News - HOME AFFAIRS (AUS)

Continuing to further extend his lead in the First Season Sire race, Home Affairs supplied the winner of the opening race at Kembla Grange on Thursday as the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained filly Hearts Affair won with ease.

Another day and another new winner for Home Affairs with the Nathan Doyle trained filly Sprightly Affair opening her account with an easy win at Newcastle on Saturday.

Annabel and Rob Archibald sent out a short priced favourite at Scone on Friday with Home Affairs gelding Home Missile producing a tenacious effort to win.

There’s a late season rush of action at the trials as the current season babies look to get a run on the board at two with eight heats won by juveniles, but most interesting by far was the return of I’m Ya Huckleberry.

The release of entries this week for the $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper (1200m) in 2027 shows Home Affairs as the most represented sire as he shoots for a second victory in the world’s richest race for juveniles.

The juvenile fillies maiden over 1250m at Randwick on Wednesday produced another new winner for Home Affairs when the Chris Waller trained filly Consulate saluted as favourite.

Heavy fog at Rosehill on Tuesday morning made it tricky for trial watchers in early heats, but it’s not hard to spot the all cerise even in the gloom and we also saw a filly that might be a new Home Affairs winner before the end of the season.

Stakes-placed from two starts before Christmas, the Brad Widdup trained Home Affairs colt Internal Affairs was a short priced favourite when resuming from a spell at Hawkesbury on Tuesday and duly saluted.

Champion trainer Chris Waller recently prepared his first winner by his former champion colt Home Affairs and at Gosford on Thursday he produced his second when flashy chestnut filly Cosmo Girl made a winning debut.

There were six heats at the Randwick barrier trials on Friday morning won by juveniles that included youngsters by first season sires Home Affairs and Acrobat, plus the unraced sister to Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner O’ Ole.

A Home Affairs colt offered by Armidale Stud topped a strong opening day of the Great Southern Weanling Sale at Oaklands today, selling for $330,000.

On track for Champion Australian First Season Sire honours, Home Affairs had one runner on Monday and the Chris Waller trained filly Miss Scandal saluted at Canterbury to become the 12th winner for her sire.

A half sister to Group One winner Madame Pommery by first season sire sensation Home Affairs topped today's Magic Millions Gold Coast National Weanling Sale when selling for $680,000.

Set to be crowned the most dominant Champion Australian First Season Sire this century, Home Affairs was the sire of the moment at the Magic Millions National Weanling Sale on Sunday with his filly from Cancel topping the sale when fetching $680,000.

Butter Blonde – in foal to Home Affairs – topped today’s successful Australian Broodmare Sale Session at $350,000, one of 12 fillies or mares to realise six figures.

Exciting young sire Home Affairs is building momentum as we work towards the end of the season producing another promising new winner at Bendigo on Wednesday with the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Home Invasion opening her account.

There were six heats won by juveniles at the Rosehill trials on Monday morning and winners included an unraced $1.5million Snitzel colt with a pedigree to die for, an unraced Written Tycoon colt and an unraced Home Affairs that won by a space.

On track to be crowned Champion Australian First Season Sire and set a new record for earnings for a first season sire, Home Affairs added a tenth winner to his tally on Sunday at the Sunshine Coast and fittingly, Home Tomurra was bred and sold by Torryburn Stud.

There was an air of anticipation surrounding the debut of Home Affairs filly Natural Fling at Caulfield on Saturday and the hype proved justified when the talented bay thrashed her rivals to win by three lengths.

A proven G1 producer is always a valuable commodity and even more so when she’s in foal to the hottest young stallion in the country in Home Affairs.