Friday Jan 9
Newhaven Park is a family owned and run farm in the south west of NSW in the rolling hills of Boorowa and for generations the Kelly family have been producing champions and the current superstar to carry the RK brand might one day be the best of them all - Autumn Glow.
Friday Jan 9
It turns out Anamoe has a lot of fans out there and this series of stories have been popular with the audence and here is the last of them and our writer Kat Webster has picked her two favourite MM yearlings by Anamoe, so who are they?
Friday Jan 9
With the $1m TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) and $1.5m TAB Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m) now less than 20 days away, the likely line-ups for the blockbuster Ellerslie races are beginning to take shape.
Friday Jan 9
After 19 years of valued service, Mark Lock has resigned from his position at NZB Insurance. We are pleased to note that Jane McAlpine has stepped up to assume the role of Insurance Manager. As many of you have already met Jane, you will know she is well versed in bloodstock insurance and understands the wider racing and equestrian community needs.
Thursday Jan 8
Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday Jan 8
Inspections have been going for a couple of days at the Magic Millions on the Gold Coast and Maree McEwan has been straight into her stride, speaking to some of the major players.
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Thursday Jan 8
With six Book 1 yearlings and a further 14 catalogued in Book 2, Bowness Stud’s James and Jocelyn Daly head to this year’s Magic Millions yearling sale full of confidence in the draft which is headlined by eight yearlings from resident sire and G1 Rosehill Guineas winner D’Argento, the best performed son of So You Think at stud.
Thursday Jan 8
Regally-bred gelding Sarti has a long way to go to live up to his breeding, but he made the perfect start to his career when winning impressively on debut at Tauranga on Thursday.
Thursday Jan 8
A full sister to Hong Kong Horse of the Year and triple G1 winner Werther, Toffee Tongue had plenty of ability too, winning the 2020 SAJC Schweppes Oaks and her first foal scored a debut win at Sale on Thursday.
Thursday Jan 8
Leading Queensland nursery Eureka Stud will be kept busy at Magic Millions with a big draft of 27 yearlings and 10 are by the farm’s champion sire Spirit of Boom, who runs at an impressive 73% winners to runners with 30 stakes-winners on his tally.
Thursday Jan 8
A champion colt that competes at the top of his game for three seasons winning G1 races at two, three and four acquires a legion of fans along the way, so this week we are paying tribute to Anamoe, ahead of his first yearlings being sold next week at Magic Millions.
Thursday Jan 8
A champion colt that competes at the top of his game for three seasons winning G1 races at two, three and four acquires a legion of fans along the way, so this week we are paying tribute to Anamoe, ahead of his first yearlings being sold next week at Magic Millions.
Wednesday Jan 7
Stakes performed Savabeel mare Twilight Tale topped the Magic Millions Digital Sale (2-7 Jan) today when selling to New Zealand interests for $115,000. 
Wednesday Jan 7
Here is the full list of 38 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday Jan 7
Highlighted as a ‘One To Watch’ after breaking his maiden back in July, Matt Hoysted’s 4yo Yes Yes Yes gelding Yoyo Yeeyz has continued on with his winning ways, adding a further two wins from as many starts.
Wednesday Jan 7
The first two races at Warwick Farm on Wednesday were both won by three year-old fillies, whose dams were household names.
Wednesday Jan 7
Bloodstock Auction rounded out 2025 on a positive note with its final sale on 23rd of December, delivering strong clearance for racehorses. Highlighting the platform’s ability to uncover genuine racing and commercial upside at accessible price points.
Wednesday Jan 7
A champion colt that competes at the top of his game for three seasons winning G1 races at two, three and four acquires a legion of fans along the way, so this week we are paying tribute to Anamoe, ahead of his first yearlings being sold next week at Magic Millions.
Wednesday Jan 7
With the release this week of nominations for the Gr.1 Trackside NZ Derby, the focus intensifies for stamina signs amongst the three-year-old crop ahead of the March 7 Ellerslie classic and one of these promising up and comers claims Melbourne Cup winner Ethereal as his third dam.
Wednesday Jan 7
Widden are the second largest vendor at Magic Millions this year and if you are looking to get a slice of the MM incentive race action no farm has produced more winners of these rich races that are contested right around the country.
Wednesday Jan 7
Very few stallions can get you a Group I winner at 1200m or 3200m, but this one can.
Wednesday Jan 7
Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State might be the one that got away from Newgate Farm with the Group I winning son Snitzel currently sitting on top of the Australian First Season Sires List.
Tuesday Jan 6
Here is the full list of 35 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday Jan 6
The $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race at the Gold Coast on Saturday will be watched very closely by the team at Yarraman Park with their homebred I Am Invincible filly Sylph seeking to break her maiden in the lucrative feature, while Hellbent is the sire of one of her archrivals Savvy Hallie.
Tuesday Jan 6
The barriers and final field are out for the $3million Magic Millions Sunlight slot race to be run this Saturday at the Gold Coast over 1100m.
Tuesday Jan 6
Lyndhurst Stud Farm is home to one of Queensland’s favourite sons Better Than Ready and their Magic Millions draft of 12 features three by the reigning Champion Queensland Sire.
Tuesday Jan 6
Well-related Highview graduate Kinnaird has quickly won his way to the top of the market for New Zealand’s richest two-year-old contest.
Tuesday Jan 6
With a six-week gap between two of summer’s major weight-for-age middle-distance features, trainers of leading candidates have taken a variety of approaches to their preparations.
Tuesday Jan 6
The South Island has made a massive contribution to the 100-year history of New Zealand’s National Yearling Sale, dating right back to the Timaru-bred champion Phar Lap (NZ) (Night Raid) and his trip through the Trentham sale ring in 1928.
Monday Jan 5
The Ciaron Maher trained Supido colt Unit Five was scratched from a Sydney barrier trial last week as he continues his preparation for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 17 and reappeared at the Gold Coast on Monday morning.
Monday Jan 5
Here is the full list of 14 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday Jan 5
Torryburn Stud’s Cornish family are renowned for producing racehorses of the highest calibre, highlighted by Voyage Bubble, who in the last 12 months has not only added a second G1 Hong Kong Mile to his record, but also created history by winning the Hong Kong Triple Crown, taking his overall record to 12 wins, six at G1 level and more than HK$128m in earnings.
Monday Jan 5
There were some big movers and shakers from last weekend’s racing as we head towards Magic Millions day on January 17 with Farnan gelding Ninja taking a stranglehold on the 3YO Guineas, while Sword of State colt Warwoven is favourite for the 2YO Classic.
Monday Jan 5
One of the most popular foaling stories on Breednet back in the spring of 2024 revolved around the full brother to dual Group I winner Stefi Magnetica and while the beginning of his life was marred by tragedy, it’s been blue sky and a smooth journey ever since for the Magic Millions bound colt.
Monday Jan 5
Chris Rutten has a knack for selecting Karaka Millions 2YO contenders, and he looks to have struck again, this time with the Roydon Bergerson-trained Sweetest Thing.
Monday Jan 5
Waikato Stud-bred filly La Dorada continues to add further honours to her richly decorated family.
Monday Jan 5
The 2026 NZB National Yearling Sales (January 25-29) offers buyers the cream of the New Zealand crop and in the weeks leading up to the sale we’ll go looking for pedigrees of interest for a myriad of reasons.
Monday Jan 5
The undulating terrain at Cootamundra in the south west of NSW is prime horse country with the Twin Hills Stud nursery producing some outstanding gallopers in 2025 and they offer a diverse draft of 16 for Magic Millions including five by Blue Diamond winner Daumier.
Monday Jan 5
Former Randwick trainer Mark Newnham extended his lead at the top of the Hong Kong trainers’ championship at sha tin on Sunday when Supreme Sea made a winning debut over 1200m.
Monday Jan 5
After four days of racing in 2026, Zoustar already has two stakes-winners on the board with his Northern Hemisphere bred son Stellar Express (FR) taking out the Group III Bauhinia Sprint Trophy (1000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday.
Monday Jan 5
Here is the full list of 55 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Sunday Jan 4
Warwoven was not the only 2YO winner for Sword of State on Saturday and it will now be an anxious few weeks for the connections of State The Obvious as they wait to see if their filly makes the cut for the $1 million TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 24.
Sunday Jan 4
The Listed Wellesley Stakes winner Lassified (Stay Inside) is the ninth individual Stakes-winning Inglis graduate across Australasia over the festive period.
Sunday Jan 4
Vinery Stud’s Ole Kirk looks sure to be a long term resident at the pointy end with early success and big books coming, so let’s have a look at what’s on offer at Magic Millions this year.
Sunday Jan 4
The last few days of racing has seen plenty of black type updates including three new stakes winners into pedigrees and another four new stakes placed.
Sunday Jan 4
With Bowness Stud’s draft of 20 yearlings departing the farm on Sunday night to head north, the Randwick victory of Matt Smith’s Placid Pearl shines a spotlight on the eight yearlings they’re offering by their resident G1-winning So You Think stallion D’Argento.
Sunday Jan 4
Progressive gelding Cool Jakey has earned himself a trip to Magic Millions Day at the Gold Coast in two weeks following a stylish victory at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday Jan 3
Giving trainer Lucy Yeomans her first stakes winner as a trainer in her own right, 4yo Too Darn Hot mare Jenni The Fox appreciated the drop back top 1200m, claiming the $200,000 Listed Black Pearl Stakes at Geelong’s Saturday meeting.
Saturday Jan 3
Here is the full list of 86 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Saturday Jan 3
Having finished second and fourth at her last two starts at black type level behind Midnight In Tokyo, the Chris and Corey Munce-trained Lonhro’s Queen got the better of that mare on Saturday, recording his first black type victory when taking out the $200,000 Listed BRC Nudgee Stakes (1200m).
Saturday Jan 3
Golden Slipper winning sire Farnan has come to the Magic Millions Carnival in red hot form with exciting 2YO Knightsbridge winning at Randwick on Saturday and then at Eagle Farm his 3YO gelding Ninja obliterated the opposition when strolling home along in the Group III BRC Vo Rogue Plate (1300m).
Saturday Jan 3
Te Rapa visitor First Five delivered on his enormous potential when he gave trainer David Greene his first Group One success when taking out the Gr.1 TAB Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham.
Saturday Jan 3
All eyes and money were on Argo prior to the Gr.2 Levin Track Supporters Levin Classic (1400m), with the world’s leading jockey James McDonald aboard the gelding, but it was La Dorada who scored top honours when returning to her brilliant best in the Trentham feature on Saturday.
Saturday Jan 3
The rollercoaster ride of racing has been playing out for popular trainer Bjorn Baker in recent weeks with his glamour colt Paradoxium ruled out of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic due to illness, but stepping up to fill the void has been Sword of State colt Warwoven.
Saturday Jan 3
Recording a two length debut victory at Morphettville in early December, Tony and Calvin McEvoy’s 2yo Tagaloa filly Moana Spirit continued on her winning ways, scoring on Saturday in the $150,000 Geelong Diamond (1000m) for Yulong, and will now be aimed towards the G1 MRC Blue Diamond Stakes.
Saturday Jan 3
Rider Matt Cameron’s love affair with one of the feature mile races at Trentham each year came to the fore once again when he guided consistent performer Khanshe to a stunning victory in the Gr.3 Ron Stanley Memorial Phar Lap Trophy (1600m) on Saturday.
Saturday Jan 3
Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside posted his second stakes-winner on Saturday when speedy filly Lassified led all the way to win the Listed JR & N Berkett Wellesley Stakes (1100m) at Trentham in New Zealand.
Saturday Jan 3
Robbie Patterson is fizzing to get to the Gr.3 NZ Campus Of Innovation & Sport Wellington Cup (3200m) with his Group One winner One Bold Cat later this month.
Saturday Jan 3
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable have strengthened their hand for the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic with expensive Farnan colt Knightsbridge putting himself into the picture following an impressive win at Randwick on Saturday.
Saturday Jan 3
There are 15 first season sires represented at Magic Millions 2026 and if you want to have a quick comparison of their yearling images check out our First Season Gallery page.
Friday Jan 2
A great mix of lots from Group winners to impeccably bred unraced prospects and broodmares with foals at foot feature in the latest Magic Millions Digital Sale (2-7 Jan) with the catalogue online and bidding open.
Friday Jan 2
When Darley announced Too Darn Hot (GB) would return to Australia last spring at a fee of $275,000, it was a fee that demanded a serious mare for a serious stallion and according to Australian Studbook 108 mares took up the challenge, so who are they?
Friday Jan 2
Here is the full list of 54 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Friday Jan 2
Talented four year old speed mare Madhi Girl became the sixth stakes winner for her sire Winning Rupert when she burned the turf to win the Listed Summer Scorcher 1000m at Ascot on New Year's Day.
Friday Jan 2
The Magic Millions 2YO Classic is often an open affair bringing together an elite group of precocious and speedy juveniles to do battle, but in 2024 it was a one horse race.
Friday Jan 2
There were four heats won by juveniles at Rosehill on Friday morning and the winners included Group III ATC Breeders Plate winner Incognito, who has a half-sister headed to MM 2026.
Friday Jan 2
Trainers Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson are hoping Towering Vision’s win in the Eagle Technology 1600 at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day is a good omen as they look towards the Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) in March with the progressive three-year-old.
Friday Jan 2
A mare bought for just $22,500 from Book 2 of Karaka 2022 took her career earnings past A$400,000 with her second black-type success in the A$200,000 Group Three Mrs Mac’s La Trice Classic (1800m) at Ascot on New Year’s Day.
Friday Jan 2
Queensland based Snitzel stallion Dracarys sired his second stakes-winner on New Year’s Day when talented gelding Storm Rider won the Group III Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1400m) at Sha Tin.
Friday Jan 2
If you love racing, there are few better ways to kick off a New Year than to be amidst a big and happy Ascot crowd on a summery Perth afternoon, watching the field go down to the start for The Cup!.
Friday Jan 2
Here is the full list of 88 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Thursday Jan 1
While he may forever race in the shadow of his half-brother and $12.8m earner Private Eye, the Joe Pride trained Shalaa gelding King’s Secret stepped up to black type racing for the first time in his career, winning the Listed Canterbury Sprint (1200m) on New Year’s day.
Thursday Jan 1
A narrow third in the G3 Quezette Stakes in August, the Mark and Levi Kavanagh-trained Peltzer filly Thanks Gorgeous was a class above her rivals at Mornington on New Year’s Day, pulling clear to break her maiden in impressive fashion.
Thursday Jan 1
The leading sire by worldwide winners in 2025, Widden Stud’s flagship sire Zoustar kicked off on New Year’s Day with a brand new stakes-winner when Queen Zou captured the Group II Rich Hill Mile (1600m) at Ellerslie and her full sister is headed to Inglis Premier.
Thursday Jan 1
Closely related to NZ Horse of the Year Jimmy Choux, promising staying filly Ohope Wins chose the best possible moment to break her maiden status when she powered home to take out the Gr.2 Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie.
Thursday Jan 1
It may not have been on the horse she crossed the Tasman for, but premiership-winning Queensland hoop Angela Jones got her Group victory at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.
Thursday Jan 1
Home Affairs posted his first stakes-winner on New Year's Day and for good measure made it a quinella with his two strapping bay youngsters Kinnaird and Harvey Wallbanger fighting out the finish of the Group II Skycity Eclipse Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie in New Zealand.
Thursday Jan 1
Yarraman-bred and -raced filly Sylph will carry the green and white of Yulong in the $3 million Magic Millions Sunlight on Saturday, 10 January.
Thursday Jan 1
It’s the first day of a brand new year and the first season sires list looks like this with Home Affairs on top from a pair of Extreme Choice sons in Extreme Warrior and Stay Inside, but what’s in the pipeline in terms of unraced talent for this cohort of sires?
Thursday Jan 1
Here is the full list of 62 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Wednesday Dec 31
The Listed VRC Bagot Handicap (2800m) at Flemington on New Year’s Eve was the last stakes race in Australia for 2025 and the cream rose to the top with race favourite Future History (GB) carrying 60kg to a popular victory.
Wednesday Dec 31
Australia’s reigning champion sire Zoustar is renowned for the racetrack exploits of his progeny and also the high prices they command in the sale ring, but not all of them are expensive and Bennett Racing found value when they bid just $150,000 to secure one of his colts from Widden Stud at Magic Millions in 2021.
Wednesday Dec 31
Te Akau Racing will be tackling plenty of feature targets over the coming days, but one of their more interesting runners will appear on the undercard at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.
Wednesday Dec 31
Stephen Marsh can make a strong case for each of his top-flight contenders at Trentham on Saturday.
Wednesday Dec 31
Stakes racing aplenty over the next two days as we celebrate the end of 2025 and move forwards into 2026 with Black Type racing at Flemington, Canterbury, Ascot, Ellerslie and Sha Tin over the next two days.
Tuesday Dec 30
A foal that was in the running for Breednet Favourite Foal of 2009 and is the one and only horse in Australia by infamous Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem has spawned a family that is becoming commercial gold.
Tuesday Dec 30
Here is the full list of 36 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Tuesday Dec 30
A Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when winning on debut at Warwick Farm on December 3, Zoustar gelding Ice Kool confirmed his potential winning at Randwick last Saturday and his trainer David Pfieffer now has eyes on the Gold Coast.
Tuesday Dec 30
There were three heats for juveniles at the Randwick trials on Tuesday morning and while the Ciaron Maher trained Magic Millions contender Unit Five was a scratching there were still some interesting winners including the half-brother to Tempted and a million dollar filly by Home Affairs.
Tuesday Dec 30
The evolution of Yulong as an elite global breeding operation has been a fascinating watch for racing and bloodstock fans around the world and the beginning of a new chapter is set to play out at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale in January with the launch of the first yearlings by their exciting young sire Diatonic (Jpn).
Tuesday Dec 30
With the Group One New Zealand Oaks (2400m) moving five weeks earlier to February this year, summer races over 2000 metres have taken on greater importance in the NZB Filly of the Year Series – starting with the $270,000 Group Two Sir Patrick Hogan Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day.
Tuesday Dec 30
Last Friday was a bittersweet day for White Robe Lodge.
Tuesday Dec 30
The 2026 NZB National Yearling Sales (January 25-29) offers buyers the cream of the New Zealand crop and in the weeks leading up to the sale we’ll go looking for pedigrees of interest for a myriad of reasons.
Monday Dec 29
Here is the full list of 21 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Monday Dec 29
La Crique, arguably the most consistent horse in Australasian racing, has been retired.
Monday Dec 29
Winner of the 2011 Group I MRC Caulfield Cup, South Australian bred star staying mare Southern Speed was retired to stud in Japan at the end of her career and was in the news this week when her four year-old son Cosmo Kuranda went within a whisker of winning the Group I Arima Kinen (2500m).
Monday Dec 29
While looking for an image of Snippets to go with our celebration of Snippets long form story before Christmas I was drawn to the back of my storage cupboard and there in a remote and dusty corner was a pile of Stallions books and 2001 gave me what I needed and also some serious food for thought.
Monday Dec 29
Gifted four-year-old She’s A Dealer is in the right order to make a successful challenge for higher honours on New Year’s Day.
Monday Dec 29
The last week of Christmas racing has been as busy as usual and thrown up plenty of black type updates, including five new stakes winners, for upcoming yearling sale.
Monday Dec 29
Five year-old Needs Further gelding Durazzo continued his domination of the summer racing in Tasmania at Hobart on Sunday racking up his third successive stakes win when taking out the $125,000 Listed Kevin Sharkie The Inevitable Stakes (1600m), putting the spotlight on his yearling half-sister heading to 2026 MM Tasmania.