News - HOME AFFAIRS (AUS)
When outstanding Home Affairs colt Guest House won the Group I ATC Golden Slipper Stakes, he put the spotlight on his dam Flamboyant Lass, who was offered in the Newgate Consignment at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale and sold for $800,000 in foal to Storm Boy.
A promising field of juveniles lined up at Bendigo on Saturday for the $250,000 VOBIS Gold Rush (1100m) and talent overcame race experience with unraced Home Affairs colt Marffiano making a winning debut for the Lindsay Park training partnership.
Setting the pace on the Australian first season sires list, Home Affairs posted his seventh first crop winner on Sunday with a debut victory for short priced favourite Home Siren.
Following a blistering start to his stud career, Home Affairs will head Coolmore Australia’s roster for 2026 at a fee of $176,000.
Exciting young sire Home Affairs added a fourth stakes-winner to his tally when Miss Janet raced to a dominant win in the Listed Star Way Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday.
Home Affairs filly Gin Twist is fast and professional and showed those qualities again at Caulfield on Saturday when scoring her second takes victory in the $175,000 Listed MRC Redoute’s Choice Stakes (1200m).
Coolmore Australia is delighted to announce the acquisition of Home Affairs’ outstanding son Guest House, following his electrifying victory in the Group 1 Golden Slipper at Rosehill last weekend.
After withdrawals there will be 14 yearlings by Home Affairs offered at Inglis Easter on Sunday and Monday, so let’s take a look at them!
When Guest House headed to the Magic Millions Yearling Sale in the Newgate Farm draft in 2025, he was a nice colt, but certainly nothing special, a solid middle of the road fellow, but in winning the Golden Slipper he’s shot to the top of the class, so let’s take a closer look at what the stallion syndicates failed to see.
On a champagne day of racing at Rosehill on Saturday, the biggest prize on offer was the $5million Group I ATC Golden Slipper (1200m) with victory going to Victorian raider Guest House, who comes from the first crop of foals by Coolmore’s outstanding young sire Home Affairs.
The Australian Studbook have today officially released covering statistics for the 2025 breeding season detailing all coverings as at March 1, so we’re taking a look at what stallions found favour with the only audience that really counts – broodmare owners!
The $175,000 Listed VRC TAB We’re On Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on Saturday always looked as though Home Affairs would play a big hand in the finish and that was the case with his flying fillies Gin Twist and La Gitana filling the quinella.
This report is always well read for those looking for insight into what these young stallions have in the pipeline as winners don’t come from nowhere, they come through the trials.
Mullaglass Stud have had some great results at Inglis Classic over the last few days and produced a lovely Home Affairs filly to fetch $380,000 on Tuesday.
Three heats won by unraced juveniles at the Warwick Farm trials on Tuesday morning were by some pretty interesting stallions in Home Affairs, Farnan and yes, Gun Runner!
The Group III MRC Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday for colts and fillies produced a dominant winner in Big Sky with blueblood filly La Gitana a gallant third on debut.
The Rosehill trials on Thursday morning featured four heats that were won by juveniles and two of those winners were by Ole Kirk, while an unraced Home Affairs filly continues to show potential with her second trial win.
A week after the pick of the eligible crop did battle in the Listed Karaka Millions (1200m), a second wave of quality juveniles are set to line up at Ellerslie in Saturday’s Gr.3 Colin Jillings Classic (1200m).
The Karaka Millions twilight meeting is always a key focus for Te Akau Racing, and they are set to have another strong hand in this year’s edition.
John McArdle has had a great run of late with flying I Am Invincible filly My Gladiola and he took a shine to another good looking filly bred for speed at Magic Millions on Friday paying $550,000 for the Home Affairs filly from Real Surreal.