Sing Your Song was not the only filly to emerge from the Warwick Farm meeting on Wednesday with designs on the Darley Princess Series that leads to the Group I ATC Flight Stakes (1600m) next month with Matthew Smith confident his filly Queen’s Gamble is also on that trajectory.

Impressive last start Bendigo winner Zebra Finch (Lot 8) has topped the Magic Millions Digital (28 Aug-2 Sep) Sale which concluded this afternoon, with the sale achieving an overall clearance rate in excess of 77%.

The entry for Snitzel filly Sing Your Song in this year’s Cox Plate was a big indicator of the high regard in which she is held by the Chris Waller stable and she opened her account at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in a $100,000 Super Maiden (1400m) that has a reputation for being won by ‘super’ winners.

A half-sister to leading young sire and Champion 3YO Sprinter Bivouac, Godolphin blueblood filly Sequinned scored her second win when taking out a very competitive 3YO Benchmark 64 event at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The opening race at Sandown on Wednesday produced a well bred winner with lightly raced Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Boys Bounce opening his account at his second race start carrying the famed colours of John Singleton.

Applications are open for the 2026 NZTR McKenzie Future Leaders Scholarship, offering up to $10,000 to support young people connected to Thoroughbred racing as they begin their university studies.

Yulong’s Head of Racing, Danny Rolston, will be back in familiar territory this week, with high hopes of celebrations on multiple fronts.

A field of 13 has accepted for the $750,000 Group I MVRC Moir Stakes (1000m) run at Sandown this Saturday and it might be another year for the mares with 11 of the 13 runners this year all female!

Cool Aza Beel was one of the most brilliant juveniles of his generation, combining elite speed, toughness and professionalism throughout an outstanding two-year-old season.

Rosemont Stud in Victoria was the last of the big farms to welcome visitors to their open day and as Anthony Mithen said, being at Geelong it does take a bit of effort for guests to attend, but those that did were well rewarded.

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

The emergence of unbeaten filly Proxima Dea has added another chapter to a breeding venture that began with the racetrack deeds of outstanding mare Montefilia and has its sights set firmly on producing elite middle-distance horses.

Featured in several Juvenile Trial Watch stories this Ole Kirk colt has been catching our eye for a while now for his talent, but also his name which is probably in part why he started so short at Scone on Tuesday when making his debut.

Host confirmations for National Thoroughbred Week 2026 continue to roll in, with a mix of returning favourites and fresh faces set to open their gates to the public this November.

Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand has completed the 2025/26 season with growth in participation, domestic wagering and customer numbers, alongside nearly $102 million in funded prizemoney distributed.

Amo Racing bought some expensive yearlings last year and one of them was Night of Thunder filly Silent Beauty, who was plucked from the Goffs Orby Book 1 Sale for €1million and she won her first stakes race overnight.

Grahame Begg is very good at nurturing a talented filly towards Black Type and it looks like he has a good candidate by Ole Kirk that won in a canter on Monday as a short priced favourite at Ballarat.

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

The catalogue for the world’s leading two-year-old sale is now online, with NZB’s 2026 Ready to Run Sale set to take place at Karaka on 18 and 19 November.

At this time of year for a second crop sire every winner means something in the bid to attract mare bookings and Wild Ruler is certainly pressing his case after posting his sixth winner for the season on Monday when hot favourite Wild Monarch saluted.

With farms in Ireland, Kentucky and Australia, Coolmore is a worldwide source of elite stallion talent and with 14 stallions – 11 of them G1 winners - on the roster this year, it really is a case of something for everyone, whatever your budget may be.

Kali has made a fast and successful start to the second stage of her career after being denied the opportunity to show her true worth on the track.

Two newly minted three year-old stakes-winners last Saturday highlighted a great nick for a value sire and a gorgeous grey mare, who had quite a following back in the late 1980’s.

Four time Group I winner and a Cox Plate hero, State of Rest (IRE) will have his first Australian runners this season and the champion son of Starspanglednbanner has been ticking along in Europe and posted his fifth winner in Ireland overnight.

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

Almost a year ago, Home Affairs colt I’m Ya Huckleberry started favourite in the Group III ATC Breeders Plate only to go down by a neck to Incognito and until today he had not been back to the races since then.

Group One-winning trainer Bev Kelso passed away on Saturday, aged 80.

There was a positive sense of déjà vu for Ohoka trainer Samantha Wynne at Riccarton on Saturday, when her last-start winners Honor The Name and Shawshank went back-to-back.

Widden Stud’s Zousain put a highlight on a great start to the new season, siring four winners on Saturday with only two stallions siring more so far in August.

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

Having ended his most recent campaign with three runs in New Zealand, all at G1 level highlighted by his victory in the Zabeel Classic (2000m), Gavin Bedggood’s Roaring Lion (USA) stallion Kingswood (GB) resumed on Saturday, winning the $200,000 Listed MRC Heatherlie Stakes (1700m) first-up.

They say a good colt will always beat a good filly and at Rosehill on Saturday we saw an awesomely good colt in Guest House lower the Rosehill track record when accounting for flying filly Blue Door in the $250,000 Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes (1100m).

A dual G1 winner last season at 3, Chris Waller’s Bewicht added a third elite level score to his record when resuming with an emphatic three length victory in the $750,000 G1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

The $250,000 Group III ATC Up and Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday was a race well named as it turned out with up and comers filling the trifecta and it was the Waterhouse Bott trained Written By gelding Plagiarism leading the way.

Having not started since his debut win in mid-July, 3yo Too Darn Hot colt American Eagle highlighted his spring potential when remaining unbeaten to win the $200,000 G3 MRC McNeil Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

The $200,000 Group III MRC Heath Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on Saturday was chosen as the starting point for what could be a very big season for progressive sprinter Oliveanotherday and the son of Nicconi did not disappoint.

With bigger and better things pencilled in for later in the spring, the lightly raced Mr Miller continued his impressive progress through the grades with another easy win in Saturday’s A$160,000 Bankstown Sports Handicap (1500m) at Rosehill.

Stepping up to black type racing for the first time since her 3yo season, Ciaron Maher’s Custom had race fitness on her side as the 4yo daughter of Street Boss (USA) charged clear in the run to the line to win the $200,000 G3 MRC Courtza Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, her first black type victory.

Sheza Alibi might not be the only offspring of Saxon Warrior (Jpn) contesting feature races this spring with the Matthew Smith trained up and coming stayer Aethelwulf saluting as a red hot favourite at Rosehill on Saturday.

Cambridge trainer Stephen Marsh went one better in the first three-year-old stakes race of the season when race favourite Perfect Chaos chose the ideal time to shed her maiden status with a comprehensive victory in the Listed HS Dyke Wanganui Guineas (1200m).

A full sister to Group I BRC Queensland Oaks winner Gypsy Goddess, promising staying three-year-old Proxima Dea extended her perfect record to three out of three with an irresistible finish in Saturday’s A$120,000 Midway Handicap (1800m) at Rosehill.

Here is the full list of 57 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

An impressive debut win at Geelong for a blueblood Zoustar filly trained by Anthony and Sam Freedman was always going to warrant further investigation on an otherwise quiet Friday.

A couple of bona fide superstars were in action at the trials at Randwick on Friday and we also saw a fascinating heat in which two of the most expensive stakes-winning Snitzel colts from last season got their first look at each other as  3YOs.

An intriguing catalogue has been assembled for the Magic Millions Digital (28 Aug-2 Sep) Sale headlined by shares in exciting Spring contenders as well as racehorses aplenty including a seven-strong draft from Godolphin.

Champion sire Zoustar has produced some outstanding fillies and mares with the Cambridge Stud owned Joliestar the best of them all and her achievements over the past 12 months were recognised on Thursday night when she was crowned both Australian Champion Sprinter and New South Wales Champion Sprinter at the 2025/26 Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards.

Buyers will be spoilt for choice at October's Magic Millions Horses in Training Sale on the Gold Coast with a quality catalogue assembled for the popular breeze up style auction.

The star studded Night of Champions awards evening celebrating the best Australian racehorses of the past season was held in the Winx Stand at Royal Randwick on Thursday night and taking Australian Horse of the Year honours was brilliant mare Autumn Glow.

Exciting young sire Home Affairs was the Champion Australian First Season Sire for 2025/2026 and the star performer from his first crop of runners is Golden Slipper winner Guest House, who was crowned Champion Australian 2YO at the star studded Night of Champions awards evening held in the Winx Stand at Royal Randwick on Thursday night.

Te Akau Racing will be chasing stakes success at Caulfield and Wanganui on Saturday, but they will also be paying close attention to Riccarton, where several of their spring hopes will kick-off their preparations.

The Winx Stakes was an awesome spectacle to get the 2027 racing season rolling, and now we turn to the first Victorian G1 of the year, the MRC Memsie Stakes.

Respected pedigree analyst Kristen Manning has delved deep into the bloodlines behind regally bred Group 1 galloper Johannes Vermeer (IRE), who has plenty to offer the broodmare owner - his pedigree one of class and depth... meaning that he suits a good variety of mares.

The Australian Horse of the Year awards on Thursday evening had a very Arrowfield flavour so it’s the perfect opportunity to showcase their sires that featured during the annual parades in the Hunter Valley last weekend.

Defeated only once in 13 lifetime starts, superstar mare Autumn Glow took the top honour when crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year for the 2025-2026 racing season at the star studded Night of Champions awards evening held in the Winx Stand at Royal Randwick on Thursday night.

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

Saturday’s Group 3 McNeil Stakes has long been a traditional spring starting point for three-year-olds with Guineas aspirations and seven years ago, its winner was a lightly raced colt named Super Seth, who used the race as a springboard to Group 1 glory in the Caulfield Guineas six weeks later.

It’s just over a week out from the Gr.1 Proisir Plate (1400m) at Ellerslie, and trainer Stephen Marsh couldn’t be any happier with hot favourite Well Written.

Winning three races in succession, while stepping up in distance and class is never easy, but Pierro Lad made it look that way when scoring his first metropolitan victory at Canterbury on Wednesday.

A select field of eight runners have accepted for the Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday including the Golden Slipper winner Guest House and while seven of the eight are winners, one colt will be making his debut, so who is he?

Exciting four-year-old Mr Miller will take another step towards a potential Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) tilt when he lines up at Rosehill on Saturday.

Hi Yo Sass Bomb was runner-up in the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) two years ago, and trainer Kim Reid is plotting a path towards the spring feature at Hastings in October in a bid to go one better.

Group Three winner Ears Back provided John Blackadder with fond memories on the track, and following her retirement from racing she is being offered as a broodmare prospect in Gavelhouse.com’s latest auction.

The four-time Group winner and G1 placed filly Bellatrix Star (Star Witness) will be offered for public auction as part of the Inglis Digital September (Early) Online Sale.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has confirmed its stakes settings for the 2026/27 season, with $104 million budgeted for stakes and bonuses following last week’s funding announcement.

The annual Vinery Stud stallion parades last weekend are always a highlight on the Hunter Valley stud tour given their famed breakfast is the perfect way to start a long day of looking at horses and this year’s stallion roster is a ripper.

Here is the full list of 43 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

At this time of year the fortunes of a young stallion can change very quickly and a good winner can often translate into mare bookings, so it might pay to keep a watch on this guy.

The G1 Australian Oaks placegetter Profoundly (Farnan) topped today’s Inglis Digital August (Late) Online Sale, selling to Boomer Bloodstock for $360,000.

When Godolphin elected to scatter their horses across a range of trainers, Ciaron Maher was selected for the Pinatubo (IRE) filly from four time Group I winner Guelph and she duly opened her account at Canterbury on Wednesday.

The $750,000 Group I MRC Memsie Stakes (1400-m) at Caulfield on Saturday has drawn a field of 12 with the first three home in last year’s running of this race set to line up again – Treasurethe Moment, Mr Brightside and Buckaroo (GB).

Only four three year-old fillies contested the 1000m maiden at Bendigo on Wednesday, but the Ciaron Maher trained London Fields won in a manner suggesting more wins are in store.

All the rage in the opening race at Canterbury on Wednesday, Brad Widdup’s 3yo Snitzel colt Tenenbaum gave nothing else a chance in the run to the line, producing an impressive turn of foot to score with ease.

Byerley Park trainer Donna Logan was pleased to step her stakes performed fillies, Parfait Dimanche and Belle Rebelle, out at the Te Awamutu trials on Tuesday, and she is hoping they can both match their black-type feats from last season this spring.

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has appointed current NZTR Chair Paul Humphries and NZTR Director Dean Lawrence as its representatives on the newly formed racing industry Establishment Board.

He is the least expensive stallion on the star studded Coolmore roster this spring and while Acrobat has not delivered the precocious 2YOs many pundits expected, this stunning son of champion sire Fastnet Rock is starting to get his winners.

Here is the full list of 27 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Team Hawkes put the polish on $1.1million Not a Single Doubt colt Doubtland, who won the Group II VRC Danehill Stakes before retiring to Widden Stud and they produced an impressive debut winner by the young stallion at Newcastle on Tuesday.

A promising debut winner at Ballarat on Tuesday serves as a filly to keep a good eye on and not just for the races she may go on to win, but also for the fact she has an older half-sister that might end this season a G1 winner.

In the many years I have spent consulting to the thoroughbred industry, with a particular focus on tax and financial outcomes, I have yet to encounter an authoritative model that enables breeders to accurately determine whether their foals are genuinely generating a profit.

Rain showers did not dampen spirits at the annual Yarraman Park stallion parade last Friday, but as so often happens in overcast weather the light can produce exceptional images so do take a moment to enjoy seeing champion sire I Am Invincible in all his glory.

The inaugural Yulong stallion parade in the Hunter Valley last Saturday drew a huge crowd and was well received with former Sky presenter and long-time bloodstock /racing personality Richard Haynes hosting proceedings.

Winning Listed races in Brisbane is one thing, but coming to Sydney and winning the Group III ATC Show County Stakes (1200m) at Randwick in carnival time is another and talented mare Midnight in Tokyo also ticked over $1million in prizemoney last Saturday, shining a spotlight on her under-rated sire Kobayashi.

Group One performer Bellatrix Star has been retired from racing, following a second fibrillation episode, and will be offered for sale as a broodmare prospect on Inglis Digital next month.

Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford and Brighthill Farm are saddened to report the passing of Savile Row.

King of Gosford won the Group I Santa Anita Shoemaker Mile last year and was back in the winning groove at Del Mar on Saturday night when taking out the $300,000 Group II Del Mar Mile (1m) in a thrilling finish.

Here is the full list of 18 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

Syndicators are a huge part of the vibrant Australian racing scene and a man that has been very successful in this area for what seems a long time is Joe O’Neill of Prime Thoroughbreds and with a couple of classy mares in top form that may one day sell for seven figures, he was an easy choice as our guest this week.

More than $103 million worth of Australasia’s most sought-after bloodstock feature among 1,348 nominations for the 2027 $2 million Group 1 Sportsbet Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m).

Cranbourne trainer Gavin Bedggood pulled off a successful New Zealand raid last season with Kingswood, and now he is eyeing further Group One spoils on this side of the Tasman with another stable runner.

The Group II ATC Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) was run and won last Saturday at Randwick with the Tony Gollan trained filly Pembrey a dominant winner, but has she got the pedigree to get out to the 1600m of the $750,000 Group I ATC Flight Stakes on October 3?

A major injury suffered as a youngster didn’t stop Brah Spring enjoying a lucrative racing career with following stakes success as a broodmare for Little Avondale Stud.

Promising three-year-old State Secret made no secret of her ability when winning on debut in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m) at Hawera on Sunday.

Aussie bred sire Starspangledbanner added a new Group I winner to his tally in France overnight when exciting filly Senorita Bonita scored an explosive win against the colts in the Group I Prix Morny (1200m) at Deauville.

The Joseph O’Brien stable has been flying this year and may well be in the Melbourne Cup picture with progressive young blueblood stayer Defiantly, the half-brother to imported Aussie Group I winner Buckaroo (GB) and Melbourne Cup place-getter Middle Earth (GB).

Here is the full list of 52 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.

The catalogue for the Inglis Ready2Race Sale – an auction that is fast becoming the best 2YO Sale in Australasia – is now available online.

Having claimed the Listed SAJC Morphettville Guineas (1600m) last season, Too Darn Hot 4yo Bootlegger added a second stakes victory to his record, leading throughout at Morphettville on Saturday to win the $120,000 Listed SAJC Leon Macdonald Stakes (1400m) second up from a spell.

A couple of key 7f races for 2YOs at The Curragh on Saturday produced interesting winners with Sheza Alibi’s sire Saxon Warrior featuring when Green Empress won the Group II Debutante Stakes, while the Resolute Racing colours are carried by Frankel colt Giant Sequoia, winner of the Group II Futurity.

Mark Lupton has plenty of fond memories of his Group One-winning mare Etah James, and he is hoping to create a few more with her son, Makarov, following his convincing debut victory at Hastings on Saturday.

Talented Written Tycoon mare Tennessee Bound was looking to keep her record perfect at seven for seven at Sandown on Saturday, but she came up short against another lightly raced mare on the up in Gold Coast Belle.