Two years after making his pinhooking debut with a $350,000 profit, Tim Askew is returning to the NZB Ready to Run Sale with his very first draft in his own name.

The $1.5million G1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) has history, tradition and a cracking field of 19 to do battle.

2026 will mark the 161st running of the Epsom Handicap, Royal Randwick's great mile race of the Spring. 

The feature event at Sha Tin on Thursday was the Group III National Day Cup (1000m) with Australian bred sprinters filling the trifecta led by the David Eustace trained Blue Point (IRE) gelding Colourful King.

A festive crowd were on hand to witness a thrilling 2026 rendition of Kalgoorlie's time honoured 1400m sprint, the Listed Hannans Handicap, as racing in the outback city hits full swing!

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

Magic Millions extends its warmest congratulations to Vin Cox on his appointment as the 23rd Chairman of the Victoria Racing Club.

Promising New Zealand-bred mare Aurora Belle made an immediate impression in her first Australian appearance with a commanding victory at Ballarat on Wednesday.

Frank Ritchie, one of the true gentlemen of New Zealand racing, has retired from training.

Grassendale Enzo raced twice under the name Boom Boom Basil, earning a grand total of $250. Today, the 11-year-old Thoroughbred is jumping at Grand Prix level with 17-year-old Sofia Williams.

Never further back than fourth in his first four starts, with form around the likes of G1 winner Tron Bolt and last Saturday’s G1 Golden Rose fourth placed Tenenbaum, it was no surprise to see Chris Waller's Unhinged start favourite on Thursday before breaking his maiden.

As a close relation to triple G1 winner Arcadia Queen, trainer Patrick Payne appears to have a smart staying Pierro colt on his hands as 3yo Enchilada made a mess of his rivals at Warrnambool on Thursday.

A new season of juvenile stakes racing kicks off this Saturday with two stakes races at Randwick and a third at Flemington and there is plenty for Anamoe fans to get excited about as he has a runner in each race!

Racing NSW and Equestrian Australia have formalised a five-year partnership focused on the welfare of Thoroughbreds beyond their racing careers, strengthening the pathway for horses into equestrian sport and supporting the people who take them on.

Successful breeze up sessions in NSW, Victoria and New Zealand have been completed ahead of the Inglis Reacy2Race Sale and all vision and times are now available online.

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

Emirates Park paid $1.7million for a Snitzel filly at the 2017 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale that went on to become Golden Slipper winner Estijaab and she featured at Rosehill on Wednesday as the dam of promising winner Ertijaaj (GB).

Bidding concluded today for the Magic Millions Digital (25-30 Sep) Sale, achieving a clearance rate over 75% across all categories as bidding closed on the last lot, with racing stock proving particularly popular.

Talented Home Affairs colt Barracks is very much a work in progress, but ability is certainly not lacking and he showed that at Rosehill on Wednesday when leading all the way to beat the race favourite Affari, who is also by Home Affairs.

After making her debut in the G3 Kindergarten Stakes behind the now dual G3 winner and Everest contender Blue Door, it was no surprise to see 3yo Pinatubo (IRE) filly Low Key start favourite on Wednesday at Rosehill, breaking her maiden over 1400m. 

A modest 1000m three year-old fillies maiden at Ballarat on Wednesday was chosen as the starting point for an expensive Snitzel filly that carries the colours of John Camilleri’s Fairway Thoroughbreds.

Early-season two-year-olds will share the morning limelight with Group 1-winning sprinters at Caulfield Heath for this Thursday’s Caulfield Spring Trials presented by Magic Millions.

Glamour mare Well Written has done nothing but please trainer Stephen Marsh since her arrival in Sydney for a two-start high-stakes campaign.

Sons of Dubawi are hot property as sire prospects, but one Darley based five time G1 winning son of the champion sire that has not come to Australia is Modern Games and he had the top lot on day two of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale Book 1.

Interesting result on Day 2 of the Goffs Orby Book 1 Yearling Sale was a colt from Australian bred Group III winner Dawn Wall that sold for €420,000.

We’re talking all things spring racing and why the recent success of 9YO Pride of Jenni is not that unusual, but she does deserve a race named for her, and lamenting how just seven fillies have accepted for the G1 Flight Stakes.

Here is the full list of 17 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Sword Of State’s promising start at stud received a major boost last Saturday when Warwoven became his first Group One winner with victory in the Gr.1 Golden Rose (1400m).

Trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood are looking forward to stepping She’s A Dealer up over further ground following her bold third placing in last Saturday’s Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Hastings.

A quality packed catalogue for the 2026 NZB Ready to Run Sale is now online and in the lead up to the sale we’ll go looking each week for some horses of interest that jump out on pedigree for various reasons.

Worth $1.5million, the Group I ATC Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick this Saturday has attracted a big field of 19 with top weight Ceolwulf (NZ) drawing favourably in gate seven.

The first day of the Goffs Orby Book 1 Yearling Sale always had a potential standout and that’s the way it unfolded with the half-sister by Justify to 2025 Champion 3YO Filly Minnie Hauk selling for €1.4million.

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

When Stay Inside filly Blue Door scored a dazzling win last Saturday in the Group III ATC Heritage Stakes (1100m) her trainer Bjorn Baker immediately announced her as an Everest contender and Newgate Farm have accepted that challenge.

Carlaw Park will begin a new chapter next month, with Nick Fairweather and Nicole Brown relocating their thoroughbred operation to Parkvale Farm on the outskirts of Matamata.

We’re back in the groove for Juvenile Trial Watch stories and at Warwick Farm on Monday morning Cambridge Stud’s Sword of State put up a brilliant filly to win that has Pride of Jenni owner Tony Ottobre in the ownership group so it’s not hard to guess what her name will involve.

The Bjorn Baker stable enjoyed a weekend to remember with feature race wins at Rosehill courtesy of Warwoven and Blue Door, but the team is always planning for the future and a side trip on Sunday to Dubbo paid dividends for smart Super Seth gelding Puntin.

Hurry Curry is in the twilight of her racing career and took full advantage of an opportunity at Mornington to post a well-deserved black-type victory and might have earned herself a service to Toronado (IRE).

Riccarton trainer Lance Robinson unveiled another exciting prospect at his home track on Saturday as he continues to build a strong arsenal for the New Zealand Cup carnival in November.

Beaten only once in a glorious 11 start career that produced six Group I wins, Shadwell superstar Baaeed is on the board with his first stakes-winner as a sire after 2YO filly Curracloe won the Group III Darley Fillies Stakes (7f) at The Curragh on Sunday.

With the countdown to NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale underway, the seventh edition of the Ready to Run Sale Trainers Series has also kicked off across the country.

– Keeneland’s 2026 September Yearling Sale concluded Saturday after 12 sessions that produced a record-setting market, surpassing the auction’s previous worldwide record set just one year ago. The sale generated the highest through-the-ring gross ever recorded at a Thoroughbred auction worldwide — $536,737,900 — and set a record with 70 yearlings selling for $1 millio

Former New Zealand-based apprentice Nichola Yuen is making giant strides in Hong Kong, riding her first treble at Sha Tin on Sunday on a card dominated by New Zealand-bred or sourced horses.

Hellbent gelding Invincible Ibis soared through his grades in Hong Kong last season culminating with a glorious victory in the Hong Kong Derby (2000m) and he made a winning return to Sha Tin on Sunday to take out the Group III Celebration Cup (1400m).

Here is the full list of 51 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

With eight of nine races on the program at Caulfield on Sunday being stakes races it’s been a star studded day and the finale came with the Listed MVRC Testa Rossa Stakes (1440m) won by long short Regal Zeus, who led all the way to win.

It’s hard to improve a horse that has come from the Chris Waller stable, but Lucy Yeomans has managed to do it winning the $300,000 Group II MVRC Stocks Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on Sunday with progressive  mare Changing Colours.

Cult hero Jimmysstar (NZ) returned to his brilliant best with a breathtaking last-to-first performance in the Gr.1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Sunday.

The $300,000 Group II MVRC Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Caulfield on Sunday drew a competitive field of progressive 3YOs with the Chris Waller trained colts Diameter and Somethings Burnin’ fighting out the finish.

The $500,000 Group II MVRC Feehan Stakes (1600m) might one day get re-named the Pride of Jenni Stakes with the ageless champion taking out the WFA mile for the third year in a row at Caulfield on Sunday.

A Breednet ‘One to Watch’ when winning on debut at Bendigo at the start of the month, the Ciaron Maher trained filly Over the Bridge wasted no time stepping up in class to score a stylish victory in the Group III MVRC Scarborough Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Sunday.

Arrowfield graduates were in hot form on Saturday with Group wins for Skyhook and Lazzura at Rosehill with the winning run continuing at Caulfield on Sunday where lightly raced Palace Pier (GB) filly Regal Ambition captured the Listed MVRC Jim Moloney Stakes (1440m).

After being part of the group that kept the Group One status of the New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) on notice, Matthew Goodson may have a horse to help give that race the boost it needs.

Provincial Saturday meetings at this time of year can offer a wealth of untapped 3YO talent and three maiden winners at Kembla on Saturday held some good interest including the stakes-placed half-brother to Sheza Alibi.

Widden Stud’s gorgeous stallion Russian Camelot (IRE) is a showstopper in the looks department and his lightly raced four year-old Veyepee is stamped very much in his image and posted his fourth win from five starts at Mornington on Saturday.

Anybody that follows European racing will be aware the Group I Cheveley Park Stakes (6f) at Newmarket overnight was going to provide a showdown between some top class 2YO fillies and it was Sun Goddess that emerged a record breaking winner.

Here is the full list of 97 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The $200,000 Listed Weetwood Handicap (1200m) at Toowoomba on Saturday delivered a new stakes-winner for champion sire I Am Invincible and another Inglis Digital fairytale when talented gelding Let’sfacethemusic scored a popular hometown victory.

The $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) is the ultimate stallion making race and as the colts paraded at Rosehill on Saturday the depth of quality in the field was there for all to see, but at the winning post there was just one that soared above the rest.

Resuming with a dominant victory in the G2 The Mark Stakes recently, Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou’s 4yo Written Tycoon stallion Skyhook looked even more impressive on Saturday, charging away to win in the $300,000 G2 ATC Shannon Stakes (1500m).

Previously a placegetter at Group One and Group Two level, Waikato Stud’s homebred mare Hurry Curry secured a valuable first black-type victory in the A$175,000 Listed RM Ansett Classic (2400m) at Mornington on Saturday.

The Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) got the contest and finish it deserved as 2025 winner Waitak defended his crown in a thrilling three-way finish to the Hastings feature.

Having resumed with a narrow third in the G2 ATC Sheraco Stakes recently, Chirs Waller’s G1 winner Lazzura was sent off the short priced favourite on Saturday, and didn’t let her supporters down, impressing with victory in the $400,000 G2 ATC Golden Pendant (1400m).

Flying Stay Inside filly Blue Door has been second at both of her starts this spring including a brave effort when chasing home Guest House in a course record breaking Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes and she franked that form at Rosehill on Saturday.

Despite some anxious moments loading into the starting gates and a tough trip in transit, classy Hellbent filly Hawea still managed to claim an impressive victory in the Group III HBPB Thoroughbred Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings in New Zealand on Saturday.

Unheralded three-year-old Old Fashioned fired a shot across the bows of his age-group rivals as he produced a quality effort to take out the Gr.2 The Foxes @ Novara Park Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Hastings on Saturday at just his second raceday start.

Breaking his black type duck last time out, Bjorn Baker’s So You Think (NZ) gelding So You Are has added his second stakes victory in as many start, winning the $250,000 G3 ATC Colin Stephens Quality (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

A three-quarter sister-in-blood to Grpoup I winner Hasahalo, well-bred Savabeel mare Tsarine continued her affinity with Mornington on Saturday, producing a strong finishing burst to win the Sportsbet BlackBook Handicap (1200m) brionging a pedigree update for her half-sister headed to NZB Ready to Run..

Home Affairs will have his glamour colt Guest House running later today in the Group I ATC Golden Rose and he added a new winner to his tally at the Sunshine Coast on Friday evening with a dominant victory for Flaressence.

Here is the full list of 65 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The first pictures of the latest foal from world champion Winx have landed.

Godolphin have so many superbly bred young horses in Australia, but right up there with the very best is a Dubawi colt from dual Group I winner/ Golden Eagle heroine Colette, and he opened his account at Cranbourne on Friday night.

The popularity of Cambridge Stud shuttler Chaldean’s first NH crop continued to grow as the European yearling sale season moved on to Fairyhouse for the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale.

Bidding is now open for the Magic Millions Digital (25-30 Sep) Sale featuring Racehorses, Race Fillies, 3YOs, Racehorse Shares, Unbroken stock, Yearlings and Broodmares. Similar to last week, racing stock features heavily, making up more than half the catalogue, with most unreserved.

Fortuna Racing will be seeking success on both sides of the Tasman this weekend, including with Lara Antipova, who will have her final start before next month’s Gr.1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield.

Hawke’s Bay will resume its traditional position as an early spring stepping stone in the NZB Filly of the Year Series with the running of Saturday’s $150,000 Group Three HBPB Thoroughbred Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings.

There’s been a fair bit of banter in New Zealand Bloodstock’s Karaka office this week, with fillies owned by a pair of the auction house’s longest-serving employees going head-to-head in the Gr.3 HBPB Thoroughbred Breeders Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings on Saturday.

The Asian Racing Federation (ARF) wishes to advise of recent decisions regarding the black type status of races run in Australia between January and July 2026, effective for the 2026/27 racing season.

Here is the full list of 30 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) - Sydney's million dollar sire-making race for 3YOs is upon us, and the stakes couldn't be higher!

It’s been a long time since brilliant filly Fireburn won the Golden Slipper and her sire Rebel Dane has had to soldier through a long period in the commercial wilderness, but with his biggest and best ever foal crop just turned three the tide may be on the turn.

With the return of the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) to Hastings on Saturday, Fortuna Racing’s John Galvin can’t help but reminisce about his former star mare Melody Belle and her three-peat in the race.

The John O’Shea / Tom Charlton training partnership are not surprisingly fans of Super Seth having prepared two of his four Group I winners to date and they produced a promising maiden winner by the stallion at Goulburn on Thursday.

Shaune Ritchie couldn’t be happier with race favourite Tuxedo ahead of the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday.

Hellbent is a stallion that has had plenty of success with pre-Christmas 2YOs and the Tony and Calvin McEvoy stable produced a smart jumpout winner at Flemington on Thursday morning that fits the profile.

Home Affairs will have his star colt Guest House running in the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday, while his star filly Natural Fling was given a jump out at Flemington on Thursday morning as she heads to the Group I VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) on October 31.

With $18,485,000 in through-the-ring sales on Wednesday, the ninth of 12 sessions of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the cumulative gross reached $511,680,500 to exceed the total of $510,539,900 in through-the-ring sales for the entire 12-day auction last year. For the session, two yearlings — a colt by Dialed In and a filly by Army Mule — topped sales at $250,000 apiece.

Great news from the Winx owners, who announced on Wednesday their superstar had produced her third living foal on Tuesday night, a filly by Darley’s champion sire Too Darn Hot (GB).

Royal Ascot winner King Of Cloughan is among 30 entries for Saturday’s €1 million Goffs Million at the Curragh, Europe’s richest two-year-old race.

Here is the full list of 47 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The decision to raise the prizemoney on the Group I VRC Victoria Derby (2500m) to $3million is one that puts a lot of money on the table for a very limited pool of horses, so if you want to win it you need to go fishing in the right places.

Progressive 4YO Decorum (Snitzel) has been valued by the market at $1.2m after four shares in him all sold in today’s Inglis Digital September (Late) Online Sale.

Recording his second win from only three starts, 3yo Farnan colt Blessed Eagle once again showed an impressive turn of foot, putting the race away in a matter of strides in the run to the line at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

Exceedance had the fastest filly at the official 2YO trials in Sydney on Monday in She’s Supreme and he was in the frame at Warwick Farm on Wednesday with a flying filly that has an unpronounceable name.

New Zealand-bred colt One Eye On Dubai ground his rivals into submission with a dominant front-running performance at the Vaal on Tuesday, leading throughout to score by eight and a half lengths over 2000m.

Breeze up sessions for the Magic Millions Horses in Training Sale have begun at the Gold Coast this week with some 80 horses galloping a furlong and among the quickest was the half-brother to Group winning sprinters Generosity and Midnight in Tokyo.

Breednet create an always popular first season sire barrier trial report detailing unraced runners by this cohort of young sires and with barrier trials popping up right around Australia as we move through spring it’s a great way of keeping tabs on the next generation.,

Here is the full list of 28 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

We’re thinking the Group I ATC Golden Rose has become THE race for the bloodstock industry with an impressive list of colts winning the race and 12 more to do battle this Saturday – there is a lot more at stake than the prizemoney!

It’s arguably the race that means more to the Australian breeding industry than any other as the $1million Group I ATC Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday is invariably won by a colt and this year 12 of them will be in the running, plus one gelding, Plagiarism.