooringal Stud have Tweeted the arrival of the first foal for their dual Group I winning More Than Ready (USA) stallion Prized Icon.

Australia’s biggest showcase for foals is now up and running for the new season with a small selection already on board for what is one of the most popular pages on our website.

The flag is certainly being flown high by exciting jumper Ablaze for his White Robe Lodge sire and the spinoff is being felt at the leading South Island stud.

Grade 1 winner and millionaire Concrete Rose will be offered as a racing or broodmare prospect during the premier Book 1 of this year’s Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, which begins Monday, Nov. 9, and follows the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland on Nov. 6-7.

The Listed ATC Rosebud Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill this Saturday showcases some talented types gearing up for spring with a horse we featured from the trials earlier this week accepting for the race.

Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

A quick overview of today's results covering maiden winners, first season sire placegetters, second season sire winners and highest priced winners.

Four year-old Sebring mare Emeralds contested some of the best three year-old fillies races last season and was never beaten far, so always looked a good thing in a Benchmark 72 race at Canterbury on a Wednesday.

The 2020 renewal of the Inglis Ready2Race Sale is certain to be the strongest yet – in terms of quality of both horses and vendors.

Former Kiwi three-year-old Wertheimer didn’t take long to make his presence felt across the Tasman.

Group One winner Wyndspelle will be on parade at the Hawera racecourse on Saturday ahead of his debut season at stud.

Bennelong Bloodstock have bred some nice horses including Group II winner Jessy Belle, whose three year-old half-brother Tectonicus carried their colours to victory at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Shaune Ritchie was beaming after Jennifer Eccles’ 1050m trial at Ruakaka on Tuesday.

A son of Wootton Bassett out of the Australian-bred, Manhattan Rain mare, The Hunt Is On, Midlife Crisis was the talk of Deauville on Tuesday when he bettered a field of bluebloods by a widening five lengths over 7-furlongs at his career debut.

Arrowfield Stud shuttler Shalaa (IRE) was making news this week when siring the top lot at the Magic Millions National Yearling Sale and featured overnight with a new winner in Cream of the Crop.

A remarkable 2020 Magic Millions National Sale came to a close on the Gold Coast today with progeny of Lonhro starring across the day.

Earlier this week we ran a story highlighting those special stallions that consistently deliver two year-old winners and while we’re all awake to Snitzel, I Am Invincible, Not a Single Doubt and Exceed and Excel, there is another name that really should be added to that list.

With just two more days until he arrives on farm, Haunui’s exciting young sire BELARDO (IRE) (Lope De Vega) is making his presence felt in both hemispheres.

Group One winner Sentimental Miss will head across the Tasman this spring to try and add to her burgeoning CV.

With no new season juveniles for a while yet our look at the Rosehill trials this morning will focus on a couple of Golden Rose nominated three year old colts that looked to have come back in great shape for Team Hawkes.